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DESMOND CARRINGTON is in STUDIO 53 to recall personalities and events from the world of entertainment including:
HERMIONE GINGOLD GERARD HOFFNUNG YVONNE ARNAUD DAISY KENNEDY
VLADIMIR DE PACHMANN
Produced by John Powell

Contributors

Unknown:
Hermione Gingold
Unknown:
Gerard Hoffnung
Unknown:
Yvonne Arnaud
Unknown:
Daisy Kennedy
Produced By:
John Powell

Demoiselles de Compagnie
For their holidays, Genevieve Iriart and her friend, Sylvie, want to go to the Camargue. To earn money, Genevieve looks after an old lady in the He Saint-Louis, and Sylvie takes a colonel in his wheel-chair for outings. Listeners are also invited to sing ' Voici le mois de mai ' with Jan Rosol , who accompanies himself on the guitar Script by Paule-Aline and John Dent
Intermediate French series

Contributors

Unknown:
Genevieve Iriart
Unknown:
Jan Rosol

Turn of the Century by MICHAEL BRETT with Marjorie Westbury and James McKechnie
When George Maxwell , a reporter for the County Gazette, sets out on a sentimental journey to interview Mr. and Mrs. Mellowes, the celebrated centenarians, he does not foresee the startling and somewhat farcical hazards of such a mission!
Cast in order of speaking:
Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company Produced by NORMAN WRIGHT

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Brett
Unknown:
Marjorie Westbury
Unknown:
James McKechnie
Unknown:
George Maxwell
Produced By:
Norman Wright
Stella:
Gudrun Ure
Frederick Elton:
Felix Felton
George Maxwell:
Frederick Treves
First yokel:
Peter Claughton
Second yokel:
William Eedle
Judith Mellowes:
Janet Burnell
Mr Mellowes:
James McKechnie
Mrs Mellowes:
Marjorie Westbury
Mary Anderson:
Barbara Mitchell

Advice and entertainment for retired and older people and a meeting place on the air for those concerned for their welfare
Grandmother: A portrait by Eileen Gray
National Assistance: by an Officer of the Board
The recorded broadcast of January 28 in ' Can I Help You? '
Adventures of a Rose Grower: Arbel Aldous on the consequences of a hobby
Early Science Fiction - 1: Rolf Lefebvre reads from ' 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea' by Jules Verne
Introduced by John Dunn

Contributors

Unknown:
Arbel Aldous
Unknown:
Rolf Lefebvre
Unknown:
Jules Verne
Introduced By:
John Duna

Six plays by E. LUCIA TURNBULL
6: Roses White and Roses Red based on a traditional story from Greece
It was Christmas Eve on the Island of Crete when a certain merchant and his wife came out on to their balcony to look with joy and wonder at the bright star which hung like a lamp in the East.
Produced by DAVID DAVIS

Contributors

Produced By:
David Davis
Merchant:
John Glen
His wife:
Elizabeth London
First Wise Woman:
Winifred Oughton
Second Wise Woman:
Betty Hardy
Third Wise Woman:
Ella Milne
Stella:
Sian Davies
The King:
Ivan Samson
Storyteller:
Charles E Stidwill

Sixth Year
A weekly contest between amateur choirs from all over the United Kingdom
The seventh of twelve programmes in the national competition Introduced by JOHN HOBDAY with a summary of the adjudicators' comments from MAURICE JACOBSON
SCHOOL CHOIRS
Howell's School Choir
Conductor, Gwen Osborne
Coleraine High School Choir Conductor, Evva Wilson
LADIES CHOIRS
Robinswood Singers
Conductor, Margaret E. Jones
Barrhead Philomel Singers Conductor, Mina Forrest
Produced by John Fawcett Wilson

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Hobday
Conductor:
Gwen Osborne
Conductor:
Evva Wilson
Conductor:
Mina Forrest
Produced By:
John Fawcett Wilson

The Father by AUGUST STRINDBERG adapted for broadcasting by Max Faber from his English version with Jack Hawkins and Googie Withers
Production by JOHN GIBSON
Recorded broadcast of March 31, 1957, in the Third Programme
See page 19

Contributors

Broadcasting By:
Max Faber
Unknown:
Jack Hawkins
Production By:
John Gibson
Adolf, a cavalry captain:
Jack Hawkins
Laura, his wife:
Googie Withers
Bertha, their daughter:
Dorothy Gordon
Dr Oestermark:
Richard Williams
The Pastor:
Charles Lloyd Pack
Margret, the nurse:
Gladys Young
Nöjd:
Malcolm Hayes
Svärd:
Haydn Jones

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