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Be Prepared
' Prepare to Mount! ' by LAURENCE COTTERELL ' Naming of Parts' by HENRY REED
' The N.W.(3) Frontier ' by PAUL JENNINGS Introduced by Jack Singleton

Contributors

Unknown:
Laurence Cotterell
Unknown:
Henry Reed
Unknown:
Paul Jennings
Introduced By:
Jack Singleton

A spontaneous discussion by RALPH WIGHTMAN
LADY VIOLET BONHAM CARTER , D.B.E
VISCOUNT HAILSHAM
THE RT. HON.
Hugh GAITSKELL, M.P.
Travelling Question-Master, FREDDY GRISEWOOD
Produced by Michael Bowen
From the Institution of Electrical Engineers, London

Contributors

Unknown:
Ralph Wightman
Unknown:
Lady Violet Bonham Carter
Produced By:
Michael Bowen

The novel by Francis Brett Young adapted in nine parts by Lionel Brown with Olga Lindo , June Tobin and Nigel Stock
Part 9
Pianist, Arthur Dulay Produced by David H. GODFREY Broadcast in September 1961 in the Light Programme

Contributors

Novel By:
Francis Brett Young
Unknown:
Lionel Brown
Unknown:
Olga Lindo
Unknown:
June Tobin
Pianist:
Arthur Dulay
Produced By:
David H. Godfrey
Ellen Biggs:
Mary O'Farrell
Dr Bradley:
Trevor Martin
Clare:
June Tobin
Steven:
Andrew Irvine
Miranda:
Gudrun Ure
Colonel Hart:
Hugh Manning
Ernest Wilburn:
Jack May
Dudley Wilburn:
Nigel Stock
Lady Wolverbury (formerly Lady Hingston):
Olga Lindo
Mrs Marple:
Kathleen Helme

Oil Pioneer
A. BEEBY-THOMPSON who is now eighty-nine talks to LESLIE DAIKEN about some of his experiences in discovering and developing oilfields in various parts of the world Produced by DAVID THOMSON

Contributors

Unknown:
Oil Pioneer
Unknown:
A. Beeby-Thompson
Unknown:
Leslie Daiken
Produced By:
David Thomson

Further tales of a clever Inventor. ' Smokey his useful baby dragon, and ' Cuthbert' by MARGARET POTTER 4: King's Croquet
Incidental music composed by Henry Reed played by a section of the BBC NORTHERN DANCE ORCHESTRA
Conductor.
BERNARD HERRMANN Produced by TREVOR HILL

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Potter
Composed By:
Henry Reed
Conductor:
Bernard Herrmann
Produced By:
Trevor Hill
The Storyteller:
Graham Roberts
The Inventor:
Geoffrey Banks
His Majestic Majesty:
Frederic Wilson
Cuthbert, the duck:
Patricia Birch
The Chamberlain:
Herbert Smith

From the Sound Archives
Osbert Lancaster introduces a selection of the recorded voices of his acquaintance including;
VERNON BARTLETT
JOHN BETJEMAN
JOHN CHRISTIE
CARL EBERT
ROSE MACAULAY
MICHEL SAINT-DENIS
FREYA STARK Produced by DENYS GUEROULT

Contributors

Introduces:
Osbert Lancaster
Unknown:
Vernon Bartlett
Unknown:
John Betjeman
Unknown:
John Christie
Unknown:
Carl Ebert
Unknown:
Rose MacAulay
Unknown:
Michel Saint-Denis
Produced By:
Denys Gueroult

The Royal Concert given in the presence of Her Majesty the Queen at the Royal Festival Hall in aid of the Musicians' Benevolent Fund and allied charities
MARY WELLS (soprano)
MARJORIE THOMAS (contralto)
RONALD DOWD (tenor)
JOHN CAMERON (baritone)
TREVOR ANTHONY (bass-baritone)
HUDDERSFIELD CHORAL SOCIETY
Chorus-Master, Eric Chadwick
Trumpeters of the ROYAL MILITARY SCHOOL OF Music
Conductor,
LT.-COL. B. H. BROWN , M.B.E.
DAVID WILDE (piano) ROYAL LIVERPOOL
Philharmonic ORCHESTRA Leader, Peter Mountain
Conducted by SIR MALCOLM SARGENT and JOHN PRITCHARD
Part 1
Fanfare
National Anthem Overture di Ballo (Sullivan) Rhapsodie Espagnole (Liszt, arr. Busoni) Gloria (Walton)

Contributors

Contralto:
Marjorie Thomas
Baritone:
John Cameron
Bass-Baritone:
Trevor Anthony
Chorus-Master:
Eric Chadwick
Conductor:
Lt.-Col. B. H. Brown
Conducted By:
Sir Malcolm Sargent

Mozart
Quintet in E flat major
(K.407)
Duo in F major (K.423) for violin and viola THE MELOS ENSEMBLE
Neill Sanders (horn) Emanuel Hurwitz
(violin and viola)
Ivor McMahon (violin) Cecil Aronowitz (viola) Terence Weil (cello)

Contributors

Horn:
Neill Sanders
Violin:
Emanuel Hurwitz
Violin:
Ivor McMahon
Viola:
Cecil Aronowitz
Cello:
Terence Weil

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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