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100th edition
A sort of radio show written by ERIC MERRIMAN with Kenneth Home
KENNETH Williams , HUGH PADDICK BETTY MARSDEN , BILL PERTWEE THE FRASER HAYES FOUR EILEEN GOURLAY
BBC VARIETY ORCHESTRA
Conductor, PAUL FENOULHET
Sort-of-announcer, DOUGLAS SMITH
Produced by JOHN SIMMONDS Broadcast on January 10 in the Light Programme

Contributors

Written By:
Eric Merriman
Unknown:
Kenneth Home
Unknown:
Kenneth Williams
Unknown:
Hugh Paddick
Unknown:
Betty Marsden
Unknown:
Bill Pertwee
Unknown:
Fraser Hayes
Unknown:
Eileen Gourlay
Conductor:
Paul Fenoulhet
Announcer:
Douglas Smith
Produced By:
John Simmonds

Adapted by Margaret Potter from three of her original stories concerning The Adventures of Samuel Poppleton

Contributors

Author/Adapted by:
Margaret Potter
Producer:
Trevor Hill
Old Mr Poppleton, the antique dealer:
Herbert Smith
The children - Elizabeth:
Gabrielle O' Mahoney
The children - Peter:
John Thornley
Sam, a youth:
Martin Ewart
'Jock' Tulliver, his chum:
David Webster
Captain John Doyle:
Graham Tennant
Edwards, First Mate on the Saucy Jane:
Frank Poynter
The Organ-Grinder:
Geoffrey Banks
Colonel Von Reibnitz, Hamburg Chief of Police:
David Mahlowe
Lieutenant Weissman, his assistant:
Christopher Dyer
A river pilot:
David Crane
A young German boy:
Michael Stirrup
Jack Hargreaves, a member of the Foreign Press Association:
Ronald Baddiley

A play for radio by Stephen Grenfell

In the prison it is visiting day. One of the prisoners is visited by a woman. The words that pass between them are to concern many men behind those walls - and bring to one man freedom... though he cannot know it will be the freedom of death.

with Glyn Owen and Brian Smith

Contributors

Writer:
Stephen Grenfell
Producer:
John Gibson
Sam White:
Glyn Owen
Nick Houston:
Brian Smith
Major Stevens:
Russell Napier
Anne Knight:
Sheila Grant
Jill White:
Elizabeth Morgan
Harry Meadows:
John Dearth
Molly White:
Joan Lindsay
Dodger:
Malcolm Hayes
Gillie:
Jonathan Scott
Calder:
Donald McKillop
James Parfitt:
Norman Claridge
Jackson:
Frank Partington
Kelvin:
Will Leighton
Basher:
Glyn Dearman
Bint:
George Hagan
Rodgers:
John Ruddock
Gyp:
Andrew Sachs
Other parts played by:
Members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company

played by the AEOLIAN STRING QUARTET Sidney Humphreys (violin) Raymond Keenlyside (violin) Watson Forbes (viola) Derek Simpson (cello)
and the ENGLISH STRING Quartet Nona Liddell (violin) Eleanor St. George (violin) Marjorie Lempfert (viola) Helen Just (cello)
Sixth of twelve programmes including Russian chamber music

Contributors

Violin:
Sidney Humphreys
Violin:
Raymond Keenlyside
Viola:
Watson Forbes
Cello:
Derek Simpson
Violin:
Nona Liddell
Violin:
Eleanor St. George
Viola:
Marjorie Lempfert
Cello:
Helen Just

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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