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DESMOND CARRINGTON is in STUDIO 53 to recall personalities and events from the world of entertainment
Written and compiled by Desmond Carrington
Produced by John Powell

Contributors

Unknown:
Desmond Carrington
Unknown:
Desmond Carrington
Produced By:
John Powell

Abraham Lincoln by JOHN DRINKWATER adapted for radio and produced by Hugh Stewart with James McKechnie as the Great President
One hundred years ago this year saw the outbreak of the American Civil War.
Saturday's recorded broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Abraham Lincoln
Unknown:
John Drinkwater
Produced By:
Hugh Stewart
Unknown:
James McKechnie

Advice and entertainment for retired people and older people generally, and a meeting place oni the air for those concerned for their welfare
Buying Food: Claire Rayner offers some advice to those with a small budget
Rubbish Thursday: Elizabeth Muntz tells a story which proves time has us in its grip
Presented by John Dunn

Contributors

Unknown:
Claire Rayner
Unknown:
Elizabeth Muntz
Presented By:
John Dunn

A programme for the fives to eights
THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS by Kenneth Grahame adapted by Felix Felton
7: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
It was past ten o'clock at night, but the sky still clung to some lingering skirts of light from the departed midsummer day. The Mole lay stretched on the bank. He had been on the river with some companions.
Produced and narrated by David Davie

Contributors

Unknown:
Kenneth Grahame
Adapted By:
Felix Felton
Unknown:
David Davie
The Walter Rat:
David March
The Mole:
Chales E Stidwill

with Harry Hayward and his Sextet Douglas Lester (drums) Harold Earle (bass)
Harry Hayward (piano) Bert Brown (trumpet)
Gordon Forsyth (tenor sax)
Ernie Waite (alto and clarinet) Introduced by Peter Wheeler

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Hayward
Bass:
Harold Earle
Piano:
Harry Hayward
Piano:
Bert Brown
Tenor:
Gordon Forsyth
Unknown:
Ernie Waite
Introduced By:
Peter Wheeler

The Prime Minister
The Rt. Hon.
Harold Macmillan , M.P. replies to the toast of Her Majesty's Ministers proposed by The Rt. Hon.
The Lord Mayor of London at the traditional Banquet in Guildhall in the City of London
Scene described by Wynford Vaughan Thomas

Contributors

Unknown:
Harold MacMillan
Unknown:
Wynford Vaughan Thomas

BBC Home Service Basic

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