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A magazine with older listeners specially in mind, including:
From doublet and hose to
Mary Quant : BRENDA HAMILTON visits the Museum of Costume at Bath
' I'm a stranger here myself ': a comment from BRIAN BAILEY
A museum in the garden:
MARGERY FISH talks to DEREK JONES about her collection of cottage garden flowers
The black poplar: NORMAN
GOODLAND tells a story of tree-felling forty years ago
Introduced by RALPH WIGHTMAN from the West of England

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Quant
Unknown:
Brenda Hamilton
Unknown:
Brian Bailey
Unknown:
Derek Jones
Introduced By:
Ralph Wightman

by Alexandre Dumas adapted for radio in thirteen parts by ERIC EWENS irith Gabriel Woolf as Edmond Dantes
7: The Duel
Produced by GRAHAM GAULD

Contributors

Unknown:
Alexandre Dumas
Unknown:
Eric Ewens
Unknown:
Gabriel Woolf
Unknown:
Edmond Dantes
Produced By:
Graham Gauld
Mercedes:
Mary Wimbush
Maximilian Morrel:
David Spenser
Albert de Morcerf:
Nigel Anthony
Monsieur Beauchamp:
Peter Bartlett
Monsieur Chateau-Renaud:
Kim Grant
Notary:
Lewis Stringer

Three programmes compiled with recordings from the Sound Archives examining the plays of Shakespeare in performance
Part 2:
Speak the Speech with the voices and opinions of: EDITH EVANS , ROBERT DONAT
PEGGY ASHCROFT
RALPH RICHARDSON
Richard BURTON , HENRY IRVING
DONALD WOLFIT , ALBERT FINNEY
LEWIS Casson
WILLIAM ARMSTRONG
DENNE GILKES , PETER O'TOOLE TYRONE GUTHRIE
CHARLES LAUGHTON
Arthur BOURCHIER. Paul ROGERS HERBERT BEERBOHM-TREE
JOHN GIEI. GUD, MARLON BRANDO J. C. TREWIN, FRANK BENSON
LAURENCE Olivier
STANLEY HOLLOWAY
Jimmy EDWARDS
BERYL REID , FRANKIE HOWERD
BEATRICE FORBES ROBERTSON
ELLEN TERRY
MICHAEL REDGRAVE
VANESSA REDGRAVE
Narrator, JOHN PULLEN
Reader, GODFREY KENTON
Narration written by DEREK PARKER
Devised and produced by JOHN POWELL

Contributors

Unknown:
Edith Evans
Unknown:
Robert Donat
Unknown:
Peggy Ashcroft
Unknown:
Ralph Richardson
Unknown:
Richard Burton
Unknown:
Henry Irving
Unknown:
Donald Wolfit
Unknown:
Albert Finney
Unknown:
Lewis Casson
Unknown:
William Armstrong
Unknown:
Denne Gilkes
Unknown:
Peter O'Toole
Unknown:
Tyrone Guthrie
Unknown:
Charles Laughton
Unknown:
Arthur Bourchier.
Unknown:
Paul Rogers
Unknown:
Herbert Beerbohm-Tree
Unknown:
John Giei.
Unknown:
Frank Benson
Unknown:
Laurence Olivier
Unknown:
Stanley Holloway
Unknown:
Jimmy Edwards
Unknown:
Beryl Reid
Unknown:
Frankie Howerd
Unknown:
Beatrice Forbes Robertson
Unknown:
Ellen Terry
Unknown:
Michael Redgrave
Narrator:
Vanessa Redgrave
Narrator:
John Pullen
Reader:
Godfrey Kenton
Written By:
Derek Parker
Produced By:
John Powell

From the BBC Sound Archives
Lord Boothby introduces a selection of the recorded voices of his acquaintance including:
ANEURIN BEVAN
GILBERT HARDING
LORD KEYNES
DAVID LLOYD-GEORGE
SOMERSET MAUGHAM BERTRAND RUSSELL
1 Produced by DENYS GUEROULT

Contributors

Unknown:
Aneurin Bevan
Unknown:
Gilbert Harding
Produced By:
Denys Gueroult

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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