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by Anna Sewell arranged as a dramatised reading in five parts by OLIVE SHAPLEY with Ronald Baddiley as Black Beauty who is the Storyteller
PART 1: Breaking in-A stormy day — Finding a name
Produced by HERBERT SMITH
Broadcast in Story Time on July 5,
1965
For cast see Friday

Contributors

Unknown:
Anna Sewell
Unknown:
Olive Shapley
Unknown:
Ronald Baddiley
Produced By:
Herbert Smith

Laurence Housman , playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer, lived for the last thirty-five years of his life at Street in Somerset
DAVID FOOT has been talking to some of the people of Street who knew Housman well and in this programme he pieces together his full and varied life-story. Some of Housinan's poems are read by DOUGLAS LEACH
Produced by Bill Coysh
Broadcast in the West of England
Home Service on November 10.1965

Contributors

Unknown:
Laurence Housman
Read By:
Douglas Leach
Produced By:
Bill Coysh

Friday's broadcast (Light)

Contributors

Writer:
Edward J. Mason
Producer:
Tony Shryane
Editor:
Godfrey Baseley
Daniel Archer:
Monte Crick
Doris Archer:
Gwen Berryman
Jack Archer:
Denis Folwell
Penny Archer:
June Spencer
Lilian Archer:
Elizabeth Marlowe
Philip Archer:
Norman Painting
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Prudence Forrest:
Mary Dalley
Carol Grenville:
Anne Cullen
Harvey Grenville:
Ronald Baddiley
John Tregorran:
Philip Morant
Ned Larkin:
Bill Payne
Walter Gabriel:
Chris Gittins
Polly Mead:
Hilary Newcombe
Sid Perks:
Alan Devereux
Fred Barratt:
Tommy Duggan
Roger Patillo:
Jeremy Mason
Jack Woolley:
Philip Garston-Jones
Ralph Bellamy:
Jack Holloway
Johnny Martin:
Philip Needs
CID Officer:
Fred Yule
Also appearing:
John Foster

An examination of our efficiency in tackling social problems
Members one of another
Community care of the mentally disordered, as it is and as it might be
Script by J. S. CAMPBELL
Narrator, CARLETON HOBBS Produced by John Farrell and Archie P. Lee
Broadcast on February 17

Contributors

Script By:
J. S. Campbell
Narrator:
Carleton Hobbs
Produced By:
John Farrell

Jim LEIGH tells the story of the only radio station in the world which broadcasts in ' pidgin '-the language of the native people of Papua and New Guinea His recordings of programmes such as Progrem Bilong ol Pikinini and Tok Tuk Bilong Helt illustrate the way in which the people are being prepared and educated for self-government.

Contributors

Unknown:
Jim Leigh
Unknown:
Progrem Bilong

The Road to Rome by Robert Emmett Sherwood adapted by CYNTHIA PUGHE with Robert Beatty , Juno Tobin John Justin
Time: a June day, 216 B.C. The action takes place in Rome at the house of Fabius Maximus and in Hannibal's camp outside the city.
Produced by ARCHIE CAMPBELL
Saturday's broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Emmett Sherwood
Adapted By:
Cynthia Pughe
Unknown:
Robert Beatty
Unknown:
Juno Tobin
Unknown:
John Justin
Produced By:
Archie Campbell

A magazine of interest to all, with older listeners specially in mind, including:
Turning Points: JOHN ELLISON talks to BASIL BOOTHROYD
Looking at Books:
CHARLES OSBORNE takes a fresh look at the novels of Charlotte Bronte, who was born 100 years ago this week
Argument: another In the series of conversations on an issue of the day
You asked us to play .. record requests
Introduced by POLLY ELWES

Contributors

Talks:
John Ellison
Unknown:
Charles Osborne
Introduced By:
Polly Elwes

Toytown
A series of six of the plays by S. G. Hulme Beaman
3: A Portrait of the Mayor
Produced by CLAIRE CHOVIL
Broadcast on July 5. 1962

Contributors

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

by Prosper Merimee adapted for broadcasting by ANDREW MANN based on a translation by ERIC SUTTON with Juno Tobin
Patricia Gallimore and Peter Marinker
Cast in order of speaking:
The play is set in about the year 1818, and most of the action takes place on the island of Corsica.
Produced by TERENCE TILLER
See facing page

Contributors

Broadcasting By:
Andrew Mann
Translation By:
Eric Sutton
Unknown:
Juno Tobin
Unknown:
Patricia Gallimore
Unknown:
Peter Marinker
Produced By:
Terence Tiller
A sailor:
Michael Kilgarriff
Lydia Nevil:
Patricia Gallimore
Bella:
Anna Burden
Lieut Antonio della Rebbia:
Peter Marinker
Colonel Sir Thomas Nevil:
John Justin
The Prefect of Corsica:
Carleton Hobbs
Colomba della Rebbia:
Juno Tobin
Battista:
David Spenser
Griffo:
Duncan Carse
Saveria:
Caroline Leigh
Brando:
Michael Kilgarriff
Chilina:
Caroline Leigh
Le Curé:
Garard Green
Giudice Barricini:
Duncan Carse
Orlando Barricini:
David Spenser
Vincentello Barricini:
Keith Alexander
Sergeant:
Keith Alexander

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

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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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