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Requiem for a Wren
The novel by Nevil Shute adapted as a play for radio by STEPHEN GRENFELL with Anna Massey and Trader Faulkner
Produced by BETTY DAVIES
Saturday's broadcast

Contributors

Novel By:
Nevil Shute
Unknown:
Stephen Grenfell
Unknown:
Anna Massey
Unknown:
Trader Faulkner
Produced By:
Betty Davies

For retired and older people, and for those concerned with their welfare
What's your line?:
KATHLEEN BINNS
How valid is your Will?: a solicitor explains
On the street where you live: 2-The House of Mozart, by ROBERT GLADWELL
Introduced by KEN SYKORA who selects some records for listeners

Contributors

Unknown:
Kathleen Binns
Unknown:
Robert Gladwell
Introduced By:
Ken Sykora

Last of twelve Toytown plays by S. G. HULME BEAMAN
Produced by CLAIRE CROVIL
Broadcast in November 1962

Contributors

Unknown:
S. G. Hulme Beaman
Produced By:
Claire Crovil
Larry the Lamb:
Derek McCulloch
Narrator:
Derek McCulloch
Mr Growser:
John Glyn-Jones
Ernest the Policeman:
Peter Claughton
Captain Higgins:
Norman Shelley
The Magician:
Norman Shelley
The Mayor of Toytown:
Felix Felton
Dennis the Dachshund:
Preston Lockwood
The Inventor:
Ivan Samson
The Porter:
Ivan Samson

Spice of Life Edition
Introduced by Rosemary Horstmann
Fair Exchange: Dorothy Herrod goes to an unusual coffee party
The Flattery of Colour: Dorene Capper on wearing what suits you
Adventure: Nan MacDonald hears from Marion Davies and Jacqueline Chester about their experiences in Bolivia
Girl of Ideas: Eric Roberts talks to Errol Jones, member of the marketing department of a large chocolate firm
One Foot on the Ladder: Carole Rosen interviews Kate Allitt, the young actress at present playing the telephonist in Z Cars
(Some of the items are recorded)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Rosemary Horstmann
Unknown:
Dorothy Herrod
Unknown:
Nan MacDonald
Unknown:
Marion Davies
Unknown:
Jacqueline Chester
Talks:
Eric Roberts
Unknown:
Errol Jones.
Unknown:
Carole Rosen
Unknown:
Kate Allitt

A play adapted from her novel by Charity Blackstock with David March , Effie Morrison
Bryden Murdoch , Gudrun Ure
Douglas Murchie
In 1750, four years after the Battle of Culloden, there is an uneasy peace between the English and the Highlanders in Inverness. Jamie Macdonald, mutilated by the English troops at Culloden, continues to wane a desperate battle against them on Culloden Moor.
THE ENGLISH: THE SCOTS:
The singer,
MARGARET FRASER
The piper,
PIPE-MAJOR DONALD MACLEOD
Produced by AUDREY CAMERON

Contributors

Unknown:
David March
Unknown:
Effie Morrison
Unknown:
Bryden Murdoch
Unknown:
Gudrun Ure
Unknown:
Douglas Murchie
Singer:
Margaret Fraser
Unknown:
Pipe-Major Donald MacLeod
Produced By:
Audrey Cameron
The General:
Godfrey Kenton
Captain Adams:
David March
Captain Trevor:
Arthur Boland
The Sergeant:
Stephen Thorne
Duncan Moir:
Douglas Murchie
Helen Moir:
Gudrun Ure
Jamie Macdonald:
Bryden Murdoch
Christian Forbes:
Effie Morrison
Murdoch Forbes:
Sheila Donald
Macdonald:
James Grant
A soldier:
John Shedden
A jailor:
John Shedden
First woman:
Sheila Latimer
Second woman:
Sheila Donald

Telemann
Concerto No. 3 in A major
WERNER BERNDSEN (flute) ELZA VAN DER VEN (harpsichord) JOSEF ULSAMER
(viola da gamba) WILLY SPILLING
(harpsichord continuo)
Concerto in D major
RUDOLF SCHULZ , WILLY KIRCH HANS-JOACHIM WESTPHAL , GIORGIO SILZER (violins)
Suite No. 6, in D minor
KURT HAUSMANN (oboe) OTTO BOCHNER (violin) JOSEF ULSAMER
(viola da gamba) WILLY SPILLING
(harpsichord continuo) on gramophone records

Contributors

Flute:
Werner Berndsen
Viola:
Josef Ulsamer
Unknown:
Rudolf Schulz
Unknown:
Willy Kirch
Unknown:
Hans-Joachim Westphal
Violins:
Giorgio Silzer
Oboe:
Kurt Hausmann
Violin:
Otto Bochner
Viola:
Josef Ulsamer
Unknown:
Willy Spilling

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