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BETI JONES (soprano)
THE ST. DEINIOL SINGERS
THE COLWYN BAY GIRLS CHOIR
THE BETHESDA LADIES CHOIR
THE LLITHFAEN AND DISTRICT CHORAL SOCIETY
THE PENRHYN MALE VOICE CHOIR accompanied by MENNA LEYSHON , WILLIAM BACON and FFRANCON THOMAS
Conducted by JAMES WILLIAMS
Introduced by DIC HUGHES

Contributors

Accompanied By:
Menna Leyshon
Accompanied By:
William Bacon
Conducted By:
James Williams
Introduced By:
Dic Hughes

A spontaneous discussion by RALPH WICHTMAN
SIR GERALD NABARRO CHARLES CAUSLEY
GWYNNETH DUNWOODY
Travelling Question-Master, FREDDY GRISEWOOD
Produced by Michael Bowen from Calstock, Cornwall
Last Friday's broadcast (Light)

Contributors

Unknown:
Ralph Wichtman
Unknown:
Sir Gerald Nabarro
Unknown:
Charles Causley
Unknown:
Gwynneth Dunwoody
Produced By:
Michael Bowen

'twixt
ISOBEL BARNETT
ELEANOR SUMMEHFlELD and RICHARD MURDOCH LANCE PERCIVAL with some tune-twisters from ALAN PAUL
In the chair, Roy PLOMLEY
Devised and written by IAN MESSITER
Produced by Charles Maxwell
Broadcast on May 25 (Light)

Contributors

Unknown:
Isobel Barnett
Unknown:
Eleanor Summehfleld
Unknown:
Richard Murdoch
Unknown:
Lance Percival
Unknown:
Alan Paul
Unknown:
Roy Plomley
Written By:
Ian Messiter
Produced By:
Charles Maxwell

A magazine of special interest to blind listeners including:
Route Memory: ERNEST WILLIAMS advises on outdoor mobility
An Eye Specialist on cataracts
Blind Welfare Abroad: MICHAEL ADAMS and THOMAS PARKER compare notes on their visits to Russia and the United States
Introduced by DAVID SCOTT BLACKHALL
Produced by Thena Heshel

Contributors

Unknown:
Ernest Williams
Unknown:
Michael Adams
Unknown:
Thomas Parker
Introduced By:
David Scott Blackhall
Produced By:
Thena Heshel

Appeal on behalf of The Royal Air Forces Association by ANNA NEAGLE
Contributions, preferably by crossed postal order or cheque, will be gratefully acknowledged and should be addressed to Anna Neagle , R.A.F.A. [address removed]
On this twenty-fifth anniversary of the Battle of Britain, the R.A.F. Association is urgently in need of funds to continue its extensive Welfare Service among ex-R.A.F. men and women and to maintain two Convalescent Homes at St. Annes-on-Sea and at Storrington.

Contributors

Unknown:
Anna Neagle

A radio serial in thirteen parts by FREDERICK BRADNUM freely dramatised from
Louise de In Valliere and The Man in the Iron Mask by ALEXANDRE DUMAS with Patrick Troughton
Anne Cullen and Victor Lucas
D'Artagnan contrived diplomatically to inform the King of Louise de la Vallieres intention to take the veil of the Carmelites, whereupon the King sent for horses and went in pursuit. Meanwhile, Aramis was plotting to release King Louis's twin brother from the Bastille.
10: The King of Darkness and the Prince of Light Cast in order of speaking:
Produced by NORMAN WRIGHT
Revealed on Tuesday at 3.10 p.m.
Norman Claridge is in 'Portrait of a Queen at the Vaudeville Theatre, London

Contributors

Unknown:
Frederick Bradnum
Unknown:
Alexandre Dumas
Unknown:
Patrick Troughton
Unknown:
Anne Cullen
Unknown:
Victor Lucas
Unknown:
Louise de la Vallieres
Produced By:
Norman Wright
Unknown:
Norman Claridge
D'Artagnan:
Patrick Troughton
Louise de la Valliere:
Anne Cullen
Aramis:
Victor Lucas
Baisemeaux de Montlezun:
Philip Leaver
Prisoner of the Bastille:
Michael Spice
King Louis XIV:
Frederick Treves
Prison doctor:
Nigel Graham
Jailer:
Norman Claridge
Porthos:
Francis de Wolff
Queen Mother:
Grizelda Hervey
Fouquet:
Philip Morant

Its policy and aims are discussed by the Director. SIR LAURENCE OLIVIER , and speakers who include:
KENNETH TYNAN , JOHN DEXTER
JOHN ARDEN , GERALDINE McEWAN
MAGGIE SMITH , ROBERT STEPHENS
BILLIE WHITELAW
Compiled and narrated by ROGER SNOWDON
Produced by Robert Pocock
See facing page

Contributors

Unknown:
Laurence Olivier
Unknown:
Kenneth Tynan
Unknown:
John Dexter
Unknown:
John Arden
Unknown:
Geraldine McEwan
Unknown:
Maggie Smith
Unknown:
Robert Stephens
Unknown:
Billie Whitelaw
Unknown:
Roger Snowdon
Produced By:
Robert Pocock

Up with our hearts
A reading from ' The Private Prayers of Lancelot Andrewes '
Psalm 98 (Broadcast psalter)
A reading from ' The Private Prayers of Lancelot Andrewes '
Lift up your hearts (BBC H B.
326)

Contributors

Unknown:
Lancelot Andrewes
Unknown:
Lancelot Andrewes

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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