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A Toytown play by S. G. HULME BEAMAN
Produced by JOSEPHINE PLUMMER
Broadcast on December 7. 1961

Contributors

Play By:
S. G. Hulme Beaman
Produced By:
Josephine Plummer
Larry the Lamb):
Derek McCulloch
Narrator:
Derek McCulloch
The Mayor of Toytown:
Felix Felton
The Mayor's Secretary*:
John Sharp
Mr Growser:
John Glyn-Jones
The Mayor of Arkville's Butler:
Ivan Samson
Ernest the Policeman:
Peter Claughton

Faure
Impromptu No. 2. in F minor, for piano
9.39' Piano Quartet No. 2, in G minor played by the RICHARDS PIANO QUARTET Irene Richards (violin) Jean Stewart (viola)
Bernard Richards (cello) Bernard Roberts (piano)

Contributors

Violin:
Irene Richards
Viola:
Jean Stewart
Cello:
Bernard Richards
Piano:
Bernard Roberts

Cadenza for Real
Written and produced by Stewart Conn
' She's softer than springtime, She's sweet as the fall,
She's warmer than summer, My own loving doll ...'
Cast in order of speaking:
Music arranged by IAN GOURLAY
Oboe played by VALERIE TAYLOR

Contributors

Produced By:
Stewart Conn
Arranged By:
Ian Gourlay
Played By:
Valerie Taylor
Sue:
Myra Forsyth
Ted:
Bill Henderson
Tom:
Paul Young
Sally:
Gwyneth Guthrie
Joe:
Christopher Denham
Ted's Mother:
Irene Sunters
Ted's Father:
John Young
Jill:
Aileen Salmon
Waitress:
Alice Dale
Schoolmaster:
Bryden Murdoch
Dentist:
Leonard Maguire

from Edington Priory Church, Wiltshire sung by the EDINGTON FESTIVAL CHOIR
Versicles and Responses (Plain-song)
Psalm 119, vv. 145-176 (Plain-song)
Lessons: Zechariah 1, v. 18, to 2. v. 13: St. John 4, vv. 1-26
Canticles (Gibbons, Short Service)
Anthem: Ave Maria (Schubert)
Voluntary: Giant Fugue in D minor (J. S. Bach)
Director of Music, David Calcutt
Organist, Simon Preston

Contributors

Unknown:
Short Ser
Organist:
David Calcutt
Organist:
Simon Preston

A magazine of interest to all, with older listeners specially in mind, including:
Off-Beat: BERNARD KEEFFE takes a new look at some familiar music
Tea in the Wilderness:
SHARON PAUL describes Charlie Sprittle. an Englishman who lived alone in a mining * ghost town ' in Idaho in the American Rockies
Date with a Doctor
Two Men, Two Wars: E. LIVESEY FOWLER and TONY MANN compare experiences
Introduced by STEVE RACE

Contributors

Unknown:
Sharon Paul
Unknown:
Charlie Sprittle.
Unknown:
E. Livesey Fowler
Unknown:
Tony Mann
Introduced By:
Steve Race

from the Edinburgh
International Festival
Excerpts from the Tattoo presented on Edinburgh Castle esplanade by Scottish Command and produced by Brigadier Alasdair Maclean
Introduced by ALASTAIR DUNNETT
Produced by MATT SPICER

Contributors

Unknown:
Alasdair MacLean
Introduced By:
Alastair Dunnett
Produced By:
Matt Spicer

by JULIA GREENWOOD
She probably wasn'the lady of Shakespeare's sonnets, but one scholar thought she was and George Bernard Shaw got interested, so also did Julia Greenwood. She went on a journey especially to see the portraits of Mary Fitton at Arbury Hall, and to find out more about her.

Contributors

Unknown:
Julia Greenwood
Unknown:
George Bernard Shaw
Unknown:
Julia Greenwood.
Unknown:
Mary Fitton

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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