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Desmond Carrington is in STUDIO 53 to recall personalities and events from the world of entertainment
Including :
GERARD HOFFNUNG
FRED PERRY , TOMMY STEELE Russ CONWAY , JULIAN SLADE and WALTER Mac-queen POPE
Written and compiled by Desmond Carrington
Produced by John Powell

Contributors

Unknown:
Desmond Carrington
Unknown:
Gerard Hoffnung
Unknown:
Fred Perry
Unknown:
Tommy Steele
Unknown:
Russ Conway
Unknown:
Julian Slade
Unknown:
Walter Mac-Queen
Unknown:
Desmond Carrington
Produced By:
John Powell

SINGING TOGETHER by William Appleby
11.20 SCIENCE IS EVERYWHERE
Keeping Warm
A programme of simple experiments which show how domestic hot water systems work and how some materials conduct heat more easily than others. Script by Frank Blackwell
Junior Science series
11.40 UN DRAME DANS UN CAFE
Jean-Paul has to take shelter from a storm. He runs into a cafe and there becomes involved in a curious case.
Script by Emile Harven
Intermediate French series

Contributors

Unknown:
William Appleby
Script By:
Frank Blackwell
Script By:
Emile Harven

by RODNEY ACKLAND adapted by Mollie Greenhalgh with Michael Hordern , Gwen Nelfion Produced by ARCHIE CAMPBELL
The action takes place at the Dvsons' house in North London between early May and late September 1911.
Saturday's recorded broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Rodney Ackland
Adapted By:
Mollie Greenhalgh
Unknown:
Michael Hordern
Unknown:
Gwen Nelfion
Produced By:
Archie Campbell

Advice and entertainment for retired people and older people generally, and a meeting place on the air for those concerned for their welfare
Time My Slave: Frances Gomm finds it difficult to reverse the habits of -a lifetime
Down the Map and Up Again: May Hankey describes some adventures on a holiday journey
Presented by John Dunn

Contributors

Unknown:
Frances Gomm
Presented By:
John Dunn

A programme for the fives to eights
The Big Pond
Four plays by Bertha Lonsdale
2: A Night Watch in the Wood
Music for the flute composed and played by Bernard Herrmann Produced by Herbert Smith

Contributors

Played By:
Bernard Herrmann
Produced By:
Herbert Smith
Storyteller:
Trevor Hill
Nicholas:
Karal Gardner
Gamekeeper George:
Jos Hancock
Mr Albert Fizzle:
Brian Trueman
Miss Julia Dove:
Cynthia Michaelis

by TYRONE GUTHRIE with Denys Hawthorne
Sebastian Shaw
It is said that their past lives float before the eyes of drowning men. From a ship, bound for China, a young clergyman has fallen overboard..... As he struggles for life in the water, pictures float before his eyes and voices sound in his ears, voices of his past life.
Edward, as a boy....Robert Langley Edward, as a man.Denys Hawthorne
Produced by JOHN GIBSON

Contributors

Unknown:
Tyrone Guthrie
Unknown:
Denys Hawthorne
Unknown:
Sebastian Shaw
Unknown:
Robert Langley
Unknown:
Denys Hawthorne
Produced By:
John Gibson
Fanny:
Gudrun Ure
Father:
Sebastian Shaw
Mother:
Dorothy Holmes-Gore
Vanessa:
Clare Austin
Mrs Dolan:
Betty Hardy
Rector:
Philip Leaver
Mrs MacAleenan:
Sally Travers
The Nurse:
Barbara Mullen
Sadie MacAleenan:
Patricia Leventon
Second child:
Patricia Leventon
Boy:
Robin Stewart
Second boy:
James Langley

Benthien String Quartet Ulrich Benthien (violin)
Rudolf Maria Miiller (violin) Martin Ledig (viola)
Wolfram Hentschel (cello)
Recording of part of the Thursday Invitation Concert of March 2, in the Third Programme

Contributors

Violin:
Ulrich Benthien
Violin:
Rudolf Maria Miiller
Viola:
Martin Ledig
Cello:
Wolfram Hentschel

BBC Home Service Basic

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