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A Christmas holiday programme
Edited by Lionel Gamlin
'The Eightpenny-half penny Wizard'
A new play written for
Christmas holiday listeners by Mabel Constanduros

Contributors

Edited By:
Lionel Gamlin
Unknown:
Mabel Constanduros
Diggs, the gardener:
Bryan Powley
Mrs Diggs:
Judith Furse
Ricky Sanderson:
David Preston
Anthea Sanderson, his sister:
Irmgard Spoliansky
Guy Fawkes:
Robert Rietty
Sir Walter Raleigh:
Ivan Sansom
Tower of London Sentry:
Geoffrey Wincott

A daily programme of entertainment , information, and music, for the woman at home
Introduced by Olive Shapley
' Good Cooking: A Viennese Meal,' by Margit Hayek
Today's Guest: Let's Escape,' by Margaret Irwin
' Seeing for Myself': Rose-Mary Sands tells you, with the aid of recordings, about a visit to a pickle factory
' Living in Other People's Homes,' by Jane Benson
Serial: The Paying Guest' by George Blake. Abridged by Hilton Brown. Read by John Laurie

Contributors

Introduced By:
Olive Shapley
Unknown:
Margit Hayek
Unknown:
Margaret Irwin
Unknown:
Rose-Mary Sands
Unknown:
Jane Benson
Unknown:
George Blake.
Abridged By:
Hilton Brown.
Read By:
John Laurie

Lionel Gamlin and Robert MacDermot are the Question-Masters in this inter - country contest between representative teams from girls' and boys' schools in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland
15—Final Match
(Scotland v. Wales)
Elgin Academy for Boys, Moray v.
Grove Park Grammar School for Girls, Wrexham, Denbighshire
Series devised by Joan Clark

Contributors

Unknown:
Lionel Gamlin
Unknown:
Robert MacDermot
Unknown:
Joan Clark

Rolf Boldrewood 's famous story of Australian bushranging in the 1850s
Adapted as a serial for broadcasting by Rex Rienits
2—' Captain Starlight'
Incidental music composed by Kenneth Pakeman played by the Augmented BBC Variety Orchestra
Conductor. Rae Jenkins
Produced by Archie Campbell

Contributors

Unknown:
Rolf Boldrewood
Broadcasting By:
Rex Rienits
Composed By:
Kenneth Pakeman
Conductor:
Rae Jenkins
Produced By:
Archie Campbell
Dick Marston:
John Bushelle
Jim Marston:
Don Sharp
Ben Marston:
Edward Howell
Mr Falkland:
Ernest Sefton
Captain Starlight:
Ralph Truman
Warrigal:
Charles Stanley
Shearer:
Richard Beynon

John Rorke
Paddie O'Neil
Harry Brunning Walter Freeman
Janice Hart
Jock Walker
Chairman, Rob Cufrie
(Continued in next column)
Supported by: Billy Howard , Connie Fraser Harry Loman , Sunny
Rogers Ricardo Pasquale
Palace of Varieties Chorus with the BBC Variety Orchestra
Show produced and conducted by Ernest Longstaffe

Contributors

Unknown:
John Rorke
Unknown:
Paddie O'Neil
Unknown:
Harry Brunning
Unknown:
Walter Freeman
Unknown:
Janice Hart
Unknown:
Jock Walker
Unknown:
Rob Cufrie
Unknown:
Billy Howard
Unknown:
Connie Fraser
Unknown:
Harry Loman
Unknown:
Rogers Ricardo Pasquale
Conducted By:
Ernest Longstaffe

(BBC recording)
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Among many of his friends and colleagues taking part are:
Wilfred Pickles, Ted Kavanagh, Clarence Wright, Dino Galvani, Hattie Jacques, Deryck Guyler, Sydney Keith, Hugh Morton, Joan Harben, Jack Hylton, Jack Train, Dorothy Summers, Diana Morrison, Fred Yule, Horace Percival, Molly Weir, Maurice Denham, Charles Shadwell
and A tribute from The Bishop of London

Tonight at 10.20

Contributors

Writer:
Gale Pedrick
Producer:
Peter Eton

Light Programme

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About this data

This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More