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Country Ce-ili from Rock, Dungannon Co. Tyrone
The McCusker Bros. Ceili Band
Songs by Teresa Clifford and Robert McKeown
Francis McPeake (UiUean. piper)
Master of Ceremonies, Jack Sloane
Produced by Sam Denton

Contributors

Songs By:
Teresa Clifford
Songs By:
Robert McKeown
Unknown:
Francis McPeake
Unknown:
Jack Sloane
Produced By:
Sam Denton

Stephen Murray as Lieut. Murray, the No. 1
Jon Pertwee as Chief Petty Officer Pertwee
Leslie Phillips as Sub-Lieut. Phillips
Richard Caldicot as Commander
Povey Heather Chasen as Heather with assistance from Michael Bates
Ronnie Barker. Tenniel Evans
, Script by Laurie Wyman
Production by Alastair Scott Johnston

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Murray
Unknown:
Jon Pertwee
Unknown:
Leslie Phillips
Unknown:
Richard Caldicot
Unknown:
Povey Heather Chasen
Unknown:
Michael Bates
Unknown:
Ronnie Barker.
Unknown:
Tenniel Evans
Script By:
Laurie Wyman
Production By:
Alastair Scott Johnston

First of four true stories about the back country of Australia by Reginald Ottley
' Stumble-footed, I staggered round the car, heading for the gate. With one set of fingers clawing for a hold on the bonnet, I felt something bump my legs. Looking down, I saw it was a dog, ruffle-coated by the wind ..."
Recorded broadcast of Jan. 5, 1960

Contributors

Unknown:
Reginald Ottley

A Worried Young Man by LEONARD DE FRANCQUEN with Derek Blomfield and Mairlii Russell
Some lethal tablets are discovered to be missing from Mr. Spark's chemist shop. The purchaser is remembered but no one knows who she is.
Other parts played by Kathleen Helme , Wilfred Babbage Rolf Lefebvre , Anthony Viccars and members of the cast
3.30 app.
Grave Assumption by COLIN ROBERTSON with Beverley Dunn and Ralph Hallett
Miles Gantley , suspected of having murdered his wife, denies the charge, saying that she has left him. No trace of her body is found and the case is dropped-but Inspector ' Bulldog ' Hindle is not satisfied.
Other parts played by Charles Simon Plays produced by AUDREY CAMERON

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Blomfield
Unknown:
Mairlii Russell
Played By:
Kathleen Helme
Played By:
Wilfred Babbage
Played By:
Rolf Lefebvre
Played By:
Anthony Viccars
Unknown:
Colin Robertson
Unknown:
Beverley Dunn
Unknown:
Ralph Hallett
Unknown:
Miles Gantley
Played By:
Charles Simon
Produced By:
Audrey Cameron
Roy Stirling:
Derek Blomfield
Mr Spark:
Godfrey Kenton
Mr Dixon:
Charles Simon
Pamela Aldridge:
Mairhi Russell
A landlady:
Barbara Mitchell
Bill Randall:
David Bird
Charles Thompson:
Jon Rollason
Margaret Richmond:
Diana Olsson
Mrs Richmond:
Janet Burnell
Christine Richmond:
Dera Cooper
Auntie Bet:
Mary O'Farrell
Jean Aldridge:
Penelope Lee
El'siie Gantley:
Beverley Dunn
Mrs Phelps:
Kathleen Helme
Miles Gantley:
Ralph Hallett
Inspector Hindle:
David Bird
Sergeant Corby:
Anthony Viccars
Mrs Corby:
Mary O'Farrell
Supt Walton:
Wilfred Babbage
Constable Roberts:
Jon Rohason
Sergeant Clark:
Rolf Lefebvre
Sergeant Davis:
Derek Blomfield

by John Seymour
An account, in five instalments, of a journey through the South of England from the North Foreland to Luccombe in Somerset, made by John Seymour and his wife Sally last April, with the assistance of their pony Pinto.
1: They set out from Margate
Recorded broadcast of July 24. 1960

Contributors

Unknown:
John Seymour
Unknown:
John Seymour

JUNIOR TIME
A programme for the fives to eights
Mr. Peckew and Mr. Paygo
Arnold Peters tells the fourth story in a new series by R. G. Walker 4: Mr. Peckew buys a Surprise Introduced by Shirley Franklin
5.15 GEORDIE
The novel by David Walker adapted by Ian G. Ball
4: ' Bye-Bye, Henry Samson '
Produced by Ian Wishart
5.40 THE HOBBIT
The book by J. R. R. Tolkien abridged by Barbara Henderson read in thirteen instalments by David Davis
13: Battle of the Five Armies
The dwarves and Bilbo sat trembling on a took-out hill, waiting for the dragon to come back. They did not know that Bard, a grim-faced man who was descended from the Lord of Date and now lived among the Lakemen, had slain the dragon.

Contributors

Unknown:
R. G. Walker
Introduced By:
Shirley Franklin
Novel By:
David Walker
Adapted By:
Ian G. Ball
Unknown:
Henry Samson
Produced By:
Ian Wishart
Book By:
J. R. R. Tolkien
Abridged By:
Barbara Henderson
Unknown:
David Davis
Geordie:
Neil Brown
Jean:
Isobel Spouse
Rawlins:
Michael O'Halloran
Helga:
June Shields
Mrs President:
Sarah Brackett
Weber:
Martin Heller
The Rev Dr Macnab:
James Gibson
Announcer:
Harry Stamper
Mum:
Erne Morrison
Laird:
John Young

A series of five-round contests between London and the Regions
LONDON v. NORTHERN IRELAND
RouNn 2
London:
Barry Carman , Cedric Cliffe
Quiz-Master, Lionel Hale
Northern Ireland:
James Boyce , Ronald Green
Quiz-Master,Edward Ward
Arranged by Patrick Harvey

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Carman
Unknown:
Cedric Cliffe
Unknown:
Lionel Hale
Unknown:
James Boyce
Unknown:
Ronald Green
Unknown:
Edward Ward
Arranged By:
Patrick Harvey

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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