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Songs of Travel:
The vagabond: Let Beauty awake; The roadside fire: Youth and love; In dreams; The infinite shining heavens; Whither must I wander; Bright is the ring of words: I have trod the upward and the downward slope sung by HERVEY ALAN (bass) with FREDERICK STONE (piano)

Contributors

Bass:
Hervey Alan

The Indian Ocean by T. F. GASKELL, Ph.D.
Dr. Gaskell was one of the scientists on H.M.S. Owen when she made a geophysical reconnaissance cruise in the Indian Ocean last year. He describes some of the work being undertaken during the International Indian Ocean Expedition which goes on until 1964. Last Thursday's broadcast in Network Three

Contributors

Unknown:
T. F. Gaskell, Ph.D.

A Visit from Anna
A play for radio by Peter Yeldham
Mr. and Mrs. Davidson are looking forward to meeting Anna, their German daughter-in-law, for the first time, but when she arrives an awkward situation develops. Produced by DAVID H. GODFREY

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Yeldham
Produced By:
David H. Godfrey
Airport announcer:
Sheila Grant
Jean Davidson:
Catherine Salkeld
Stanley Davidson:
Lockwood West
Anna Davidson:
Tanya Vigay
Miss West:
Joanna Hopkins
Dr Rogers:
Lionel Stevens

A magazine for everybody For Boys
KENNETH CHAPMAN : Stamps
For Girls
BARBARA GRIGGS : Clothes Sense
Dipsy into Fairy Glades STANLEY UNWIN
Accompanied by GRANT
HOSSACK Luck of the Draw
The week's record request
What's in a Name? FRED YULE:
Plants and Flowers
Lost Civilisations LEONARD COTTRELL
What Happens Next?
MALCOLM HAVES tells a serial story by Geoffrey Morgan Introduced by GRAHAM GAULD
Postcards should be sent to ' Five-Fifteen,' BBC. London. W.I.

Contributors

Unknown:
Kenneth Chapman
Unknown:
Barbara Griggs
Unknown:
Hossack Luck
Unknown:
Leonard Cottrell
Story By:
Geoffrey Morgan
Introduced By:
Graham Gauld

Introduced by Vic Oliver
The singers
Doreen Murray
Catherine Wilson
First broadcast
Eric Garrett
Piano played by Rhondda Gillespie
Comedy from June Whitfield
Leslie Crowther
Ronnie Barker
This week's guest
John Slater
Playhouse Theatre Catherine Lacey with Peter Howell and David Valla
BBC REVUE ORCHESTRA
Conducted by VIC OLIVER Script by Carey Edwards Leslie Crowther and Lawrie Wyman Produced by ALASTAIR SCOTT JOHNSTON

Contributors

Introduced By:
Vic Oliver
Singers:
Doreen Murray
Singers:
Catherine Wilson
Piano:
Eric Garrett
Played By:
Rhondda Gillespie
Unknown:
June Whitfield
Unknown:
Leslie Crowther
Unknown:
Ronnie Barker
Unknown:
John Slater
Unknown:
Catherine Lacey
Unknown:
Peter Howell
Unknown:
David Valla
Conducted By:
Vic Oliver
Script By:
Carey Edwards
Script By:
Leslie Crowther
Script By:
Lawrie Wyman
Produced By:
Alastair Scott Johnston

by A. Sofronov translated and adapted by Cynthia Pughe from the French version by Gala Solovieva and Henriette Valot
with Avice Landon and Thorley Walters
When the middle-aged architect, Vitaly Kartachov, fell in love with a pretty young girl, his wife Olga faced a problem as old as marriage. But Olga was a resourceful as well as a charming woman.....
Opening narration spoken by Lee Fox
Spanish guitar played by Freddie Phillips
Pianist, Viola Tunnard
(Repeated on Monday at 3.0)

Contributors

Author:
A. Sofronov
Translated and adapted by:
Cynthia Pughe
From the French version by:
Gala Solovieva
From the French version by:
Henriette Valot
Opening narration spoken by:
Lee Fox
Spanish guitar played by:
Freddie Phillips
Pianist:
Vjola Tunnard
Producer:
Betty Davies
Vitaly Kartachov:
Thorley Walters
Olga, his wife:
Avice Landon
Pavel, his brother:
Michael Deacon
Eugene Bapkine, his friend:
William Fox
Poncievna Podouchkina:
Nora Nicholson
Nina Fomina:
Sheila Grant

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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