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by ANTHONY C. WILSON
A new series of five plays about the boy detectives with Harold Reese and Patricia Hayes
3: Black Magic
Produced by GRAHAM GAULD

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony C. Wilson
Unknown:
Harold Reese
Unknown:
Patricia Hayes
Produced By:
Graham Gauld
Norman Bones:
Harold Reese
Henry Bones:
Patricia Hayes
Inspector Martin:
Preston Lockwood
Patrick Miles:
Leroy Lingwood
Alfred Penrose:
Edgar Norfolk
Stephen Lane:
Fraser Kerr
Sarah Jowell:
Grace Allardyce
Walter Jowell:
Middleton Woods
Miss Burton:
Valerie Kirkbright
Mr Richardson:
Derek Prentice
Foreign agent:
Peter Bartlett

A series of stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle adapted for radio by MICHAEL HARDWICK with Carleton Hobbs and Norman Shelley
4: The Sussex Vampire
Holmes and Watson travel into the peaceful countryside to investigate the horrors of vampirism...
Produced by GRAHAM GAULD
Broadcast on September 18 in the Light Programme

Contributors

Stories By:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Unknown:
Michael Hardwick
Unknown:
Carleton Hobbs
Unknown:
Norman Shelley
Produced By:
Graham Gauld
Dr Watson:
Norman Shelley
Sherlock Holmes:
Carleton Hobbs
Ferguson:
Stephen Jack
Dolores:
Gladys Spencer
Mrs Ferguson:
Josefina Ray
Jack:
Peter Bartlett
Mrs Mason:
Margaret Wolfit

with WILFRED PICKLES visits the famous seafaring town of Dartmouth with MABEL at ' The Table and HARRY HUDSON at the piano Produced by STEPHEN WILLIAMS
Broadcast on November 17 in the Light Programme

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Hudson
Produced By:
Stephen Williams

A new holiday magazine especially for children aged nine to eleven
Introduced by KEN SYKORA with PETER MURRAY, ROBERT ORNBO, GERALD LEACH, JUDITH CHALMERS and 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:
Peter Murray
Unknown:
Robert Ornbo
Unknown:
Gerald Leach
Unknown:
Judith Chalmers
Unknown:
Paddy Feeny
Produced By:
Elizabeth Brown

The Harrowing of H. Four
A comedy for radio by Joseph Green with Colin Gordon
The logical proposition made by an international espionage agency threatens the jobs of spies everywhere. What if there were no more state secrets?
Produced by JOHN TYDEMAN

Contributors

Unknown:
Joseph Green
Unknown:
Colin Gordon
Produced By:
John Tydeman
Colonel Rebus:
Colin Gordon
Brown:
Peter Bartlett
Matthew:
Andrew Sachs
Gilbert:
Fraser Kerr
Porter:
Hamlyn Benson
McBain:
Frederick Treves
Danichev:
William Fox

from Bath Abbey
Introit: Forth in thy name,
O Lord. I go (Gibbons)
Psalms 149, 150
Lessons: Isaiah 61; St. Matthew 16. vv. 13-20
Magnificat; Nunc dimittis
(Noble in A minor)
Anthem: See amid the winter's snow (West)
Voluntary: Carillon (Vierne)
Organist and Master of the Choristers, Ernest Maynard

Contributors

Unknown:
Ernest Maynard

A magazine of interest to all with older listeners specially in mind, including
Off-Beat: DERYCK COOKE introduces cats in music
Cats, Cats, all the way:
E. B. CHAPMAN talks about the cats in his life
Christmas Beside the Sea: a group of elderly people from Reading were able to spend Christmas together at Hayling Island in Hampshire.BERNARD PRICE meets some of those involved and hears how this was achieved
Date with a Doctor
Introduced by STEVE RACE

Contributors

Unknown:
Deryck Cooke
Talks:
E. B. Chapman
Unknown:
Bernard Price
Introduced By:
Steve Race

A magazine programme for railway enthusiasts
The Stroudley Terriers: JOHN ADAMS talks about a class of engine that has always interested him
The Ulster Transport Museum: JACK MCGEAGH talks to the curator, ROBERT BEGGS
The Direct Orient: PAT WHITE-HOUSE takes a journey on this famous train
Railway Sounds: some requests from listeners
Introduced by PETER CRANMER
Produced by PEGGY BACON

Contributors

Talks:
John Adams
Talks:
Jack McGeagh
Unknown:
Robert Beggs
Introduced By:
Peter Cranmer
Produced By:
Peggy Bacon

Five-round contests between London and the Regions
London v. North
Round 4
London:
BARRY CARMAN
CEDRIC CLIFFE
Quiz-Master, LIONEL HALE
North:
DENNIS CHAPMAN
BILL GRUNDY
Quiz-Master, Roy PLOMLEY
Arranged by PATRICK HARVEY
Repeated on Thursday at 1.10

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Carman
Unknown:
Cedric Cliffe
Unknown:
Lionel Hale
Unknown:
Dennis Chapman
Unknown:
Bill Grundy
Arranged By:
Patrick Harvey

by RICHARD MASEFIELD who talks about some hilarious goings-on in front and behind the scenes of a pantomime
9.3* Concert
Part 2 Given before an invited audience in BBC Studio I. Maida Vale, London. Requests for tickets for future concerts may be sent to T[address removed], enclosing a stamped addressed envelope.

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Masefield

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.I.

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.

Appears in

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More