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Velvet Diggers
TONY SOPER explores the world of moles with ALBERT Armsby , DR. KENNETH MELLANBY. DICK BAGNALL -OAKELEY, ANDREW QUILLIAM , FRANK Raw , JOHN RUDGE. and HARRY V. THOMPSON
Produced by John Sparks
Shortened

Contributors

Unknown:
Albert Armsby
Unknown:
Dr. Kenneth Mellanby.
Unknown:
Dick Bagnall
Unknown:
Andrew Quilliam
Unknown:
Frank Raw
Unknown:
John Rudge.
Unknown:
Harry V. Thompson
Produced By:
John Sparks

Introductory music
9.35 THE SERVICE
Introduction to the theme of the Service
Ye holy annels bright (Tune, Darwall's 148th)
Interlude: Trapped
The Prayer of St. Ignatius Loyola
The Lord's Prayer
(with sunn Amen)
Lord of all hopefulness (Tune,
Slane)
Blessing
From the John Pounds. Portsea, Secondary Modern School for Girls
Repeated: Friday, 9.5 a.m.

Letter from a Lady by Berkely Mather with Margot Boyd and Geoffrey Matthews
Produced by JOHN TYDEMAN
Broadcast on June 15. 1963

Contributors

Unknown:
Margot Boyd
Unknown:
Geoffrey Matthews
Produced By:
John Tydeman
Ma Tante:
Margot Boyd
Pentreath:
Geoffrey Matthews
Sir Benley Hesketh:
George Curzon
Lilian, his wife:
Elaine Montgomerie
Mrs Hogarth:
Joanna Hopkins
Bannerjee:
Kristopher Kum
Tina:
Patricia Leventon

A magazine of interest to all, with older listeners specially in mind, including: tComposing for the Screen:
MALCOLM ARNOLD talks about writing film music, with illustrations on records
Last of the Mohicans? FRANK
LIN B. WICKWIRE talks about the Eastern Indians of America and how they are remembered in a rather unusual museum in Connecticut
Reading Without Sight: HELENA
FRANCE has some advice for people who cannot see well enough to read
Introduced by STEVE RACE

Contributors

Talks:
Malcolm Arnold
Introduced By:
Steve Race

The King's General by Daphne du Maurier dramatised for radio in eight episodes by REX RIENITS with Mary Wimbush
Laurence Payne
Honor Harris has again met Sir Richard Grenvile at Menabilly; he has now become a Commander for the King in the West. She has gained access to the strange room next to her own and discovers the identity of its nocturnal visitor.
4: Invasion
Cast in order of speaking:
Produced by BRIAN MILLER from the West of England
Clive Rust is a member of the Bristol Old Vie Company

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Wimbush
Unknown:
Laurence Payne
Unknown:
Honor Harris
Unknown:
Richard Grenvile
Produced By:
Brian Miller
Matty:
Ruby Luscombe
Honor Harris:
Mary Wimbush
Jonathan Rashleigh:
Peter Claughton
Sir Richard Grenvile:
Laurence Payne
Joe Grenvile:
Gordon Gardner
Herbert Ashley:
Clive Rust
Dick Grenvile:
Dominic Fisher
John Rashleigh:
Brian Jackson
Lord Robartes:
Ralph Truman
Mary Rashleigh:
Betty Huntley-Wright
Gartred Grenvile:
Liane Aukin
Joan Rashleigh:
June Barrie

A series of two-round contests between London and the Regions
London v. Midlands: Round 2
London:
SIR DENIS BROGAN BARRY CARMAN
Quiz-Master,
LIONEL HALE : Midlands
DAVID FRANKLIN
GEOFFREY JAGGARD
Quiz-Master, Roy PLOMLEY
Arranged by Patrick Harvey

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Denis Brogan
Unknown:
Barry Carman
Unknown:
Lionel Hale
Unknown:
David Franklin
Unknown:
Geoffrey Jaggard
Arranged By:
Patrick Harvey

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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