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Ballet Music
Spring (Act 3: The Sicilian Vespers)
(Verdi)
Sinfonia of London
Conducted by Robert Irving
Suite: Les Sylphides (Chopin)
Philadelphia Orchestra
Conducted by Eugene Ormandy
Some recent gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Robert Irving
Conducted By:
Eugene Ormandy

Introduced by Bill Hartley
Safety is Their Business 3: A Divisional Accident Prevention Officer
Car Auctions
Comments from Courtenay Edwards
The Insurance Consultant
Some listeners' queries answered
The Doctor
Dealing with car fatigue and car sickness
Produced by David Glencross
Last Friday's recorded broadcast in Network Three

Contributors

Introduced By:
Bill Hartley
Unknown:
Courtenay Edwards
Produced By:
David Glencross

Kenneth Horne in a sort of radio show with Kenneth Williams , Hugh Paddick
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 November 17, 1960, in the Light Programme

Contributors

Unknown:
Kenneth Horne
Unknown:
Kenneth Williams
Unknown:
Hugh Paddick
Unknown:
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

The Hungry Ghosts by ALEX S. BORRIE
Vaux Miller , the young wife of a professor, is accosted by a former lover, who attempts an unusual blackmail. But Vaux's head and heart are in the right place and her surprising counter-manoeuvres form the substance of today's matinee.
Produced by NORMAN WRIGHT

Contributors

Unknown:
Alex S. Borrie
Unknown:
Vaux Miller
Produced By:
Norman Wright
Harry Searle:
Richard Hurndall
Chinese boy:
Nicholas Edmett
Ah Ying:
Garard Green
Vaux Miller:
Anne Cullen
Ed Sheaffer:
Tom Whyte
Jackie Sheaffer:
Beverley Dunn
Ian Farrell:
Kenneth Dight

From the many broadcasts on BBC sound and television during the past seven days Gale Pedrick selects highlights that listeners may have missed or might like to hear again.
Introduced by John Ellison
Edited by L. A. Woolard
Recording of last Friday's broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Gale Ped
Introduced By:
John Ellison
Edited By:
L. A. Woolard

People Today
1: Frances Pitt
Frances Pitt , well known for her nature books and her photographs of animals and birds, talks to Phil Drabble about her career as a naturalist and her great love of animals and all wild life
Produced by Paul Humphreys
The recorded broadcast of Feb. 14

Contributors

Unknown:
Frances Pitt
Unknown:
Frances Pitt
Unknown:
Phil Drabble
Produced By:
Paul Humphreys

in which
Cyril Fletcher invites the family to listen to
Graham Stark
Gerald Davies
Leslie Randall and Joan Reynolds
Tollefsen
Elizabeth Larner
Dick Bentley
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:
Graham Stark
Unknown:
Gerald Davies
Unknown:
Leslie Randall
Unknown:
Joan Reynolds
Unknown:
Elizabeth Larner
Unknown:
Dick Bentley
Unknown:
Percy Edwards
Directed By:
Cliff Adams
Leader:
John Jezard
Conductor:
Paul Fenoulhet
Produced By:
Bill Worsley

Valerius by GORDON DAVIOT
Adapted by Cynthia Pughe with John Westbrook
George Hagan and David March
Production by AUDREY CAMERON

Contributors

Adapted By:
Cynthia Pughe
Unknown:
John Westbrook
Unknown:
George Hagan
Production By:
Audrey Cameron
Narrator:
Duncan McIntyre
Rufus Sita, camp prefect:
George Hagan
Valerius Valens, centurion of the Second Augusta:
John Westbrook
Demetrius. officer commanding artillery:
Derek Blomrteld
Flavius Betto. centurion of the Second Augusta:
Nicholas Hawtrey
Cogi, Caledonian trader:
Tom Watson
Claudius Paulinus, centurion of the Second Augusta:
David March
Soldiers: Aemilius, from Gaul:
Andrew Irvine
Soldiers: Varus:
Haydn Jones
Soldiers: Petronius:
Keith Williams
Soldiers: Candidus:
John Bryning
Soldiers: Salvius:
David Bird
Gazo servant to Valerius:
Duncan McLntyre
Cocceius Firmus, general officer commanding the Wall:
Ronald Baddiley
Soldiers: Julius:
Rolf Lefebvre
Soldiers: Marius:
Jon Rollason
Soldiers: A Doctor:
Tom Watson
Virius Lupus, Governor of Britain:
Julian Somers

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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