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by Laurie Wyman
A weekly and surely fictitious account of events in a naval detachment only loosely connected with the Senior Service. with assistance from
Michael Bates. Ronnie Barker and Tenniel Evans
Produced by Alastair Scott Johnston

Contributors

Unknown:
Laurie Wyman
Unknown:
Michael Bates.
Unknown:
Ronnie Barker
Unknown:
Tenniel Evans
Produced By:
Alastair Scott Johnston
Lieut Murray, the No 1:
Stephen Murray
Chief Petty Officer v:
Jon Pertwee
Sub-Lieut Phillips:
Leslie Phillips
Commander Povey:
Richard Caldicot
Heather:
Heather Chasen

Professor A.C.B. Lovell (in a recorded programme) discusses with Roy Plomley the gramophone records he would choose to have with him if he were condemned to spend the rest of his life on a desert island.

Contributors

Presenter:
Roy Plomley
Castaway:
Professor A.C.B. Lovell
Producer:
Monica Chapman

by Stephen Grenfell
Cast in order of speaking:
Other parts played by Judy Horn , Caroline Leigh
Verity Edmett , Nicky Edmett
Production by Audrey Cameron
For nearly fourteen years Carol has lived with her foster-parents, Peter and Marjorie Cunningham-they have been a happy and united family. Then one afternoon a strange woman waits for Carol outside her school. What effect will the meeting between these two have on Carol's life and that of her foster-parents?

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Grenfell
Played By:
Judy Horn
Played By:
Caroline Leigh
Played By:
Verity Edmett
Played By:
Nicky Edmett
Production By:
Audrey Cameron
Carol:
Jill Raymond
Marjorie Cunningham, Carol's foster-mother:
Molly Rankin
Peter Cunningham Carol's foster-father:
Richard Hurndall
Florence Allen, the Children's Officer:
Susan Richards
Miss Ella Atkinson, Carol's head-mistress:
Gladys Spencer
Myra Cooper, Carol's mother:
Cecile Chevreau
A Judge:
James Thomason
Jim Cooper:
Philip Cunningham
Court Bailiff:
Douglas Storm

A selection of music and humour
JOHN SEYMOUR
' The Busy Bee '
ARTHUR MARSHALL
' Females of the Species
NOEL HAWKEN
' Time and One's Hands' with Geoffrey Wincott and Michael Turner
JOAN MILLER
' Blueprint for a Divorcee '
TOM WALDRON
' All on an Irish Day'
RICHARD GORDON
' Le Poumon de ma Tante '
Produced by Nesta Pain
RENE CUTFORTH
' Personal Comment'
PIERS STEPHENS and PAUL MCDOWELL
' Broadening the Mind '
CHARLOTTE MITCHELL
' Lucky Thirteen '
Musical interludes on records chosen by Robert Irwin
Edited and produced by Francis Dillon
(: broadcast earlier in the week as ' Monday Night at Home')

Contributors

Unknown:
John Seymour
Unknown:
Arthur Marshall
Unknown:
Geoffrey Wincott
Unknown:
Michael Turner
Unknown:
Joan Miller
Unknown:
Tom Waldron
Unknown:
Richard Gordon
Produced By:
Nesta Pain
Produced By:
Rene Cutforth
Produced By:
Paul McDowell
Unknown:
Robert Irwin
Produced By:
Francis Dillon

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BBC Home Service Basic

About BBC Home Service

BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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