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Introduced by Bill Hartley
The Motor Agents' Association Fidelity Scheme: An interview with Alfred S. Fosh , O.B.E., Chairman of the M.A.A. Standards of Trading Committee
It's my view .... Out of Order: Jack Davey on traffic lights
The Specialist: Sparking Plugs by Keith Gough
The New Motorway: A report by Jack Hay on the first part of the M6, which has just been opened Produced by James Pestridge
Network Three

Contributors

Introduced By:
Bill Hartley
Unknown:
Alfred S. Fosh
Unknown:
Jack Davey
Unknown:
Keith Gough
Unknown:
Jack Hay
Produced By:
James Pestridge

Cicely Courtneidge , Vic Oliver Jack Hulbert with Joan Benham
No. 64 Cambridge Square, South Kensington, is a small London house converted into flats.
Top floor First floor Ground floor Also involved are
Script by Bob Block Produced by ALASTAIR SCOTT JOHNSTON

Contributors

Unknown:
Cicely Courtneidge
Unknown:
Vic Oliver
Unknown:
Jack Hulbert
Unknown:
Joan Benham
Script By:
Bob Block
Produced By:
Alastair Scott Johnston
Miss Amanda Studd:
Joan Benham
Mr Oscar Hendrick:
Vic Oliver
Mrs Katie Hendrick:
Cicely Courtneidge
Mr. Henry Ashford, solicitor and owner of the house:
Jack Hulbert
Mathews, the caretaker:
Graham
Patricia, his daughter:
Rosalind Knight
Bobby, the poodle:
Percy Edwards
Joey:
David Spenser
Carson:
Frederick Treves

The Grave Assassins
A play for radio by KENNETH BIRD with William Lucas as Mike Stacey
The discovery of a wrong body m a coffin triggers off an international drama amid the snow-capped mountains of the Austrian Tyrol.
Produced by Hugh STEWART
From the BBC's Midland studios
Recorded broadcast of January 10 in the Light Programme

Contributors

Unknown:
William Lucas
Unknown:
Mike Stacey
Produced By:
Hugh Stewart
Douglas:
Hugh Falkus
Cowell:
Arthur R Webb
Rector:
F R Buckley
Rachel:
Gwen Muspratt
Grace:
Ria Sohier
Mrs Stanhope:
Dorothy Paul
Sir Henry:
George Skillan
Windle:
Jack Holloway
Bender:
Graham Ricdy
Irving:
Peter Shoesmith
Zalek:
Raf de la Torre
Galen:
Tom Bowman

Anthony Hall in Le Petit Cafe
A farcical comedy by TRISTAN Bernard translated and adapted by Norman Ginsbury and Jacques Sarch
Albert is a waiter at Le Petit Cafe owned by August Philibert. He inherits a fortune but M. Philibert hears about it first and offers the unsuspecting Albert a contract to stay in his employ for twenty years. But if Albert resigns he will have to pay M. Philibert 20,000 francs compensation, and if Philibert sacks him he will have to pay Albert 20,000 francs. Does Albert resign, or is he sacked?
The place: Paris. The time: 1911
Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company Produced by MARTYN C. WEBSTER

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Hall
Comedy By:
Tristan Bernard
Adapted By:
Norman Ginsbury
Adapted By:
Jacques Sarch
Unknown:
M. Philibert
Unknown:
M. Philibert
Produced By:
Martyn C. Webster
Albert:
Anthony Hall
Mme Mirmain cashier at Le Petit Cafe:
Peggy Butt
Edwigre a Hungarian singer:
Marjorie Westbury
M Bigredon a shady lawyer:
Geoffrey Wincott
Mile Yvonne Philibert:
Sheila Grant
M August Philibert:
Leslie Perrins
Alphonse, dishwasher:
Peter Pratt
Manager of the Café Beaulieu:
Anthony Viccars
A General:
Rolf Lefebvre
M Plouvier:
Denys Hawthorne
A Journalist:
Michael Spice
Berengere d'Aquitaine, a lady of doubtful reputation:
Barbara Mitchell
Jacquejine Coeur another lady of doubtful reputation.:
Gudrun Ure
Henri Gastonnet a young provincial:
Lewis Stringer
M Xavier secretary of the Union of Café Waiters:
Arthur Gomez

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