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by JOHN GRIFFITHS
Griff and Tommy have failed to make contact with their great-uncle and have been warned off the farm by two Strange men. They found their tent slashed and their stores scattered, and now in their new 'den' they wait anxiously for Idwal. who is on holiday at Aber Gwyn. four miles away.
2: Uncle Isaac
Readers. GWENYTH PETTY and JOHN DARRAN
Produced by Evelyn Williams
Broadcast on April 28

Contributors

Unknown:
John Griffiths
Unknown:
John Darran
Produced By:
Evelyn Williams

Songs and dances in traditional style with PAT SHAW , PAT NELSON
RON COE. BERNARD FISHWICK
NAN FLEMING-WILLIAMS and THE WAGGONERS
Produced by Brian Patten
From Chichester, Sussex

Contributors

Unknown:
Pat Shaw
Unknown:
Pat Nelson
Unknown:
Ron Coe.
Unknown:
Bernard Fishwick
Unknown:
Nan Fleming-Williams
Produced By:
Brian Patten

TiNt MATTHEWS introduces this midday edition of a series designed to reflect listeners' own views on current topics. Letters on lively talking points of any kind are welcome for these broadcasts
Correspondents are invited to write to: Listening Post. BBC. Broadcasting House. London. W.I.

Introduced by MARJORIE ANDERSON
Piano-playing housewives: a progress report from MARGARET HOPE-BROWN and AUDREY E. SHEARD after their debut on Woman's Hour earlier this year
Air Letter: WILLA PETSCHEK from Boston
Reading Your Letters
Buying Abroad: advice on Customs charges
Afternoon Press Conference: someone who knows questioned by those who want to know
ANTHONY JACOBS reads
The Boy with a Sling by JONATHAN WADE
† Ninth of ten instalments

Contributors

Piano-Playing:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
Margaret Hope-Brown
Unknown:
Audrey E. Sheard
Unknown:
Anthony Jacobs

The Heart Grows Cold
A play for radio by Joan Timothy
Amy Weston. aged eighty-six, lives with her son George and her daughter-in-law Phyllis, but Phyllis does not want her mother-in-law in the house..... with Mary O'Farrell as Amy Weston
Cast in order of speaking:
Produced by AUDREY CAMERON

Contributors

Unknown:
Joan Timothy
Unknown:
Amy Weston.
Unknown:
Mary O'Farrell
Unknown:
Amy Weston
Produced By:
Audrey Cameron
George Weston:
Basil Jones
Amy, his mother:
Mary O'Farrell
Phyllis, his wife:
Betty Huntley-Wricht
Mrs Webb:
Eva Stuart
Matron:
Molly Rankin
Deirdre ::
Sheila Grant
Poppy:
Patricia Leventon
Ted:
Anthony Hall
Patrick Weston:
Peter Marinker

from the Cathedral Church of St. Mary and St. Chad,
Lichfield Preces and Responses (
William Smith )
Psalms 136-138
Lessons: 1 Kings 17; St. Luke
6, VV. 20-38
Canticles (Howells in G)
Anthem: Bring us. 0 Lord
God, at our last awakening (W. H. Harris )
Organist and Master of the Choristers, RICHARD GREENING
Assistant organist, Robert Green

Contributors

Unknown:
Lichfield Preces
Unknown:
William Smith
Organist:
H. Harris
Organist:
Robert Green

A magazine of interest to all, with older listeners specially in mind, including:
Key-notes: ELSIE HALL , the Australian pianist, recalls her long career in the concert halls
† Off the Beat: Memories of an ex-London bobby, by WILLIAM A. JOHNSON
† Date with a Patient
Mrs. Heggs and the Occupation: JACK SINGLETON talks to GRACE HEGGS about her war-time experiences in Guernsey. 3: Taking the mickey
Introduced by STEVE RACE

Contributors

Unknown:
Elsie Hall
Unknown:
William A. Johnson
Talks:
Jack Singleton
Introduced By:
Steve Race

Midwinter by John Buchan adapted for radio by NORMAN PAINTING
Alastair tries to uncover the secret of Brightwell and runs into deceit and great peril.
4: Journeyman John
Incidental music arranged by HAMISH HENDERSON and played by ERNEST ELEMENT (violin)
Produced by ANTHONY CORNISH

Contributors

Unknown:
John Buchan
Arranged By:
Hamish Henderson
Produced By:
Anthony Cornish
Lady Claudia Norreys:
Linda Gardner
Alastair Maclean:
Fraser Kerr
Samuel Johnson:
Peter Stephens
Tappet:
George Woolley
General Oglethorpe:
Philip Garston-Jones
Ben the gypsy:
Arthur R Webb
Bennet:
Roger Milner
Sir John Norreys:
Norman Cockin
Edom Lowrie:
James Grant

The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart
A concert performance of the production given by the Glyndebourne Festiyal Opera
GLYNDEBOURNE FESTIVAL CHORUS Chorus-Master, Myer Fredman LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Leader, Rodney Friend MARTIN ISEPP
(harpsichord continuo)
Conductor, JOHN PRITCHARD Head of Music Staff and Preparation, Jani Strasser Original production by Daniel Leveugle
From the Royal Albert Hall
ACT 1 : 7.46* Act

Contributors

Leader:
Rodney Friend
Harpsichord:
Martin Isepp
Conductor:
John Pritchard
Unknown:
Jani Strasser
Production By:
Daniel Leveugle
Unknown:
Albert Hall

BBC Home Service Basic

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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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