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Country Ceili from Glenn, Co. Down
Fred Hanna 's Ceili Band
Eileen Gavin (contralto)
Gerard Campbell
(songs with guitar)
Master of Ceremonies, Jack Sloane
Produced by Sam Denton

Contributors

Unknown:
Fred Hanna
Contralto:
Eileen Gavin
Contralto:
Gerard Campbell
Unknown:
Jack Sloane
Produced By:
Sam Denton

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 18

Contributors

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

A play for radio by PATRICK CAMPBELL
In the sixteenth century, in the City of York, a priory and a monastery stood jealously side by side. There is a delightful legend of a ' miracle ' which resulted in the appointment of a most unusual Father Prior.
3.30 To Share the Shadow
A play for radio by ROSEMARY TIMPERLEY
Marsha was only a silly young girl when she met Roger, but through him she learned strength and courage.
Plays produced by ROBIN MIDGLEY s

Contributors

Unknown:
Patrick Campbell
Unknown:
Rosemary Timperley
Produced By:
Robin Midgley
Aloysius:
Denys Hawthorne
Father Prior:
Keith Williams
Brother Andrew:
Arthur Gomez
Brother Thomas:
Rolf Lefebvre
Fortune teller|:
Sheila Allen
First girl:
Sheila Allen
Ribbon-seller:
Patricia Bendall
Musician:
Donald McKillop
First man:
Donald McKillop
Brother Joseph:
Donald McKillop
Showman:
Derek Blomfleld
Second man):
Derek Blomfleld
Father Superior:
Philip Leaver
Donald Lake:
Derek Blomfleld
Marsha Lake:
Dorit Welles
Roger Malvern:
Nigel Anthony
Jean Playfair:
Sheila Allen
Mrs Selby:
Mary O'Farrell
Waitress:
Priscilla Benson
Bob Playfair:
Keith Williams

from the Cathedral Church of St. Mary
(Scottish Episcopal), Edinburgh
Sentence; Confession; Absolution Versicles (W. Smith) Psalms 141, 142, 143
First Lesson: Ecclesiasticus 14, w.
20-27
Magnificat (Bullock in D)
Second Lesson: St. John 1, w. 35-42 Nunc dimittis (Bullock in D)
Apostles' Creed; Lesser Litany; the Lord's Prayer
Responses (W. Smith) The Collects
Anthem: How beauteous are their feet (Stanford)
Prayers: The Grace
Jesus calls us (E.H. 205)
Organist and Master of the Choristers, Dennis TownhiU
Assistant Organist,
Kenneth Mackintosh

Contributors

Organist:
Kenneth MacKintosh

A programme for the fives to eights
Smokey Incorporated by Margaret Potter
Incidental music by Henry Reed played by a section of the Northern Dance Orchestra
Conductor, Bernard Herrmann
Produced by Trevor Hill

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Potter
Music By:
Henry Reed
Conductor:
Bernard Herrmann
Produced By:
Trevor Hill
The Inventor:
Geoffrey Banks
His Majestic:
Frederic Wilson
Cuthbert the Duck:
Patricia Birch
Storyteller:
Graham Roberts

by LAURENCE MEYNELL adapted for broadcasting in six parts by Nan Macdonald
1: The Importance of Having Red Hair
Production by Trevor Hill
See page 38

Contributors

Unknown:
Laurence Meynell
Unknown:
Nan MacDonald
Production By:
Trevor Hill
David Walker:
Geoffrey Matthews
The Philosophical:
Geoffrey Banks
Carl Lipscombe:
Heron Carvic
Sigmund Herst:
Graham Tennant
The Innkeeper:
Tom Harrison

A series of five-round contests between London and the Regions LONDON v. NORTH
ROUND 1
London:
Denis Brogan , Barry Carman
Quiz-Master, Lionel Hale
North:
W. Lyon BIease Dennis Chapman
Quiz-Master, Roy Plomley Arranged by Patrick Harvey

Contributors

Unknown:
Denis Brogan
Unknown:
Barry Carman
Unknown:
Lionel Hale
Unknown:
W. Lyon Biease
Unknown:
Dennis Chapman
Unknown:
Roy Plomley
Arranged By:
Patrick Harvey

Excerpts from
Offenbach's operetta sung in Geoffrey Dunn 's English version with June Bronhill as Eurydice Kevin Miller as Orpheus
Jon Weaving as Pluto Eric Shilling as Jupiter Alan Crofoot as John Styx
Sadler's Wells Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Alexander Faris on a gramophone record

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoffrey Dunn
Unknown:
Kevin Miller
Unknown:
Eric Shilling
Unknown:
Jupiter Alan Crofoot
Unknown:
John Styx
Conducted By:
Alexander Faris

Four talks for
Advent by the Rev. Alan Booth
Secretary of the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs
In this group of talks Alan Booth explores, from a standpoint of Christian belief, the challenge offered by some of the major political problems of our time.
1: The Cold War

Contributors

Unknown:
Rev. Alan Booth
Unknown:
Alan Booth

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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