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Introduced by Marjorie Anderson
Supporting Cast: introducing some of the people whose work smooths domestic paths
Bernard Keeffe : a recent guest in Woman's Hour
Holiday Books: chosen by Mildred Rawlinson
Teachers and Children: a discussion between Amy Bull, Francis Cammaerts , and Joan Yorke

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
Bernard Keeffe
Unknown:
Mildred Rawlinson
Unknown:
Francis Cammaerts
Unknown:
Joan Yorke

A request programme of gramophone records
Jesu, joy of man's desiring (Cantata No. 147) (Bach, arr. Hess)
Myra Hess (piano)
Clarinet Trio in E flat major (K.498) (Mozart)
Gervase de Peyer (clarinet) Cecil Aronowitz (viola) Lamar Crowson (piano)
Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 (Appassionata) (Beethoven)
Claudio Arrau (piano)

Contributors

Piano:
Myra Hess
Clarinet:
Gervase de Peyer
Viola:
Cecil Aronowitz
Piano:
Lamar Crowson
Piano:
Claudio Arrau

Chairman, Sir Gerald Barry
Film: Riccardo Aragno
Theatre: T. C. Worsley
Broadcasting: Jacques Brunius
Book: A. Alvarez
Art: J. M. Richards

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Gerald Barry
Unknown:
Riccardo Aragno
Unknown:
Jacques Brunius
Unknown:
A. Alvarez
Unknown:
J. M. Richards

Listeners' questions about the countryside answered by Eric Hobbis , Ernest Neal and Ralph Wightman
Question-Master, Vincent Waite Produced by Bill Coysh

Contributors

Unknown:
Eric Hobbis
Unknown:
Ernest Neal
Question-Master:
Ralph Wightman
Question-Master:
Vincent Waite
Produced By:
Bill Coysh

The book by Philippa Pearce, adapted as a serial play in six parts by John Keir Cross
'But of course, as you know, Tom did hear the strange old grandfather clock chime and strike in the hours of darkness. Whatever his life in the daytime with his uncle and aunt was like, he was no longer lonely when it came to midnight.'
(Recorded broadcast of May 15, 1960)

Contributors

Author:
Philippa Pearce
Adapted by:
John Keir Cross
Producer:
David Davis
Storyteller:
Charles E Stidwill
Tom:
Jean England
Hatty:
Ann Totten
Uncle Alan:
Norman Shelley
Aunt Gwen:
Rachel Roberts
Mrs Melbourne:
Joan Henley
Abel:
Martin Starkie

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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