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The seventeenth century was not all court luxury and military glory. There was a strong undercurrent of austerity of ideals, religious fervour, and unorthodox but sincere faith. Blaise Pascal belongs to this aspect of the century
Script by Odette Lhenry
French for Sixth Forms series

Contributors

Unknown:
Blaise Pascal
Script By:
Odette Lhenry

Traditional music and songs from a square dance party at Chichester in Sussex
Songs from Pat Shaw
Callers, Nibs Matthews and Peter North
Music from the Jolly Waggoners Band led by Nan Fleming-Williams Master of Ceremonies, Bernard Fishwick
Produced by Brian Patten

Contributors

Unknown:
Nibs Matthews
Unknown:
Peter North
Unknown:
Nan Fleming-Williams
Unknown:
Bernard Fishwick
Produced By:
Brian Patten

Midland Region's panel game devised by Tony Shryane and Edward J. Mason
E. Arnot Robertson and' Frank Muir challenge
, Nancy Spain and Denis Norden
Umpire, Jack Longland
Recorded broadcast of June 11

Contributors

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

Lady of the Decade
A comedy for radio by RICHARD TOWNSHEND BICKERS
The Lady of the Decade Award is presented every four years to the ex-pupil of Duneld Castle School for Girls who is judged to have done most for humanity and brought greatest credit to the school during the past decade.
Production by AUDREY CAMERON

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Townshend Bickers
Production By:
Audrey Cameron
Miss Shanks Headmistress of Duneld Castle School:
Gladys Spencer
Sir Gilbert Berenger, m p:
Philip Leaver
Bishop MacMurtree:
John Graham
Faith Aylott:
Janet Burnell
Moultrie, porter at Duneld Castle School:
Duncan McLntyre
Dr Rebecca Troth, M P:
Marjorie Westbury
Sleeping-car attendant:
Donald McKillop
Taxi driver:
Andrew Irvine
Bryan Gorell:
Derek Blomfield
Dominica Rostance:
June Tobin
Wing Officer Joan Ridd, W K A F:
Betty Baskcomb
Corporal Bloss, W R A F:
Gudrun Ure
Ann Fordham:
Dorit Welles
Passenger in train:
Philip Morant

from Worcester Cathedral
Confession; Absolution; the Lord's
Prayer (Byrd)
Versicles and Responses Psalms 108 and 109 First Lesson: Ecclesiasticus 19, w.
13-30
Magnificat (Fifth Service, Tomkins)
Second Lesson: Acts 18, w. 1-23 ,, Nunc dimittis (Fifth Service, Tomkins)
Apostles Creed; the Lord's Prayer;
Collects
Anthem: Cantantibus organis
(Peter Philips)
Prayers; Grace
Organist and Master of the Choristers, Douglas Guest
Assistant organist, Edgar Day

Another adventure of Homer Jackson, the Irish journalist by MARGARET POTTER
Production by Trevor Hill

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Potter
Production By:
Trevor Hill
Homer ::
Harry Towb
Jimmy Taylor, the cub reporter:
Paul Bond
Mr Josiah Briggs, Editor of the Clarion:
Leonard Williams
Henry, the photographer:
Herbert Smith
Nathaniel Leadbetter:
Robert Wallace
Arthur Wooton:
Peter John
Councillor Hardcastle:
John Broadbent
Mrs Entwistle:
Ella Atkinson

An opera in four acts Libretto by H. Meilhac and L. Halevy
English version by Hermann Klein , Henry Hersee , and others
New spoken dialogue written by Tom Hammond and John Barton
Music by BlZET
Soldiers, cigarette girls, gypsies, smugglers
SADLER'S WELLS CHORUS
Chorus-Master, David Tod Boyd SADLER'S WELLS Orchestra Leader, Barry Collins
Conductor, COLIN DAVIS
Producer, John Barton
From Sadler 's Wells Theatre London
ACT 1: A square in Seville

Contributors

Unknown:
H. Meilhac
Unknown:
L. Halevy
Unknown:
Hermann Klein
Unknown:
Henry Hersee
Written By:
Tom Hammond
Written By:
John Barton
Chorus-Master:
David Tod Boyd
Leader:
Barry Collins
Conductor:
Colin Davis
Producer:
John Barton
Unknown:
From Sadler
Carmen, a gypsy:
Patricia Johnson
Don Jos6, a soldier:
Donald Smith
Micaela, a peasant girl:
Elizabeth Robson
Escamillo, a toreador:
Raimund Herincx
Friends of Carmen:Frasquita:
Rita Hunter
Friends of Carmen:Mercedes:
Ann Robson
Sumgglers Daneairo:
Julian Moyle
Sumgglers Remendado:
John Stoddart
Zuniga, a lieutenant:
Leon Greene
Morales, an officer:
Bernard Turgeon
Lillas Pastia, an innkeeper:
Haydn Hughes
A goatherd:
Henry Whimpanny

Advice by Leigh Hunt on the uses to which windows may be put-both practical and imaginative
'In water we behold one of the old primeval mysteries of which the world was made. Thus, the commonest raindrop on a pane of glass becomes a visitor from the solitudes of time.'
Reader, Hugh BURDEN

Contributors

Unknown:
Leigh Hunt
Reader:
Hugh Burden

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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