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Fifty years ago every fairground was loud with the sound of show organs. Today they are being restored by Preservation Societies for the delight of the thousands who flock to Steam Fairs up and down the country.
FRANK DIXON introduces the music of these ornately carved and gilded mechanical masterpieces
Produced by Steve Allen

Contributors

Introduces:
Frank Dixon
Produced By:
Steve Allen

From the Arctic, Sarawak, North Burma, and Zululand four missionaries speak to STEWART WAVELL about the way of life, the risks, and the improbable things that can and do happen in these regions of the world
They are:
JOAN TURNER , GWYNEDD NICHOL
DAVID DARLINGTON and NORMAN GILMORE
Produced by John Nicoll
Broadcast on June 25

Contributors

Unknown:
Stewart Wavell
Unknown:
Joan Turner
Unknown:
Gwynedd Nichol
Unknown:
David Darlington
Unknown:
Norman Gilmore
Produced By:
John Nicoll

(Friday's broadcast - Light)

Contributors

Daniel Archer:
Monte Crick
Doris Archer:
Gwen Berryman
Jack Archer:
Denis Folwell
Peggy Archer:
June Spencer
Lilian Archer:
Elizabeth Marlowe
Anthony William Daniel Archer:
Philip Owen
Philip Archer:
Norman Painting
Aunt Laura Archer:
Gwenda Wilson
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Ned Larkin:
Bill Payne
Carol Grenville:
Anne Cullen
Harvey Grenville:
Ronald Baddiley
Anne Grenville:
Heather Canning
Jack Woolley:
Philip Garston-Jones
John Tregorran:
Philip Morant
Walter Gabriel:
Chris Gittins
Roger Patillo:
Jeremy Mason
Sue Bent:
Linda Polan
Ralph Bellamy:
Jack Holloway
[Also taking part]:
Mr. Peter Casson
[Also taking part]:
Mrs. Peter Casson

We make decisions every day, but sometimes we are brought to a halt by a problem so serious that any decision we take must change our lives tANNE ALLEN, STEPHEN BLACK , and C. R. HEWITT listen to some real-life problems of this kind and consider the advice they would have offered

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Black
Unknown:
C. R. Hewitt

Overture: The Merry Wives of Windsor (Nicolai)
BERI.IN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Conducted by HERBERT VON KARAJAN
2.24* Piano Concerto No. 3. in D minor (Rachmoninov)
BYRON JANIS (piano)
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Conducted by CHARLES MUNCH
3.1* Intermezzo (The Jewels of the Madonna) (Wolf-Ferrari)
PARIS CONSERVATOIRE ORCHESTRA Conducted by NELLO SANTI
3.5* Carnaval (Suite: Roma)
(Bizet)
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Conducted by SIR THOMAS BEECHAM on gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Herbert von Karajan
Piano:
Byron Janis
Conducted By:
Charles Munch
Conducted By:
Nello Santi
Conducted By:
Sir Thomas Beecham

Jeannie by Aimee Stuart adapted for broadcasting by MARTYN C. WEBSTER with Isabel Rennie as Jeannie
Time: The early 1930s.
Other parts played by John Baddeley , Jonathan Scott and Antony Viccars
† Produced by MARTYN C. WEBSTER

Contributors

Unknown:
Aimee Stuart
Broadcasting By:
Martyn C. Webster
Unknown:
Isabel Rennie
Played By:
John Baddeley
Played By:
Jonathan Scott
Played By:
Antony Viccars
Produced By:
Martyn C. Webster
Father:
Duncan McIntyre
Jeannie:
Isabel Rennie
Mrs Whitelaw:
Elizabeth Morgan
Bessie:
Mary Wylie
Maggie:
Mollie Weir
Stanley Smith:
Haydn Jones
The Blonde:
Cecile Chevreau
The Count:
Trader Faulkner
Mrs Murdoch:
Gudrun Ure

† FREDDY GRISEWOOD introduces
A Bank Holiday edition including:
Funny Things from Foreign Parts: BASIL BOOTHROYD takes a look at some of his curious holiday souvenirs
In the Good Old Summer Time: CLARENCE WRIGHT talks to JACK SHEPPARD about the seaside entertainers in Brighton at the beginning of the century
Private Railways 4: ROBERT GUNNELL visits the Talyllyn Railway in Merioneth
Picnic in Hong Kong: OLGA COLLETT remembers how a quiet day in the country became a sinister adventure

Contributors

Unknown:
Basil Boothroyd
Talks:
Clarence Wright
Unknown:
Jack Sheppard
Unknown:
Robert Gunnell
Unknown:
Olga Collett

Home is the Sailor by Rumer Godden arranged as a dramatised reading in four parts
1: The Doll's House
Sian Llewellyn , who lives In Penhelig, a little Welsh seaside town. has a doll's house, and this is the story of the adventures of the dolls.
Adapted and produced by EVELYN WILLIAMS

Contributors

Unknown:
Rumer Godden
Unknown:
Sian Llewellyn
Produced By:
Evelyn Williams
Narrator:
John Darran
Dora:
Gwenyth Petty
Curly:
Annest Wiliam
Morello:
Olive Michael

Iona Brown (violin)
The London Ensemble
Douglas Whittaker (flute) David Butt (flute)
Jack Brymer (clarinet) Herbert New (clarinet) Douglas Moore (horn) Denzil Floyd (horn) Harry Danks (viola) John Coulling (viola) Alexander Kok (cello)
Gerald Brinnen (double-bass) BBC Symphony Orchestra Leader, Hugh Maguire Conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent
From the Royal Albert Hall, London

Contributors

Violin:
Iona Brown
Flute:
Douglas Whittaker
Flute:
David Butt
Clarinet:
Jack Brymer
Clarinet:
Herbert New
Horn:
Douglas Moore
Horn:
Denzil Floyd
Viola:
Harry Danks
Viola:
John Coulling
Cello:
Alexander Kok
Double-Bass:
Gerald Brinnen
Leader:
Hugh Maguire
Conducted By:
Sir Malcolm Sargent

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

Contributors

Introduces:
Kenneth Kendall

Mozart
Clarinet Quintet in A major
(K.581) played by REGINALD KELL (clarinet) with the FINE ARTS QUARTET
Leonard Sorkin (violin) Abram Loft (violin) Irving Ilmer (viola)
George Sopkin (cello) on a gramophone record

Contributors

Clarinet:
Reginald Kell
Violin:
Leonard Sorkin
Violin:
Abram Loft
Cello:
George Sopkin

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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