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Wine in the Afternoon by Roy Russell with Austin Trevor and Mary Wimbush
At forty. Mary Langley is struggling to remain a good wife and mother without the vitality of her marriage being lost. It takes old Colonel Mannering to teach her how to recapture it ...
Produced by BRIAN MILLER

Contributors

Unknown:
Roy Russell
Unknown:
Mary Wimbush
Unknown:
Mary Langley
Produced By:
Brian Miller
Mary Langley:
Mary Wimbush
John Langley:
Alan Haines
Colonel Mannering:
Austin Trevor
Betty Hadfleld:
Jane Wenham
Stella Barnes:
Margaret Wolfit
Cora:
Hilda Schroder

from the Cathedral Church of St. Mary (Scottish Episcopal), Edinburgh
Versicles and Responses
(Morley)
Psalms 12, 13, 14
Lessons: Isaiah 10, v. 33, to
11, v. 9; 2 Thessalonians, 2
Magnificat and Nunc dimittis
(Morley)
Anthem: All ye people
(Orlando Gibbons)
Organist and Master of Choristers, Dennis Townhill
Assistant Organist, Donald Cullington

Contributors

Unknown:
Dennis Townhill
Organist:
Donald Cullington

A magazine of interest to all, with older listeners specially in -mind, including:
Off-Beat: ARTHUR JACOBS takes a new look at some familiar music
Going to the Pictures?:
JOHN STRATTEN recommends some films on general release and talks to a star
Date with a Doctor
Introduced by KEN SYKORA

Contributors

Unknown:
Arthur Jacobs
Unknown:
John Stratten
Introduced By:
Ken Sykora

by Charles Kingsley adapted as a narrative reading in two parts by MURIEL LEVY
The music composed by Henry Reed who conducts a section of the BBC Northern Orchestra
Produced by HERBERT SMITH

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Kingsley
Unknown:
Muriel Levy
Composed By:
Henry Reed
Produced By:
Herbert Smith
The reader:
Geoffrey Banks
Tom:
M Dew

Five-round contests between London and the Regions
London v. Midlands
Round 5
London :
MICHAEL AYRTON , BARRY CARMAN
Quiz-Master,
LIONEL HALE Midlands:
DAVID FRANKLIN
GEOFFREY JAGGARD
Quiz-Master, Roy PLOMLEY
Arranged by PATRICK HARVEY
Repeated on Thursday at 1.10

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Ayrton
Unknown:
Barry Carman
Unknown:
Lionel Hale
Unknown:
David Franklin
Unknown:
Geoffrey Jaggard
Arranged By:
Patrick Harvey

Part 2
This performance Is from the original version edited by Robert Haas.
Elizabeth Vaughan and Victor Godfrey broadcast by permission of the General Administrator, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Ltd.

Contributors

Edited By:
Robert Haas.
Edited By:
Elizabeth Vaughan
Edited By:
Victor Godfrey

The News
Background to the News
People in the News followed by LISTENING POST
Douglas BROWN introduces a programme specially designed to reflect listeners' comments on public affairs and policy
Correspondents are invited to write to Listening Post. BBC. Broadcasting House. London. W.l.

Contributors

Introduces:
Douglas Brown

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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