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Your host. Roy Plomley, invites you to join him for half-an-hours entertainment. Music for dancing by the Tito Burns Sextet, with Ray Ellington. Guest artists, the Merry Maids. Guest accordionist, Bernie Fenton. Produced by Charles Chilton.

Contributors

Unknown:
Roy Plomley
Unknown:
Ray Elling
Accordionist:
Bernie Fenton.
Produced By:
Charles Chilton.

Today Joan Griffiths introduces: Jeanne Heal on ' Women in the News'; Iris Brooke on ' Clothes in our Grandmothers' Days' ;Antonia Ridge on ' A Holiday in Hospital';
Other Women's Lives—' Dress and Fashions in South Africa,' by Ursula Spicer ; and the current serial story, 'South Riding.' by Winifred Holtby , read by Olga Dickie

Contributors

Introduces:
Joan Griffiths
Unknown:
Iris Brooke
Unknown:
Antonia Ridge
Unknown:
Ursula Spicer
Unknown:
Winifred Holtby
Read By:
Olga Dickie

Six adventures about precious stones by Charles Hatton , based on original experiences of Louis Kornitzer. Produced by Cleland Finn. 3—'The Shirley Emeralds '

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Hatton
Unknown:
Louis Kornitzer.
Produced By:
Cleland Finn.
Unknown:
Shirley Emeralds
Julius Winkel:
Frank Tickle
Judy:
Beryl Calder
Pearson:
Cyril Gardiner
Vogel:
Rolf Levebvre
Tony:
David Kossoff
Detective-Sergeant Curtis:
Duncan McLntyre

A serial in eight parts. Adapted for broadcasting by Lester Powell from the novel by Kenneth Roberts. Produced by Ayton Whitaker
3—]'London 1765'

Contributors

Broadcasting By:
Lester Powell
Novel By:
Kenneth Roberts.
Produced By:
Ayton Whitaker
Langdon Towne:
Michael Goodliffe
Natty Potter:
Laidman Browne
Dr John Campbell:
Clarence Bigge
Edmund Burke:
Harry Fine
Charles Townshend:
Williams Lloyd
Henry Ellis:
Arthur Ridlev
William Hogarth:
Bryan Powlev
Benjamin Franklin:
Stanley Groome
Mrs Garvin:
Joan Clement Scott
Landlord:
Frank Atkinson
Coachman:
David Kossoff

[starring] Richard Murdoch, with Kenneth Horne
Sam Costa, Marilyn Williams, Maurice Denham, Vivienne Chatterton, and Dick Griffin
The Dance Orchestra, conducted by Stanley Black.

(BBC recording)
(Repeats tomorrow at 6.20 (Home) and Sunday at 3.0 (Light))

Contributors

[Actor]:
Richard Murdoch
[Actor]:
Kenneth Horne
[Actor]:
Sam Costa
[Actress]:
Marilyn Williams
[Actor]:
Maurice Denham
[Actress]:
Vivienne Chatterton
[Actor]:
Dick Griffin
Musicians:
The Dance Orchestra
Conductor:
Stanley Black
Producer:
Leslie Bridgmont

A musical entertainment given by Jan van der Gucht (tenor), David Martin (violin), Leon Goossens and Natalie James (oboes), Dennis Brain and Norman del Mar (horns), Cecil James, Val Kennedy, Mary Hunt, and Vernon Elliott (bassoons)

Contributors

Tenor:
Jan van Der Gucht
Violinist:
David Martin
Oboeist:
Leon Goossens
Oboeist:
Natalie James
Horn player:
Dennis Brain
Horn player:
Norman Del Mar
Bassoonist:
Cecil James
Bassoonist:
Val Kennedy
Bassoonist:
Mary Hunt
Bassoonist:
Vernon Elliott
Programme directed by:
Karl Haas
Arranged by:
Basil Douglas

with music by Felix Mendelssohn 's Hawaiian Serenaders , the songs of Rita Williams and Archie Coates , the Hawaiian guitar of Sammy Mitchell , and the chants of the Paradise Island Trio. Introduced by Sonny Miller. Presented by Ian C. Messiter

Contributors

Music By:
Felix Mendelssohn
Unknown:
Hawaiian Serenaders
Unknown:
Rita Williams
Unknown:
Archie Coates
Unknown:
Sammy Mitchell
Introduced By:
Sonny Miller.
Presented By:
Ian C. Messiter

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