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by Claud Jenkins
At eighty-one, Claud Jenkins is the oldest active theatrical producer in London. In this talk he describes how he-first became bitten by the bug when as a boy he went unwillingly to school by way of as many theatres and billboards as he could.

Contributors

Unknown:
Claud Jenkins
Unknown:
Claud Jenkins

Introduced by Bill Hartley
Tyres for the Season: an analysis by Geoffrey Hancock
Friday the Thirteenth: superstition in motoring by Sammy Davis
The Insurance Consultant: Knock for Knock Agreements
Driving with my Husband: progress report from Joan Harper
Produced by David Glencross

Contributors

Introduced By:
Bill Hartley
Unknown:
Geoffrey Hancock
Unknown:
Sammy Davis
Unknown:
Joan Harper
Produced By:
David Glencross

The Ostrich
A play for radio by ELIZABETH DAWSON
Joe Braithwaite , master cabinet-maker, is a craftsman and proud of it. But he is an old man, his business is not prospering, and young Tom, his nephew and partner, could do a lot better with Baxter's furniture factory.
Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company Production by AUDREY CAMERON

Contributors

Unknown:
Elizabeth Dawson
Unknown:
Joe Braithwaite
Production By:
Audrey Cameron
Joe Braithwaite:
Oliver Johnston
Tom Braithwaite:
Geoffrey Matthews
Cathie, Tom's wife:
Eva Stuart
Baxter:
Malcolm Hayes
Hogan a timber merchant:
Wilfred Babbage
Rundle, a bank manager:
Norman Claridge
The Vicar:
George Hagan

Junior Theatre
THE CLITHEROE KID
Jimmy Clitheroe in Money, Money, Money with Peter Sinclair
Patricia Burke , Leonard Williams Diana Day , Peter Goodwright
Theme music written by Alan Roper and played by the BBC Northern Orchestra directed by Alyn Ainsworth
Written by James Casey and Ronnie Taylor Produced by James Casey
The recorded broadcast of April 18, 1960. in the Light Programme
5.30 VISITING DAY
John Ellison visits the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital at Stanmore, Middlesex, and invites some of the patients to choose a record

Contributors

Unknown:
Jimmy Clitheroe
Unknown:
Peter Sinclair
Unknown:
Patricia Burke
Unknown:
Leonard Williams
Unknown:
Diana Day
Unknown:
Peter Goodwright
Written By:
Alan Roper
Directed By:
Alyn Ainsworth
Written By:
James Casey
Written By:
Ronnie Taylor
Produced By:
James Casey
Unknown:
John Ellison

Harry Davidson and his Orchestra with Joan Butler (soprano)
Introduced by Ivan Samson Master of Ceremonies Charles Crathorn
Produced by Fredric Bayco
The dances: Marine Fourstep; Fylde Waltz; Royal Empress Tango; Clarendon Saunter; Empress Mazurka; Victorian Gavotte ; Boston Twostep; Fifth figure of the Lancers; Imperial Waltz
The songs: Carmena; Funiculi, Funicula
Repeated on Friday at 3.0
Admission on application to [address removed], enclosing stamped addressed envelope.

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Davidson
Soprano:
Joan Butler
Introduced By:
Ivan Samson
Unknown:
Charles Crathorn
Produced By:
Fredric Bayco
Unknown:
Victorian Gavotte

The House of the Seven Flies
The novel by VICTOR CANNING adapted for radio by Kenneth Owen with James McKechnie
Other parts played by Elsa Palmer and members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company Produced by R. D. SMITH

Contributors

Novel By:
Victor Canning
Unknown:
Kenneth Owen
Unknown:
James McKechnie
Played By:
Elsa Palmer
Produced By:
R. D. Smith
Herman Molenaar:
John Hollis
Allan Furse:
James McKechnie
Constanta Straatsma:
Julia Lang
Charlie:
John Dearth
Anselm Dekker:
Peter Claughton
Ninus Rohner:
Malcolm Hayes
Postmaster:
Haydn Jones
Mrs Beukleman:
Catherine Wilmer
Jan Beukleman:
Philip Leaver
Captain:
Norman Wynne

BBC Home Service Basic

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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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