Programme Index

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Overture: Egmont (Beethoven)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Ferenc Fricsay
Hungarian Fantasia , for piano and orchestra (Liszt)
Claudio Arrau (piano) Philadelphia Orchestra
Conducted by Eugene Ormandy
Slavonic Dance No. 7 in C minor
(Dvorak)
Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra
Conducted by Bernard Haitink
Some recent gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Ferenc Fricsay
Conducted By:
Hungarian Fantasia
Piano:
Claudio Arrau
Conducted By:
Eugene Ormandy
Conducted By:
Bernard Haitink

Introduced by Bill Hartley
The Doctor: The Psychology of Driving
Crises in the car: last of three talks by Dr. J. S. Blair
The Insurance Consultant: comments on additional holiday cover
Some developments in the theory and practice of traffic lights: a report from Geoffrey Hancock

Contributors

Introduced By:
Bill Hartley
Unknown:
Dr. J. S. Blair

Kenneth Home in a sort of radio show with Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick
Betty Marsdcn. Bill Pertnee
Janet Waters The Hornets
BBC Variety Orchestra Leader, John Jezard
Conductor. Paul Fenouthet
Incidental music by Edwin Braden Script by Eric Merriman
Produced by Jacques Brown
The recorded broadcast of Dec. 29, 1960, in the Light Programme

Contributors

Unknown:
Hugh Paddick
Unknown:
Betty Marsdcn.
Unknown:
Bill Pertnee
Leader:
John Jezard
Conductor:
Paul Fenouthet
Music By:
Edwin Braden
Script By:
Eric Merriman
Produced By:
Jacques Brown

The First Train Home by RONNIE BALLS
An old pleasure steamer from the Norfolk Broads is steaming south in convoy to join rescue operations on the Dunkirk beaches in 1940.

Produced by Hugh STEWART in the BBC's Midland studios
Recorded broadcast of May 31, in the Midland Home Service

Contributors

Writer:
Ronnie BallsMusician: John Chapman
Musician:
Dave Swarbrick
Musician:
Tom Woodward
Producer:
Hugh Stewart
Narrator:
Christopher Greatorex
Scab Daly:
Frank Wolsey
Spider Watson:
Gordon Kerry
Basil:
Alan Devereux
Skipper:
Ronnie Balls

Foxhunter
The grand old horse of the world's show-jumping ring and winner of a 1952 Olympic gold medal, who died in 1959 in peaceful retirement at the age of nineteen.
Some interesting sidelights on Foxhunter's life and career, told by some of those most intimately connected with him Lt.Colonel HARRY LLEWELLYN , his owner-rider and constant companion for twelve years
Lt.-Colonel MIKE ANSELL. chairman, British Show Jumping Association
Captain JACK WEBBER , Secretary-
General, British Show Jumping
Association
NORMAN HOLMES and RAYMOND GLENDENNING
Written by Rolandi Orton and told by Ronald Baddiley
Produced by H. Saunders-Jacobs
Recorded broadcast of Sept. 26. 1960

Contributors

Unknown:
Lt.Colonel Harry Llewellyn
Unknown:
Colonel Mike Ansell.
Unknown:
Captain Jack Webber
Written By:
Rolandi Orton
Told By:
Ronald Baddiley
Produced By:
H. Saunders-Jacobs

in which
Cyril Fletcher invites the family to listen to
Peter Kent
Robert Easton
Frank Formby
Frank Weir
Lola Fisher
Frankie 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
Tickets for this series are available on application to
Ticket Unit, Broadcasting House, London, W.l

Contributors

Unknown:
Cyril Fletcher
Unknown:
Peter Kent
Unknown:
Robert Easton
Unknown:
Frank Formby
Unknown:
Frank Weir
Unknown:
Lola Fisher
Unknown:
Frankie Howerd
Unknown:
Percy Edwards
Directed By:
Cliff Adams
Leader:
John Jezard
Conductor:
Paul Fenoulhet
Produced By:
Bill Worsley

Fellow Passenger
The novel by GEOFFREY HOUSEHOLD
Adapted for radio by Preston Lockwood with Hubert Gregg
Claudio Howard-Wolferstan tries to recover some hidden family treasure, and as a result finds himself imprisoned in the Tower on a charge of Treason.
Main characters in order of speaking
Other parts played by Ursula Curtis , Ruth Goring
Virginia Thomas and members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company Produced by Charles Lefeaux

Contributors

Novel By:
Geoffrey Household
Unknown:
Preston Lockwood
Unknown:
Hubert Gregg
Unknown:
Claudio Howard-Wolferstan
Played By:
Ursula Curtis
Played By:
Ruth Goring
Played By:
Virginia Thomas
Produced By:
Charles Lefeaux
Claudio Howard-Wolferstan:
Hubert Gregg
James Howard-Wolferstan:
Arthur Young
Dr Cornelia Ridgway:
June Tobin
Sir Alexander Romilly:
Lockwood West
Counsel for the Prosecution:
Hamilton Dyce
Cecil Rivers:
Richard Pearson
Bob Donelow:
Barry Foster
Veronica Donelow:
Peggy Thorpe-Bates
Finster:
Preston Lockwood
Lieutenant Karlis:
John Gabriel
Salvador Queiroz Ortega:
William Fox
Harry Cole:
John Ruddock

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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