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A magazine of interest to all, but with older listeners specially in mind, including:
Eve of Poll: G.W. HOLLYHOKE talks about the back-room boys of a General Election
Green Fingers: PERCY THROWER and an Old Age Pensioner talk over some gardening points.
'Horse Chestnut Tree': a short story by JOYCE RODEN
Off My Own Bat: PETER CRANMER recalls cricket he has liked and the men who played it
Introduced by DAVID STEVENS
from the Midlands

Contributors

Talks:
G. W. Hollyhoke
Unknown:
Percy Thrower
Story By:
Joyce Roden
Introduced By:
David Stevens

by Alexandre Dumas adapted in thirteen parts by ERIC EWENS with Gabriel Woolf as Edmond Dantes '
12: The Trial
Continued in next column and Produced by GRAHAM GAULD

Contributors

Unknown:
Alexandre Dumas
Unknown:
Eric Ewens
Unknown:
Gabriel Woolf
Unknown:
Edmond Dantes
Produced By:
Graham Gauld
de Viliefort:
Alan Wheatley
Madame de Viliefort:
Nancie Jackson
Jacopo:
Charles Leno
Maximilian Morrel:
David Spenser
Andrea Cavalcantl:
Scot Finch
President of Court:
Patrick Barr
Monsieur Beauchamp:
Peter Bartlett
Lucien Debray:
John Glen
Monsieur Chateau-Renaud:
Kim Grant
Valet:
Alexander John
Lags:
Bruce Beeby
Lags:
Frederick Treves

from the BBC Sound Archives
Ivor Brown introduces a selection of the recorded voices of hi. acquaintance, including JAMES BRIDIE
WALTER ELLIOT
DESMOND MCCARTHY COMPTON MACKENZIE LAURENCE OLIVIER
Edith Evans and J. B. PRIESTLEY
Produced by JOHN Powell

Contributors

Introduces:
Ivor Brown
Unknown:
James Bridie
Unknown:
Walter Elliot
Unknown:
Desmond McCarthy
Unknown:
Compton MacKenzie
Unknown:
Laurence Olivier
Unknown:
Edith Evans
Unknown:
J. B. Priestley
Produced By:
John Powell

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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