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A series of legal problems devised and written by John P. Wynn
Introduced by JOHN SNAGGE with a qualified legal opinion from F. W. BENEY, Q.C. and comments from a panel of everyday people from home and abroad
This week:
A Marriage of Inconvenience
Produced by TRAFFORD WHITELOCK
Broadcast on October 4 in the BBC
World Service

Contributors

Written By:
John P. Wynn
Introduced By:
John Snagge
Produced By:
Trafford Whitelock
First woman:
Ella Milne
Second woman:
Joyce Carpenter
Best man:
Willlam Job
Waiter:
Bill Horsley
Neville Grant:
Ronald Wilson
Sarah Grant:
Paddy Turner
Sheila Hardcastle:
Gwenda Wilson
Mr Horniman:
Lionel Stevens
Mr Hardcastle:
Kevin Brennan

A series of five Imaginary chapters of autobiography written by young people 1: The Plight of Peter McNab by Alastair McFarlane
Narrator, BILL HENDERSON
Alastair McFarlane , a Glasgow boy who was unable to go to Grammar School because of ' the battle of the bulge,' describes what it is like to be a sixteen-year-' old in search of a job in a city where there is redundancy.
Produced by ARCHIE P. LEE
Broadcast on August 10

Contributors

Written By:
Young People
Narrator:
Alastair McFarlane
Narrator:
Bill Henderson
Narrator:
Alastair McFarlane

Stars in your Blind Eyes by Ray Butler
An unsophisticated beauty queen pursues her ambition to become a famous model, but finds that there are difficulties to overcome, and prices to pay.... with Elizabeth Proud and Rosalind Shanks
Cast in order of speaking:
Produced by TERENCE TILLER

Contributors

Unknown:
Ray Butler
Unknown:
Rosalind Shanks
Produced By:
Terence Tiller
Announcer:
Peter Marinker
Mrs Sykes:
Lynn Carson
Mr Sykes:
Michael McClain
Natalie Sykes:
Ellzabeth Proud
Jane Bell:
Rosalind Shanks
Instructress:
Noel Hood
Louis:
Charles Hodgson

from St. David's Cathedral, Pembrokeshire
Versicles and Responses
(Ferial)
Psalm 78 (Tone 1, Fauxbourdons by Viadana)
First Lesson: Isaiah 41
Office Hymn: Creator of the stars of night (E.H. No. 1)
Magnificat and Nunc dimittis
(Tone 8, Fauxbourdons by Byrd)
Second Lesson: 1 John 3
Creed, Responses, Collects
Advent Carol: The Cherry Tree
(arr. Peter Wishart )
Prayers
Come, thou long-expected Jesus
(A. and M. Rev. 54)
Voluntary: Nun komm, der
Heiden Heiland (Bach)
Director of Music, PETER BOORMAN
Organist, Rosalyn Charles

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Wishart
Unknown:
Heiden Heiland
Organist:
Peter Boorman
Organist:
Rosalyn Charles

A magazine of interest to all, with older listeners specially in mind, including:
Dead Sea Scrolls:
DR. HUGH SCHONFIELD , Biblical scholar and historian, talks about their discovery and significance
Off-Beat: JAMES BLADES recalls his early days as a percussion player
Whither the Weather?: listeners' questions answered by the experts at the London Weather Centre
Date with a Nurse
Introduced by STEVE RACE

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr. Hugh Schonfield
Introduced By:
Steve Race

Mr. Lucton's Freedom by Francis Brett Young adapted for radio by MURIEL LEVY
4: No Escape
The indomitable Bert Hopkins accompanies Owen along part of his Questing journey.
Other parts played by Patricia Flowers. Olive Pendleton. George Woolley , Jack Butcher , Philip Garston-Jones , Norman Cockin. Perry Crawford
Produced by ANTHONY CORNISH in the BBC's Midland studios

Contributors

Unknown:
Francis Brett Young
Radio By:
Muriel Levy
Played By:
Patricia Flowers.
Played By:
Olive Pendleton.
Played By:
George Woolley
Played By:
Jack Butcher
Played By:
Philip Garston-Jones
Played By:
Norman Cockin.
Played By:
Perry Crawford
Produced By:
Anthony Cornish
Bert Hopkins:
Leslie Dunn
Owen Lucton:
Derek Smith
A gamekeeper:
Edward J Webb

London v. West: Round 1
London:
CEDRIC CLIFFE. BARRY CARMAR Quiz-Master, LIONEL HALE
West:
VIVIAN OGILVIE , VINCENT WAITE Quiz-Master, Roy PLOMLEY
Tuesday's broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Cedric Cliffe.
Unknown:
Barry Carmar
Unknown:
Lionel Hale
Unknown:
Vivian Ogilvie
Unknown:
Vincent Waite

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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