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Rough Christmases
As experienced by ADMIRAL SIR EDWARD EVANS
THE REV. S. J. DAVIES
MRS. BARBARA OVSTEDAL
DRUMMER HUGH WILSON t Introduced by JACK SINGLETON

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Edward Evans
Unknown:
Rev. S. J. Davies
Unknown:
Mrs. Barbara Ovstedal
Unknown:
Hugh Wilson
Introduced By:
Jack Singleton

First of three programmes telling the story of a British coasting seaman, shipmaster, and shipowner in the last years of the wooden sailing ships
CAPTAIN WILLIAM SLADE of Appledore talks about his life to GEORGE VILLIERS
Produced by JOHN BLUNDEN t Broadcast in the South and West Home Service in August

Contributors

Unknown:
Captain William Slade
Unknown:
George Villiers
Produced By:
John Blunden

A spontaneous discussion by SIR JOHN WOLFENDEN
JUDITH HART , M.P.
WYNFORD VAUGHAN THOMAS
AIDAN CRAWLEY , M.P.
Travelling Question-Master FREDDY GRISEWOOD
Produced by Michael Bowen
From Bingham Hall , Box, Wiltshire t Last Friday's broadcast in the Light Programme

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir John Wolfenden
Unknown:
Judith Hart
Unknown:
Wynford Vaughan Thomas
Unknown:
Aidan Crawley
Produced By:
Michael Bowen
Unknown:
Bingham Hall

MAVIS ELMITT (piano)
Polonaise in C sharp minor,
Op. 26 No. 1
Three Ecossaises, Op. 72:
D major; G major; D flat major
Mazurka in D flat major,
Op. 30 No. 3
Study in F minor (Trois nouvelles eludes)
Three Waltzes:
E minor. Op. posth.
E flat major, Op. posth. A flat major, Op. 42

Contributors

Piano:
Mavis Elmitt

A play for radio by Victor Pemberton with James Thomason
Mary O'Farrell and Godfrey Kenton
Stan Parks has been employed by Skinner and Company all his working life. Owing to a wound received in the 1914-18 war, he now has to give up work two years before he is due to retire. His treatment by Mr. Skinner is not what he expects.
Produced by AUDREY CAMERON t Broadcast on July 22, 1961

Contributors

Unknown:
Victor Pemberton
Unknown:
James Thomason
Unknown:
Mary O'Farrell
Unknown:
Godfrey Kenton
Unknown:
Stan Parks
Produced By:
Audrey Cameron
Mr Skinner:
Godfrey Kenton
Gladys Davis, his secretary:
Meg Wynn Owen
Stan Parks:
James Thomason
Pam, the office girl:
Angela Munnion
George Moffat:
Frank Duncan
Vera, Stan's daughter:
Beverly Dunn
Mollie, Stan's wife:
Mary O'Farrell
Mr Dudley:
Wilfred Babbage
Paul, Gladys's boy friend:
Nigel Anthony

MIKE SARNE , pop singer
JENNIFER DAWSON , novelist
CHRISTOPHER BOOKER ,
Editor of ' Private Eye '
SARAH MILES, actress
PAUL CHANNON ,
Member of Parliament t Introduced by WILFRED DE'ATH
See page 26

Contributors

Unknown:
Mike Sarne
Singer:
Jennifer Dawson
Unknown:
Christopher Booker
Unknown:
Paul Channon
Introduced By:
Wilfred De'Ath

or The Town of Titipu
A comic opera in two acts by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan Chorus of citizens of Titipu
SADLER'S WELLS ORCHESTRA Leader, Barry Collins
Conductor, DAVID Tod Boyd
Staged by Keith Beattie
From Sadler 's Wells Theatre, London
The action takes place in the town of Titipu
ACT 1: Courtyard of Ko-Ko'r official residence
See page 26

Contributors

Unknown:
W. S. Gilbert
Unknown:
Arthur Sullivan
Leader:
Barry Collins
Conductor:
David Tod Boyd
Unknown:
Keith Beattie
Unknown:
From Sadler
The Mikado of Japan:
John Hargreaves (baritone)
Nanki-Poo, his son, disguised as a wandering minstrel, in love with Yum-Yum:
David Hillman (tenor)
Ko-Ko. Lord High Executioner of Titipu:
Bill Owen (baritone)
Pooh-Bah, Lord High Every thing Else:
Howell Glynne (bass)
Pish-Tush, a Noble Lord:
John Heddle Nash (baritone)
A Noble:
Kenneth Fawcett
Three sisters, wards of Ko-Ko: Yum-Yum... Marion:
Stud Holme
Pitti-Sing:
Patricia Kern
Peep-Bo:
Dorothy Nash
Katisha, an elderly lady, in love with Nanki-Poo:
Jean Allister (contralto)

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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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