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An unhappy romance of the seventeenth century told by NATALIE HODGSON
In 1617 Frances Coke. daughter of the great lawyer Sir Edward Coke. was unwillingly married to John, elder brother of the Duke of Buckingham. Her real love was Sir Robert Howard. Lord of Clun.

Contributors

Told By:
Natalie Hodgson
Unknown:
Sir Robert Howard.

A magazine of interest to all, with older listeners specially in mind including:
Make a Record of it: WYN GRIFFITH on capturing those memories
From Teaching to Writing: GWYN THOMAS describes how he walked away from twenty-odd years of teaching to the lonely rigours of imaginative writing Introduced by OLIVE STEPHENS from Wales

Contributors

Unknown:
Wyn Griffith
Introduced By:
Olive Stephens

by Ouida dramatised by JOHN KEIR CROSS with Simon Lack and June Tobin
' Beauty ' Cecil of the Queen's Life Guards is arrested in Baden on a charge of forgery, but escapes from his captors and disappears. Later, news of his death reaches England, but his old associates still believe him to be alive.
5: The Second Flag
Accordionist, GERALD CROSSMAN Song Vivandière written by JOHN KEIR CROSS and ALAN PAUL
Produced by DAVID H. GODFREY

Contributors

Dramatised By:
John Keir
Unknown:
Simon Lack
Written By:
John Keir
Written By:
Alan Paul
Produced By:
David H. Godfrey
Duke of Lyonnesse:
David March
Hon Bertie Cecil:
Simon Lack
Vicomte Claude de Chanrellon:
Gabriel Woolf
Tata Leroux:
Wilfrid Carter
Cigarette:
June Tobin
Beau-Bruno:
Glyn Dearman
Rake:
John Hollis
Colonel Raoul de Chateauroy:
Hamilton Dyce
Emir Ilderim:
Garard Green

Audrey Attwood (soprano) Helen Watts (contralto) Ian Partridge (tenor) John Carol Case (baritone)
Tilford Bach Festival Choir
Tilford Festival Orchestra
Leader, Kelly Isaacs
Derek Stevens (organ continuo)
Conductor, Denys Darlow

Bach: Missa Brevis in G major

8.32* Cantata No. 82: Ich habe genug

From All Saints Church, Tilford, Surrey

Contributors

Soprano:
Audrey Attwood
Contralto:
Helen Watts
Tenor:
Ian Partridge
Baritone:
John Carol Case
Singers:
Tilford Bach Festival Choir
Musicians:
Tilford Festival Orchestra
Leader:
Kelly Isaacs
Organist:
Derek Stevens
Conductor:
Denys Darlow

How the dailies have handled the week's news, the opinions they have expressed, and current trends in and out of Fleet Street, are analysed by WILLIAM CLARK
Extracts read by JOHN SNAGGE and KENNETH KENDALL

Contributors

Unknown:
William Clark
Read By:
John Snagge
Read By:
Kenneth Kendall

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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