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Prelude, Act 3 (Lohengrin) (Wagner)
London Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Antal Dorati
Piano Concerto No. 2, in D minor
(Mendelssohn)
Rudolf Serkin (piano)
Philadelphia Orchestra -
Conducted by Eugene Ormandy
Some recent gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Antal Dorati
Piano:
Rudolf Serkin
Piano:
Philadelphia Orchestra
Conducted By:
Eugene Ormandy

Introduced by Bill Hartley
Observing the Law or Getting Round It? by the Lawyer and Roy McCarthy
Aids to Motoring
Introduced by Jim Pestridge
Noise Within the Car
A visit to M.I.R.A.
Some Developments in Braking discussed with Jack Lowenthal
Report on the Ten-Year Test by John Howell

Contributors

Introduced By:
Bill Hartley
Introduced By:
Roy McCarthy
Introduced By:
Jim Pestridge
Unknown:
Jack Lowenthal
Unknown:
John Howell

Smile Please
A play for radio by JOHN GRAHAM
Mr. Bannister, a chemist in a seaside resort, leads an ordinary humdrum life until one day Mr. Carver, a street photographer, comes into the shop to have some films developed. This leads to strange developments in every way.
Production by AUDREY CAMERON
Recording of broadcast of Jan. 27, 1960

Contributors

Unknown:
John Graham
Production By:
Audrey Cameron
Miss Cradle:
Kathleen Helme
Mr Bannister:
John Graham
Felix Carver:
Charles Simon

France v. South Africa
Commentary on the second half of the international match by Rex Alston and Ian Balfour
From Stade Colombes , Paris
Broadcast by arrangement with Radiodiffusion-Télévision Francaise

Contributors

Unknown:
Rex Alston
Unknown:
Ian Balfour
Unknown:
Stade Colombes

Junior Theatre
JENNINGS AT SCHOOL by Anthony Buckeridge 1:Jennings and the Train of Events
Produced by Graham Gauld
5.30 VISITING DAY
Bernadette Hodgson visits St. Cuthbeirt's Hospital, Malvern Link, and talks to some of the young patients, inviting them to choose a record

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Buckeridge
Produced By:
Graham Gauld
Unknown:
Bernadette Hodgson
Jennings:
Hugh Janes
Darbishire:
Adrian Walker
Mr Wilkins:
Wilfred Babbage
Mr Carter:
Geoffrey Wincott
Venables:
Terry Raven
Temple:
Jonathan Bergman
Atkinson:
David Robinson
Ticket inspector:
Deering Wells
Engine driver:
Eric Lugg
Fireman:
Geoffrey Lewis

Harry Davidson and his Orchestra with Donald Scott
Introduced by Ivan Samson Master of Ceremonies Charles Crathorn
Produced by Fredric Bayco
The dances: Marine Fourstep; Fylde Waltz; Ideal Schottische; Midnight Tango; Waltz Marie; Waverley Twostep
The songs: Song of the Vagabonds; Boomps-a-Daisy
Admission on application to [address removed], enclosing stamped addressed envelope.

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Davidson
Unknown:
Donald Scott
Introduced By:
Ivan Samson
Unknown:
Charles Crathorn
Produced By:
Fredric Bayco

An adaptation for radio of her novel by Dulcie Gray
with Richard Hurndall, Mary Wimbush, Beverley Dunn, Philip Leaver and Michael Turner.

Richard Quayle, a pilot for an Australian airline, arrives in Melbourne to ask his girl-friend, Anna Matheson, to marry him. He finds her dead in the bedroom of a squalid little hotel...

Cast in order of speaking: [see below]

Contributors

Author/Adapted by:
Dulcie Gray
Production:
Audrey Cameron
Richard Quayle:
Richard Hurndall
Guy Brooks:
Bruce Stewart
Manager of the Buona Hotel:
Ralph Hallett
Dr Manton:
Keith Williams
Detective Transom:
Tom Watson
Detective-Inspector Peters, of the Melbourne Criminal Investigation Bureau:
Michael Turner
Gordon Frodsham:
Jeffrey Hodgson
Valerie Harding:
Mary Wimbush
Felix Milton:
Philip Leaver
Betty Ward:
Beverley Dunn
Mrs Matheson:
Shirley Cameron
Porter at the Buona Hotel:
Tom Watson
Bill Saunders:
Robert Hewitt
Sue Saunders:
Leila Blake
Janie Thomas:
Paddy Turner
Larry French:
Peter Noel Cook
Mrs Linette Barking:
Brenda Dunrich
Frank Ward:
Keith Williams
Telephone operator, air hostess, hotel receptionist, customers, policemen, and guests played by:
Nigel Anthony and members of the cast

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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