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Traditional music and song from a square dance party at Mitcheldean in the Forest of Dean
Singer, PAT SHAW
Caller, Nibs MATTHEWS
THE JOLLY WAGGONERS BAND led by NAN FLEMING-WILLIAMS
Master of Ceremonies, BERNARD Fishwick Produced by BRIAN PATTEN
Nibs Matthews broadcasts by permission of the English Folk Dance and Song Society

Contributors

Unknown:
Bernard Fishwick
Produced By:
Brian Patten
Produced By:
Nibs Matthews

Stories based on the work of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia
Old Days, Old Ways with JAMES McKECHNIE as Dr Chris Rogers BILL KERR as Tommy O'Donnell ROSEMARY MILLER as Mary West BETTINA DICKSON as Sally MacAndrew
Written by Rex Rienits
Produced by VERNON HARRIS Broadcast on April 13 in the Light Programme

Contributors

Unknown:
James McKechnie
Unknown:
Bill Kerr
Unknown:
Rosemary Miller
Unknown:
Bettina Dickson
Written By:
Rex Rienits
Produced By:
Vernon Harris
Gertie Marchant:
Shirley Cameron
Joan Paterson:
Rosina Enright
Bill Paterson:
Roger Clayton
Alf Payton:
Charles Stanley

by Emery Bonett
David Hackett was responsible for another man's death, and although that death was accidental, the weight of his guilt lies so heavily on him that all he wants is to die.
Cast in order of speaking
Other parts played by members of the BBC
Drama Repertory Company Produced by BETTY DAVIES

Contributors

Unknown:
Emery Bonett
Unknown:
David Hackett
Produced By:
Betty Davies
David:
Frank Duncan
Mason:
James Thomason
Moya:
Hilda Kriseman
Mrs Grant:
Barbara Mitchell
Ruth:
Sheila Houston
Grandfather:
George Merritt
Cowman:
Will Leighton
Dickie L'amont:
John Pullen
Donovan:
Denys Hawthorne

from York Minster
Psalms 112 and 113 Lessons: 2 Esdras 2. vv. 42-48;
Hebrews 11, v. 32, to 12, v. 2
Hymn: 0 heavenly Jerusalem
(E.H. 251)
Magnificat; Nunc dimittis
(Blow in G)
Anthem: Gaudent in coelis
(Victoria)
Master of the Music, Francis Jackson

Contributors

Music:
Francis Jackson

London v. Wales
Round 5
London:
BARRY CARMAN , CEDRIC CLIFFE
Quiz-Master,
LIONEL HALE Wales:
T. I. ELLIS , WYN GRIFFITH
Quiz-Master, Roy PLOMLEY Arranged by Patrick Harvey
Repeated on Thursday at 1.10

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Carman
Unknown:
Cedric Cliffe
Unknown:
Lionel Hale
Unknown:
T. I. Ellis
Unknown:
Wyn Griffith
Unknown:
Roy Plomley
Arranged By:
Patrick Harvey

Hungary 1956
An account of the events of the Hungarian Uprising of 1956, based on the Report, of the United Nations Special Committee on the Problem of Hungary, and on contemporary recordings by the BBC
Narrator, ARTHUR BUSH
U.N. Evidence read by LEIGH CRUTCHLEY with Frederick Treves , Alec Ross Noel Dryden , William Eedle Anthony Jacobs , Paul Martin Peggy Butt
Written by PHILIP HOLLAND Produced by DAVID WOODWARD
See page 31

Contributors

Narrator:
Arthur Bush
Read By:
Leigh Crutchley
Unknown:
Frederick Treves
Unknown:
Alec Ross
Unknown:
Noel Dryden
Unknown:
William Eedle
Unknown:
Anthony Jacobs
Unknown:
Paul Martin
Written By:
Philip Holland
Produced By:
David Woodward

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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