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A summer holiday programme
Edited and produced by Lionel Gamlin
' Sandy, the Blue Lion '
A story by Edward D. Dickinson
Read by Lionel
" 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. The answers are given at the end of the programme
Today: ' Somewhere in Europe '
Unusual Holidays
3-The Light Railways of Britain
Robert S. Aickman suggests exploring some of the smaller and more romantic railroads of the country

Contributors

Produced By:
Lionel Gamlin
Story By:
Edward D. Dickinson
Conducted By:
Marcel Stellman
Unknown:
Marcel Stellman

Introduced by Olive Shapley
' My German Visitor,' by Eunice Spencer
' Helping Children to Succeed.' ' Praise and Play': Professor F. J. Schonell , Head of the Department of Education in the University of Birmingham, talks about teaching children to enjoy their work
' Talking and Playing': Kathleen Cooper , the pianist, is today's guest
' The General Certificate of Education,' by Roland Earl
Mr. Earl, a secondary school teacher, talks about the new system of examination which will replace the School Certificate
' A Baby Clinic in the Southern Sudan,' by Ann Tuohy. (BBC recording)
Serial: ' Wives and Daughters,' by Mrs. Gaskell. Abridged by Evelyn Howland. Read by Ysanne Churchman

Contributors

Introduced By:
Olive Shapley
Unknown:
Eunice Spencer
Unknown:
F. J. Schonell
Unknown:
Kathleen Cooper
Unknown:
Roland Earl
Unknown:
Ann Tuohy.
Abridged By:
Evelyn Howland.
Read By:
Ysanne Churchman

A serial play adapted from L. A. Knight 's novel by Gethyn Stoodley Thomas
6—' The Final Reckoning '
Other parts played by Jack Payn.
Sidney Evans , and David Close -Thomas
Produced by Dafydd Gruffydd

Contributors

Unknown:
L. A. Knight
Played By:
Jack Payn.
Played By:
Sidney Evans
Played By:
David Close
Produced By:
Dafydd Gruffydd
Sarah Pitt-Royden:
Vera Meazey
Stephen St Helier:
John Darran
Guy Rivers:
Arthur Phillips
George Belpher:
Peter Gyngell
Hippy Scandrett:
Donald Wells
Jonathan Pitt-Royden:
Tom Jones
Absolom Pitt-Royden:
Norman Wynne
Price, the Fish:
W P Thomas
Reuben Evans:
Bryn Calvin-Thomas
Riding Officer Shell:
Ivor Maddox
Mrs Maggs:
Dorothy Champion

Third of a series written by Leslie Julian Jones , Carey Edwards and Aubrey Danvers-Walker
BBC Variety Orchestra
Conducted by Rae Jenkins Production by Tom Ronald

Contributors

Written By:
Leslie Julian Jones
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
Inspector:
Bert Platt
Angela:
Ethel Revnell

by Baroness Orczy
Adapted by Lester Powell as a serial in six episodes
6 — 'The Daydream'
(Continued in next column)
The action takes place on the cliffs of Calais, in Paris, and aboard Sir Percy's yacht. ' The Daydream," in the year 1792
Incidental music by Alan Paul
Produced by Archie Campbell

Contributors

Adapted By:
Lester Powell
Music By:
Alan Paul
Produced By:
Archie Campbell
Sir Percy Blakeney, Bt:
Marius Goring
Lady Blakeney:
Catherine Salkeld
Chauvelin:
Geoffrey Wincott
Sir Andrew Ffoulkes:
Andrew Faulds
Lord Antony Dewhurst:
Michael Anthony
Desgas:
Bill Staughton
Armand St Just:
Peter Carr Forster
A beggar:
Raf de la Torre
Captain of the guard:
Eric Lugg
Second captain of the guard:
Richard Hurndall
Chief gaoler:
Ernest Sefton
A soldier:
Hugh Manning
Storyteller:
Alec Ross

An excerpt from Lew Lake 's burlesque of an old music-hall
'Those Were the Days' with Arthur Stott and Jim Jessieman
Peggy Maude, Joyce Scott Alf Poole , Stanley Massey
Introduced by Philip Robinson
From City Palace of Varieties, Leeds

Contributors

Unknown:
Lew Lake
Unknown:
Arthur Stott
Unknown:
Jim Jessieman
Unknown:
Peggy Maude
Unknown:
Joyce Scott
Unknown:
Alf Poole
Introduced By:
Philip Robinson

Light Programme

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