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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.
Produced by Alastair Scott Johnston

Contributors

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

by Gilbert Phelps
Cast in order of speaking:
Produced by R. D. Smith
A boy is sitting for his n-plus, over-pushed by over-anxious parents. Mother has social ambitions for him, father lives in dreams of companionship from his time in Mesopotamia in the first World War. To celebrate the boy's success they go to the seaside and there mother and father face a disaster which leaves the family with an acute problem.

Contributors

Unknown:
Gilbert Phelps
Produced By:
R. D. Smith
Mary:
Betty Linton
Arthur:
Ronald Baddiley
Derek, their son:
Anthony Reese
Mr Tate:
Wilfred Babbage
Mrs Palmer:
Diana Lincoln
Mr Palmer:
Charles Simon
Dusty:
Malcolm Hayes
Alice:
Kathleen Helme
Irene:
Norma Griffin
Sergeant:
Jon Rollason

From the many broadcasts on BBC sound and television during the past seven days Gale Pedrick selects highlights that listeners may have missed or might like to hear again
Introduced by John Ellison
Edited by John Haslam

Contributors

Unknown:
Gale Pedrick
Introduced By:
John Ellison
Edited By:
John Haslam

A musical programme for children under five with Ann Driver , Marjorie Westbury and Maurice Bevan
Tim Gudgin introduces today's programme which includes
' There was an old woman who lived in a shoe ' and ' One two, buckle my shoe'

Contributors

Unknown:
Ann Driver
Unknown:
Marjorie Westbury
Unknown:
Maurice Bevan
Introduces:
Tim Gudgin

For Older Children
' The Bane of the Library' in which two young library assistants are involved in a scuffle
Written for broadcasting by Bertha Lonsdale
Produced by Trevor Hill
5.30 Boyd Neel invites you to
Music Club and introduces news, views, interviews, questions, answers, and young musicians making their first broadcast
This month's guests:
From Cardiff:
Michael Parrot (cello)
Accompanist, Mary Kendall
From Glasgow:
Esme Links (piano)
From London:
Kathleen Johnson and Frances Hitchcock
(songs to the guitar)

Contributors

Produced By:
Trevor Hill
Produced By:
Boyd Neel
Cello:
Michael Parrot
Accompanist:
Mary Kendall
Unknown:
Kathleen Johnson
Unknown:
Frances Hitchcock
Mr Golbourne, Chief Librarian of Benswick:
Francis Winfield
Miss Whakitt, Deputy Librarian:
Sybil Holroyd
Malcolm Scott, a library assistant:
George Layton
Nancy Marshall, the junior assistant:
Sian Davies
Len Bane:
Walter Baddeley
Mr Bane, his father:
Leonard Williams
John Thomas:
Lan Piper
Dick Snow:
James Goldie
P C Jenkins:
Harold Rottesman
A borrower:
Doris Gambell

Harry Davidson and his Orchestra
Gerald Davies (tenor)
Introduced by Ivan Samson
Master of Ceremonies.
Charles Crathorn
Produced by Fredric Bayco
The dances: La Militaire; Valse Martine; Ideal Schottische; Valse
Parisienne; Inspiration Gavotte; Flirtation Twostep
The songs: Mountain lovers: Dashing away with the smoothing iron

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Davidson
Tenor:
Gerald Davies
Introduced By:
Ivan Samson
Unknown:
Charles Crathorn
Produced By:
Fredric Bayco

To sing for you:
Adele Leigh
To play for you:
Amaryllis Fleming
To bring a smile:
Peter Jones , Jon Pertwee
Country Calendar:
Percy Edwards
His and Hers:
A weekly glimpse into the domestic life of Leslie Randall and Joan Reynolds
The Adam Singers
(Directed by Cliff Adams )
BBC Revue Orchestra
(Leader. Julien Gaillard )
Conducted by Malcolm Lockyer
Produced by Bill Worsley

Contributors

Unknown:
Adele Leigh
Unknown:
Amaryllis Fleming
Unknown:
Peter Jones
Unknown:
Jon Pertwee
Unknown:
Percy Edwards
Unknown:
Leslie Randall
Unknown:
Joan Reynolds
Directed By:
Cliff Adams
Leader:
Julien Gaillard
Conducted By:
Malcolm Lockyer
Produced By:
Bill Worsley

by J. Maclaren-Ross
Produced by Donald McWhinnie
Time: 1956. Place: London
A twelve-year-old murder; hidden bank-notes to the value of £ 30,000; and an arrogant amateur competing with professional criminals in trying to find the elusive ex-convict who talked in his sleep about a key.

Contributors

Unknown:
J. MacLaren-Ross
Produced By:
Donald McWhinnie
Lionel Hulme, a radio crime commentator:
Anthony Jacobs
Pauline, his wife:
Cecile Chevreau
A process-server:
Norman Wynne
Larry Parr, a radio producer:
J. MacLaren-Rosa
The man in the black mac:
Felix Felton
Jelf, an ex-convict:
Haydn Jones
Dimitriadi, a barber:
Philip Leaver
Mrs Grass, a pub proprietress:
Mona Washbourne
Smithers, the key man:
John Sharp
Gaby, a cabaret dancer:
June Tobin
A safe-deposit custodian:
Hugh Manning
French waiter:
Keith Williams

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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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More