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† Cecil J. Allen interviewed by WVNFORD VAUGHAN THOMAS and RALPH HUME
For nearly sixty years Cecil J. Allen has been devotedly travelling in trains and writing about the railways. In this second conversation he continues to recall some of the highlights of his career.

Contributors

Unknown:
Cecil J. Allen
Interviewed By:
Wvnford Vaughan Thomas
Interviewed By:
Ralph Hume
Unknown:
Cecil J. Allen

2: Argentina by JAMES HUNT
Education Director, Canning House
In this programme Mr. Hunt discusses Argentina in the light of her past history, in which Britain played a notable part, and considers her future. with readings by Peter Bartlett and Stephen Thorne
Produced by Adrian Johnson
Broadcast on March 23 (Study)
A booklet is available

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Bartlett
Unknown:
Stephen Thorne
Produced By:
Adrian Johnson

Jill Balcon , Robert Eddison
Ronald Leigh-Hunt , Patrick Barr
Michael Kilgarriff in Emmanuel' by James Forsyth
A play for Christmas about the birth of the Child Christ and of the imagined drama of the human occasion of that birth.
The players, in order of speaking:
The scenes are set in the hills around Bethlehem, in the stable, and in the palace of Herod in Jerusalem.
† Produced by JOHN POWELL

Contributors

Unknown:
Jill Balcon
Unknown:
Robert Eddison
Unknown:
Ronald Leigh-Hunt
Unknown:
Patrick Barr
Unknown:
Michael Kilgarriff
Unknown:
James Forsyth
Produced By:
John Powell
The Shepherd:
Ronald Leigh-Hunt
Joseph:
Michael Kilgarriff
Mary:
Jill Balcon
Justinius the Roman Procurator:
Patrick Barr
Herod, the King:
Robert Eddison
Thomas, the Innkeeper:
John Dearth
Innkeeper's Wife:
Betty Huntley-Wright
The Wise Man of Astronomy:
Heron Carvic
The Wise Man of Medicine:
Howieson Culff
The Wise Man of Chemistry:
Garard Green
Nicolus, servant of Herod:
Nigel Graham
Old Simon:
Stephen Jack
A young man of Bethlehem:
Gordon Gardner
Two women of Bethlehem:
Joan Matheson
Two women of Bethlehem:
Patricia Gallimore

In today's edition:
Special Guest: HATTIE JACQUES
Argument: On Astrology, with KATINA and JOHN EBDON
Question Time: FRANCIS CEI.ORIA answers questions about Christmas customs
Join In and Sing: carols with the boys of TRINITY SCHOOL, CROYDON. and CHRISTOPHER DOWIE at the organ
Competition Results
Introduced by STEVE RACE
Presented before an invited audience at the Lady Florence Institute,

Contributors

Unknown:
Hattie Jacques
Unknown:
John Ebdon
Unknown:
Christopher Dowie
Introduced By:
Steve Race

Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver by Michael Ende translated by RENATA SYMONDS arranged as a dramatised reading by OLIVE SHAPLEY
EPISODE
† Produced by HERBERT SMITH

Contributors

Unknown:
Jim Button
Unknown:
Michael Ende
Translated By:
Renata Symonds
Reading By:
Olive Shapley
Produced By:
Herbert Smith
Narrator:
Fanny Carter
Jim Button:
Peter Landon
Luke:
Tom Harrison
The King:
Geoffrey Banks
Mrs Whatsay:
Doris Gambell
Mrs Grindtooth:
Daphne Oxenford

by the author of Elizabeth and her German Garden adapted as a play for radio by JOAN O'CONNOR with Produced by AUDREY CAMERON

Contributors

Unknown:
Joan O'Connor
Produced By:
Audrey Cameron
Lucy Entwistle:
Denise Bryer
Everard Wemyss:
David March
Dot Entwistle:
Valerie Taylor
Annie, a Maid:
Cécile Chevreau
Dr Tregowan:
Eric Anderson
Mrs Sales:
Molly Rankin
Robert Allinson:
Noel Howlett
Blackett, a coachman:
Nigel Graham
Chesterton, the parlourmaid:
Anna Burden
Jessie, a housemaid:
Patricia Leventon

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