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End of a Quiet Life by Kenneth Bird with Wilfrid Hyde White as Harold Butterfield
Harold Butterfield , a schoolmaster on the point of retirement, becomes involved with international spies while on holiday with the boys in Switzerland
Produced by HUGH STEWART Saturday's broadcast
Wilfrid Hyde White is appearing in I Miss Pell is Missing ' at the Criterion Theatre, London

Contributors

Unknown:
Kenneth Bird
Unknown:
Wilfrid Hyde White
Unknown:
Harold Butterfield
Unknown:
Harold Butterfield
Produced By:
Hugh Stewart
Unknown:
Wilfrid Hyde White
Schulmann:
Heron Carvic
Anna Schlevkin:
Renee Goddard
Donovan:
Peter Bathurst
Ackermann:
Ernest Ulman
Boris:
Raf de la Torre

For retired and older people, and those concerned for their welfare
Part-time Job: Stanley Laughton
My Diary: Elizabeth Glanville
Penny Geggie: Joe Corrie
Lame Dog: An extract from S. Macnaughtan's book read by Anthony Hall
Introduced by John Dunn

Contributors

Unknown:
Elizabeth Glanville
Unknown:
S. MacNaughtan
Read By:
Anthony Hall
Introduced By:
John Dunn

Adapted by BARBARA SLEIGH from her own book
2: New Recruits
' See my finger wet See my finger dry
If ever I should spit
May my kitten go and die'
Others taking part: Jeffrey Segal
Hilda Schroder Frank Atkinson Produced by CLAIRE CHOVIL

Contributors

Adapted By:
Barbara Sleigh
Unknown:
Jeffrey Segal
Unknown:
Hilda Schroder
Unknown:
Frank Atkinson
Produced By:
Claire Chovil
Jenny:
Brigid Skemp
Molly:
Zelie Davis
Tony:
Nicholas Charles
Barty:
Barry Davies
Sam:
Colin Stuart-Neal
Midge:
Judith Seymour-Mallett

by John Braine adapted for radio by E. J. KING BULL with John Thaw as Dick Corvey and Violet Carson as Nelly
Other parts played by members of the cast Produced by ALFRED BRADLEY

Contributors

Unknown:
John Braine
Unknown:
E. J. King
Unknown:
John Thaw
Unknown:
Dick Corvey
Unknown:
Violet Carson
Produced By:
Alfred Bradley
Dr Hinstock:
Graham Roberts
Dick as a boy:
Michael Stirrup
Evelyn Mallaton:
Patricia Regan
Tom Coverack:
Brian Peck
Tom as a boy:
John Thornley
Headmaster:
Geoffrey Banks
Rock:
James Mellor
Dinston:
Harry Markham
Lorna:
Clare Cheetham
Mr Corvey:
Arthur Lowe
Dick's Mother:
Mary Kilduff
Lois:
Philomena Byrne
Nurse Fendigo:
Hilda Marvin
Harry Thirleton:
Brian Trueman
Basil:
Bryan Mosley
Mrs Mallaton:
Brenda Hall

BBC Home Service Basic

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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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