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Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda BBC CHORUS
Conductor, PETER GELLBORN with WILFRID PARRY (piano) Mixed chorus:
Battle Hymn
Men's chorus:
Hymn to Agnl Hymn to Soma Hymn to Manas
Women's chorus:
Hymn to the Dawn To Agni
Hymn of the Travellers
Mixed chorus:
Funeral Hymn

Contributors

Conductor:
Peter Gellborn
Piano:
Wilfrid Parry
Unknown:
Agnl Hymn
Unknown:
Soma Hymn

Introduced by BILL HARTLEY The Driving Art by RONALD PRIESTLEY 2: Positioning
Braking Developments: a survey of the present position by JACK HAY
Emergency Exit: how to avoid a watery end by KEVIN GOVER Your Letters: a selection from the Post Bag Last Friday's broadcast In
Network Three

Contributors

Introduced By:
Bill Hartley
Unknown:
Ronald Priestley
Unknown:
Kevin Gover

ARTHUR HAYNES and NICHOLAS PARSONS in sketches by JOHNNY SPEIGHT with music in the style of The TEMPERANCE SEVEN
Vocalist, WRISPERING
Paul MCDOWELL
Produced by Richard DINGLEY
Broadcast on October 29 in the Light Programme

Contributors

Unknown:
Arthur Haynes
Unknown:
Nicholas Parsons
Unknown:
Johnny Speight
Unknown:
Paul McDowell
Produced By:
Richard Dingley

Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, actress, discusses with Roy Plomley in a recorded programme the eight gramophone records she would take to a desert island.

(Broadcast on October 8)
(Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies broadcasts by permission of the Royal Shakespeare Company)

Contributors

Presenter:
Roy Plomley
Castaway:
Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies
Producer:
Monica Chapman

A Small Crisis by E. Y. Bannard
' People who aspire to high places can'afford blemishes-there are too many rivals without them ... '
Officials of the Ministry o/ Public Welfare: Produced by HERBERT Smith

Contributors

Unknown:
E. Y. Bannard
Produced By:
Herbert Smith
Robert Dexter, Assistant Secretary:
Noel Johnson
Leslie Morris, Principal:
Geoffrey Banks
Sir Edgar Pendleton, Per manent Secretary:
George Waring
Mary Scrivan, his private Secretary:
Jean Telfer
Joseph Warner, Director of Establishment:
Carleton Hobbs
Sarah Logan, Industrial Cor respondent of the Evening Clarion:
Jean Fox
Paddy, barman at The Dragon:
Jack Woolgar
Mrs Dexter:
Valerie Skardon

PETER HAWKINS introduces songs and music for the under fives, including ' Wee Willie Winkie '
Tim GUDGIN tells the tale of ' The Remarkable Rocket ' with music by Joseph Horovitz

Contributors

Introduces:
Peter Hawkins
Unknown:
Willie Winkie
Unknown:
Tim Gudgin
Music By:
Joseph Horovitz

A new series of adventures of the boy detectives with Harold Reese as Norman
Patricia Hayes as Henry, his cousin
4: The Peakdown Hold-Up
'It's gold and silverware mostly. I know someone who can melt that down for us. As for the jewellery ... ' Produced by GRAHAM GAULD

Contributors

Unknown:
Harold Reese
Unknown:
Patricia Hayes
Produced By:
Graham Gauld
Roger Cooke:
Jean England
Mr Chivers:
George Merritt
Miss Hilda Trafford:
Lydia Sherwood
Harry Jewson:
Preston Lockwood
Ted Jewson:
Robin Willett
Rosie Jewson:
Norma Griffin
Lord Acheson:
Eric Anderson
Mrs Cynthia Varney:
Ursula Hirst
Mr George Varney:
John Baker
Andrew West:
Peter Bartlett
Mrs Duke:
Gwen Berryman
Sergeant Crane:
Stephen Jack

HARRY DAVIDSON
AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Introduced by IVAN SAMSON
Master of Ceremonies, CHARLES CRATHORN
Produced by JOHN TYLEE
The dances: Anniversary Two-step; Waltz Selection; Barn Dance; Gypsy Tango; Dream Saunter; Ivor Novello Waltz Medley; Idaho Foxtrot
Tickets for this programme are available on application to [address removed] enclosing stamped addressed envelope.

Contributors

Introduced By:
Ivan Samson
Produced By:
John Tylee
Unknown:
Ivor Novello Waltz

Introduced by Vic Oliver
The Singers
Glenice Halliday Doreen Murray Ronald Dowd
The George Mitchell Singers
First Broadcast Russell Cooper
Violin played by Max Salpeter
Comedy from Hattie Jacques Leslie Crowther
Ronnie Barker
This week's guest Leslie Phillips
Playhouse Theatre Sir Donald Wolfit with Rosalind Iden
BBC REVUE ORCHESTRA
Conducted by VIC OLIVER Script by Carey Edwards Leslie Crowther and Lawrie Wyman Produced by ALASTAIR SCOTT JOHNSTON
Leslie Crowther is in ' The Black and White Minstrel Show at the Victoria Palace, London

Contributors

Introduced By:
Vic Oliver
Singers:
Glenice Halliday
Singers:
Doreen Murray
Unknown:
Ronald Dowd
Played By:
Max Salpeter
Unknown:
Hattie Jacques
Unknown:
Leslie Crowther
Unknown:
Ronnie Barker
Unknown:
Sir Donald Wolfit
Unknown:
Rosalind Iden
Conducted By:
Vic Oliver
Script By:
Carey Edwards
Script By:
Leslie Crowther
Script By:
Lawrie Wyman
Produced By:
Alastair Scott Johnston
Produced By:
Leslie Crowther

Yellow Sands by Eden and Adelaide Phillpotts with Phyllis Smale and Hedley Goodall
A comedy set in a Devon fishing village in the 1920s. Produced by BRANDON ACTON-BOND

Contributors

Unknown:
Phyllis Smale
Unknown:
Hedley Goodall
Produced By:
Brandon Acton-Bond
Richard Varwell:
Hedley Goodall
Arthur Varwell:
Jeremy Longhurst
Joe Varwell:
Brian Jackson
Thomas Major:
Wilfred Babbage
Emma Major:
Jenny Woodford
Mary Varwell:
Constance Chapman
Jenifer Varwell:
Phyllis Smale
Lydia Blake:
Pat Pleasance
Nelly Masters:
June Barrie
Millie Masters:
Aileen Mills
Mr Baslow:
George Holloway

Reger
Clarinet Quintet in A major played by the AEOLIAN STRING Quartet
Sydney Humphreys (violin) Raymond Keenlyside (violin) Watson Forbes (viola) Derek Simpson (cello) with Jack Brymer (clarinet)

Contributors

Violin:
Sydney Humphreys
Violin:
Raymond Keenlyside
Viola:
Watson Forbes
Viola:
Derek Simpson
Clarinet:
Jack Brymer

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