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A series of four programmes
1: Well-Qualified Ladies-Why and How They Went Narrator, LEONARD SACHS
Others taking part:
Godfrey Kenton , Gordon Gardner
Script by DOROTHY MIDDLETON
Produced by JOHN BLUNDEN
The Globe Trotter , the story of Isabella Bird Bishop: Thursday at
9.5 a.m.

Contributors

Narrator:
Leonard Sachs
Unknown:
Godfrey Kenton
Unknown:
Gordon Gardner
Script By:
Dorothy Middleton
Produced By:
John Blunden
Unknown:
Globe Trotter
Lillias Davidson:
Noel Hood
Isabella Bird:
Beth Boyd
Constance Larymore:
Carol Marsh
Kate Marsden:
Barbara Mitchell
Jane Duncan:
Gudrun Ure
Mary Kingsley:
Joan Matheson

Written by BARRY TOOK and MARTY FELDMAN starring Kenneth Horne with KENNETH WILLIAMS , HUGH PADDICK
BETTY MARSDEN , BILL PERTWEE
Music by THE FRASER HAYES FOUR
EDWIN BRADEN and THE HORNBLOWERS
Announcer, DOUGLAS SMITH
Produced by JOHN SIMMONDS
Broadcast on April 17 (Light)

Contributors

Written By:
Barry Took
Written By:
Marty Feldman
Unknown:
Kenneth Horne
Unknown:
Kenneth Williams
Unknown:
Hugh Paddick
Unknown:
Betty Marsden
Unknown:
Fraser Hayes
Unknown:
Edwin Braden
Announcer:
Douglas Smith
Produced By:
John Simmonds

Your Wedded Wife by Peter Bryant with Mary Quinn and John McKelvey
As far as the neighbours are concerned Bert and Alice are a happily married couple. That's what Alice wants to be—married!
Cast in order of speaking:
Produced by KEITH WILLIAMS

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Bryant
Unknown:
Mary Quinn
Unknown:
John McKelvey
Produced By:
Keith Williams
Alice:
Mary Quinn
Bert:
John McKelvey
Mrs Outhwaite:
Nan Marriott-Watson
Mr Outhwaite:
Ronald Herdman
Uncle Cyclops:
Ronald Herdman
Brian:
Leroy Lingwood
Greta:
Susan Ashworth
Reg:
Douglas Hankin
Bridget:
Patricia Leventon
Housekeeper:
Joan Matheson
Vicar:
Walter Fitzgerald
Brian's father:
Stephen Jack
Brian's mother:
Barbara Mitchell
Barmaid:
Barbara Mitchell

A Saturday Supplement to Woman's Hour
Introduced by PAMELA CREIGHTON
Young Girl in Love: MARGARET LANE reviews Doris Langley Moore's book Marie and the Duke of Hamilton
Better British Rail?: NORMAN TOZER follows up on a recent publicity campaign
Out for a Ride: PATRICK DOBBS takes a pony and trap to enjoy the Welsh countryside
A Bee Hive on the Roof: MARTINE LEGGE talks to people who keep bees in town

Contributors

Introduced By:
Pamela Creighton
Unknown:
Margaret Lane
Unknown:
Doris Langley
Unknown:
Norman Tozer
Talks:
Martine Legge

Ann Veronica by H. G. Wells adapted for broadcasting by RONALD Gow with Gwen Watford , Richard Bebb and Tim Seely
A love story set in the year 1909. and against a background of Woman's Suffrage.
Other parts played by Preston Lockwood , Ian Ricketts
Produced by NORMAN WRIGHT
See facing page

Contributors

Unknown:
Ann Veronica
Unknown:
H. G. Wells
Broadcasting By:
Ronald Gow
Unknown:
Gwen Watford
Unknown:
Richard Bebb
Unknown:
Tim Seely
Played By:
Preston Lockwood
Played By:
Ian Ricketts
Produced By:
Norman Wright
Ann Veronica:
Gwen Watford
Mr Capes:
Richard Bebb
Mr Manning:
Tim Seely
Miss Stanley:
Anna Burden
Mr Stanley:
Noel Howlett
Mr Ramage:
Eric Anderson
Lady Palsworthy:
Janet Burnell
Miss Klegg:
Gudrun Ure
Kitty Brett:
Eva Stuart
Miss Clinger:
Beth Boyd
Maggie:
Susan Maudslay

An informal get-together with THE DUBLINERS
SHIRLEY COLLINS
ROSEMARY AND HUGH GENTLEMAN
STEVE BENBOW
Your hosts are ROBIN HALL and JIMMIE MACGREGOR
Produced by Maude Hamill in collaboration with Peter Kennedy of the English Folk Dance and Song Society

Contributors

Unknown:
Shirley Collins
Unknown:
Steve Benbow
Unknown:
Jimmie MacGregor
Produced By:
Maude Hamill
Unknown:
Peter Kennedy

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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