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An autobiography by BETTE DAVIS
A great actress tells her own story with wit, astringency, and complete honesty.
Abridged by P. J. R. Wright Read by MARY WIMBUSH
Eleventh of fifteen instalments

Contributors

Unknown:
Bette Davis
Abridged By:
P. J. R. Wright
Read By:
Mary Wimbush

by Axel Kielland translated and adapted for radio by MARIANNE HELWEG
Milh Sebastian Shaw
Olga Lindo , William Devlin
Dr. Sipurd Helmer, an ambitious Norwegian priest, is enthroned as bishop in his ]oca] town. Immediately after the ceremony an embarrassing situation develops.
Produced by DAVID H. GODFREY Broadcast on July 15

Contributors

Unknown:
Axel Kielland
Unknown:
Marianne Helweg
Unknown:
Milh Sebastian Shaw
Unknown:
Olga Lindo
Unknown:
William Devlin
Produced By:
David H. Godfrey
Leif Helmer:
Michael Spice
Mrs Helmer:
Olga Lindo
Agnes Helmer:
Shlrley Cooklln
Bishop Helmer:
Sebastian Shaw
Miss Monsen:
Sheila Grant
Tina, the maid:
Jo Manning Wilson
Dr Tornkvist:
William Devlin
Inspector of Police:
Norman Claridge
Bjerke:
Donald McKillop
Judge:
Austin Trevor
Defending Counsel (Lind):
Jeffrey Segal
Prosecuting Counsel:
William Fox
Bruhn:
Gordon Faith

For retired and older people, and for those concerned for their welfare
Help from the Local Authority: by a Medical Officer of Health
Village on Wheels: ANTONIA YOUNG
Famous Conductors I Have Known: 1: Sir Henry Wood , by C. B. REES I Would be a Poet: JOE CORRIE
Introduced by SAM POLLOCK

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Henry Wood
Unknown:
C. B. Rees
Introduced By:
Sam Pollock

A serial play in six episodes by DAVID SCOTT DANIELL
4: Smuggler's Rendezvous Produced by PEGGY BACON

Contributors

Unknown:
David Scott Daniell
Produced By:
Peggy Bacon
Polly Trott:
Mary Chester
Drummer Oliver Crowe:
Nigel Anthony
Sergeant Trott:
Jack Holloway
Private Pilchard:
Michael Shaw
Widow Parsiloe:
Aileen Mills
Mrs Blowgun:
Olive Pendleton
Martin Chubb:
Owen Berry
Freeth:
Ronald Baddiley
Claudine de Fronzac:
June Spencer

born October 10, 1813
Ann Cooper (mezzo-contralto)
Kenneth Langabeer (tenor)
Donald Pilley (tenor)
Alan Ward (baritone)
BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA Leader, Arthur Leavins
Conductor, VILEM TAUSKY
Items include: sung by Ann Cooper :
Strida la vampa (II Trovatore) 0 mio Fernando
(La Favorita: Donizetti) sung by Donald Pilley : Che gelida manina
(La Bohème: Puccini)
Ma se m'e forza perderti
(Un Ballo in Maschera) sung by Kenneth Langabeer :
Quando le sere al placido
(Luisa Miller )
Questa o quella (Rigoletto) sunt by Alan Ward :
Eri tu (Un Ballo in Maschera) Pari siamo (Rigoletto)
Given before an invited audience in the Camdcn Theatre, London
Applications for tickets, enclosing a stamped addressed envelope. should be sent to [address removed].

Contributors

Unknown:
Ann Cooper
Tenor:
Kenneth Langabeer
Tenor:
Donald Pilley
Baritone:
Alan Ward
Sung By:
Ann Cooper
Sung By:
Donald Pilley
Sung By:
Kenneth Langabeer
Unknown:
Luisa Miller
Unknown:
Alan Ward

by Rudyard Kipling adapted as a play for radio in two parts by JOHN TYDEMAN with Felix Aylmer
George Coulouris , Philip Leaver and David Spenser
2: The Great Game
Cast in order of speaking:
Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company Produced by JOHN TYDEMAN

Contributors

Unknown:
Rudyard Kipling
Unknown:
John Tydeman
Unknown:
Felix Aylmer
Unknown:
George Coulouris
Unknown:
Philip Leaver
Unknown:
David Spenser
Produced By:
John Tydeman
Mahbub Ali:
George Coulouris
Colonel Creighton:
William Fox
Kim:
David Spenser
Lurgan's boy:
Timothy Harley
Lurgan:
George Merritt
Hurree ChunderMookerjee:
Philip Leaver
Huneefa:
Vivienne Chatterton
The Lama:
Felix Aylmer
Ticket collector:
Peter Bartlett
Jat traveller:
Lewis Stringer
E 23:
Gabriel Woolf
Woman of Saharunpore:
Mary O'Farrell
Russian spy:
Andrew Sachs
French spy:
Alan Haines
Woman of Shemlegh:
Isabel Rennie

Moving London Airport JOHN CONNELL
Founder of the Noise Abatement Society questioned by DENNY DESOUTTER and MANECK DALAL
Mr. Connell believes that London Airport can. and should, be moved from Heathrow to Foulness Island in the Thames Estuary; and he is prepared to make the necessary arrangements himself.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Connell
Unknown:
Denny Desoutter
Unknown:
Maneck Dalal

Trio in G, Op. 9 No. 5 (Boecherini)
Members of the CARMIRELLI QUARTET
Pina Carmirelli (violin) Luigi Sagrati (viola)
Arturo Bonucci (cello)
Horn Quintet in E flat major (K.407) (Mozart)
JOHN BARROWS (horn) FINE ARTS QUARTET
Leonard Sorkin (violin) Irving Ilmer (viola) Abram Loft (viola)
George Sopkin (cello) on gramophone records

Contributors

Violin:
Pina Carmirelli
Viola:
Luigi Sagrati
Cello:
Arturo Bonucci
Horn:
John Barrows
Violin:
Leonard Sorkin
Viola:
Irving Ilmer
Viola:
Abram Loft
Cello:
George Sopkin

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