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by Frances Hodgson Burnett arranged as a dramatised reading in six parts by NAN MACDONALD
Produced by HERBERT SMITH
1: Misselthwaite Manor
Broadcast on January 24
Cast for the week:

Contributors

Unknown:
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Produced By:
Herbert Smith
Reader:
Wilfred Pickles
Mary:
Margaret Dew
Mrs Medlock:
Ella Atkinson
Martha:
Athene Fielding
Dickon:
Trevor Lorains
Colin:
Peter Landon
Mrs Sowerby:
Mary Kilduff

A magazine of interest to all, with older listeners specially in mind, including:
Turning Points: JOHN ELLISON talks to LESLIE BAILY
Looking at Books:
DAVID DAVIS suggests some children's books to give at Christmas
Argument: another in the series of conversations on an issue of the day
You asked us to play record requests
Introduced by POLLY ELWES

Contributors

Talks:
John Ellison
Unknown:
Leslie Baily
Unknown:
David Davis
Introduced By:
Polly Elwes

The Land of Green Ginger by Noel Langley adapted as a six-part serial reading by THEA HOLME
Part 3
Prince Abu Ali of China continues his search for the Land of Green Ginger and plans to rescue Silver Bud from the clutches of the wicked Princes, Tintac and Rubdub.
Produced by Lorraine DAVIES

Contributors

Unknown:
Noel Langley
Reading By:
Thea Holme
Unknown:
Prince Abu Ali
Produced By:
Lorraine Davies
Honourable Reader:
Howieson Culff
Prince Abu Ali:
David Spenser
Silver Bud:
Carole Boyd
Prince Tintac:
Peter Bartlett
Prince Rubdub:
Glyn Dearman
Kublai Snoo:
Leonard Henry
Sulkpot:
Stephen Jack
Dragon:
Fred Yule
Boomalakka Wee:
Clive Merrison
Mouse:
Elizabeth Proud

Caesar and Cleopatra
A History by Bernard Shaw with Dorothy Tutin and Maurice Denham
Scene: Egypt about the year 48 B.C.
Produced by CHARLES LEFEAUX

Contributors

Unknown:
Bernard Shaw
Unknown:
Dorothy Tutin
Unknown:
Maurice Denham
Produced By:
Charles Lefeaux
Bernard Shaw:
Denys Hawthorne
Narrator:
David March
Belzanor:
Ronald Herdman
Persian:
Nigel Anthony
Bel Affris:
Nigel Graham
Flatateeta:
Nan Marriott-Watson
Julius Caesar:
Maurice Denham
Cleopatra:
Dorothy Tutin
Pothinus:
David March
Theodotus:
Geoffrey Wincott
Ptolemy:
Jo Manning Wilson
Achillas:
John Justin
Rufio:
Alan Dudley
Britannus:
Hector Ross
Lucius Septimius:
Brian Hewlett
Apollodorus:
Tim Seely
Iras:
Carol Marsh
Charmian:
Beth Boyd

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