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Stories based on the work of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia
A Matter of Hands with JAMES McKECHNIE as Dr. Chris Rogers
BILL KERR as Tommy O'Donnell
ROSEMARY MILLER as Mary West
BETTINA DICKSON as Sally MacAndrcw
Written by Rex Rienits
Produced by VERNON HARRIS Broadcast on May 11. in the Light Programme

Contributors

Unknown:
James McKechnie
Unknown:
Dr. Chris Rogers
Unknown:
Bill Kerr
Unknown:
Tommy O'Donnell
Unknown:
Rosemary Miller
Unknown:
Mary West
Unknown:
Bettina Dickson
Unknown:
Sally MacAndrcw
Written By:
Rex Rienits
Produced By:
Vernon Harris

And So-Victoria by Vaughan Wilkins adapted for radio in five parts by CEDRIC MESSINA
Episode 3
Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company Produced by MARTYN C. WEBSTER

Contributors

Unknown:
Vaughan Wilkins
Unknown:
Cedric Messina
Produced By:
Martyn C. Webster
Narrator:
Derek Blomfield
The Rev Septimus Severn:
George Curzon
Fitzroy:
Andrew Irvine
Christopher Harnish:
Martin Stephens
Charlotte:
Mary Wimbush
Ernest, Duke of Cumberland:
Simon Lack
Mathilde de Boucher:
Cecile Chevreau
Captain Heywood:
Rolf Lefebvre
Arabella:
Sheila Grant
Miss Elizabeth Case:
Vivienne Chatterton
Miss Anne Case:
Peggy Burr
Hurbles Setoun:
John Westbrook
Baron Michaeloff:
Malcolm Hayes
Great Duchess:
Mary O'Farrell
Von Eckstein:
Anthony Hall
Great Duke:
Leslie Perrins
Luise von Osterode:
Gudrun Ure
Charles, Duke of Brunswick:
William Eedle
Dunscore:
Michael Spice
Christopher (aged eighteen):
David Spenser

From the Cathedral Church of St. Mary (Scottish Episcopal) Edinburgh
Versicles and Responses
(W. Smith)
Psalms 136, 137, 138
Lessons: Ecclesiastes 3, vv.
1-14: Acts 23, vv. 12-end
Magnificat and Nunc dimittis
(Sumsion in G major)
Anthem: Thou judge of quick and dead (S.S. Wesley)
Voluntary: Te Deum (
Jean Langlais )
Organist and Master of Choristers: Dennis Townhill
Assistant Organist: George Hay

Contributors

Organist:
Jean Langlais
Unknown:
Dennis Townhill
Organist:
George Hay

Your Money or Your Life
A new serial play by JOHN DARRAN
3: No Option Produced by EVELYN WILLIAMS

Contributors

Play By:
John Darran
Produced By:
Evelyn Williams
Colonel Spear:
Ivor Maddox
Greg Vaughan:
John Darran
' Rocky ' Mountain:
David Lawton
Superintendent Wales:
Henry Jacobs
Pierre Blanchard:
Leonard Mayo
Harry:
Donald Richards
Porter:
Dennis Jones
Sir Arthur Ainsley:
Peter Bowen-Jones

London v. Midlands, Round 4
London:
PETER CALVOCORESSI BARRY CARMAN
Quiz-Master,
LIONEL HALE : Midlands
H. E. HOWARD
GEOFFREY JAGGARD
Quiz-Master, ROY PLOMLEY

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Calvocoressi
Unknown:
Barry Carman
Unknown:
Lionel Hale
Unknown:
H. E. Howard
Unknown:
Geoffrey Jaggard
Unknown:
Roy Plomley

STEFANIA WOYTOWICZ (soprano) BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Leader, Hugh Maguire Conducted by SIR ADRIAN BOULT
From the Royal Festival Hall. London
Part 1
See page 33
8.42* The Interval
BUSH SECRET A true story about the Australian out-back by REGINALD L. OTTLEY
' Pawing dust on his crag, the bull watched us scramble. He waited until we were two-thirds up, then broke away, suddenly. I saw the angry whisk of his tail, and the dusty stamp of his hooves: then he was gone. All that was left, was a drifting dust swirl ...'
8.57* Symphony Concert
Part 2

Contributors

Leader:
Hugh Maguire
Conducted By:
Sir Adrian Boult
Unknown:
Reginald L. Ottley

Four talks for Advent by THE RT. REV.
STEPHEN BAYNE , jnr.
Executive Officer of the Anglican Communion
1: Into our hearts and minds
Bishop Bayne is a bishop of the Episcopalian Church in the U.S.A., but since his appointment as Executive Officer of the Anglican Communion, he has been based in London. His extensive travels keep him abreast of the affairs of churches and nations in many parts of the world.

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Bayne
Unknown:
Bishop Bayne

Haydn
Quartet in G minor. Op. 20
No. 3 played by the DARTINGTON STRING QUARTET Colin Sauer (violin) Peter Carter (violin) Keith Lovell (viola)
Michael Evans (cello) Part of the broadcast of November 5, in the Third Programme

Contributors

Violin:
Colin Sauer
Violin:
Peter Carter
Viola:
Keith Lovell
Cello:
Michael Evans

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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