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A serial in eight episodes by FRANCIS DURBRIDGE with Peter Coke and Marjorie Westbury
6: A Surprise for Mavis Russell
Other parts: Frank Partington and members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company
Produced by MARTYN C. WEBSTER
Broadcast on November 18,
1963. in the Light Programme

Contributors

Unknown:
Francis Durbridge
Unknown:
Peter Coke
Unknown:
Marjorie Westbury
Unknown:
Frank Partington
Paul Temple:
Peter Coke
Steve:
Marjorie Westbury
Dinah Ne'son:
Valerie Kirkbright
Reggie Mackintosh:
Simon Lack
Rudolph Charles:
Anthony Hall
Robert Ferguson:
John Glen
Mark Elliot:
William Fox
Sir Graham Forbes:
James Thomason
Mavis Russell:
Isabel Rennie

A new holiday magazine especially for children aged nine to eleven
Introduced by KEN SYKORA with FRANKIE VAUGHAN , PERCY EDWARDS
ROBERT ORNBO , JANET ARNOLD
JUDITH CHALMERS , PADDY FEENY
Produced by ELIZABETH BROWN Have your copy of the Orbit magazine with you when you listen to the programme.

Contributors

Introduced By:
Ken Sykora
Unknown:
Frankie Vaughan
Unknown:
Percy Edwards
Unknown:
Robert Ornbo
Unknown:
Janet Arnold
Unknown:
Judith Chalmers
Unknown:
Paddy Feeny
Produced By:
Elizabeth Brown

A magazine of interest to all, with older listeners specially in mind, including:
Special Choir Treat: WALLACE
ARTER recalls a boyhood visit to the Franco-British Exhibition
Panto in the Parlour:
ROBERT GUNNELL joins local children for a performance of Dick Whittington and his Cat, a glove puppet pantomime by NOËL and MARGARET LAINSON of Teddington tTo buy, borrow, or give:
JOHN ELLISON suggests three books
You asked us to play record requests
Introduced by POLLY ELWES

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Gunnell
Unknown:
Dick Whittington
Unknown:
Margaret Lainson
Unknown:
John Ellison
Introduced By:
Polly Elwes

A weekly meeting with young musicians
Pupils of GEORGE WATSON 'S COLLEGE, EDINBURGH, perform in their new music classroom
The programme includes a setting of Hilaire Belloc 's poem He does not die specially composed for the school by ALAN RAWSTHORNE
Introduced by NORMAN HYDE and IAN WISHART

Contributors

Unknown:
George Watson
Unknown:
Hilaire Belloc
Unknown:
Alan Rawsthorne
Introduced By:
Norman Hyde
Introduced By:
Ian Wishart

by Anton Chekhov
Translated by Manya Harari
[Starring] Edith Evans

The action takes place in Russia on the country estate of Madame Ranevsky in the early years of this century.

See facing page

Contributors

Author:
Anton Chekhov
Translated by:
Manya Harari
Producer:
Charles Lefeaux
Yermolay Alexeyich Lopakhin, a merchant:
Joss Ackland
Dunyasha, a maid:
Marjorie Westbury
Epikhodov, the estate clerk:
John Hollis
Anya, Madame Ranevsky's daughter:
Sheila Shand Gibbs
Lyubov Andreyevna Ranevsky:
Edith Evans
Varya, Madame Ranevsky's adopted daughter:
Daphne Slater
Leonid Andreyich Gayev, Madame Ranevsky's brother:
Peter Copley
Yasha, a valet:
Andrew Sachs
Firs, an old valet:
John Ruddock
Semyonov Pishchik, a land-owner:
Hamlyn Benson
Sharlotta Ivanovna, a governess:
Hilda Kriseman
Petya Trofimov, a student:
John Moffatt
A tramp:
Wilfrid Carter

The News
Background to the News People in the News followed by LISTENING POST
KENNETH KENDALL 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 1.

Contributors

Introduces:
Kenneth Kendall

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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