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Maud in early middle age drank too many strawberry sodas because life in her small mid-west town was a little boring. Only the big bill and the comments of her friend Mamie made her appreciate her lot.
JAMES PURDY'S short story
Read by CONSTANCE CUMMINGS

Contributors

Read By:
Constance Cummings

by John Buchan adapted for radio in seven parts by NORMAN PAINTING
A story of valour and skulduggery, romantic love and well-concealed hatred, set against a background of the struggle of Bonnie Prince Charlie.
1: A Highland gentleman loses his way
Broadcast on July 7, 1965
Cast for the week:
Other parts played by Ysanne Churchman , Frank Veasey Eric Ball , Charles Butler
Incidental music arranged by Hamish Henderson played by ERNEST ELEMENT (violin)
Produced by ANTHONY CORNISH

Contributors

Unknown:
John Buchan
Unknown:
Bonnie Prince Charlie.
Played By:
Ysanne Churchman
Played By:
Frank Veasey
Played By:
Eric Ball
Played By:
Charles Butler
Arranged By:
Hamish Henderson
Played By:
Ernest Element
Produced By:
Anthony Cornish
Alastair Maclean:
Fraser Kerr
Amos Midwinter:
John Hencher
Samuel Johnson:
Peter Stephens
Nicholas Kyd:
Douglas Storm
Lord Cornbury:
Peter Billingsley
Duchess Kitty:
Ursula O'Leary
The Spainneach:
John Bott
Edom Lowrie:
James Grant
Charles Hay:
James Grant
Ben, the gypsy:
Arthur R Webb
Methody Sam:
Bob Arnold
General Oglethorpe:
Philip Garston-Jones
Lady Claudia Norreys:
Linda Gardner
Squire Thicknesses:
George Woolley
Tappet:
George Woolley
Kit:
Roger Milner
Bennet:
Roger Milner
Mother Jonnet:
Vera Lennox
Sir John Norreys:
Norman Cockin

with Wilfred Pickles visits
St. Martin's one of the Isles of Scilly with MABEL at ' the Table and HILDA PEARCE at the piano
Produced by Stephen Williams
Broadcast on Sept. 21. 1965 (Light)

Contributors

Unknown:
Wilfred Pickles
Unknown:
Hilda Pearce
Produced By:
Stephen Williams

Friday's broadcast (Light)

Contributors

Written By:
Edward J. Mason
Produced By:
Tony Shryane
Edited By:
Godfrey Baseley
Daniel Archer:
Monte Crick
Doris Archer:
Gwen Berryman
Jack Archer:
Denis Folwell
Peggy Archer:
June Spencer
Lilian Archer:
Elizabeth Marlowe
Philip Archer:
Norman Painting
Tom Forrest:
Bob Arnold
Carol Grenville:
Anne Cullen
John Tregorran:
Philip Morant
Jack Woolley:
Phillp Garston-Jones
Polly Mead:
Hilary Newcombe
Sid Perks:
Alan Devereux
Walter Gabriel:
Chris Gittins
Ned Larkin:
Bill Payne
Mabel Larkin:
Kay Hudson
Roger Patillo:
Jeremy Mason
Robert Heriot:
Robin Bailey
Ronnie Beddoes:
Harry Littlewood

Introduced by Pamela Creighton

Friends Anonymous: teenagers from Folkestone supply help to the needy

The Mama with the Lemonade: Renee Zinnemann recalls memorable moments on film locations in different parts of the world

The Palace of Westminster was ours for the evening: Sir Harry Brittain remembers a party for the women players at Wimbledon

For the Love of Mike: Pat Banks on life as an explorer's wife

Medical Matters: news and views from doctors and medical workers, compiled by Madge Hart

David March reads Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
Sixth of eight Instalments

Contributors

Introduced By:
Pamela Creighton
Unknown:
Renee Zinnemann
Unknown:
Harry Brittain
Unknown:
Madge Hart
Unknown:
Frank B. Gilbreth
Unknown:
Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

La Vie en Rose: Ninety-two-year-old BARONESS AGNES DE STOECKL talks to JACK SINGLETON about high life in Paris at the end of last century
Off the Tourist Track:
LESLIE GARDINER explores some lovely and unlikely places. 1: Riviera of Seven Castles
Looking at Books:
ARTHUR POTTERSMAN recommends three books that he has enjoyed
Can You Tell Me?: a fortnightly series answering listeners' queries
You asked us to play record requests
Introduced by STEVE RACE

Contributors

Talks:
Baroness Agnes De Stoeckl
Unknown:
Jack Singleton
Unknown:
Leslie Gardiner
Unknown:
Arthur Pottersman
Introduced By:
Steve Race

The Tales of Beatrix Potter
1866-1943
arranged and told by DAVID DAVIS
1: The Tale of Peter Rabbit The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin The Tale of Benjamin Bunny
Once upon a time there were four little rabbits, and their names were-Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter....'

Contributors

Told By:
David Davis

Ralph Richardson in Edmond Rostand's heroic comedy, translated by Brian Hooker, adapted for radio by John Powell, with music composed and conducted by Steve Race

with and with Anthony Hall and members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company
Produced by JOHN POWELL

(Ralph Richardson is in 'You Never Can Tell' at the Haymarket Theatre, London)

Contributors

Translated By:
Brian Hooker
Unknown:
John Powell
Unknown:
Steve Race
Unknown:
Anthony Hall
Produced By:
John Powell
Produced By:
Ralph Richardson
Cyrano de Bergerac:
Ralph Richardson
Roxane:
Jane Wenham
Christian de Neuvillette:
Tim Seely
The Comte de Guiche:
Patrick Barr
Ragueneau:
Harold Kasket
Le Bret:
Hector Ross
The Duenna:
Anna Burden
Carbon de Castel-Jaloux:
Douglas Hankin
The Vicomte de Valvert:
Michael McClain
Ligniere:
Eric Anderson
The Citizen:
Humphrey Morton
His Son:
Nigel Anthony
Montfleury:
Michael Kilgarriff
Jodelet:
Peter Marinker
Cuigy:
Wilfred Babbage
Brissaille:
Nigel Graham
The Cadets of Gascoyne:
Geoffrey Matthews
The Cadets of Gascoyne:
Kevin McHugh
The Cadets of Gascoyne:
Michael McClain
The Cadets of Gascoyne:
Basil Jones
The Cadets of Gascoyne:
Peter Marinker
The Cadets of Gascoyne:
Wilfred Babbage
Mother Marguerite:
Valerie Taylor
Sister Marthe:
Noel Hood
Sister Claire:
Hilda Schroder
Capuchin monk:
Wilfred Babbage

Septet in D minor (Hummel) Melos ENSEMBLE
Richard Adeney (flute) Peter Graeme (oboe) Neil Sanders (horn)
Cecil Aronowitz (viola) Terence Weil (cello)
Adrian Beers (double-bass) Lamar Crowson (piano) on a gramophone record

Contributors

Flute:
Richard Adeney
Oboe:
Peter Graeme
Horn:
Neil Sanders
Viola:
Cecil Aronowitz
Cello:
Terence Weil
Piano:
Lamar Crowson

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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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