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A summer holiday programme
Edited and produced by Lionel Gamlin
Derek McCulloch (Uncle Mac) tells you a story from one of his own Children's Hour Annuals
Where are we going today?
A musical quiz devised and conducted by Marcel Stellman
Every Tuesday this month Marcel Stellman invites you to listen to the music of other lands and to guess which country is represented before he gives you the answers at the end
Today: Somewhere in Europe '
Summer holidays on the farm
Mrs. Mildred C. Dale , the wife of a Cambridgeshire farmer, gives you some idea of the activities and fun of farm life during school holidays

Contributors

Produced By:
Lionel Gamlin
Produced By:
Derek McCulloch
Conducted By:
Marcel Stellman
Unknown:
Marcel Stellman
Unknown:
Mrs. Mildred C. Dale

Introduced by Barbara McFadyean
"Good Beginnings Make Good Endings": Christine Andrews, who trained as a scullery-maid and is now a chef, talks about her experiences.
"Helping Children to Succeed": "All Children Need Love": first of a series of talks by Professor F.J. Schonell, Head of the Department of Education in the University of Birmingham, in which he describes some of the recent work on the treatment of children who, for various reasons, find it difficult to succeed in their home and school life.
"Talking and Playing": Helen Gaskell visits the programme with her oboe.
"Mechanics Institute" by Edith Walton
"Going to Auction Sales" by Sylvia Lewin
Serial: "Wives and Daughters" by Mrs. Gaskell. Abridged by Evelyn Howland. Read by Ysanne Churchman

Contributors

Introduced by:
Barbara McFadyean
Speaker:
Christine Andrews
Speaker:
F.J. Schonell
Oboeist:
Helen Gaskell
Speaker:
Edith Walton
Speaker:
Sylvia Lewin
Author of serial:
Mrs Gaskell
Abridged by:
Evelyn Howland
Reader:
Ysanne Churchman

A serial play adapted from L. A. Knight's novel by Gethyn Stoodley Thomas 5 — ' The Second Dead Man '
Produced by Dafydd Gruffydd

Contributors

Novel By:
Gethyn Stoodley Thomas
Produced By:
Dafydd Gruffydd
Sarah Pitt-Royden:
Vera Meazey
Riding Officer Shell:
Ivor Maddox
Absolom Pitt-Royden:
Norman Wynne
Jonathan Pitt-Royden:
Tom Jones
Mrs Maggs:
Dorothy Champion
Stephen St Helier:
John Darran
Hippy Scandrett:
Donald Wells
George Belpher:
Peter Gyngell
Price, the Fish:
W P Thomas
Reuben Evans:
Bryn Calvin-Thomas
Dai Jones, the Carrier:
Gunstone Jones
Guy Rivers:
Arthur Phillips
Policeman:
Jack James

Second of a series of domestic comedies written by Leslie JulianJones ,Carey Edwards and Aubrey Danvers-Walker
BBC Variety Orchestra
Conducted by Rae Jenkins Production by Tom Ronald

Contributors

Written By:
Leslie Julianjones
Written By:
Carey Edwards
Written By:
Aubrey Danvers-Walker
Conducted By:
Rae Jenkins
Production By:
Tom Ronald
Ethel Wiggins:
Ethel Revnell
Mr Wiggins:
Wilfred Babbage
Ruby Wiggins:
Cecile Chevreau
Ivy:
Doris Rogers
Mrs Higginbotham:
Clarice Clare
Mr Stead (the lodger):
Hal Stead
Cyril Crabtree:
Bill Staughton
Bob Cook:
Cyril Butcher
Angela:
Ethel Revnell

by Baroness Orczy
Adapted by Lester Powell as a serial in six episodes 5
—'Père Blanchard's Hut'
The action takes place at Calais, in the year 1792
Incidental music arranged and conducted by Alan Paul Produced by Archie Campbell

Contributors

Unknown:
Baroness Orczy
Adapted By:
Lester Powell
Conducted By:
Alan Paul
Produced By:
Archie Campbell
Sir Percy Blakeney, Bt:
Marius Goring
Lady Blakeney (formerly Marguerite St. Just):
Catherine Salkeld
Chauvelin:
Geoffrey Wincott
Friends of Sir Percy: Sir Andrew Ffoulkes:
Andrew Faulds
Lord Antony Dewhurst:
Michael Anthony
Desgas (Chauvelin's confidential secretary):
Bill Staughton
Captain Butler:
Charles Mortimer
Governor of the Prison:
Edward Forsyth
A messenger:
Howieson Culff
Captain of the Guard:
Eric Lugg
Jacques:
Hugh Manning
Patron of the Chat Gris:
Victor Fairlie
Storyteller:
Alec Ross

by Arnold Bennett
Adapted by Michael Black
7—' Housekeepers '
Produced by David H. Godfrey

Contributors

Unknown:
Arnold Bennett
Adapted By:
Michael Black
Produced By:
David H. Godfrey
Evelyn Orcham:
Richard Hurndall
Miss Cass:
Betty Hardy
Mr Cousin:
Basil Dawson
Violet Powler:
Beryl Calder
Miss Maclaren:
Margot MacAlaster
Miss Venables:
Betty Baskconib
Miss Prentiss:
Esmé Lewis
Dr Constam:
John Richmond
Ceria:
Alastair Duncan

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