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Introduced by BILL HARTLEY
The filling station war: PHIL DRACKETT takes a critical look at the battleground
What Is a sparking plug?: answered by JOHN Robson , Chief Engineer of a plug manufacturing firm
A good pull-up: some satisfying thoughts by SAM HENRY
Using a trailer: a reminder of some of the problems by JACK NIHILL , Motoring Correspondent of the Irish News
Friday's broadcast in the Third Network and the latest Read TraMe News

Contributors

Introduced By:
Bill Hartley
Unknown:
Phil Drackett
Unknown:
John Robson
Unknown:
Sam Henry
Unknown:
Jack Nihill

A sort of radio show
Written by ERIC MERRIMAN with Kenneth Horne
KENNETH WILLIAMS HUGH PADDICK
BETTY MARSDEN BILL PIRTWEE
THE FRASER HAVES FOUR
BBC VARIETY ORCHESTRA
Conductor. PAUL FENOULHET
Sort-of-announcer, DOUGLAS SMITH
Produced by John SIMMONDS
Broadcast on December 22,
1963, in the Light Programme

Contributors

Written By:
Eric Merriman
Unknown:
Kenneth Horne
Unknown:
Kenneth Williams
Unknown:
Hugh Paddick
Unknown:
Betty Marsden
Unknown:
Bill Pirtwee
Conductor:
Paul Fenoulhet
Produced By:
John Simmonds

The Galvanising of Gamppe
A comedy by Peter Hayes with Jeffrey Segal and Geoffrey Wincott
Bloddingham Castle was a monstrosity, but to the innocent eye of Dmitri Spoliansky it was ' one genuine upstanding medieval
'British castle —the perfect setting for his new film. So all the turmoil of a Hollywood epic in the making burst on the little village of Gamppe-under-Wychwood — and the village rose to the occasion.....
Other parts played by members of the BBC
Drama Repertory Company
Produced by BETTY DAVIES

Contributors

Comedy By:
Peter Hayes
Unknown:
Jeffrey Segal
Unknown:
Geoffrey Wincott
Unknown:
Bloddingham Castle
Unknown:
Dmitri Spoliansky
Produced By:
Betty Davies
Dmitri Spoliansky:
Jeffrey Segal
Irving Kramm:
Peter O'Shaughnessy
Lord Honeywood:
Geoffrey Wincott
Lord Brambleford:
Ralph Truman
Nigel Pennicott:
Peter Tudbenham
Sheila Kenyon:
Eva Stuart
Police Sergeant:
Stephen Thorne
The Rev Ambrose Haskins:
Noel Iliff
Maxine Midwinter:
Nicolette Bernard
Marlow Maguire:
Kim Grant
Officials:
Norman Claridge
Officials:
Kevin Flood
Officials:
Michael Kilgarriff

Every Saturday top musical stars are joined by some of their favourite artists for thirty minutes of top entertainment
Tonight's star host:
Lester Ferguson and his guests:
Alfredo Campoli
Miriam Karlin
THE Cliff ADAMS SINCERS
BBC VARIETY Orchestra Leader, John Jezard
Conductor, PAUL FENOULBET ,
Continuity by Alastair Foot
Produced by BILL WORSLEY

Contributors

Unknown:
Lester Ferguson
Unknown:
Alfredo Campoli
Unknown:
Miriam Karlin
Unknown:
Cliff Adams
Leader:
John Jezard
Produced By:
Bill Worsley

by Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins, adapted for radio by Mollie Hardwick
with John Justin as George Vendale

'As I strolled past the Foundling Hospital in Bloomsbury the other day I thought of the many babes who had lain in the basket outside the Hospital's gate: and of the many footsteps that had hurried away from that spot, leaving a small life behind them. Of one set of footsteps in particular, and the strange story with its mystery and its terror, which began in eighteen hundred and thirty-five, on a chill November night....'

Contributors

Author:
Charles Dickens
Author:
Wilkie Collins
Adapted by:
Mollie Hardwick
Producer:
Hugh Stewart
The Lady:
Nicolette Bernard
Sally Goldstraw:
Molly Rankin
Walter Wilding:
Lewis Stringer
Mr Bintrey:
Patrick Barr
Joey Ladle:
Tom Bowman
Jarvis:
Alan Haines
George Vendale:
John Justin
Jules Obenreizer:
Gabriel Woolf
Marguerite Obenreizer:
Maryka Mann
Madame Dor:
Dorothy Black
Morris:
Garard Green
Maitre Voigt:
Arthur Ripley
Treasurer:
Kevin Flood
First house agent:
Alan Haines
Second house agent:
Garard Green
Bank clerk:
Kevin Flood

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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