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Roll back the carpet and join in the fun with Alf Adamson and his
Border Band
Elizabeth Porter
Alex Glasgow
Master of Ceremonies, Bill Cain
From Haltwhistle, Northumberland
Arranged by Richard Kelly

Contributors

Unknown:
Alf Adamson
Unknown:
Elizabeth Porter
Unknown:
Alex Glasgow
Unknown:
Bill Cain
Arranged By:
Richard Kelly

Midland Region's popular panel game dievised by Tony Shryane and Edward J. Mason
E. Arnot Robertson and Frank Muir challenge
Nancy Spain and Denis Norden
Umpirie, Jack Longland
Last Sunday's recorded broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Shryane
Unknown:
Edward J. Mason
Unknown:
E. Arnot Robertson
Unknown:
Frank Muir
Unknown:
Denis Norden
Unknown:
Jack Longland

Incident at Little Moose
by Kenneth Hayles
with William Sylvester
Set in a mining camp in Canada, this is a story of an eternal triangle that explodes into violence and murder.

3.45 Old Acquaintances
by John Hynam
An old man returns to the village where he was a boy and searches among the tombs for the names of those he knew. Most of them he finds, but not his old mate Arthur.

Plays produced by Cedric Messina

Contributors

Unknown:
William Sylvester
Unknown:
John Hynam
Produced By:
Cedric Messina
Blackie Donovan:
William Sylvester
Kitty Mathews:
June Tobin
Jordon:
Jon Farrell
Charlie:
Nigel Anthony
Swede:
Rolf Lefebvre
Red:
Anthony Hall
Mac:
Wilfred Babbage
Ted Mathews:
John Bennett
Mike Hamlin:
Derek Blomfield
George Hamlin:
Charles Simon
Tonwny Harrison:
Hugh Dickson
This Old Man:
Jonathan Scott

from Hereford Cathedral
Preces and Responses (Smith)
Psalms 126, 127, 128, 130, 131
First Lesson: Ezekiel 18, vv. 1-5, 7-9, 19-23
Magnificat (Byrd: Five Part)
Secord, Lesson, St. John 18. vv. 28-40
Nunc dimittis (Byrd: Five Part)
Creed; Collects
Anthem: And I saw a new heaven (E.L. Bainton)
Prayers
Grace
Organist and Master of the Choristers, Melville Cook
Assistant organist, Michael Burton

Contributors

Unknown:
L. Bainton
Organist:
Michael Burton

A series of five-round contests between London and the Regions

London:
Denis Brogan, Cedric Cliffe
Quiz-Master, Michael Flanders
Wales:
T.I. Ellis, Wyn Griffith
Quiz-Master, Roy Plomley

(BBC recording)
(Repeated on Thursday at 1.10)

Contributors

Contestant:
Denis Brogan
Contestant:
Cedric Cliffe
Quiz-Master (London):
Michael Flanders
Contestant:
T.I. Ellis
Contestant:
Wyn Griffith
Quiz-Master (Wales):
Roy Plomley
Arranged By:
Patrick Harvey

by J. Isaacs
Professor of English Language and Literature at Queen Mary College. University of London
When the Kirov Ballet appeared in Britain the public received too little guidance from the critics: so Professor Isaacs thinks, both as a lover of ballet and as a critic. He suggests some standards for ballet criticism, with reference to recent Russian, British, and American productions.

Contributors

Unknown:
J. Isaacs

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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