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Desmond Carrington is in STUDIO '53 to recall personalities and events from the world of entertainment including
Maurice Chevalier
Lupino Lane
Beatrice Lillie
Jayne Mansfield A. E. Matthews
Carmen Miranda
Written and compiled by Desmond Carrington
Produced by John Powell

Contributors

Unknown:
Desmond Carrington
Unknown:
Maurice Chevalier
Unknown:
Lupino Lane
Unknown:
Beatrice Lillie
Unknown:
Jayne Mansfield
Unknown:
A. E. Matthews
Unknown:
Carmen Miranda
Unknown:
Desmond Carrington
Produced By:
John Powell

John Ogdon (piano)
Renata Scheffel-Stein (harp)
Gareth Morris (flute)
Oromonte String Trio Pern' Hart (violin)
Margaret Major (viola) Bruno Schrecker (cello)
The Well-Tempered Singers John Whitworth (counter-tenor) Gerald English (tenor)
Maurice Bevan (baritone) Geoffrey Coleby (bass)
Produced by John Manduell
The recorded broadcast of May 4,1960

Contributors

Piano:
John Ogdon
Harp:
Renata Scheffel-Stein
Flute:
Gareth Morris
Violin:
Pern' Hart
Viola:
Margaret Major
Cello:
Bruno Schrecker
Singers:
John Whitworth
Tenor:
Gerald English
Baritone:
Maurice Bevan
Bass:
Geoffrey Coleby
Produced By:
John Manduell

by THOMAS HARDY adapted for broadcasting by John Keir Cross
5: How a sailor went back to sea
Other parts: Edgar Harrison and members of the cast
Produced by Archie Campbell

Contributors

Unknown:
Thomas Hardy
Broadcasting By:
John Keir Cross
Unknown:
Edgar Harrison
Produced By:
Archie Campbell
Anne Garland:
Angela Brooking
Mrs Garland:
Ruby Luscombe
Miller Loveday:
Basil Jones
John Loveday:
John Drake
Bob Loveday:
John Bennett
Festus Derriman:
Hugh David
Captain Hardy:
Dudley Rolph
Sergeant of Marines:
Stephen Jack
Old Jim Cornick:
George Woodbridge
Young Ned Cornick:
Clive Batchelor
The Storyteller:
Harold Reese

Henry Williamson interviewed by Goronwy Rees
Henry Williamson 's first great success as an author was with Tarka the Otter in 1927. During the last decade he has been immersed in the writing of a series of books dealing with the first world war.
Produced by Louis MacNeice

Contributors

Unknown:
Henry Williamson
Interviewed By:
Goronwy Rees
Interviewed By:
Henry Williamson
Produced By:
Louis MacNeice

Advice and entertainment for retired people and older people generally, and a meeting-place on the air for those concerned for their welfare
Little Stories about Great Men: told by Clara Rackham
On Learning to Type: Albert Butler describes the pitfalls inherent in ' handing baby a brass tray'
Presentad by John Dunn

Contributors

Told By:
Clara Rackham
Unknown:
Albert Butler
Unknown:
John Dunn

A programme for the fives to eights
The further adventures of Smokey by Margaret Potter
Incidental music byHenry Reed played by the Harry Hayward Quintet Produced by Trevor Hill

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Potter
Produced By:
Trevor Hill
The Inventor:
Geoffrey Banks
His Majestic Majesty:
Frederic Wilson
Cuthbert:
Patricia Birch
The Island's Inhabitant:
Herbert Smith
Storyteller:
Graham Roberts

A public audience in Chichester questions
John Danstrup
Assistant Professor of History in the University of Copenhagen in COPENHAGEN
Herman de Ceuster Managing Editor of Gazet Van Antwerpen in BRUSSELS
Governeur Paulding
Senior Editor of Reporter in NEW YORK and Asa Briggs
Professor of Modern History in the University of Leeds who is with Mary Stocks in CHICHESTER
Arranged by Norman Macdonald

Contributors

Unknown:
John Danstrup
Unknown:
Gazet van Antwerpen
Unknown:
Asa Briggs
Unknown:
Mary Stocks
Arranged By:
Norman MacDonald

by Laurence Housman with Max Adrian
A conversation in Paris between Oscar Wilde and a group of friends after his release from prison.
Produced by JOHN GIBSON
followed by an interlude

Contributors

Unknown:
Laurence Housman
Unknown:
Max Adrian
Produced By:
John Gibson
Oscar Wilde:
Max Adrian
L H:
Peter Coke
R R:
Hugh Manning
H A:
William Eedle
H D:
John Bryning

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