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The Chains of Habit by John Tarrant with David March
Harry Gawne has always been a creature of habit. Then one evening he unexpectedly gives a lift to a girl ...
Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company Produced by JOHN TYDEMAN

Contributors

Unknown:
John Tarrant
Unknown:
David March
Unknown:
Harry Gawne
Produced By:
John Tydeman
Harry Gawne:
David March
Helen Marsden:
Gudrun Ure
Mary Gawne:
Josefina Ray
Judy Gawne:
Elizabeth Proud
Inspector Cowen:
Denys Hawthorne
Mr Lockwood:
Earle Grey
Brenda:
Dorit Welles

from the Cathedral Church of Christ, Canterbury
Preces and Responses (Rose) Psalms 142 and 143
Lessons: Judges 14; Hebrews 10, vv. 1-18
Magnificat and Nunc dimittis (Howells' Worcester Service)
Anthem: Wrestling Jacob (Malcolm Williamson)
Hymn: Lift up your heads, great gates, and sing
Organist, Allan Wicks
Sub-organist, Gwilym Isaac

Contributors

Organist:
Allan Wicks
Sub-organist:
Gwilym Isaac

by AGNES MAYLE
Mrs. Maylc suffers from disseminated sclerosis. She describes the slow advance of physical incapacity from its first small onset in 1939, and her reactions to it. The talk was recorded at her home, with the aid of a script typed on an .electric typewriter with a hammer she holds in her mouth.

Contributors

Unknown:
Agnes Mayle

A four-part radio adventure by KEVIN McGARRY
4: Dig that crazy treasure Produced by HERBERT SMITH

Contributors

Unknown:
Kevin McGarry
Produced By:
Herbert Smith
Ted:
Alan Rothwell
Dan:
Alan Tilvern
Pat:
Shirley King
Mrs Harkins:
Alison Bayley
Rollo:
Roy Minton
Inspector McGinn:
Bert Parnaby
Drobnik, a Russian agent:
Ronald Harvi
The Joker:
Geoffrey Banks
Captain Crockett:
Harry Towb

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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