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For the Feast of the Epiphany from Saint John's Church, Egremont, Wallasey
Celebrant,
THE REV. PETER LUCAS
Assisted by The Rev. W. G. C. OWEN
Hymns (from A. and M. Rev.):
Earth has many a noble city (76): The people that in darkness sat (80); As with gladness men of old (79); Lord Jesus Christ, you have come to us (316)
Organist, Stewart Chambers

Contributors

Unknown:
Rev. Peter Lucas

Excerpts from
Johann Strauss 's operetta
Introduced by PHILIP HOPE-WALLACE
The cast includes
NICOLAI GEDDA as The Duke
ERICH KUNZ as Caramello
ELISABETH SCHWARZKOPF as Annina with the PHILHARMONIA CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA
Conducted by OTTO ACKERMANN on gramophone records

Contributors

Unknown:
Johann Strauss
Introduced By:
Philip Hope-Wallace
Unknown:
Nicolai Gedda
Unknown:
Erich Kunz
Unknown:
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Conducted By:
Otto Ackermann

By A. E. W. Mason adapted for radio by Cynthia Pughe.
With Carleton Hobbs as Inspector Hanaud.
A plague of anonymous letters... a rich old lady suddenly dead, presumed murdered. These are the problems that confront Inspector Hanaud at the house in Dijon - 'the house of the arrow'...
Saturday's broadcast.

Contributors

Writer:
A. E. W. Mason
Adapted For Radio By:
Cynthia Pughe
Producer:
Martyn C. Webster
Inspector Hanaud:
Carleton Hobbs

For retired and older people and for those concerned for their welfare
The First Night of The Merry
Widow: CLAUDE JENKINS
Good Company: ROSE ODLE in New York
A physiotherapist asks: Are you sitting comfortably?
St. Moritz Then and Now:
ANGELA WHITCOMBE and MARY McDoNALD
Introduced by SAM POLLOCK

Contributors

Unknown:
Claude Jenkins
Unknown:
Angela Whitcombe
Introduced By:
Sam Pollock

Eighth of twelve Toytown plays by S. G. HULME BEAMAN
The Babes in the Wood from the Theatre Royal, Toytown and played by DEREK MCCULLOCH , PRESTON LOCKWOOD, JOHN GLYN -JONES, HOWIESON CULFF, NORMAN SHELLEY , STEPHEN JACK , and MARY O'FARRELL
Wild beasts of the forest kindly lent by Mr. Noah Thunder and Lightning and other effects by The Inventor Music by the Augmented Toytown Orchestra
Produced by JOSEPHINE PLUMMER
Broadcast in January 1962

Contributors

Unknown:
S. G. Hulme Beaman
Played By:
Derek McCulloch
Unknown:
John Glyn
Unknown:
Norman Shelley
Unknown:
Stephen Jack
Produced By:
Josephine Plummer
The Babes:
Larry The Lamb
The Babes:
Dennis The Dachshund
The Cruel Baron:
Arthur Growser
The Good Hired Assassin:
His Worship The Mayor Of Toytown
The Bad Hired Assassin:
Bert Higgins
The Noble Butler:
Police Constable Ernest
The Demon King:
The Magician
The Fairy Queen:
Amelia Goose

Twelfth Night Edition
Introduced by ROSEMARY HORSTMANN
Jolie Mademoiselle : News from
Paris on what the young French girl is doing and wearing at this time
You and Your Birthstone: DAPHNE WHITIINGHAM answers some questions
Evening Out: BRIGlT PAUL and IAN STRACHAN on going to a party
Liabilities or Assets?: MARY YOUNG on your own New Year stocktaking
One Foot on the Ladder: Bookselling

Contributors

Introduced By:
Rosemary Horstmann
Introduced By:
Jolie Mademoiselle
Unknown:
Daphne Whitiingham
Unknown:
Ian Strachan
Unknown:
Mary Young

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare with Jimmy Edwards , Beryl Reid
June Tobin , Rachel Gurney
Cast in order of speaking:
Other parts played by members of the BBC
Drama Repertory Company Music chosen and arranged by Elizabeth Poston
Produced by CEDRIC MESSINA and VAL GIELGUD tBroadcast on January 6, 1962
Presented on Twelfth Night-Shakespeare's famous revel for the occasion

Contributors

Unknown:
William Shakespeare
Unknown:
Jimmy Edwards
Unknown:
Beryl Reid
Unknown:
June Tobin
Unknown:
Rachel Gurney
Arranged By:
Elizabeth Poston
Produced By:
Cedric Messina
Produced By:
Val Gielgud
Narrator:
John Pullen
Orsino:
John Humphry
Curio:
Nigel Anthony
Valentine:
Anthony Hall
Viola:
June Tobin
A Sea Captain:
William Eedle
Sir Toby Belch:
Jimmy Edwards
Maria:
Beryl Reid
Sir Andrew Aguecheek:
Heron Carvic
Feste:
Jon Rollason
Oivia:
Rachel Gurney
Malvolio:
Alan Wheatley
Antonio:
Julian Somers
Sebastian:
Hugh Dickson
Fabian:
Rolf Lefebvre
An Officer:
Michael Spice

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