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Stories of a Fire Investigator
The series written by PHILIP LEVENE with Robert Beatty
Triple Motive
Produced by MARTYN C. WEBSTER
Broadcast on February 9,
1964, in the Light Programme

Contributors

Written By:
Philip Levene
Brian Lacey:
John Baddeley
Doris Lacey:
Vlvienne Chatterton
Angela Marsh:
Elizabeth Morgan
Valerie Chrane:
Gudrun Ure
'Q' Barnaby:
Robert Beatty
Inspector Hackett:
Duncan McLntyre
Mrs Clarke:
Thea Wells
Alec Groves:
Anthony Hall
Mr Hunter:
Lee Fox

with Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe, John Bluthal, Barry Humphries, Bob Todd, Gary Miller and the Grand Piano Orchestra
Conducted by Paul Fenoulhet
Recorded before H.M. Post-master General and an audience of Post Office workers.
Broadcast on Dec. 25, 1964
(Spike Milligan is in "Son of Oblomov" at the Comedy Theatre; Harry Secombe in "Pickwick" at the Saville Theatre; Barry Humphries in "Maggie May" at the Adelphi Theatre)

Contributors

Star/comedian:
Spike Milligan
Comedian:
Harry Secombe
Comedian:
John Bluthal
Comedian:
Barry Humphries
Comedian:
Bob Todd
Comedian:
Gary Miller
Music:
The Grand Piano Orchestra
Conducted By:
Paul Fenoulhet
Written By:
Spike Milligan
Produced By:
Charles Chilton

Overture: Timoleon (Méhul)
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Conducted by SIR THOMAS BEECHAM
2.20* Piano Concerto No. 2, in C minor (Rachmaninov)
SVIATOSLAV RICHTER with the WARSAW PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Conducted by STANISLAW WISLOCKI
2.56* Danzas fantasticas
(Turina)
PARIS CONSERVATOIRE ORCHESTRA
Conducted by RAFAEL FRUNBECK DE BURGOS on gramophone records

Contributors

Piano:
Sir Thomas Beecham
Unknown:
Sviatoslav Richter
Conducted By:
Stanislaw Wislocki

Thora Hird , Frank Pettingell in When We are Married by J. B. Priestley with June Barry , Newton Blick
Betty Driver , Deryck Guyler
Glenn Melvyn
Cast in order of speaking:
Ruby Birtle JUNE BARRY Gerald Forbes. .....ROBIN HUNTER
Mrs. Northrop......PAULlNE LETTS Nancy Holmes. ...JILL THOMPSON Fred Dyson. ....ALAN DEVEREUX Henry Ormonroyd
FRANK PETTINGELL
Alderman Joseph Helliwell
DERYCK GUYLER
Maria Helliwell Thora HIRD
Clara Soppitt Mary QUINN Councillor Albert Parker
NEWTON BLICK
Herbert Soppitt. ..GLENN MELVYN Annie Parker. .........NOEL DYSON
Lottie Grady. ...BETTY DRIVER The Rev. Clement Mercer
WILLOUGHBY GODDARD
Pianist. Cicely Hoye
Produced by VIVIAN A. DANIELS
Repeated: Saturday at 8.30p.m. See facing page

Contributors

Unknown:
Thora Hird
Unknown:
Frank Pettingell
Unknown:
J. B. Priestley
Unknown:
June Barry
Unknown:
Newton Blick
Unknown:
Betty Driver
Unknown:
Deryck Guyler
Unknown:
Glenn Melvyn
Unknown:
Barry Gerald Forbes.
Unknown:
Robin Hunter
Unknown:
Letts Nancy Holmes.
Unknown:
Jill Thompson
Unknown:
Fred Dyson.
Unknown:
Alan Devereux
Unknown:
Henry Ormonroyd
Unknown:
Frank Pettingell
Unknown:
Alderman Joseph Helliwell
Unknown:
Deryck Guyler
Unknown:
Albert Parker
Unknown:
Newton Blick
Unknown:
Herbert Soppitt.
Unknown:
Glenn Melvyn
Unknown:
Annie Parker.
Unknown:
Noel Dyson
Unknown:
Lottie Grady.
Unknown:
Rev. Clement Mercer
Pianist:
Cicely Hoye
Produced By:
Vivian A. Daniels

Whit Monday edition including:
Reluctant Cannibals:
EVELYN CHEESMAN talks to STEWART WAVELL about her adventures collecting insects in the South Pacific
Oxford Memories: MAY HANKEY recalls the city of dreaming spires at the turn of the century
Singing Folk: TOM PAXTON , from the U.S.A., talks and sings to KEN SYKORA
Introduced by FREDDY GRISEWOOD

Contributors

Talks:
Evelyn Cheesman
Unknown:
Stewart Wavell
Unknown:
Tom Paxton
Introduced By:
Freddy Grisewood

The Turret by Margery Sharp adapted for radio in three episodes by THEA HOLME
When Miss Bianca. the beautiful white mouse, decides to give up being chairwoman of the Mouse Prisoners' Aid Society, are her days of ' rescuing ' really over?
1: The Water Picnic
Produced by GRAHAM GAULD

Contributors

Unknown:
Margery Sharp
Produced By:
Graham Gauld
Narrator:
Charles E Stidwill
Miss Bianca:
Ursula Hirst
Bernard:
Peter Marinker
Chairwoman:
Patricia Leventon
Water-rat:
Stephen Jack
Mandrake:
Stephen Jack

or The School for Fathers by Isaac Bickerstaffe adapted for broadcasting by Raymond Raikes with music by CHARLES DIBDIN orchestrated and edited by Roger Fiske
In this radio production of a play first produced at Covent Garden in 1768 and revived at Drury Lane in 1770. the Italian airs of the period, which were interpolated, have been omitted, so that we are left with an 18th-century English ' musical.' Listeners may be interested to know that two members of the radio cast, Peter Pratt and Marion Grimaldi. will also be appearing in ' Lionel and Clarissa ' from June 22 at the newly opened Yvonne Arnaud Theatre at Guildford.
The action takes place in the houses of Colonel Oldboy and Sir John Flowerdale, neighbours in the country: summer of the year 1767.
LONDON CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Leader, Lionel Bentley
Conducted by ERIC WETHERELL
Produced by RAYMOND RAIKES
A shortened version of the broadcast on August 9. 1963. In the Third Programme

Contributors

Unknown:
Isaac Bickerstaffe
Broadcasting By:
Raymond Raikes
Music By:
Charles Dibdin
Edited By:
Roger Fiske
Unknown:
Peter Pratt
Unknown:
Marion Grimaldi.
Leader:
Lionel Bentley
Conducted By:
Eric Wetherell
Produced By:
Raymond Raikes
Colonel Oldboy:
Peter Pratt
Diana, his daughter:
Marion Grimaldi
Jenkins, steward to Sir John Flowerdale:
Earle Grey
Lady Mary Oldboy, the Colonel's wife:
Vivienne Chatterton
Mr Jessamy, their son:
Denis Quilley
Antoine, his servant:
Andrew Sachs
Clarissa, daughter to Sir John:
Jane Wenham
Jenny, her maid:
Marjorie Westbury
Sir John Flowerdale:
Austin Trevor
Lionel, a student at Oxford:
John Baddeley
Harman, a young man from London:
Denys Hawthorne

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