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A light-hearted look at the advertising world
Michael Medwin as Michael Lightfoot an account executive
Eleanor Summerfield as Maggie, a TV executive
Fenella Fielding as Janet, secretary to Michael
Joan Sims as Mavis, a shorthand typist
Nicholas Phipps as Adrian Beales , a copywriter
Warren Mitchell as most other characters
Script by Myles Rudge and Ronnie Wolfe Produced by Eric Miller
Recorded broadcast of January 23 in the Light Programme

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Medwin
Unknown:
Michael Lightfoot
Unknown:
Eleanor Summerfield
Unknown:
Joan Sims
Unknown:
Nicholas Phipps
Unknown:
Adrian Beales
Unknown:
Warren Mitchell
Script By:
Myles Rudge
Script By:
Ronnie Wolfe
Produced By:
Eric Miller

Overture in C in the Italian Style
(Schubert)
Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Antal Doratl
Intermezzo and Nocturne
(A Midsummer Night's Dream) (Mendelssohn)
London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Peter Maag
The Song of the Nightingale
(Stravinsky)
Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Constantin Silvestri on gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Antal Doratl
Conducted By:
Peter Maag
Conducted By:
Constantin Silvestri

A programme for the fives to eights Eric Skelding tells the story of ' The Rainy Day' by Margaret Baker with Brisid Hodgson as Liz and Bob Arnold as Georgie
Produced by Shirley Franklin

Contributors

Unknown:
Eric Skelding
Unknown:
Margaret Baker
Unknown:
Brisid Hodgson
Unknown:
Bob Arnold
Produced By:
Shirley Franklin

Marie Collier (soprano)
Winifred Roberts (violin)
Nona Liddell (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra Leader. Hugh Maguire
Conducted by John Pritchard
From the Royal Albert Hall , London
Part 1

Contributors

Soprano:
Marie Collier
Violin:
Winifred Roberts
Violin:
Nona Liddell
Leader:
Hugh Maguire
Conducted By:
John Pritchard
Unknown:
Royal Albert Hall

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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