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Night and day in the 800 square miles within the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan and City of London Police-the robbers are at work
In this programme MAURICE DENNING interviews people who have suffered at the hands of criminals, and Police spokesmen comment on what should be done in similar circumstances
Narrated by RONALD BADDILEY Produced by Alan Burgess
Broadcast on March 31

Contributors

Unknown:
Maurice Denning
Unknown:
Ronald Baddiley
Produced By:
Alan Burgess

A light-hearted musical account of a British tradition with SYLVIA EAVES, JOSEPHINE GORDON CHARLES WEST , CHARLES YOUNG
THE RITA WILLIAMS SINGERS
Orchestra conducted by ALFRED RALSTON
Narrators, CHARLES CHILTON
JOHN WESTBROOK , HARRY LANDIS PENELOPE LEE
Written and produced by CHARLES CHILTON

Contributors

Unknown:
Josephine Gordon
Unknown:
Charles West
Conducted By:
Alfred Ralston
Narrators:
Charles Chilton
Unknown:
John Westbrook
Unknown:
Harry Landis
Unknown:
Penelope Lee
Produced By:
Charles Chilton

in person
A programme of conversation and music accompanied by RAY DEMPSEY (guitar)
FRANK WILLOUGHBY (accordion)
MARTIN ASTON (drums)
CHRIS STAUNTON (bass)
Produced by Humphrey Barclay

Contributors

Guitar:
Ray Dempsey
Accordion:
Frank Willoughby
Bass:
Chris Staunton
Produced By:
Humphrey Barclay

A play for radio by Michael Hardwick
with Felix Aylmer

Sir Evelyn Hampton was nearly eighty years of age, and this was his last case. To Sir Evelyn himself his retirement stood for the relinquishment of responsibility; to his son Andrew it seemed the laying down of a power 'like the power of God.'
(Broadcast on March 28, 1964)

Contributors

Writer:
Michael Hardwick
Producer:
Betty Davies
Grace Aldridge:
Mary Chester
Harker:
Wilfrid Carter
Arthur Clawson:
Lewis Stringer
Inspector Pitt:
Norman Claridge
Hilda Dunn:
Eva Stuart
James Dunn:
Alan Haines
Andrew Hampton:
William Fox
Violet Hampton:
Nicolette Bernard
Sir Evelyn Hampton:
Felix Aylmer
Lady Hampton:
Grizelda Hervey
Solicitor-General:
Hamlyn Benson
Herbert Pomfrey, Q.C.:
Eric Anderson
Dr Winter:
Kenneth Hyde

Whit Monday edition
Introduced by FREDDY GRISEWOOD including:
Midshipman in the ' Monarch
CDR. GEORGE VILLIERS recalls being under fire at the Battle of Jutland, fought fifty years ago tomorrow
First Shepherd: nineteen-year-old COLIN MACE tells YVONNE ADAMSON about his adventures as a herdsman transporting livestock to the ends of the earth
I wish I'd been BASIL BOOTHROYD on the fascination of other people's careers. 3: A farmer
Turning Points: JOHN ELLISON talks to RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH

Contributors

Introduced By:
Freddy Grisewood
Unknown:
Dr. George Villiers
Unknown:
Colin MacE
Unknown:
Yvonne Adamson
Unknown:
Basil Boothroyd
Talks:
John Ellison
Unknown:
Richard Attenborough

by Ian Hay adapted for broadcasting by PEGGY WELLS featuring the BBC Drama Repertory Company Newstead Grange in the year 1924. The home of Amos Purdie , .J.P., and a stronghold of decency and respectability. You bet!
Cast in order of speaking:
† Produced by NORMAN WRIGHT

Contributors

Unknown:
Ian Hay
Broadcasting By:
Peggy Wells
Unknown:
Amos Purdie
Produced By:
Norman Wright
Dulcie Primrose:
Gudrun Ure
Mrs Purdie:
Anna Burden
Amos Purdie, J P:
Walter Fitzgerald
Bates:
Preston Lockwood
Katie Purdie:
Eva Haddon
Joe Purdie:
Tim Seely
Algernon Sprigge:
Anthony Hall
Sir Reginald Toothill,:
Nigel Graham
Albert:
Brian Hewlett
Panama Pete:
Ronald Herdman
Police Sergeant:
Peter Marinker

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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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