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Anona Winn , Joy Adamson
Jack Train , and Richard Dimbleby ask all the questions and Gilbert Harding knows some of the answers
Produced by C. F. Meehan

Contributors

Unknown:
Anona Winn
Unknown:
Joy Adamson
Unknown:
Jack Train
Unknown:
Richard Dimbleby
Unknown:
Gilbert Harding
Produced By:
C. F. Meehan

A play for radio by Allan Prior
Cast in in order of speaking:
Production by Audrey Cameron
Miss Matilda Freer , a lonely spinster, goes on holiday to a hotel in the Lake District. Her delight in giving presents to people has very surprising results.

Contributors

Production By:
Audrey Cameron
Unknown:
Miss Matilda Freer
Porter:
Nicky Edmett
Miss Matilda Freer:
Mary O'Farrell
Jack Shaw:
John Hollis
Mr Marsh, hotel manager:
James Thomason
Arnold Hill, wine waiter:
Jon Rollason
Dinah Elliott, receptionist:
Sheila Grant
Annie, the chambermaid:
Freda Dowie
John, the waiter:
Douglas Storm
Mr Pinner, the Entertainments Manager:
Tom Watson
Talbot, a detective:
Philip Cunningham

from Edington Priory Church,
Wiltshire
Antiphon: Let my prayer come up
(Blow)
Preces (William Smith) Psalms 147, 148. 149, 150
First Lesson: 1 Kings 18, vv. 17-46
Office Hymn: To thee before the close of day (Tallis)
Magnificat (Daniel Purcell in E minor) Second Lesson: St. Luke 22, vv. 1-38 Nunc dimittis (Daniel Purcell in E minor)
Creed and Lesser Litany (William Smith)
The Lord's Prayer (Farmer) Responses (William Smith) Collects
Anthem: 0 Lord, look down from heaven (Battishill)
Prayers and Final Responsory (Byrd) Organ: Voluntary (John Stanley)
Director of Music, Warren Green
Organist, Simon Preston
The Edington Music Festival takes place annually. The Festival Choir consists of lay clerks and choristers from cathedral and college choirs.

' Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson 's adventure story abridged by Barbara Henderson and read in ten episodes by Derek McCulloch
8-' Down with the Jolly Roger '
5.15 Family Zoo
A series of talks by Sheila St. Clair
5—' Which way now? '
5.30 Leviathan
An anthology of words and music presented by James Fisher and Geoffrey Grigson
A short account of the history-natural, literary, legendary-of the whale, the largest animal in the world
Illustrations read by June Barrie.
Hedley Goodall , Charles E. Stidwill
Produced by Tony Soper
5.50 Children's Hour prayers
Making the Most of Life
Five talks by the Rev. Deryck Collingwood
5-The farmer who liked watching birds

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Louis Stevenson
Abridged By:
Barbara Henderson
Unknown:
Derek McCulloch
Presented By:
James Fisher
Presented By:
Geoffrey Grigson
Read By:
June Barrie.
Read By:
Hedley Goodall
Unknown:
Charles E. Stidwill
Produced By:
Tony Soper
Unknown:
Rev. Deryck Collingwood

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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