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by Charles Dickens
A series of ten dramatic readings selected and arranged by MOLLIE HARDWICK
8: Bardell v. Pickwick
Produced by DAVID H. GoDFREY
Trevor Martin is a National
Theatre plauer

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Dickens
Arranged By:
Mollie Hardwick
Produced By:
David H. Godfrey
Produced By:
Trevor Martin
Storyteller:
Trevor Martin
Serjeant Buzfuz:
Hector Ross
Judge:
Walter Fitzgerald
Mr Skimpin:
Bruce Beeby
Serjeant Snubbin:
Nigel Graham
Mr Winkle:
Fraser Kerr
Sam Weller:
Martin Jarvis
Mr Pickwick:
Peter Bathurst

Country dancing from the Midlands
Special guest, NADIA CATTOUSE with the MIDLANDERS FOLK DANCE BAND at Clifton, Nottinghamshire
Master of Ceremonies. KENNETH CLARK
Introduced by RICHARD MADDOCK
Kenneth Clark broadcasts by permission of the English Folk Dance and Song Society

Contributors

Unknown:
Kenneth Clark
Introduced By:
Richard Maddock
Introduced By:
Kenneth Clark

with WILFRED PICKLES visits
The Royal Burgh of Dingwall with MABEL at ' the Table and HARRY HUDSON at the piano
Produced by Stephen Williams
Broadcast on October 20. 1964, In the Light Programme

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Hudson
Produced By:
Stephen Williams

Introduced by MARJORIE ANDERSON
A Successful Century:
J. H. BADLEY , a centenarian, talks to JOCELYN RYDER-SMITH about Bedales, the school he founded
The Expensive Season:
JEAN STEVENS remembers an incident in Quetta
Reading Your Letters
How can we save our coast?: a discussion between some people concerned, including COMMANDER RAWNSLEY. Director of Enterprise Neptune, and a County Planning Officer
Perhaps he'll grow out of it: a mother talks about her problem child to MOLLIE LEE
MICHAEL HORDERN reads
The General Next to God by RICHARD COLLIER
Fifth of six instalments

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
J. H. Badley
Unknown:
Jocelyn Ryder-Smith
Unknown:
Jean Stevens
Unknown:
Mollie Lee
Unknown:
Michael Hordern
Unknown:
Richard Collier

The Big Mirror
A play for radio by Peter J. Hammond
A man is heading for the North of England and a woman for the South. Both are restlessly looking for someone.... something.... perhaps if their paths had crossed? But fate plays them a different hand.
Produced by HUGH STEWART

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter J. Hammond
Produced By:
Hugh Stewart
Grey:
Allan McClelland
Ellen:
Barbara Lott
Barman:
Eric Anderson
Cafd proprietress:
Molly Rankin
Man with a dog:
Walter Fitzgerald
Jessie:
Betty Huntley-Wright
Motorist:
Hector Ross
Motorist's wife:
Patricia Leventon
Woman on a coach:
Vivienne Chatterton
Girl at a party:
Mary Chester
A pick-up:
Peter Marinker
Ernie:
Gordon Gardner
First man on train:
Wilfrid Carter
Second man on train:
Alan Haines

from
The Temple Church, London
Introit: 0 thou that hearest prayer
Psalms: 73 and 74 Lessons: I Chronicles 22, vv. 2-19;
St. Mark 15. v. 42, to 16. V. 20
Canticles (Walford Davies in G)
(Festal)
Anthem: Where thou refgnest
(Schubert)
Organist and Director of the Choir DR. G. THALBEN-BALL

Contributors

Unknown:
Walford Davies
Unknown:
Dr. G. Thalben-Ball

A magazine of interest to all, with older listeners specially in mind, including:
Chopin and his Scottish Ladies:
COLIN GIBSON looks at the composer's associations with Britain
Going to the Pictures: BETTY
BEST recommends some films you might enjoy seeing this month, and talks to ROBERT MORLEY tDate with a Chiropodist
Off the beat: Memories of an ex-London bobby, by WILLIAM A. JOHNSON
Introduced by KEN SYKORA

Contributors

Unknown:
Colin Gibson
Unknown:
Robert Morley
Unknown:
William A. Johnson
Introduced By:
Ken Sykora

Midwinter by John Buchan adapted for radio by NORMAN PAINTING
2: The Runaway Lady
Alastair Maclean falls into rough company and is saved by a charming lady, only to be soon on the run again.
Other parts played by Eric Ball and Charles Butler
Incidental music arranged by HAMISH HENDERSON and played by ERNEST ELEMENT (violin)
Produced by ANTHONY CORNISH

Contributors

Unknown:
John Buchan
Unknown:
Alastair MacLean
Played By:
Eric Ball
Played By:
Charles Butler
Arranged By:
Hamish Henderson
Played By:
Ernest Element
Produced By:
Anthony Cornish
Alastair Maclean:
Fraser Kerr
Ben, the gypsy:
Arthur R Webb
Methody Sam:
Bob Arnold
General Oglethorpe:
Philip Garstion-Jones
Samuel Johnson:
Peter Stephens
Squire Thicknesse:
George Woolley
Lady Claudia Norreys:
Linda Gardner

Victorian Music-Hall from the Players' Theatre
Chairman, BARRY CRYER introduces
SHEILA BERNETTE
BRIAN BLADES
ARCHIE HARRADINE JOHN HEWER
DENIS MARTIN
SHEILA MATTHEWS
JAMIE PHILLIPS
ANNE ROGERS
JOAN STERNDALE BENNETT
JULIA SUTTON
At the pianoforte, GEOFFREY BRAWN
Produced by TRAFFORD WHITELOCK
See facing page

Contributors

Introduces:
Barry Cryer
Unknown:
Sheila Bernette
Unknown:
Brian Blades
Unknown:
Archie Harradine
Unknown:
John Hewer
Unknown:
Denis Martin
Unknown:
Sheila Matthews
Unknown:
Jamie Phillips
Unknown:
Anne Rogers
Unknown:
Joan Sterndale Bennett
Unknown:
Julia Sutton
Pianoforte:
Geoffrey Brawn
Produced By:
Trafford Whitelock

The News
Background to the News People in the News followed by LISTENING POST
DOUGLAS BROWN introduces this evening's edition of a series designed to reflect listeners' own views on current topics. Letters on public affairs and issues of policy are specially welcome

Contributors

Introduces:
Douglas Brown

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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