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PETER BULL reads
The Lion's Share by ARNOLD BENNETT
In the Five Towns the story is related by those who know it as something side-spliuingly funny-as one of the best jokes that ever occurred in a district devoted to jokes. Series arranged by Michael Hardwick

Contributors

Unknown:
Arnold Bennett
Arranged By:
Michael Hardwick

Scenes from Verdi's opera The cast includes:RENATA TEBALDI as Aida
CARLO BERGONZI as Radames
GlULIETTA SIMIONATO as Amneris
CORNELL MACNEIL as Amonasro with the MUSIKFREUNDE CHORAL SOCIETY
VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Conducted by HERBERT VON KARAJAN on a gramophone record

Contributors

Unknown:
Renata Tebaldi
Unknown:
Carlo Bergonzi
Unknown:
Glulietta Simionato
Unknown:
Cornell MacNeil
Conducted By:
Herbert von Karajan

The Duke in Darkness by Patrick Hamilton adapted by MOLLIE HARDWICK with Alec Clunes and John Moffatt
Produced by ARCHIE CAMPBELL Saturday's broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Patrick Hamilton
Adapted By:
Mollie Hardwick
Unknown:
Alec Clunes
Unknown:
John Moffatt
Produced By:
Archie Campbell

For retired and older people and those concerned for their welfare
You and Your Mouth: by a dentist
Sam Pollock talking: baths versus showers Our Doubts are Traitors:
ALBERT BUTLER Kilvert's Diary: readings from the diary of a nineteenth-century parson by CARLETON HOBBS
3: Strangers at Mouse Castle Introduced by JOHN DUNN

Contributors

Unknown:
Sam Pollock
Unknown:
Albert Butler
Introduced By:
John Dunn

by HARRY HARRISON
The Shocking Behaviour of R. Bubble Produced by MICHAEL BOWEN

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Harrison
Produced By:
Michael Bowen
Peter:
Paul Lavers
Pinkie:
Jane Callaway
Forty-Fifty:
Hedley Goodall
Map:
Hedley Goodall
Clara Chuff:
Ann Codrington
River Bubble:
Johnny Morris
Fred's Boat:
Harold Reese
Bill:
Harold Reese
Bert:
Harry Carter
Fred Purkiss:
Harry Carter
Daisy:
Rosina Enright
Mrs Purkiss:
Rosina Enright

KIT THORNTON and BOB JONES invite you to join their set for:
Beginners Please!
DEREK NEWTON helps some young people to produce their own show
1: Choosing the programme
Hiking Round the World: Why Do It?
ROGER WRAGG sings to his guitar Produced by SHIRLEY FRANKLIN

Contributors

Unknown:
Bob Jones
Unknown:
Roger Wragg
Produced By:
Shirley Franklin

An Entertainment for Radio
Words by MURIEL SPARK
Music by TRISTRAM CARY Script and production by CHRISTOPHER HOLME
Other voices: Norma Griffin, Hilda Kriseman , Will Leighton Barbara Mitchell and members of the cast with William Davies (keyboard) and an instrumental ensemble conducted by THE COMPOSER Broadcast on May 27, 1962. in the Third Programme
The programme was awarded the 1962 Italia Prize

Contributors

Unknown:
Muriel Spark
Music By:
Tristram Cary
Production By:
Christopher Holme
Unknown:
Norma Griffin
Unknown:
Hilda Kriseman
Unknown:
Leighton Barbara Mitchell
Unknown:
William Davies
Dougal Douglas, M A Edinburgh:
Frank Duncan
Dixie Morse, typist:
Denise Bryer
Humphrey Place, refrigerator engineer, her fiance:
Bill Horsley
Mavis Crewe, her mother:
Grizelda Hervev
Arthur Crewe, her step-father:
Julian Somers
Leslie Crewe, her step-brother:
Andrew Irvine
Mr. Druce, Managing Director Meadows, Meade and Grindly:
Leslie Perrins
Merle Coverdale, Head of Typing Pool:
Betty Hardy
Mr Weedin, Personnel Manager:
Frank Partington
Connie Weedin, typist, his daughter:
Anne Beresford
Elaine Kent, senior process controller:
Sheila Grant
Trevor Lomas, L C C electrician:
Larry Martyn
Beauty, shop assistant:
Peggy Butt
Collie Gould:
Anthony Hall
Mr Willis, Managing Director Drover Willis's:
Tom Watson
Joyce Willis, his wife:
Charlotte Mitchell
Miss Frierne, a landlady:
Janet Burnell
Miss Cheeseman, a retired actress:
Vivienne Chatterton
Nelly Mahone:
June Tobin

Concerto Grosso in E minor. Op. 3, No. 3 (Gcmintani)
THE BOYD NEEL ORCHESTRA Directed from the harpsichord by THURSTON DART
Concerto in C major for two trumpets and string orchestra (R.Op. 46, No. 1) (Viualdi)
HEINZ ZICKLER and HERBERT THAL (trumpets)
MAINZ CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Conducted by GUNTER KEHR
Concerto a 4, in F major. Op. 11 No. 6 (Bonporti)
I Musici on gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Gunter Kehr

BBC Home Service Basic

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