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tvisits Staffordshire to join a country dance party at the Town Hall, Uttoxeter to the music of THE LUCKY SEVEN with songs by ALICE BRENAN and monologues by TONY SMITH
Master of Ceremonies, KENNETH CLARK
Introduced by RICHARD MADDOCK
Kenneth Clark broadcasts by permission of the English Folk Dance and Song Society

Contributors

Songs By:
Alice Brenan
Unknown:
Tony Smith
Unknown:
Kenneth Clark
Introduced By:
Richard Maddock
Introduced By:
Kenneth Clark

Stories based on the work of The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia
The Lame Duck 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 May 25 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
Fred Casserly:
Barrie Cookson
Marian Casserly:
June Salter
Sergeant Flannery:
Ken Wayne
Mr Steele:
Humphrey Morton
Mr Proctor:
Edwin Finn
Beverley Main:
Rosina Enright

Overture: La dame blanche (Boieldieu)
DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Conducted by PAUL PARAY
Waltz (Cinderella) (Massenet)
Cortege and Air de Danse
(L'enfant prodigue) (Debussy)
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Conducted by SIR THOMAS BEECHAM
Ballet Suite: Les biches (Poulenc)
PARIS CONSERVATOIRE ORCHESTRA
Conducted by GEORGES PRETRE on gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Paul Paray
Conducted By:
Sir Thomas Beecham
Conducted By:
Georges Pretre

And S. -Victoria by Vaughan Wilkins adapted for radio in five parts by CEDRIC MESSINA
Episode 5
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
Christopher Harnish:
David Spenser
Sophie von Osterode:
Sheila Grant
Baron Michaeloff:
Malcolm Hayes
Von Metzsch:
William Eedle
Luise von Osterode:
Gudrun Ure
Charlotte:
Mary Wimbush
Hurbles Setoun:
John Westbrook
Howell:
Andrew Irvine
Henry Gainer:
Philip Leaver
Charles Gainer:
Peter Pratt
Ernest, Duke of of:
Simon Lack
Captain Heywood:
Rolf Lefebvre
William IV:
Leslie Perrins
Deborah:
Hilda Schroder

From St. Edmund's Co'lege, Old Hall, Ware, Hertfordshire sung by the students of the College
Choirmaster,
Father Alexander Wells
Organist,
Father Daniel Higgins Introduced by FATHER HUBERT RICHARDS
0 come, thou wisdom (Veni,
Emmanuel)
Deus in adjutorium: Gloria
Patri (Fauxbourdon)
Magnificat (anon.) Alma Redemptoris
(Palestrina)

Contributors

Organist:
Father Daniel Higgins
Introduced By:
Father Hubert Richards
Unknown:
Alma Redemptoris

A series of contests between London and the Regions London v. North
Round 1
London:
MICHAEL AYRTON CEDRIC CLIFFE
Quiz-Master, LIONEL HALE
North:
W. LYON BLEASE DENIS CHAPMAN
Quiz-Master, Roy PLOMLET Produced by PATRICK HARVEY

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Ayrton
Unknown:
Cedric Cliffe
Unknown:
Lionel Hale
Unknown:
W. Lyon Blease
Unknown:
Denis Chapman
Unknown:
Roy Plomlet
Produced By:
Patrick Harvey

JACQUELINE DU PRE (cello)
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Leader, Hugh Maguire
Conducted by JEAN MARTINON
From the Royal Festival Hall, London
Part 1
8.55* The Interval
PEOPLE AND THEIR FOOD DR. CICELY WILLIAMS derives her constructive and unconventional ideas about poputation explosion, health, and food supplies from having worked in forty less developed countries. She is optimistic
Dr. Williams is now Professor of Maternal and Child Health at the American University. Beirut
9.15* Symphony Concert
Part 2

Contributors

Cello:
Jacqueline du Pre
Leader:
Hugh Maguire
Conducted By:
Jean Martinon
Unknown:
Dr. Cicely Williams

BBC Home Service Basic

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