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Antony Bilbow presents a selection of personalities he talked to on ' In Town Tonight'
Stars this week:
Leslie Caron
Tommy Steele
Written by Marjorie Bilbow and Antony Bilbow Produced by Peter Duncan

Contributors

Unknown:
Antony Bilbow
Unknown:
Leslie Caron
Unknown:
Tommy Steele
Written By:
Marjorie Bilbow
Unknown:
Antony Bilbow
Produced By:
Peter Duncan

White Lodge. Richmond Park
Described by its director,
Arnold Haskell
Ursula Moreton, C.B.E. , ballet principal staff and pupils
' The extraordinary thing about this school is that it isn't extraordinary: the pattern is very much the pattern of any grammar school. I think this is extremely important, and not only for those who won't make the grade as dancers ... Pavlova always used to tell young girls " you dance with your head as much as your feet.... " '

Contributors

Unknown:
Arnold Haskell
Unknown:
Ursula Moreton, C.B.E.

by Kenneth Hayles
Other parts played by members of the company
Produced by Norman Wright
(The recorded broadcast of July 30)
Although Admiral Herbert Jamison Fitz-Toby was retired, he was still full of fight-as he showed when his beloved Hoe was threatened by the worst of all calamities. It also had some bearing on the attitude of his niece Barbara towards a young reporter, Philip Jenson , which could only be described as ' Hate at First Sight'!

Contributors

Unknown:
Kenneth Hayles
Produced By:
Norman Wright
Reporter:
Philip Jenson
Barbara Blake:
Elizabeth London
Philip Jenson:
Richard Bebb
Admiral Fitz-Toby:
Eric Anderson
Mrs Hook:
Ella Milne
Alf Nuttacre:
Julian Somers
Martha Nuttacre:
Eva Stuart
Judge Jeffreys:
Philip Leaver
Simmonds:
Lee Fox
Chairman of the Council:
Frederick Treves
Miss Prior:
Penelope Lee
Burrows:
James Thomason
Bob Filbert:
Charles Simon
Mrs Thomson:
Kathleen Helme
Larkins:
Frank Partington

Advice and entertainment for retired and older people, and a meeting place on the air for those concerned for their welfare
Summer Nocturnes: Andrew Douglas recalls what the ' sound-track ' of an evening in Pimlico was like when he was a boy
' Max ' by Josephine Hunter. '... he would whistle and grasp one of his legs in his beak, which is a sign of friendly intentions as far as parrots are concerned....'
Presented by John Dunn

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Douglas
Unknown:
Josephine Hunter.
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
9-' The Jacksons take to Radio Drama '
Produced by Graham Gauld
followed by Music for Cats and Dogs
5.30 For Older Children
Music Room
' Da Capo '
Three talks by Helen Henschel who looks 'back to the beginning,' and recalls some of the great musicians she remembers as a child
5.50 The week's programmes

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Armstrong
Produced By:
Graham Gauld
Unknown:
Helen Henschel
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
Narrator:
Lewis Stringer

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