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A summer holiday programme
Edited and produced by Lionel Gamlin
Life's one long holiday!
7-A Travelling
Showman Tom Norman, a familiar figure at country fairs and the proprietor of a travelling show, tells you something of his life behind the scenes ' on the road '
Where are we going?
A musical quiz devised and presented by Marcel Stellman
Today: All over the world
Songs of Long Ago remembered by Alexander Archdale

Contributors

Produced By:
Lionel Gamlin
Unknown:
Showman Tom Norman
Presented By:
Marcel Stellman

Introduced by Olive Shapley
Wyndham—Port of Australian Beef,' by Mary Durack. (Recording)
' Helping Children to Succeed.' ' Learning to Read': Professor F. J. Schonell, Head of the Department of Education in the University of Birmingham, considers some difficulties and how to overcome them.
' Talking and Playing': this week's musician is Mary Rowland with her Celtic harp
' Return Journey': Agatha Harrison, who is a well-known worker in Indo-British circles, gives her impressions of her most recent visit to India
' Good Snap Shooting,' by Joanna Jonsson
Serial: Wives and Daughters ' by Mrs. Gaskell. Abridged by Evelyn Howland. Read by Ysanne Churchman

Contributors

Introduced By:
Olive Shapley
Unknown:
Mary Durack.
Unknown:
Professor F. J. Schonell
Unknown:
Mary Row
Unknown:
Agatha Harrison
Unknown:
Joanna Jonsson
Unknown:
Mrs Gaskell
Abridged By:
Evelyn Howland.
Read By:
Ysanne Churchman

A serial in six parts by ' Sea-Lion'
2-' Mutiny'
Others taking part: Howieson Culff, Peter Hoar, and Eric Lugg
Produced by Ayton Whitaker

Contributors

Unknown:
Sea-Lion
Unknown:
Howieson Culff
Unknown:
Peter Hoar
Unknown:
Eric Lugg
Produced By:
Ayton Whitaker
Sir Peter Clare:
Arthur Young
Lieutenant Richard Clare, R N:
Arthur Young
Lieutenant John Clare, R N:
Noel Johnson
Lady Clare:
Rita Vale
Diana Slater:
Elizabeth Kentish
Mr Bechervaise:
Richard Hurndall
Major Bechervaise:
Richard Hurndall
Dolly Blair:
Hilda Schroder
Mr Pumphrey:
Arthur Ridley
Captain Weston:
Richard Williams
Lieutenant Gordon:
Alastair Bannerman
General Wyndham:
Bryan Powley
Petty Officer Boyle:
Harry Hutchinson

Fifth of a series of domestic comedies 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
Mrs Higginbotham:
Clarice Clare
Mr Stead (the lodger):
Hal Stead
Fortune-teller:
Doris Rogers
Arthur Benson:
Bert Platt
Angela:
Ethel Revnell

The novel by Mary Fitt
Adapted for broadcasting by C. V. Lake
Episode 2
Pianist, Cicely Hoye
Produced by Cleland Finn

Contributors

Novel By:
Mary Fitt
Pianist:
Cicely Hoye
Produced By:
Cleland Finn
Mary Dazill:
Grizelda Hervey
Arran De Boulter:
Beryl Calder
Lindy De Boulter:
Zoe Randall
Leonard De Boulter:
Andrew Faulds
Ralph De Boulter (their father):
Ronald Adam
John Despenser (Lindy's fiancé):
Donald Gray
Lucy Brown:
Hilda Schroder
Betsy, the maid:
Janet Morrison
Baxter, the coachman:
Jack Shaw
Mrs Barratt:
Adza Vincent
The Reverend James Barratt:
Rolf Lefebvre
Superintendent Mallett:
Stanley Groome
Doctor Fitzbrown:
Arthur Ridley

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