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To the casual visitor. Holy Week in Spain is either a mystery or a revelation. To JAMES McNEISH-who narrates the experience with his own recordings and BBC Sound Archives-it was also an endurance test, in unexpected company
Produced by Leslie Perowne

Contributors

Unknown:
James McNeish-Who
Produced By:
Leslie Perowne

A serial play in five parts adapted freely by Val Gielgud from the novel by Alfred Ollivant with Denys Hawthorne
Clyn Dearman , Frank Duncan Paul Whitsun-Jones
1: The Plot
In which Midshipman Christopher Caryll joins His Majesty's ship Tremendous; the Gentleman meets the Emperor, and the plot is hatched. The year is 1805.
Produced by AUDREY CAMERON
Broadcast on August 20. 1965
For cast see Friday

Contributors

Unknown:
Val Gielgud
Novel By:
Alfred Ollivant
Unknown:
Denys Hawthorne
Unknown:
Clyn Dearman
Unknown:
Frank Duncan
Unknown:
Paul Whitsun-Jones
Unknown:
Midshipman Christopher
Produced By:
Audrey Cameron

Excerpts from L.P.s of these two famous musical plays by the casts of recent productions at the Music Theatre of the Lincoln Center, New York starring
Alfred Drake and Patrice Munsel
Introduced by ALAN DELL
Produced by Derek Chinnery

Contributors

Unknown:
Alfred Drake
Unknown:
Patrice Munsel
Introduced By:
Alan Dell
Produced By:
Derek Chinnery

How early in life do emotions develop?
Who is God? How do the young interpret the Bible?
What would it be like to run the home?
HAROLD WILLIAMSON finds the answers from young boys and girls in Burnley, Crawley, and Sunderland
Produced by Michael Barton
First broadcast in the Talkabout series in the North of England Home Service

Contributors

Unknown:
Harold Williamson
Produced By:
Michael Barton

Hot Summer Night
The stage and television play by Ted Willis adapted for radio by GALE PEDRICK with Joan Miller , Nigel Stock and Cy Grant
Jacko Palmer , a union official, is ready to champion a West Indian when it comes to promotion. But things are not so simple when the colour problem arises in his own family circle.
Clarinet played by TONY COE
Produced by DAVID H. GODFREY Broadcast in March. 1963

Contributors

Play By:
Ted Willis
Radio By:
Gale Pedrick
Unknown:
Joan Miller
Unknown:
Nigel Stock
Unknown:
Cy Grant
Unknown:
Jacko Palmer
Played By:
Tony Coe
Produced By:
David H. Godfrey
Narrator:
Lee Fox
Frank Stephens:
Denys Hawthorne
The Old Man:
Earle Grey
Nell Palmer:
Joan Miller
Jack Palmer (Jacko):
Nigel Stock
Judy Gomez:
Dorit Welles
Kathie Palmer:
Nerys Hughes
Sonny Lincoln:
Cy Grant

Freddy Grisewood introduces an Easter Monday edition including:
' Listen to the Ocean . . . and to NINA AND FREDERIK talking to KEN SYKORA about the music in their lives
Easter Rising 1916: FRANCES MOFFETT looks back to when she was fifteen and the Sinn Feiners advanced into Galway
The Girls in My Radio:
BASIL BOOTHROYD finds his transistor full of old flames
A Breath of Fresh Air: from the Ilkley Moor gamekeeper and naturalist WALTER FLESHER

Contributors

Introduces:
Freddy Grisewood
Unknown:
Ken Sykora
Unknown:
Frances Moffett
Unknown:
Basil Boothroyd
Unknown:
Walter Flesher

Toytown
A series of six of the plays by S. G. Hulme Beaman 2: Golf-Toytown Rules
Produced by CLAIRE CHOVIL
Broadcast on November 5, 1B62

Contributors

Unknown:
S. G. Hulme Beaman
Produced By:
Claire Chovil
Narrator:
Derek McCulloch
Larry the Lamb:
Derek McCulloch
Mr Growser:
John Glyn-Jones
Ernest the Policeman:
Peter Claughton
Captain Higgins:
Norman Shelley
The Magician:
Norman Shelley
The Mayor of Toytown:
Felix Felton
Dennis the Dachshund:
Preston Lockwood
The Inventor:
Ivan Samson
The Porter:
Ivan Samson

by Eduard Hoornik
English translation by ROSEY E. POOL adapted for radio by CYNTHIA PUGHE with Maxine Audley , Stephen Murray and Maurice Denham
Cast in order of speaking:
Produced by H. B. FORTUIN
See facing page

Contributors

Unknown:
Eduard Hoornik
Radio By:
Cynthia Pughe
Unknown:
Maxine Audley
Unknown:
Stephen Murray
Unknown:
Maurice Denham
Produced By:
H. B. Fortuin
Josine:
Maxine Audley
Mieke her daughter:
Sarah Badel
Max, The Squire':
Stephen Murray
Sander, Josine's brother-in-law:
Maurice Denham
Jan:
Roy Spencer

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

Contributors

Introduces:
Anne Allen

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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