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Franklin Engelmann is the Chairman of this general knowledge contest in which listeners from all over the British Isles compete for the title ' Brain of Britain 1961'
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Michael Pountney, Glamorganshire Schoolboy
Russell Jenkins, Glamorganshire Schoolmaster
Jack Jones, Denbighshire Museum curator
The programme also includes ' Hear ! Hear : ' a test of memory for listeners at home and in the audience
The programme devised ind written by John P. Wynn
Produced by Joan ClarK

Contributors

Written By:
John P. Wynn
Produced By:
Joan Clark

Written and compiled by Leslie Baily
Death of King Edward VII ; the first flight from London to Manchester; the golden age of Musical Comedy—' The Arcadians,' ' The Chocolate Soldier,' ' Our Miss Gibbs'; the Lords versus the People; the Post-Impressionists; Sherlock Holmes and 'The Speckled Band'; the arrest of Doctor Crippen. with the voices of LORD MORRISON OF LAMBETH LADY VIOLET BONHAM CARTER CAPTAIN H. G. KENDALL
]MR. CLAUDE GRAHAME-WHITE MR. L. R. WILLDRIDGE MR. OLIVER DYER with Carleton Hobbs , Gordon Davies Olive Gregg , John Cameron
Helen Clare , Clarence Wright Anita Prynne , Oliver Burt
Leslie Perrins , Ronald Baddiley
Pages turned by Freddy Grisewood Music arranged by Alan Paul
BBC Revue Chorus and Orchestra Conducted by Alan Paul
Production by VERNON HARRIS

Contributors

Unknown:
Leslie Baily
Unknown:
King Edward Vii
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Sherlock Holmes
Unknown:
Captain H. G. Kendall
Unknown:
Mr. Claude Grahame-White
Unknown:
Mr. L. R. Willdridge
Unknown:
Mr. Oliver Dyer
Unknown:
Carleton Hobbs
Unknown:
Gordon Davies
Unknown:
Olive Gregg
Unknown:
John Cameron
Unknown:
Helen Clare
Unknown:
Clarence Wright
Unknown:
Anita Prynne
Unknown:
Oliver Burt
Unknown:
Leslie Perrins
Unknown:
Ronald Baddiley
Turned By:
Freddy Grisewood
Arranged By:
Alan Paul
Conducted By:
Alan Paul
Production By:
Vernon Harris

Devonshire Cream by EDEN PHILLPOTTS
This comedy concerns a farming Romeo and Juliet who defy the longstanding feud between Widecombes and Blanchards-and that on old Elias Widecombe's silver wedding day, too.
Music composed and arranged by Sidney Sager
Produced by Patrick Dromgoole

Contributors

Unknown:
Eden Phillpotts
Arranged By:
Sidney Sager
Produced By:
Patrick Dromgoole
Elias Widecombe:
Lewis Gedge
Amy Widecombe:
Phyllis Smale
Beth Widecombe:
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Robert Blanchard:
Patrick Troughton
William Blee:
Hedley Goodall
Gregory Sweet:
Victor Platt
Jenny Sweet:
June Barrie
Joseph Munday:
Peter Jeffrey

Advice and entertainment for retired people and older people generally, and a meeting place on the air for those concerned for their welfare
Plain Jane: Joan Tate paints the portrait of a modest personality
Perry for Lunch: Sybil Birch describes a day at the ' big house ' years ago
Presented by John Dunn

Contributors

Unknown:
Joan Tate
Unknown:
Sybil Birch
Presented By:
John Dunn

A programme for the. fives- to eights
TINKER AND TAPP
Another series/ of programmes about the goings-on of our handymen, by Muriel Levy
2: Dippy
Music written by Frank Barber and played by a section of the Northern Dance Orchestra
Produced by Trevor Hill

Contributors

Unknown:
Muriel Levy
Written By:
Frank Barber
Produced By:
Trevor Hill
Mr Tinker:
Leonard- Williams
Mr Tapp:
Herbert Smith
Peter Parkinson:
Doris Gambell

playing music of his choice and talking about his friends' and personalities in the world of entertainment with the BBC Variety Orchestra Leader, John Jezard
Condtuctor, Paul , Fenoulhet
Produced by John BroweM

Contributors

Leader:
John Jezard
Unknown:
Paul Fenoulhet
Produced By:
John Browem

BBC Home Service Basic

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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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