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A programme to mark the 150th anniversary of the first Gurkha enlistment into the service of the British Crown with contributions from Gurkha men and women and from British officers past and present who have served with the Gurkhas in many theatres of war
Narrator.
WYNFORD VAUGHAN THOMAS
Produced by Terence Cooper
Broadcast in the BBC World Service on June 9

Contributors

Narrator:
Wynford Vaughan Thomas
Produced By:
Terence Cooper

Diamond Jubilee of the Automobile Association, 1905-65
BILL HARTLEY talks to ALEC C. DURIE , Director-General of the A.A., and other members of the staff, about the past. present, and future
A First Aid Hint from the British Red Cross
Latest road traffic information

Contributors

Unknown:
Diamond Jubilee
Talks:
Bill Hartley
Unknown:
Alec C. Durie

Jimmy Clitheroe in Follow That Car with PETER SINCLAIR , PATRICIA BURKE
DANNY Ross , DIANA DAY
MOLLIE SUGDEN , JACK WATSON
Written and produced by JAMES CASEY
Broadcast on February 14, In the Light Programme

Contributors

Unknown:
Jimmy Clitheroe
Unknown:
Peter Sinclair
Unknown:
Patricia Burke
Unknown:
Danny Ross
Unknown:
Diana Day
Unknown:
Mollie Sugden
Unknown:
Jack Watson

Hugh Lloyd discusses with Roy Plomley in a recorded programme the gramophone records he would take to a desert island

(Last Monday's broadcast)
(Hugh Lloyd is in 'Big Bad Mouse' at the Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton)

Contributors

Presenter:
Roy Plomley
Castaway:
Hugh Lloyd
Producer:
Monica Chapman

The Long Distance Blue by Ken Taylor with James Bolam and Avis Bunnage
' They take some looking after-pigeons. They need companionship ... I've been at it ten years now. Since I was a lad.'
Produced by CHARLES LEFEAUX
James Bolam is in a season of plays at the Mermaid Theatre

Contributors

Unknown:
Ken Taylor
Unknown:
James Bolam
Produced By:
Charles Lefeaux
Produced By:
James Bolam
Tom Knowles:
James Bolam
Betty Knowles, his mother:
Avis Bunnage
Nigel Knowles, his brother:
Andrew Sachs
Val Walkden, Nigel's girl:
Sian Davies
Harry, Betty's man:
Frederick Treves

HARRY DAVIDSON and HIS ORCHESTRA
IAN PATTERSON (baritone)
Introduced by REX PALMER M.C. , CHARLES CRATHORN
Produced by Anthony Link
Opening Waltz; Military Twostep; Oriental Mazurka: Fifth figure of the Lancers: On Leave Foxtrot; Toreador Tango: Waltz Superbe; Variety Foxtrot; Royal Highland Schottlsche; Manhattan Blues
The songs: The sunshine of your smile; Roamin' in the gloamin'

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Davidson
Baritone:
Ian Patterson
Introduced By:
Rex Palmer
Introduced By:
Charles Crathorn
Produced By:
Anthony Link

Thora Hird. Frank Pettingell in When We Are Married by J. B. Priestley with June Barry , Newton Blick
Betty Driver , Deryck Guyler Glenn Melvyn
Joe Helliwell and his wife. together with the Parkers and the Soppitts. meet to celebrate their joint silver wedding anniversary-only to discover that something is embarrassingly wrong.
Cast in order of speaking:
Pianist. Cicely Hoye
Produced by VIVIAN A. DANIELS
Last Monday's broadcast
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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:
Joe Helliwell
Pianist:
Cicely Hoye
Produced By:
Vivian A. Daniels
Ruby Birtle:
June Barry
Gerald Forbes:
Robin Hunter
Mrs Northrop:
Pauline 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

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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