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Five Days to Friday by Redmond Macdonogh based on an idea by HENRY ELLUL with William Sylvester and Michael Gough
I.ying with a broken back in the wastes of the Canadian snows, Max confesses a horrifying and murderous crime to his greatest friend.
Cast in order of speaking:
Produced by CEDRIC MESSINA Broadcast on January 3, 1962. in the Light Programme

Contributors

Unknown:
Henry Ellul
Unknown:
William Sylvester
Unknown:
Michael Gough
Produced By:
Cedric Messina
John:
Michael Gough
Max:
William Sylvester
Curran:
Jon Farrell
Jake:
Errol McKinnon
Doctor:
Stuart Nichol

from
Leeds Parish Church
Psalm 104
Lessons: Exodus 15, v. 27, to
16, v. 35; Ephesians 4 vv. 17-30
Versicles and Responses
(Tomkins)
Canticle (Hunt in G minor)
Anthem: Ex ore innocentium
(Ireland)
Hymn: Christ is made the sure foundation (A. and M. Rev. 620)
Organist, Donald Hunt

Contributors

Organist:
Donald Hunt

A new serial thriller in six episodes written by HOWARD JONES 1: Rich as Croesus
Music by Alan Paul played by HAROLD SMART (organ)
ALAN PAUL (piano)
Produced by GRAHAM GAULD

Contributors

Written By:
Howard Jones
Music By:
Alan Paul
Played By:
Harold Smart
Produced By:
Graham Gauld
Doctor John Haddon:
Frank Duncan
Mr Midnight:
Heron Carvic
Sammy Winter:
Keith Banks
Anna Zyssen:
Prunella Scales
Sir Walter Swain:
Philip Cunningham
Lieutenant Hofsass:
John Gray
Henry Zyssen:
Peter Bartlett
Chalky White:
Leonard Henry
Vandam:
Rudolf Offenbach
Kessel:
David Graham
Air Hostess:
Mary Wylie

A series of five-round contests between London and the Regions
London v. Northern Ireland
Round 5
London:
Denis BROGAN , BARRY CARMAN
Quiz-Master, LIONEL HALE
Northern Ireland:
JAMES BOYCE , RONALD GREEN
Quiz-Master, Roy PLOMLEY Produced by PATRICK HARVEY
Repeated on Thursday at 1.10

Contributors

Unknown:
Denis Brogan
Unknown:
Barry Carman
Unknown:
James Boyce
Unknown:
Roy Plomley
Produced By:
Patrick Harvey

by Fredric Warburg
In 1954 Fredric Warburg , the Chairman of the well-known publishing house of Martin Seeker and Warburg, found himself in the dock at the Old Bailey facing a criminal charge: that he had 'published an obscene libel; to wit. a book.' This programme tells the story of how he came to be there, how he felt about it, and the outcome of the trial.
Narrated by FREDRIC WARBURG
The speakers include his wife PAMELA DE BAYOU WARBURG, his partner DAVID FARRER , his solicitor, and C. R. HEWITT
Mr. Justice Stable's judgment read by MICHAEL HORDERN Produced by NESTA PAIN
Michael Hordern broadcasts by permission of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Contributors

Unknown:
Fredric Warburg
Unknown:
Fredric Warburg
Unknown:
Martin Seeker
Unknown:
Fredric Warburg
Unknown:
David Farrer
Read By:
Michael Hordern
Produced By:
Nesta Pain
Produced By:
Michael Hordern

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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