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Roll back the carpet and join in the fun with Jack Armstrong and his Barnstormers
Christina Short, Bill Robinson
Introduced by Roger BURGESS
Arranged by Richard Kelly
From Bedlington , Northumberland

Contributors

Unknown:
Jack Armstrong
Unknown:
Bill Robinson
Introduced By:
Roger Burgess
Arranged By:
Richard Kelly
Arranged By:
From Bedlington

A light-hearted look at the advertising world with Michael Medwin
Eleanor Summerfield
Fenella Fielding, Joan Sims
Nicholas Fhipps , Boy Dotrice Script by Myles Rudge and Ronnie Wolfe Produced by JOHN SIMMONDS
Recorded broadcast of October 30, 1961, in the Light Programme

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Medwin
Unknown:
Eleanor Summerfield
Unknown:
Joan Sims
Unknown:
Nicholas Fhipps
Script By:
Myles Rudge
Script By:
Ronnie Wolfe
Produced By:
John Simmonds

Dead Freight
A comedy for radio by CHARLES THORNTON
The s.s. Monantus is four days out from Durban on a voyage to Bombay when some of the crew suspect a Chinese passenger of being the leader of a notorious diamond smuggling ring.
Produced by DAVID H. GODFREY

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Thornton
Produced By:
David H. Godfrey
Nobby:
John Hollis
Shorty:
John Bryning
Tub:
Ronald Baddiley
Shamrock:
Denys Hawthorne
Maxy:
Haydn Jones

from Bangor Abbey, Co. Down Sentence; Confession; Absolution; the Lord's Prayer
Preces and Responses (Ferial) Psalm 106
First Lesson: Exodus 8, w. 1-19 Magnificat (Wood in D major)
Second Lesson: Colossians 4, w.
2-18
Nunc dimittis (Wood in D major) Creed; Lesser Litany; Collects
Anthem: If ye love me (Webber)
Jesu, joy of all my heart (C.H. 681) The Grace
Organ Voluntary: Introduction and Allegro (John Stanley )
Organist and Choirmaster, Robb Anderson

Contributors

Organist:
John Stanley
Choirmaster:
Robb Anderson

An adventure play in two parts written for broadcasting by BERTHA LONSDALE
1: The Peculiar Sentence
Produced by HERBERT Smith

Contributors

Broadcasting By:
Bertha Lonsdale
Produced By:
Herbert Smith
Tom Darnley:
Randolph Stubington
Sue Darnley, his sister:
Sara Aimson
Martin Maggs, their cousin:
Ian Piper
Mr Peebles:
Norman Somera
Mr Strongman:
Graham Tennant

Songs and stories of the American Gold Rush
Introduced by Alexis Korner
6: Klondyke Kate and Soapy Smith
They were certainly two of the most famous people in all the Northern Territory; and that at a time when many people were making their fame and fortune.
Produced by Claire Chovil

Contributors

Introduced By:
Alexis Korner
Introduced By:
Klondyke Kate
Produced By:
Claire Chovil

A series of five-round contests LONDON v. SCOTLAND: Round 2
London:
Denis Brogan , Cedric Cliffe Quiz-Master,
Lionel Hale Scotland:
Sir James Fergusson Jack House
Quiz-Master, Patrick Harvey

Contributors

Unknown:
Denis Brogan
Unknown:
Cedric Cliffe
Unknown:
Lionel Hale
Unknown:
Sir James Fergusson
Unknown:
Jack House
Unknown:
Patrick Harvey

How great and permanent an influence do childhood experiences exert upon a man? Michael Ross recalls one of his earliest memories : a faded photogravure reproduction of a (not very good) painting which made a great emotional impact at the time. He comes to the conclusion that however much his taste has changed he is still fundamentally the same small child looking at that picture.

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Ross

Four Lenten talks by the Rev. Daniel Jenkins
1: The Discipline of Prosperity
The book Equality and Excellence, published last year by the Christian Frontier Council, has been widely acknowledged to be an important comment on the state of British society today. Its author, who is Minister of the King's Weigh House Congregational Church in London, examines our prosperous society in his first talk.

Contributors

Unknown:
Rev. Daniel Jenkins

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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