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Introduced by BILL HARTLEY
Questions and Answers
The questions put personally by listeners are answered by: JOE Lowrey , a technical writer on automobile engineering
RONALD PRIESTLEY , Chief Instructor of a large driving school
ERNEST DAVIES , Editor of Traffic Engineering and Control Latest road traffic information

Contributors

Introduced By:
Bill Hartley
Unknown:
Joe Lowrey
Unknown:
Ronald Priestley
Unknown:
Ernest Davies

Jimmy Clitheroe in Swimming Against the Tide with PETER SINCLAIR
PATRICIA BURKE , DANNY Ross DIANA DAY , JACK WATSON LESLIE DUNN
Written by JAMES CASEY and FRANK ROSCOE
Produced by JAMES CASEY

Contributors

Unknown:
Jimmy Clitheroe
Unknown:
Peter Sinclair
Unknown:
Patricia Burke
Unknown:
Danny Ross
Unknown:
Diana Day
Unknown:
Jack Watson
Unknown:
Leslie Dunn
Written By:
James Casey
Written By:
Frank Roscoe
Produced By:
James Casey

The Presentation Clock
A new play for radio by Elizabeth Dawson with Joan Matheson and Lockwood West
Sidney Barnes hopes for promotion that he is unlikely to get. His wife is a frustrated intellectual, his son a rebel. When his wife and son take a stand against him. he is forced to a reassessment.
Produced by EILEEN CULLEN
John Forrest is in Mr. Wilberforce, M.P.' at the Westminster Theatre, London

Contributors

Unknown:
Elizabeth Dawson
Unknown:
Joan Matheson
Unknown:
Lockwood West
Unknown:
Sidney Barnes
Produced By:
Eileen Cullen
Produced By:
John Forrest
Sidney Barnes:
Lockwood West
Esm6, his wife:
Joan Matheson
Colin, his son:
Christopher Bidmead
Colonel Wilshaw:
William Fox
Tom Simons:
Geoffrey Matthews
John Kelsey:
John Forrest

HARRY DAVIDSON and his Orchestra
Introduced by REX PALMER M.C. , Charles CRATHORN
Produced by Anthony Link The dances:
Anniversary Twostep: Lilac Waltz; Gainsborough Glide ; Yearning Saunter; Donella Tango; ButterflY Gavotte; Waltz; Felice Foxtrot

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Davidson
Introduced By:
Rex Palmer M.C.
Produced By:
Anthony Link
Unknown:
Gainsborough Glide
Unknown:
Felice Foxtrot

by Dorothy L. Sayers and Muriel St. Clair Byrne
Directed by Ian Mullins
Adapted for radio by PEGGY WELLS
with and
Produced for radio by ANTHONY CORNISH in the BBC's Midland studios

Contributors

Directed By:
Ian Mullins
Unknown:
Dorothy L. Sayers
Unknown:
Muriel St. Clair Byrne
Adapted for radio by:
Peggy Wells
Produced for radio by:
Anthony Cornish
Lady Harriet:
Dorothy Reynolds
Lord Peter Wimsey:
Angus MacKay
Bunter:
David Monico
Mr Puffett:
Michael Waddon-Pearce
Mrs Ruddle:
Marian Forster
Miss Twitterton:
Helen Dorward
Frank Crutchley:
David Belcher
The Rev Simon Goodacre:
Frank Woodfield
Mr MacBride:
Brian Petchey
Supt Kirk:
Stanley Dawson
PC Joe Sellon:
David Gilmore
George:
Michael Mollan
Bill:
Roger Dyason

British Chamber Music played by the OROMONTE STRING Trio Perry Hart (violin)
Margaret Major (viola) Bruno Schrecker (cello)
Twelfth of a weekly series ranging from Elgar to the present day
11.45* Forecast for coastal waters

Contributors

Violin:
Perry Hart
Viola:
Margaret Major
Cello:
Bruno Schrecker

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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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