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by KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN adapted for radio in five episodes by AILEEN MILLS
Rebecca was resolved to run away from her aunts at Riverboro, and enlisted the aid of Jeremiah Cobb. the stage-driver, to help her. But Cobb Persuaded her not to go, and he smuggled her back into her aunts' house. She resolves to face up to the dreaded Aunt Miranda....
Episode 3
Produced by BRIAN MILLER from the West of England
Broadcast on May 17

Contributors

Unknown:
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Unknown:
Aileen Mills
Unknown:
Jeremiah Cobb.
Produced By:
Brian Miller
Narrator:
Tucker McGuire
Aunt Jane:
Tucker McGuire
Jeremiah Cobb:
Ronald Wilson
Adam Ladd:
Ronald Wilson
Aunt Miranda:
Mavis Villiers
Rebecca:
Josefina Ray

Country Ceili from St. Colman's Hall, Kilkeel, Co. Down
ARD Rt CEILI BAND
UNA O'CALLAGHAN (mezzo-soprano)
JAMES SHAW (baritone)
BRIAN CONNORS
(songs with guitar)
M.C., JACK SLOANE
† Produced by Sam Denton

Contributors

Baritone:
Brian Connors
Unknown:
Jack Sloane
Produced By:
Sam Denton

with WILFRED PICKLES visits
The moorland village of Heptoftstall with MABEL at ' The Table ' and HARRY HVDSON at the piano
Produced by Stephen Williams
Broadcast on November 10. 1964,
(Light)

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Hvdson
Produced By:
Stephen Williams

Introduced by MARJORIE ANDERSON
My Son, My People:
NAOMI MITCHISON describes how the Bakgatta tribe in Bechuanaland has claimed her as their mother
Correspondence Column: a child psychiatrist considers listeners' letters on cruelty to children
† I Met an Angel: NANCY LISHER recalls an unique childhood experience
Interview: JANE ASHER talks to
MICHAEL FREEDLAND
School Magazines: some opinions from MELVILLE HARDIMf.NT, schoolmaster, and some sixth-formers
FLORA ROBSON reads
They Dared to be Doctors by MARY ST. JOHN FANCOURT
Fourth of six instalmenls

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
Naomi Mitchison
Unknown:
Nancy Lisher
Talks:
Jane Asher
Unknown:
Flora Robson
Unknown:
Mary St.
Unknown:
John Fancourt

The Creep
A play for radio by R. B. Amos with Roger Snowdon
A newly married couple take pity on a man who lives in the same block of flats. They find. however. that this Good Samaritan attitude has unlooked-for consequences.
Produced by JOHN TYDEMAN

Contributors

Unknown:
R. B. Amos
Unknown:
Roger Snowdon
Produced By:
John Tydeman
Peter Neville:
Michael Spice
Anne Neville:
Liane Aukin
Lewis Crumleigh:
Roger Snowdon
Sidney:
Gordon Gardner
Hugo:
Michael Deacon
Doctor:
Stephen Thorne
Cabby:
Alaric Cotter

† from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Singers from parish, cathedral, school, and college choirs affiliated to the Royal School of Church Music
Preces and Responses (Bernard Rose)
Office Hymn: All my hope on God is founded (Hymns for Church and School 16)
Psalms: 20, 148
Lessons:
Ecelesiasticus 50, vv. 17-24 1 Corinthians 14. vv. 1-16
Canticles (Sumsion in A)
Anthem: Come. Holy Ghost, the Maker, come (Cedric Thorpe Davie)
Glorious things of thee are spoken (H.C.S. 34)
Organists.
Roy MASSEY , PETER WHITE
Conductor, DR. GERALD H. KNIGHT Director of the R.S.C.M.

Contributors

Unknown:
Royal Albert Hall
Unknown:
Cedric Thorpe
Organists:
Roy Massey
Conductor:
Dr. Gerald H. Knight

including:
Key-notes. 2: ELSIE HALL. the Australian pianist, recalls her long career on the concert halls
† Laurens van der Post : the author and traveller talks to DON DAVIS about the lure of Africa
Armchair Gardener: simple hints and tips from FRED LOADS
Date with a Doctor
Introduced by STEVE RACE

Contributors

Unknown:
Laurens van Der Post
Unknown:
Don Davis
Introduced By:
Steve Race

Midwinter by John Buchan adapted by NORMAN PAINTING
Alastair escapes from danger and. after recovering in ' The Sleeping Deer. strives once more-with the Spoonbills' help-to uncover Kyd's secret.
5: Duchess Kitty on the Road
Incidental music arranged by HAMISH HENDERSON and played by ERNEST ELEMENT (violin)
Produced by ANTHONY CORNISH

Contributors

Unknown:
John Buchan
Adapted By:
Norman Painting
Arranged By:
Hamish Henderson
Produced By:
Anthony Cornish
Ben, the gypsy:
Arthur R Webb
Alastair Maelean:
Fraser Kerr
The Spainneach:
John Bott
Tappet:
George Woolley
Duchess Kitty:
Ursula O'Leary
Samuel Johnson:
Peter Stephens
Charles Hay:
James Grant
Bennet:
Roger Milner
Sir John Norreys:
Norman Cockin
Nicholas Kyd:
Douglas Storm

ANONA WINN. JOY
ADAMSON JACK TRAIN, NORMAN HACKFORTH with A Mystery Voice and KENNETH HORNE in the chair
Produced by Humphrey Barclay From the Commonwealth Institute, Kensington

Contributors

Unknown:
Adamson Jack
Unknown:
Norman Hackforth
Unknown:
Kenneth Horne
Produced By:
Humphrey Barclay

The U-boats of 1917 A documentary programme
Recently published German documents. kept secret since the end of World War 1, make possible a new appraisal of the unrestricted U-boat warfare campaign of 1917. On the one hand this campaign very nearly defeated the Allies. but on the other it made Allied victory certain by involving the United States in the war.
Written and produced by DAVID WOODWARD
See facing page

Contributors

Produced By:
David Woodward

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

Contributors

Introduces:
Giles Playfair

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.

Appears in

About this data

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