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by Denys Page, Regius Professor of Greek in the University of Cambridge

The first of ten weekly programmes on the ancient Greeks and their contribution to European civilisation with readings by Gary Watson
(The recorded broadcast of January 11 in Network Three)

Contributors

Speaker:
Professor Denys Page
Reader:
Gary Watson

April Canteto (soprano)
Archie Camden (bassoon) Maria Korchinska (harp) Malcolm Binns (piano) Eli Goren (violin) Christopher Bunting (cello) Winifred Davey (piano and harpsichord)
Produced by John Manduell
(Part of the recorded broadcast of September 11, 1960)

Contributors

Bassoon:
Archie Camden
Harp:
Maria Korchinska
Piano:
Malcolm Binns
Violin:
Eli Goren
Piano:
Winifred Davey
Produced By:
John Mandueu

Stories based on the work of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia
with James McKechnie as Dr. Chris Rogers, Bill Kerr as Tommy O'Donnell, Rosemary Miller as Mary West, Bettina Dickson as Sally MacAndrew

(The recorded broadcast of January 6 in the Light Programme)

Contributors

Writer:
Rex Rienits
Producer:
Vernon Harris
Dr. Chris Rogers:
James McKechnie
Tommy O'Donnell:
Bill Kerr
Mary West:
Rosemary Miller
Sally MacAndrew:
Bettina Dickson

Harry Davidson and his Orchestra
Introduced by Ivan Samson
Master of Ceremonies Charles Crathorn
Produced by Fredric Bayco
The dances: Le Militaire; Waltz: Sherrie Saunter; Fourth and Fifth Figures of the Lancers; The Ideal Schottische; Alexandra Tango; Dinky Onestep

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Davidson
Introduced By:
Ivan Samson
Produced By:
Fredric Bayco
Unknown:
Sherrie Saunter
Unknown:
Alexandra Tango

A two-part adventure story by Alick Hayes

Contributors

Writer:
Alick Hayes
Producer:
Trevor Hill
Dick Derringer:
Michael Stirrup
Mary Derringer:
Sara Aimson
Charles Derringer:
Paul Bond
The Princess:
Joan Turner
Peter Osborne:
John Daglish
Mrs Roberts:
Gladys Spencer
Yussef:
Herbert Smith
Colonel Derringer:
Russell Napier
Pilot-Officer Smith:
Paul Webster
King Kayodo:
Bill Price
Chief Nastranga:
Philip Wild

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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