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GORDON SNELL traces the history of the Crystal Palace designed by Joseph Paxton for the 1851 Exhibition and destroyed by fire in 1936 He also introduces the recorded voices of : CHRYSTAL KING , LORD BADEN-POWELL HARRY MORTIMER , LANCE STEVEKING EDWARD MILLS, S. J. DE LOTBINIÈRE GEOFFREY DORMAN , JOHN BOWEN who remember this ' greatest glasshouse of them all '
Produced by Rosemary Hart

Contributors

Unknown:
Gordon Snell
Designed By:
Joseph Paxton
Unknown:
Chrystal King
Unknown:
Lord Baden-Powell Harry Mortimer
Unknown:
Lance Steveking
Unknown:
Geoffrey Dorman
Unknown:
John Bowen
Produced By:
Rosemary Hart

A series of legal problems devised and written by JOHN P. WYNN
Introduced by JOHN SNAGGE with a qualified legal opinion from F. W. BENEY, Q.C. and comments from a panel of everyday people from home and abroad
Drummer's Dilemma
Cast in order of speaking :
Produced by TRAFFORD WHITELOCK
Broadcast in the BBC World Service on December 10. 1966

Contributors

Written By:
John P. Wynn
Introduced By:
John Snagge
Produced By:
Trafford Whitelock
Helen Buxton:
Bettina Dickson
Edward Buxton:
Garard Green
Inspector Lucas:
Neal Arden
Doreen Buxton:
Valerie Kirkbright
Norman Carter:
Kim Grant

Edited from the fifteenth-century Lincoln Cycle of Mystery Plays and arranged for broadcasting in three parts by RAYMOND RAIKES with music by CHRISTOPHER WHELEN
Part 2
('ast in order of speaking:
Produced by RAYMOND RAIKES
Broadcast on April 12. 1963 (Third)
Part 3: Easter Day
See facing page

Contributors

Unknown:
Raymond Raikes
Music By:
Christopher Whelen
Produced By:
Raymond Raikes
Contemplation, the Expositor:
Carleton Hobbs
Herod the King:
James Dale
First Soldier:
Arthur Gomez
Second Soldier:
George Merritt
Messenger:
Jonathan Scott
Annas:
Cyril Shaps
Cayphas:
Howieson Culff
Jesus:
Deryck Guyler
First Jew:
Andrew Sachs
Second Jew:
David Valla
First Doctor:
Earle Grey
Second Doctor:
James Thomason
First Woman:
Elizabeth Morgan
Peter:
John Pullen
Pilate:
James McKechnie
Judas:
Glyn Dearman
Satan:
Antony Jacobs
Pilate's wife:
Gudrun Ure
Second Woman (Veronica):
Mary O'Farrell
Simon of Cyrene:
Michael Deacon
Mary, the Mother of Jesus:
June Tobin
Jesmas:
Lee Fox
Dysmas:
Kenneth Hyde
Mary Magdalen:
Nicolette Bernard
John:
Timothy West
Longeus:
Denys Hawthorne

A programme of interest to all, with older listeners specially in mind, including:
Easter Reflection: by MARGARET A. Woods , of shopping for jewelled eggs in the Gostini Dvor in Petrograd
Unsung Heroine: a long-overdue tribute to a stepmother from DICK GREGSON
Grandma Bradley from Old-ham: OLIVE SHAPLEY investigates the success story of a sixty- six -year-old primitive painter
Spreading the Word: Michael Meech talks to THE REV. ARTHUR SHEPHERD , who has made contact with many Christians all over the world through shortwave radio, and with REG WITTY, who gives hints and tips on amateur radio as a hobby
Introduced by BARRY CHAMBERS from the North of England

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret A. Woods
Unknown:
Dick Gregson
Unknown:
Grandma Bradley
Talks:
Michael Meech
Unknown:
Rev. Arthur Shepherd
Introduced By:
Barry Chambers

Killer in Dark Glasses by Henry Treece adapted as a serial reading in six parts by DONALD BANCROFT
Read by JOHN PULLEN with Eva Haddon and Gordon Gardner
After findng his Chief dead, Gordon Stewart followed up a clue which took him to a school for boxers where, he was surprised to find. they were expecting him.
2: Plastic Carnation
Produced by Graham Gauld
Broadcast on Oct. 21, 1965

Contributors

Unknown:
Henry Treece
Unknown:
Donald Bancroft
Read By:
John Pullen
Read By:
Gordon Gardner
Unknown:
Gordon Stewart
Produced By:
Graham Gauld

Bach
Conducted by Alexander Gibson
Peter Pears (tenor) Evangelist
Tom Krause (bass) Christ
Heather Harper (soprano) Yvonne Minton (contralto) Duncan Robertson (tenor) Stafford Dean (baritone)
Continuo:
PHILIP LEDGER (harpsichord) GEORGE MCPHEE (organ)
NANCY NEALD (viola da gamba) ADRIAN SHEPHERD (cello) St. Giles Singers
Conductor, Herrick Bunney
Scottish National Orchestra
Leader, Sam Bor
From the Usher Hall, Edinburgh
See facing page

Contributors

Conducted By:
Alexander Gibson
Tenor:
Peter Pears
Bass:
Tom Krause
Soprano:
Heather Harper
Contralto:
Yvonne Minton
Tenor:
Duncan Robertson
Baritone:
Stafford Dean
Leader:
Sam Bor

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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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