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Avice Landon and Thorley Walters in A Million for a Smile by A. Sofronov translated and adapted by CYNTHIA PUGHE
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.....
Produced by BETTY DAVIES Saturday's broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Avice Landon
Unknown:
Thorley Walters
Unknown:
A. Sofronov
Adapted By:
Cynthia Pughe
Produced By:
Betty Davies

For retired and older people, and those concerned for their welfare
Getting About: more advice from THE DOCTOR Rook Pie: NICOLETTE DEVAS
Memory of a Grand Occasion: MARY MANTON The Way of All Flesh: an extract from Samuel Butler's book read by ROLF LEFEBVRE Introduced by John DUNN

Contributors

Read By:
Rolf Lefebvre
Introduced By:
John Dunn

Introduced and conducted by STANFORD ROBINSON
BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA Leader, Arthur Leavins
ELLEN DALES (soprano) MAX WORTHLEY (tenor)
DERRICK DAVIES (baritone)
ELIZABETH POWELL (piano)
THE AMBROSIAN SINGERS
Directed by JOHN MCCARTHY Produced by ALAN ABBOTT

Contributors

Conducted By:
Stanford Robinson
Leader:
Arthur Leavins
Soprano:
Ellen Dales
Tenor:
Max Worthley
Baritone:
Derrick Davies
Piano:
Elizabeth Powell
Directed By:
John McCarthy
Produced By:
Alan Abbott

The novel by Maurice Hewlett adapted for broadcasting by FELIX FELTON with William Eedle and June Tobin
Other parts played by Elizabeth Morgan , Arthur Gomez , Michael Deacon and William Grant
Guitar music composed and played by Freddie Phillips
The scene is set in Spain in the 1860s. Produced by WILLIAM GLEN-DOEPEL

Contributors

Novel By:
Maurice Hewlett
Broadcasting By:
Felix Felton
Unknown:
William Eedle
Unknown:
June Tobin
Played By:
Elizabeth Morgan
Played By:
Arthur Gomez
Played By:
Michael Deacon
Guitar:
William Grant
Played By:
Freddie Phillips
Produced By:
William Glen-Doepel
Hewlett:
James McKechnie
Manvers:
William Eedle
Manuela:
June Tobin
Esteban:
Trader Faulkner
Fray Juan:
Malcolm Hayes
Sebastian Raf DE:
La Torre
Don Luis:
Roger Delgado
Tormillo:
David Lawton
Gil Perez:
John Baddeley
Judge:
Earle Grey
Marques de Fuenterrabia:
Kenneth Hyde
Sister Chucha:
Barbara Mitchell

March in D major (K.335) (Mozart)
SALZBURG MOZARTEUM ORCHESTRA
Conducted by ERNST MARZANDORFER
Concerto Grosso No. 1, for string orchestra with piano obbligato (Bloch)
EASTMAN-ROCHESTER
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Conducted by HOWARD HANSON on gramophone records

Contributors

Unknown:
Salzburg Mozarteum
Conducted By:
Ernst Marzandorfer
Conducted By:
Howard Hanson

BBC Home Service Basic

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