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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

Dr. Iriart's dog, Toufou, seems to be making the best of Paris. He tries to be friendly with everybody, including the concierge, but his efforts to please her today end in near disaster.
Listeners are invited to join in the singing of ' 'Revenez' with Jan Rosol , to the accompaniment of his guitar
Script by John Dent Paule-Aline Dent
Intermediate French series

Contributors

Unknown:
Jan Rosol
Script By:
John Dent
Script By:
Paule-Aline Dent

Regional Variations (2)

Desert Island Discs

BBC Home Service Basic

Desert Island Discs

Colonel A D Wintle

Duration: 16 minutes

on BBC Home Service Basic

Available for over a year

Roy Plomley's castaway is soldier and writer Colonel A D Wintle. Show more

The Attorney General by PHILLIP GRENVILLE MANN adapted for broadcasting by Michael Hardwick with Noel Johnson Australia, 1830. A brutal and cold-blooded murder of a coloured man by a young English officer forges a chain of violence and intrigue, and leads to a dramatic fight for justice.
Produced by NORMAN WRICHT Saturday's recorded broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Phillip Grenville Mann
Broadcasting By:
Michael Hardwick
Unknown:
Noel Johnson
Produced By:
Norman Wricht

Advice and entertainment for retired people and older people generally, and a meeting place on the air for those concerned for their welfare
Sensible Feeding: The first of two talks by the doctor
Local Lamp-Post: Albert Royds recalls a meeting place
My New Job: May Gribble describes an adventure in retirement
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists: A reading from Robert Tressell 's book by Frank Partington
Presented by John Dunn
The last three items are recorded

Contributors

Unknown:
Albert Royds
Unknown:
Robert Tressell
Book By:
Frank Partington
Presented By:
John Dunn

A programme for the fives to eights The Adventures of Pinocchio
The story by CARLO COLLODI adapted in thirteen parts by Barbara Sleigh
II: The Land of Coekagne
Pinocchio was on his way to the Land of Cockagne with his friend Candlewick and a company of other boys. They were packed into the coach as tightly as sardines in a tin.
Produced by DAVID DAVIS

Contributors

Story By:
Carlo Collodi
Unknown:
Barbara Sleigh
Produced By:
David Davis
Pinocchio:
Patricia Hayes
Candlewick:
Jean England
Coachman:
Stephen Jack
Ringmaster:
Eric Anderson
Storyteller:
Mary O'Farrell

Regional Variations (6)

BBC Scottish Orchestra, conductor. Norman Del Mar; Gareth Morris, flute

BBC Home Service Scottish

Let the People Sing

BBC Home Service Midland

Let the People Sing

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

Let the People Sing

BBC Home Service South and West

Let the People Sing

BBC Home Service Welsh

Mozart and Schubert
Piano music played by Lili Kraus

Contributors

Played By:
Lili Kraus

Regional Variations (2)

From Within: a close-up of six communities. 4: Glyn Ceiriog

BBC Home Service Welsh

A selection of recorded wit, music, and humour
Introduced by Basil Boothroyd of Punch
The company includes:
Piers Stephens , Sheila Hancock and Mitzi McDowell
Ivor Cutler of Y'Hup,
O.M.P. Kenneth nirht. Hilda Kriseman and Peggy Butt Lord Buckley Jean Bloor
Patrick Healy
Dorit Welles and Lewis Stringer
('. Gordon Oilover
The Marcel Mule Saxophone Quartet Michael Spice and Gudrun Ure Charlotte Mitchell
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The items include:
Blanket Story
The Face Reader
Don't Listen Girls
The Write-Off
Steep No More Baby Poem
Me and My Kid Brother The Chastity Belt
Better than the Baumgartens
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The writers include:
PIERS STEPHENS
IVOR CUTLEROf Y'Hup, O.M.P. PAULA MULDREW ,
JEANBLOOR Philip BRACK. C. GORDON GLOVER
GEOFFREY STEPHENS
CHARLOTT EMITCHELL
Musical interludes on records chosen by Robert Irwin Edited and produced by John Bridges
Sheila Hancock is in One Over the Eight' at the Duke of York's Theatre, London

Contributors

Introduced By:
Basil Boothroyd
Unknown:
Piers Stephens
Unknown:
Sheila Hancock
Unknown:
Mitzi McDowell
Unknown:
Ivor Cutler
Unknown:
O.M.P. Kenneth
Unknown:
Hilda Kriseman
Unknown:
Peggy Butt
Unknown:
Lord Buckley Jean Bloor
Unknown:
Patrick Healy
Unknown:
Dorit Welles
Unknown:
Lewis Stringer
Unknown:
Gordon Oilover
Unknown:
Gudrun Ure
Unknown:
Charlotte Mitchell
Unknown:
O.M.P. Paula Muldrew
Unknown:
Jeanbloor Philip Brack.
Unknown:
Gordon Glover
Unknown:
Geoffrey Stephens
Unknown:
Charlott Emitchell
Unknown:
Robert Irwin
Produced By:
John Bridges
Produced By:
Sheila Hancock

Regional Variations (2)

' Highland River': play by Neil M. Gunn

BBC Home Service Scottish

by R. F. DELDERFIELD adapted by Simona Pakenham with Valentine Dyall and Pauline Letts
Narrator. DUNCAN MCINTYRE with members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company Produced by NOEL ILIFF
Recorded broadcast of May 30, 1959

Contributors

Unknown:
R. F. Delderfield
Adapted By:
Simona Pakenham
Unknown:
Valentine Dyall
Unknown:
Pauline Letts
Narrator:
. Duncan McIntyre
Produced By:
Noel Iliff
Claudia Procula:
Pauline Letts
Aurelian:
David Spenser
Pontius Pilate:
Valentine Dyall
Marius:
Roger Snowdon
Longinus:
Peter Wilde
Annas:
Davidmarch
Mary Magdalene:
Sheila Grant
Theocritus:
James Thomason
Nesta:
Jane Jordan Rogers
Caiaphas:
Heron Carvic
Joseph of Arimathea:
John Boddington
Gurtha:
Frank Atkinson

Sonata in D minor, for recorder and continuo (Pepusch)
Three dances for bassoon, musette, and harpsichord (Jean Hotteterre)
Variations for three flutes
(Johann-Christoph Faber)
Trio in F major for recorder, viola da gamba, and continuo (Telemann) played by Le groupe des instruments anciens de Paris directed by Roger Cotte on a gramophone record

Contributors

Directed By:
Roger Cotte

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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