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Introduced by Bill Hartley
Do we need traffic courts?: a discussion between the Lawyer and Pat Gregory
Why not own a van?: some comments from Ray Westbrook
Remembrance of things pant: recollections of vintage Grands Prix from Sammy Davis

Contributors

Introduced By:
Bill Hartley
Introduced By:
Pat Gregory
Unknown:
Ray Westbrook
Unknown:
Sammy Davis

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 Jan. 19 in the Light Programme

Contributors

Unknown:
Kenneth Horne
Unknown:
Kenneth Williams
Unknown:
Hugh Paddick
Unknown:
Betty Marsden
Unknown:
Bill Pertwee
Leader:
John Jezard
Conductor:
Paul Fenoulhet
Music By:
Edwin Braden
Script By:
Eric Merriman
Produced By:
Jacques Brown

Kenneth Williams in a recorded programme discusses with Roy Plomley the gramophone records he would choose to have with him if he were condemned to spend the rest of his life on a desert island.

(Previously broadcast on May 22)

Contributors

Presenter:
Roy Plomley
Castaway:
Kenneth Williams
Producer:
Monica Chapman

Beauty Queen
A comedy by HOWARD THOMAS
Other parts played by the cast and members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company Produced by ARCHIE CAMPBELL
The action takes place in Posselthwaite, a Northern industrial town, and later in London.
: a new production of the play previously broadcast in 1941

Contributors

Comedy By:
Howard Thomas
Produced By:
Archie Campbell
Mrs Ball:
Janet Burnell
Mr Ball:
Peter Claughton
Mr. Wharton, Chairman of the Posselthwaite Hat Manufacturer's Association:
Julian Somers
Mrs Wharton:
Gladys Spencer
Bill:
Derek Blomfield
Jenny:
Elizabeth Weaver
Bessie Butterworth, a factory hand:
Carole Ward
Her mother:
Mary Quinn
News Editor:
Ralph Hallett
Vicar:
Arthur Gomez
Joe Entwistle:
Andrew Irvine
Dora:
Sheila Grant
Saleswoman:
Freda Dowie
London Reporter:
Anthony Viccars

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 Alexander Moyes Edited by Richard Burwood

Contributors

Unknown:
Gale Pedrick
Introduced By:
Alexander Moyes
Edited By:
Richard Burwood

in which
Cyril Fletcher invites the family to listen, to
Bob Andrews
Pauline DarroU
Joan Turner
Leon Goossens
Bruce Trent
Bob MonJthouse and Denis Goodwin
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:
Bob Andrews
Unknown:
Pauline Darrou
Unknown:
Joan Turner
Unknown:
Leon Goossens
Unknown:
Bruce Trent
Unknown:
Bob Monjthouse
Unknown:
Denis Goodwin
Unknown:
Percy Edwards
Directed By:
Cliff Adams
Leader:
John Jezard
Conductor:
Paul Fenoulhet
Produced By:
Bill Worsley

Ripple in Texas by ARNOLD YARROW
Produced by MARTYN C. WEBSTER

Contributors

Unknown:
Arnold Yarrow
Produced By:
Martyn C. Webster
Lew Duvert:
Ronald Wilson
Angie, his wife:
Ann Murray
Stanley 'Ham ' Bacon:
Kim Grant
Ella Mae; his wife:
Beverley Dunn
Bob Cherry:
Jerry Stovin
Helen Stafford:
June Tobin
Wax]ow Cherry:
David March
Drayton Townsend, the Sheriff of Ripple County:
John Glen
Cyrus Branch, proprietor of the Hotel Ripple:
Hartley Power

Music in two versions
Brahms
Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 played by Maurice Cole and the English String Quartet Nona Liddell (violin)
Eleanor St. George (violin) Marjorie Lempfert - (viola) Helen Just (cello)

Contributors

Played By:
Maurice Cole
Violin:
Nona Liddell
Violin:
Eleanor St. George
Viola:
Marjorie Lempfert
Cello:
Helen Just

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.

Appears in

About this data

This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More