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A summer holiday programme
Edited and produced by Lionel Gamlin
'Rogues Afloat'
Today, Captain Frank H. Shaw , whose stories of adventure at sea have thrilled boys and girls for over forty years, tells a new tale of smuggling on the high seas, which he has written specially for this broadcast
Music from the Air
' Musaire ' shows you how to pluck music out of the air with his music-by-sound-wave instrument, the ' theremin '

Contributors

Produced By:
Lionel Gamlin
Unknown:
Captain Frank H. Shaw

Introduced by Olive Shapley
' Milestones,' by Phyllis Lane
'Helping Children to Succeed.' ' Fact and Fiction-Mine and Thine': Professor F. J. Schonell , Head of the Department of Education in the University of Birmingham, deals with two fundamental problems in the bringing up of children. (BBC recording)
' Talking and Playing,' by the cellist, Florence Hooton
'A Bus Ride to a Cornish Cove,' by Jeanne Stanley
' Education in Pakistan,' by Rabia Sultan Qari. (BBC recording)
Serial: The Young Visiters,' by Daisy Ashford. Arranged and read by Barbara McFadyean

Contributors

Introduced By:
Olive Shapley
Unknown:
Phyllis Lane
Unknown:
Professor F. J. Schonell
Unknown:
Florence Hooton
Unknown:
Jeanne Stanley
Unknown:
Rabia Sultan Qari.
Unknown:
Daisy Ashford.
Read By:
Barbara McFadyean

A serial in six parts by Sea-Lion'
3—' Court-Martial'
Produced by Ayton Whitaker

Contributors

Produced By:
Ayton Whitaker
William Clare:
Arthur Young
Lieut John Clare, R N:
Noel Johnson
Diana Slater:
Elizabeth Kentish
Captain Beachvase:
Richard Hurndall
Susan Clare:
Janet Morrison
Admiral:
Richard Williams
Jacob:
Stanley Groome
Martin:
Edward Forsyth
Jenny:
Ella Milne
Boatswain Quid:
Andrew Churchman
First seaman:
Preston Lockwood
Second seaman:
Peter Hoar

Sixth of a series of domestic comedies written by Leslie Julian Jones
Carey Edwards and Aubrey Danvers-Walker
BBC Variety Orchestra
Conducted by Rae Jenkins Produced by Tom Ronald

Contributors

Written By:
Leslie Julian Jones
Written By:
Carey Edwards
Written By:
Aubrey Danvers-Walker
Conducted By:
Rae Jenkins
Produced By:
Tom Ronald
Ethel Wiggins:
Ethel Revnell
Mr Wiggins, her father:
Wilfred Babbage
Ruby Wiggins, her sister:
Cecile Chevreau
Mrs Higginbotham the neighbour:
Clarice Clare
Mr Stead, the lodger:
Hal Stead
Angela:
Ethel Revnell

The novel by Mary Fitt
Adapted for broadcasting by C. V. Lake
Episode 3
Pianist, Cicely Hoye
Produced by Cleland Finn

Contributors

Novel By:
Mary Fitt
Pianist:
Cicely Hoye
Produced By:
Cleland Finn
Mary Dazill:
Grizelda Hervey
Lindy De Boulter:
Zoë Randall
Arran De Boulter:
Beryl Calder
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
Mrs Barratt:
Adza Vincent
The Rev James Barratt:
Rolf Lefebvre
Superintendent Mallett:
Stanley Groome
Doctor Fitzbrown:
Arthur Ridley

* Greenmantle * by John Buchan
Read by Geoffrey Wincott
Episode 2
Their only clue proving indecipherable, the three conspirators decide to look for the key to it in Constantinople. They go their separate ways and arrange to meet there in two months' time. Richard Hannay turns Boer, sets out for Germany via South America and meets an old friend from South Africa

Contributors

Unknown:
John Buchan
Read By:
Geoffrey Wincott
Unknown:
Richard Hannay

Light Programme

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