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SINGING TOGETHER, by William Appleby
11.20 THE WORLD OF WORK. Work and the Law. Script by Ronald Smurth waite.
11.40 INTERMEDIATE FRENCH: Actualites Franchises. Aujourd'hui, Ie micro apportera a nos, auditeurs quelques renseignements et commentaires sur ce qui se passe actuellement en France. Texte d'Emile Harven

Contributors

Unknown:
William Appleby
Script By:
Ronald Smurth

by D'Arcy Niland and Ruth Park
Production by William Glen-Doepel (The recorded broadcast of April 30)

Contributors

Unknown:
D'Arcy Niland
Unknown:
Ruth Park
Production By:
William Glen-Doepel
Mamma Chiapetta:
Ina de ]a Haye
Primo Chiapetta:
Robert Rietty
Father Felix:
Malcolm Hayes
Eddie:
Alan Trevor
Ruby:
Philippa Baker
Mrs Stringer:
June Jago
Franki:
David Spenser
Serena:
Sheila Grant
Fatty:
Tom Bowman
Radio announcer:
Keith Williams
First voice:
Michael Turner
Second voice:
Nigel Anthony

Makeshift Manager: F. S. Leonard ruminates on lessons learned during his wife's absence
The Block: A. H. Chesworth tells how the 1914 war scattered a group of friends and sent two of them to fresh adventures in the Royal Flying Corps
Presented by John Dunn
(The second item is recorded)

Contributors

Unknown:
F. S. Leonard
Unknown:
A. H. Chesworth
Presented By:
John Dunn

For Children of Most Ages
Junior Theatre presents
Said the Cat to the Dog'
A series of ten plays about Mompty and Peckham by Martin Armstrong
2—'Peckham minds his own business'
Produced by Graham Gauld followed by Music for Cats and Dogs
5.30 For Children of Most Ages
' Write me a Letter '
The Children's Hour correspondence column of the air edited and introduced by Adrian Thomas

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Armstrong
Produced By:
Graham Gauld
Introduced By:
Adrian Thomas
Mompty, the cat:
Vivienne Chatterton
Peckham, the dog:
Stephen Jack
Mum:
Mary O'Farrell
Dad:
Wilfred Babbage
Diana:
Elwyn Stock
Ronnie:
Andrew Beeching
Cookie:
Gwen Day Burroughs
Mr Barlow, the sweep:
Geoffrey Wincott
Narrator:
Lewis Stringer

The most memorable events in a decade of entertainment
1959
Narrator. ANTHONY KIMMINS
IVOR BROWN. JOAN PLOWRIGHT
BRENDA PETERS. NAN MARRIOTT-WATSON
RONALD WILSON , DILYS POWELL with selections
:rom the shows of the year:
Valmouth '; The Crooked Mile ' and featuring on gramophone records:
Elisabeth Welch. Millicent Martin Louis Jourdan , Maurice Chevalier and Danny Kaye
The George Mitchell Choir and the BBC Revue Orchestra
(Leader, Julien Gaillard )
Conductor. Harry Rabinowit *
. Script by Roy Plomley
Production by Tom Ronald

Contributors

Narrator:
Anthony Kimmins
Narrator:
Ivor Brown.
Unknown:
Joan Plowright
Unknown:
Brenda Peters.
Unknown:
Nan Marriott-Watson
Unknown:
Ronald Wilson
Unknown:
Dilys Powell
Unknown:
Elisabeth Welch.
Unknown:
Millicent Martin
Unknown:
Louis Jourdan
Unknown:
Maurice Chevalier
Unknown:
Danny Kaye
Leader:
Julien Gaillard
Conductor:
Harry Rabinowit
Script By:
Roy Plomley
Production By:
Tom Ronald

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