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Johann Strauss
Overture: Die Fledermaus
Quadrille on themes from Verdi's
Un Ballo in Maschera
Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra Conducted by Henry Krips
Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 5, in A
BBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor, Rudolf Schwarz
Tchaikovsky
Overture, Christmas Tree Scene, and March (Casse-Noisette)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Fritz Reiner
Some recent gramophone recorda

Contributors

Unknown:
Johann Strauss
Conducted By:
Henry Krips
Conductor:
Rudolf Schwarz
Conducted By:
Fritz Reiner

Introduced by Bill Hartley
The American Scene surveyed by Leonard Cottrell 2: The American and his car
Running a Pre-war Car by Michael Pollard
The Insurance Consultant
Insurance for elderly drivers Is the car's tool kit any good?
Comments from St. John Nixon
Produced by David Glencross

Contributors

Introduced By:
Bill Hartley
Unknown:
Leonard Cottrell
Unknown:
Michael Pollard
Produced By:
David Glencross

Kenneth Home in a sort of radio show with Kenneth Williams,
HughPaddick Betty Marsden , Bill Pertwee
Janet Waters , The Hornets
BBC Variety Orchestra Leader, John Jezard
Conductor, Paul Fenoulhet
Incidental music by Edwin Braden Script by Eric Merriman
Produced by Jacques Brown
The recorded broadcast of October 27, 1960. in the Light Programme

Contributors

Unknown:
Hughpaddick Betty Marsden
Unknown:
Bill Pertwee
Unknown:
Janet Waters
Leader:
John Jezard
Conductor:
Paul Fenoulhet
Music By:
Edwin Braden
Script By:
Eric Merriman
Produced By:
Jacques Brown

Orbit One
A play for radio by DESMOND CORY
O'Brien is the pilot of a new type of space missile which crashes. If his life is to be saved and the research programme to continue, it is vital that a piece of radio-active metal be removed from his body ...
Produced by DAVID H. GODFREY

Contributors

Unknown:
Desmond Cory
Produced By:
David H. Godfrey
Captain Johnny Fedora:
Noel Johnson
Levison:
Tom Watson
Dr Wray:
Michael Turner
Wing-Commander O'Brien:
Allan McClelland
Assistant:
Nigel Anthony
Squadron-Leader Don Revie:
Haydn Jones
Flight-Lieutenant Bailey:
Charles Hodgson
Mr Mitchell:
Hugh Manning
Sir Reginald Sweet:
Thomas Bowman

Carnival of the Animals
2: Snakes in My Memory
A conversation, about snakes in all parts of the world- between
Reginald Lamworn Overseer of Reptiles at the London Zoo
Viscount Chaplin who. with Lamworn, went on a round-the-world yachting cruise in search of snakes
Michael Tweedie former Director of Raffles Museum. Singapore; an authority on Malayan snakes
Gerald Durrell who has caught snakes for his Jersey Zoo in the Cameroons. British Guiana, and Northern Argentine
Chairman, Stewart Wavell
Recorded broadcast of Jan. 27

Contributors

Unknown:
Reginald Lamworn
Unknown:
Viscount Chaplin
Unknown:
Michael Tweedie
Unknown:
Gerald Durrell
Unknown:
Stewart Wavell

Harry Davidson and his Orchestra with Cherry Lind (soprano)
Introduced by Ivan Samson
Master of Ceremonies. Charles Crathorn
Produced by Fredric Bayco
The Dances: Waltz: Premier Two-step: Royal Empress Tango: Crinoline Gavotte: Polka; Waltz Martine ; Moonlight Saunter: Imperial Two-step; Manhattan Blues
Songs: Love's last word is spoken; Don't dilly dally on the way Repeated on Friday at 3.0
Admission on application to [address removed], enclosing stamped addressed envelope.

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Davidson
Soprano:
Cherry Lind
Introduced By:
Ivan Samson
Unknown:
Charles Crathorn
Produced By:
Fredric Bayco
Unknown:
Waltz Martine

in which
Cyril Fletcher invites the family te listen to Janet Brown , Ava June
Peter Jones
Larry Adler Iinia Wiata , Fracikie Howerd
Country Calendar Percy Edwards
Calypso Time with Cy Grant
Memories in Music with Rawicz and Landauer
The Adam Singers
Directed by Cliff Adams BBC Variety Orchestra Leader John Jezard
Conductor. Paul Fenoulhet
Produced by Bill Worsley

Contributors

Unknown:
Cyril Fletcher
Unknown:
Janet Brown
Unknown:
Ava June
Unknown:
Peter Jones
Unknown:
Larry Adler
Unknown:
Iinia Wiata
Unknown:
Fracikie Howerd
Unknown:
Percy Edwards
Directed By:
Cliff Adams
Conductor:
Paul Fenoulhet
Produced By:
Bill Worsley

Counsel for the Defence
A new radio play by FELIX FELTON adapted from the novel by Jeffrey Ashford with James Kenney , William Eedle and Carleton Hobbs
Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company Produced by CHARLES LEFEAUX

Contributors

Play By:
Felix Felton
Novel By:
Jeffrey Ashford
Unknown:
James Kenney
Unknown:
William Eedle
Unknown:
Carleton Hobbs
Produced By:
Charles Lefeaux
William Brane:
Keith Williams
George Clover:
James Kenney
Detective-Inspector Dreasley:
Haydn Jones
David Adams:
William Eedle
Gwen Adams:
June Tobin
Jane Adams:
Anna Bentinck
Mr Casgo:
Norman Shelley
Mr Justice Learning:
Carleton Hobbs
Mr Pride:
William Peacock
Amelia Weston:
Joan Hickson
Mrs Brane:
Mary O'Farrell
Mrs Ash:
Diana Olsson
Mr McMenton:
Douglas Storm

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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