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Lancashire v. The Australians at Old Trafford Essex v. Middlesex at Brentwood
First day
Commentary by John Arlott and Bob Richardson from Old
Trafford, and by Rex Alston from Brentwood

Contributors

Commentary By:
John Arlott
Commentary By:
Bob Richardson
Unknown:
Rex Alston

Jon Perrwee as Chief Petty Officer Pertwee
Leslie Phillips as Sub-Lieut. Phillips
Stephen Murray as Lieut. Murray , the No. with Richard Caldicot
Heather Chasen , Ronnie Barker Tenniel Evans , Michael1 Bates Script by Laurie Wyman
Produced by Alaslair Scott Johnston The recorded broadcast of December 21. 1960, in the Light Programme

Contributors

Unknown:
Jon Perrwee
Unknown:
Leslie Phillips
Unknown:
Stephen Murray
Unknown:
Lieut. Murray
Unknown:
Richard Caldicot
Unknown:
Heather Chasen
Unknown:
Ronnie Barker
Unknown:
Tenniel Evans
Unknown:
Michael1 Bates
Script By:
Laurie Wyman
Produced By:
Alaslair Scott Johnston

THE TRAVELS OF MAY MOUSE by Olive Dove
Harebell Farm is noisy, so May Mouse visits the town in search of peace. Let's Join In Series
2.20 THE WEATHER IN MUSIC
Some musicali descriptions of both fine and tough weather
Second of two talks by Arthur Langford
2.40 H.M.S. AMETHYST AND THE
CHINESE COMMUNISTS
Commander J. S. Kerans , D.S.O., R.M., Member of Parliament for the Hartlepools, takes part in a dramatic reconstruction of the incident on the Yangtse river in July 1949 when the frigate Amethyst, after being held by the Chinese Communists, escaped by night and rejoined the Fleet.
Script by Commander Kerans in collaboration with Stephen Usherwood
Schools Modern History series

Contributors

Unknown:
Arthur Langford
Unknown:
J. S. Kerans
Unknown:
Stephen Usherwood

Current Attraction by AlLEEN BURKE and LEONE STEWART
Dylan means well when he buys his wife a washing-machine for her birthday, without realising that she won't be able to use it. But Annie, too tactful to spoil his little surprise, hits on a solution to please them both.
Produced by ROBIN MIDGLEY

Contributors

Unknown:
Alleen Burke
Unknown:
Leone Stewart
Produced By:
Robin Midgley
Dylan Jones:
Douglas Blackwell
Miss Phelps:
Gudrun Ure
Mr Arbuckle:
Jon Rollason
A Shopkeeper:
Derek Blomfield
Annie Jones:
Olwen Brookes
Mrs Davies:
Patricia Mont

A play in three instalments adapted by Thea Holme from the novel by MARGERY SHARP
1: The Prisoners' Aid Society
' Get him out! Impossible! No one ever got out of that terrible place! '
Produced by Graham Gauld

Contributors

Adapted By:
Thea Holme
Produced By:
Graham Gauld
Miss Bianca:
Ursula Hirst
Bernard:
Martin Starkie
Nils:
Geoffrey Matthews
Chairwoman:
Lydia Sherwood
Secretary:
Charles E Stidwill
Petty Officer:
Gerik Schjelderup
Driver:
Peter Wilde

1861-1941 by Francis Watson
For the West three-quarters of the stature of Rabindranath Tagore is submerged, like an iceberg, beneath our general ignorance of the Bengali language and culture. What we could see we honoured with the Nobel Prize and a legend of symbolic serenity. This centenary comment searches behind the legend tor a man burdened by fame yet unwilling to forgo it.

Contributors

Unknown:
Francis Watson
Unknown:
Rabindranath Tagore

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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