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Told by Joe Corrie
Towards the end of the eighteenth century there were a number of reformers who thought they could create a Heaven on Earth. One of the strangest of these was Mother Buchan, who for a short time inspired a perfect unworldly community in the south-western corner of Scotland.

Contributors

Storyteller:
Joe Corrie

A play in six episodes by MICHAEL KELLY based on the book by EDWIN LESTER LESTER ARNOLD
Episode2
Phra has come a very long way from his Mediterranean birthplace when he is discovered in an old cellar. And he has a very strange story to tell.
Produced by CLAIRE CHOVIL Broadcast on October 23, 1960

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Kelly
Book By:
Edwin Lester Lester
Produced By:
Claire Chovil
Phra:
Norman Wooland
Hanno:
Jeffrey Segal
Doctor:
William Fox
Child:
Judith Whale
Briton:
John Hollis

We are all consumers. Some of us-more every week-have formed local groups for consumer protection. What do they do, and how are they getting on? ERSKINE CHILDERS supported by A. L. DIAMOND
Lecturer in Law asks a Chairman
K. R. WHITTINGTON of Cambridge a Secretary
JANET GARVEY of Tyneside and an Assistant Projects Officer PETER EVANS of Tees-side

Contributors

Unknown:
A. L.
Unknown:
K. R. Whittington
Unknown:
Janet Garvey
Unknown:
Peter Evans

Scenes from
Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera
Introduced by ARTHUR JACOBS
PRO ARTE ORCHESTRA
GLYNDEBOURNE FESTIVAL CHORUS
Conducted by SIR MALCOLM SARGENT on gramophone records

Contributors

Introduced By:
Arthur Jacobs
Conducted By:
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Colonel Calverley:
John Shaw
Major Murgatroyd:
Trevor Anthony
The Duke of Dunstable:
Alexander Young
Bunthorne, a fleshly poet:
George Baker
Grosvenor, an idyllic poet:
John Cameron
Patience:
Elsie Morison
The Lady Angela:
Marjorie Thomas
The Lady Jane:
Monica Sinclair
The Lady Saphir:
Elizabeth Harwood
The Lady Ella:
Heather Harper

Adagio; Andante con moto; Presto (Suite for String Orchestra) (Janacek)
PRAGUE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Petite Symphonie Concertante for harp, harpsichord, piano, and two string orchestras (Frank Martin )
PIERRE JAMET (harp)
GERMAINE VAUCHER-CLERC (harpsichord)
DORIS ROSSIAND (piano) STRINGS OF THE
SUISSE ROMANDE ORCHESTRA Conducted by ERNEST ANSERMET on gramophone records

Contributors

Unknown:
Frank Martin
Piano:
Doris Rossiand
Conducted By:
Ernest Ansermet

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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