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Once in a Lifetime by Gerry Jones with Kenneth Griffith
June Tobin, Jean Anderson
' We're all allowed one final silliness, Miss Bryant, before old age embraces us. This was my silliness, my once in a lifetime silliness - and now it's over.'
Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company
Produced by LESLIE MEGAHEY

Contributors

Unknown:
Gerry Jones
Unknown:
Kenneth Griffith
Unknown:
June Tobin
Unknown:
Jean Anderson
Produced By:
Leslie Megahey
Swanson .:
Michael Kilgarriff
Blythe:
Anthony Hall
Conway:
Brian Hewlett
Mr Bell:
Kenneth Ghiffith
Miss Bryant:
June Tobin
Crankshaw:
Stephen Jack
Mrs Watson:
Jean Anderson
Alan:
Michael McClain
Miss Willis:
Eva Haddon
Bingo caller:
Michael Kilgarriff
Punchball attendant:
Brian Hewlett
Police Constable:
Michael McClain
Magistrate:
Anthony Hall

from the Cathedral Church of St. Mary (Scottish Episcopal). Edinburgh
Preces and Responses
(William Smith )
Psalms 147, 148, 149. 150
Magnificat and Nunc dimittis
(Wood in F)
Anthem: If thou Shalt confess
(Stanford)
Hymn: Jesus calls us
Organist and Master of the Choristers, DENNIS TOWNHILL
Assistant organist, Keith Griffiths

Contributors

Unknown:
William Smith
Unknown:
Dennis Townhill
Organist:
Keith Griffiths

St. Andrew's Day edition from Scotland
My Clarsach and I: ANNE MAC-DEARMID illustrates with words and songs Scotland's oldest musical instrument, the Clarsach, which dates back to biblical times
Fit for a Saint: JANET MURRAY mentions some traditional dishes which will grace festive boards in many parts of the world this St. Andrew's Night The Scots Overseas: PROFESSOR GORDON DONALDSON of Edinburgh University traces the history of Scottish migration since the Middle Ages
I've Wander'd Wide....: KENNETH McKELLAR ,who has sung his way round the world, recalls highlights from St. Andrew's Day celebrations in many different lands
+ Introduced by HOWARD LOCKHART

Contributors

Unknown:
Janet Murray
Unknown:
Gordon Donaldson
Unknown:
Kenneth McKellar
Introduced By:
Howard Lockhart

The Witches' Hill by John Shimmin
Slieau Whallian is still known in the Isle of Man as ' The Witches' Hill.' Should any woman accused of witchcraft survive the journey down. inside a barrel into which stout nails were driven-then she was obviously guilty!
This imaginary event is set in the year 1721. and Produced by TREVOR HILL from the North of England

Contributors

Unknown:
John Shimmin
Unknown:
Slieau Whallian
Produced By:
Trevor Hill
Ramsey and Michael Gawne,the brothers:
Pall Webster
Ramsey and Michael Gawne,the brothers:
Wylie McDowell
Mona, their young sister:
Marion Morris
Clucas the witness:
Joe Holmes
Faragher, Captain of the Parish of German:
Bryden Murdoch

Two-round contests between London and the Regions
London v. Northern Ireland
Round 2 London:
Michael AYRTON
SIR Denis BROGAN
Quiz-Master. LIONEL HALE
Northern Ireland:
C E. B BRETT. RONALD GREEN
Quiz-Master, Roy PLOMLEY
Arranged by Patrick Harvey

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Ayrton
Unknown:
Sir Denis Brogan
Unknown:
E. B Brett.
Arranged By:
Patrick Harvey

Wynford Vaughan-Thomas who remembers the wartime destruction in and around Florence, revisits the city, which has recently suffered even more severely from flood damage
He tells what is being done to salvage the city's priceless art treasures while the life of the people is slowly being restored to normal.
Recording

Contributors

Unknown:
Wynford Vaughan-Thomas

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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