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Introduced by Olive Shapley
' Good Cooking: Brandy-snaps with a Cream Filling,' by Jacqueline Rose
Today's Guest: 'I Used to be Shy,' by Dilys Powell
' Beyond the Arctic Circle': Bettine Palmstrom , who is married to a judge in Finmark, describes her life in this remote county of Norway
' Living - room, Play - room,' by Rosalinna Leonard , who describes how she copes with the familiar domestic problem of having one sitting-room for the use of children and grown-ups
Serial: ' The Paying Guest,' by George Blake. Abridged by Hilton Brown. Read by John Laurie

Contributors

Introduced By:
Olive Shapley
Unknown:
Dilys Powell
Unknown:
Bettine Palmstrom
Unknown:
Rosalinna Leonard
Unknown:
George Blake.
Abridged By:
Hilton Brown.
Read By:
John Laurie

by Arthur Watkyn
Adapted for radio by Mollie Greenhalgh
Characters in order of speaking:
Scene: An inn on Windwhistle Hill in Southern England, in the winter of 1651 Produced by Donald McWhinnie

Contributors

Unknown:
Arthur Watkyn
Unknown:
Mollie Greenhalgh
Produced By:
Donald McWhinnie
Henry Strangways, landlord of the inn:
Stephen Jack
Judith Strangways his wife:
Patience Collier
Anne Beaumont:
Denise Bryer
Meg Hatton, her maid:
Meg Simmons
The Reverend Edmund Tyler:
Heron Carvic
Humphrey Parfttt, a Cavalier squire:
Martin Lewis
Roundhead soldiers: Sergeant Wilcox:
Hugh Manning
Roundhead soldiers: Trooper Murdoch:
Stanley Groome
Roundhead soldiers: Trooper Fearon:
Bryan Powley
Roundhead soldiers: Trooper Brace:
Ronald Sidney
Anthony, Lord Dawlish, The Moon raker:
Griffith Jones
Colonel John Beaumont, a Roundhead Staff officer:
Richard Williams

by Rolf Boldrewood
Adapted as a serial for broadcasting in ten parts by Rex Rienits
4 - 'The Prison-Break '
Other parts played by: Richard Beynon, William Collins, Victor Maddern, and John Stacey
Music composed by Kenneth Pakeman and played by the Augmented BBC Variety Orchestra
Conductor, Rae Jenkins
Produced by Archie Campbell

Contributors

Unknown:
Rolf Boldrewood
Unknown:
Rex Rienits
Played By:
Richard Beynon
Played By:
William Collins
Played By:
Victor Maddern
Played By:
John Stacey
Composed By:
Kenneth Pakeman
Conductor:
Rae Jenkins
Produced By:
Archie Campbell
Dick Marston:
John Busheue
Jim Marston:
Don Sharp
Ben Marston:
Edward Howell
Captain Starlight:
Ralph Truman
Mrs Marston:
Gwyndolyn Stewart
Aileen:
Beryl McMillan
Gracie Storefield:
Joan Hodson
Judge:
Joss Ambler
Prosecutor:
Carleton Hobbs
Auctioneer:
Russell Napier

with George Betton
Elsie Prince
Harry Mooney
Tudor Evans
Jill Manners
Harry Mooney and Victor King
Chairman: Rob Currie
Supported by: Billy Howard , Connie Fraser Harry Loman , Sunny Rogers
Ricardo Pasquale
Palace of Varieties Chorus
BBC Variety Orchestra
Show produced and conducted by Ernest Longstaffe

Contributors

Unknown:
George Betton
Unknown:
Elsie Prince
Unknown:
Harry Mooney
Unknown:
Tudor Evans
Unknown:
Jill Manners
Unknown:
Harry Mooney
Unknown:
Victor King
Unknown:
Rob Currie
Unknown:
Billy Howard
Unknown:
Connie Fraser
Unknown:
Harry Loman
Unknown:
Sunny Rogers
Unknown:
Ricardo Pasquale
Conducted By:
Ernest Longstaffe

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