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A gallery of portraits in close-up
Ada Wheeler
Foster Mother
' A child's a child no matter what it is. I don't care if it's black as ink, it doesn't matter to me. It's another little creature that God has made, isn't it? ' Script and narration by Edward Scobie
Edited and produced by Maurice Brown

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Scobie
Produced By:
Maurice Brown

Incidental music by Tommy Reilly and James Moody
Written by Laurie Wyman
Produced by Alastair Scott Johnston The recorded broadcast of March 16 in the Light Programme

Contributors

Music By:
Tommy Reilly
Unknown:
James Moody
Written By:
Laurie Wyman
Produced By:
Alastair Scott Johnston
Chief Petty Officer Pertwee:
Jon Pertwee
Sub -Lieut Phillips:
Leslie Phillips
Lieut Murray, the No 1:
Stephen Murray
Captain Povey:
Richard Caldicot
Heather:
Heather Chasen
A B Johnson:
Ronnie Barker
Lt -Cmdr Stanton:
Ronnie Barker
A B Goldstein:
Tenniel Evans
The Admiral:
Tenniel Evans
Lieut Bates:
Michael Bates
A B Ginger:
Michael Bates

Concerto Grosso No. 21. in D minor (Handel)
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Fritz Lehmann
Symphony No. 98. in B flat (Haydn)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham
Scottish Fantasia for violin and orchestra (Bruch)
Campol'i (violin)
London Phi'harmonic Orchestra Conducted by Sir Adrian Boult
Movements from Facade (Walton)
Philharmoma Orchestra
Conducted by the composer on gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Fritz Lehmann
Conducted By:
Sir Thomas Beecham
Conducted By:
Sir Adrian Boult

Magic at Seven by JOHN RINGROSE
When one is a small boy of seven, Magic may seem a very wonderful and desirable object for discovery and one well worth the quest. At least, so thought Malcolm John Harvey until confronted with its apparent manifestations, when he was not quite so sure. and Barkers, showmen, and visitors played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company Produced by ARCHIE CAMPBELL Scene: A fairground

Contributors

Unknown:
John Ringrose
Unknown:
Malcolm John Harvey
Produced By:
Archie Campbell
Malcolm John Harvey:
Terry Raven
Dorothy, his aunt:
Elizabeth Weaver
Madame Zyko a fortune-teller:
Grizelda Hervey
Jim, a Punch and Judy man:
Will Leighton
Mr Punch:
Will Leighton
Hangman:
Arthur Gomez
Ventriloquist:
Derek Blomfleld
Boy doll:
Tom Watson
Girl doll:
Sheila Grant
Children:
Elaine MacNamara
Children:
Hilda Kriseman
Children:
Michelle Dotrice
Children:
Linda Harvey

from Rochester Cathedral
Sentence; Invitation; Confession:
Absolution
Preces (Ferial)
Psalms- 12. 13. 14
First Lesson : 1 Chronicles 22, vv. 2-19
Magnificat (Bullock in D)
Second Lesson: St. Luke 14, v. 25. to 15. v. 10
Nunc dimittis (Bullock in D) Creed
Responses (Ferial) Collects
Anthem: Lord. ever bridle my desires (Martin Peerson)
Prayers
The Grace
Love of the Father (Song 22) (E.H.
438)
Voluntary: Prelude amd Fugue in A
(Bach)
Oreranist and Choirmaster, Robert Ashfield

A new serial thriller in four parts written by Geoffrey Morgan featuring
Steve Conroy and Penny Paige of the London Courier
1: Tight Corner
Produced by Graham Gauld
See page 34

Contributors

Written By:
Geoffrey Morgan
Unknown:
Steve Conroy
Produced By:
Graham Gauld
Steve Conroy:
John Bentley
Penny Paige:
June Spencer
Michael Langton:
Ivan Samson
Inspector Meersen:
Gerik Schjelderup
Sergeant Dekker:
Rudolf Offenbach
Hans Veit:
Christopher Rhodes
Sheila Hay:
Gwen Day Burroughs
Pam Showell:
Ursula Hirst
Tracey Sands:
Ysanne Churchman
' Scoop ' Parsons:
Malcolm Hayes

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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