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Ben Travers
Between 1925 and 1933 Ben Travers wrote nine of the eleven farces produced at the Aldwych, for a team that included Tom Walls , Ralph Lynn , Robertson Hare , Winifred Shot ter, and Mary Brough
In conversation with PHILIP HOLLAND he recalls these years and talks about himself, his work. and the people he has known Compiled and introduced by PHILIP HOLLAND
Produced by ANTHONY THWAITE Broadcast on Sept. 15, 1960

Contributors

Unknown:
Ben Travers
Unknown:
Tom Walls
Unknown:
Ralph Lynn
Unknown:
Robertson Hare
Unknown:
Winifred Shot
Unknown:
Mary Brough
Unknown:
Philip Holland
Introduced By:
Philip Holland
Produced By:
Anthony Thwaite

Stories based on the work of The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia
The Hostage 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 June 8 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 MacAndrew
Written By:
Rex Rienits
Produced By:
Vernon Harris

Overture: Zampa (Hirold) played by the DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Conducted by PAUL PARAY
Piano Concerto No. 1, in B flat minor (Tchaikovsky) played by SVIATOSLAV RICHTER (piano) with the VIENNA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Conducted by HERBERT VON KARAJAN
Dance (Ero the Joker) (Gotovae) played by the VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Conducted by RUDOLF KEMPE
Alborada del gracioso (Ravel) played by the AMSTERDAM CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA
Conducted by BERNARD HAITINK on gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Paul Paray
Piano:
Sviatoslav Richter
Conducted By:
Herbert von Karajan
Conducted By:
Rudolf Kempe
Conducted By:
Bernard Haitink

by Dennis Spooner

3.0 Find Another Mug
The Confidence Men were pulling another trick - all they had to do was find another 'mug' and Elmer Saunders seemed to fit the bill.

3.30 No Cause for Alarm
Charlie had been sacked from his job as factory night-watchman, supplanted by a brand-new burglar alarm. But he had his own methods of proving that he was irreplaceable.

Plays produced by Betty Davies

Contributors

Writer:
Dennis Spooner
Producer:
Betty Davies
Charlie:
George Merritt
Roger:
Wilfred Babbage
Jacobs:
Jeffrey Segal
P.C. Southern:
Timothy West
Arthur:
Andrew Irvine
Bert:
John Baddeley
Audrey:
Sheila Grant
Other parts played by:
Members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company

from Leicester Cathedral
Preces and Responses (
William Smith )
Psalms 12, 13, and 14 Lessons: Isaiah 63, vv. 1-6;
St. Matthew 1, vv. 18-25
Magnificat; Nunc dimittis
(Healey Willan in A)
Anthem: Behold, thou shalt conceive (J. Handt )
Carol: I saw a maiden
(Basque)
Organist and Director of Music, George Gray
Assistant, Sidney Rudge

Contributors

Unknown:
William Smith
Unknown:
Healey Willan
Unknown:
J. Handt
Music:
George Gray
Unknown:
Sidney Rudge

A serial thriller in four parts by ANGUS MACVICAR
1: The Rock of Weeping
Kerry Kilpatrick finds himself involved in a search for a missing heiress.
Produced by IAN WISHART

Contributors

Unknown:
Kerry Kilpatrick
Produced By:
Ian Wishart
Kerry Kilpatrick:
John Shedden
Wells Freeman:
Bryden Murdoch
Roger Mellon:
Stuart Henry
Miss Hinshelwood:
Maud Risdon
Secretary:
Marsail McCuish
Reporters: Jack:
Arthur Boland
Reporters: Bert:
David Webster
Photographer:
Jerry Fraser

A series of five-round contests between London and the Regions
London v. North
Round 4
London:
MICHAEL AYRTON , CEDRIC CLIFFE
Quiz-Master, LIONEL HALE
North:
W. LYON BLEASE , DENIS CHAPMAN
Quiz-Master, Roy PLOMLEY Produced by PATRICK HARVEY

Contributors

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

ALEXANDER YOUNG (tenor)
JOHN CAMERON (baritone) with CELIA PIERCY (contralto)
GEORGE STEARN SCOTT (bass)
BBC CHORUS
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Leader, Hugh Maguire Conducted by RUDOLF SCHWARZ
Part 1

Contributors

Baritone:
John Cameron
Contralto:
Celia Piercy
Bass:
Stearn Scott
Leader:
Hugh Maguire
Conducted By:
Rudolf Schwarz

Jan Tregagle , a spirit of the wind, famous in Cornish mythology, was said to have had dealings with the devil. Strange that he should have become attached in the unconscious memory of -the people with a definite historical figure of the seventeenth century.
How did this come about?
A. L. ROWSE seeks an explanation assisted by MOYRA BABINGTON
GEORGE CORNELIUS
GEOFFREY EARLE and BERNARD FISHWICK Produced by JOHN BLUNDEN

Contributors

Unknown:
Jan Tregagle
Unknown:
A. L. Rowse
Assisted By:
Moyra Babington
Assisted By:
George Cornelius
Assisted By:
Geoffrey Earle
Assisted By:
Bernard Fishwick
Produced By:
John Blunden

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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