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A programme for children under five
Nursery rhymes, stories, and music
Stories for very small children are rarely to be found printed in books, for their books are usually picture books, and their stories those that mother makes up as she goes along, and in preparing our stories tor these programmes we have had to do likewise, and have them specially made. But perhaps you will ask, what about the favourite fairy-tales, ' Red-Riding-Hood,' for example, and ' The Three Bears '? Well, those, we feel, are your material, not ours; they are the traditional heritage of children which should come to them first direct from their mother's lips as and when they are ready for them. Moreover, little children are easily frightened, and the radio has an astonishing power of exaggeration. The four-year-old girl who screamed with terror when she heard Snow White crying out to the huntsman not to kill her, would have felt no fear had her mother been telling the story.
So we at the radio end must go carefully in our choice of stories, and it is on you that we must rely to notice what your children dislike or enjoy, what makes them laugh and what makes them afraid, and to write and tell us about it.
Elizabeth Taylor

Contributors

Unknown:
Elizabeth Taylor

A daily programme of entertainment, information, and music, for the woman at home
Introduced by Olive Shapley
' Good Cooking: Viennese Dumplings,' by Anka Teller
Today's Guest: ' A Composer's Recipe,' by Grace Williams
' Le Jardin Ungemach,' by Pamela Cheesmond
' The London Dress Shows,' by Winifred Lewis
' Making Dreams Come True,' by Catherine Cookson
Serial: Mothering Sunday' by Noel Streatfeild. Abridged by Eve Howland . Read by Mary O'Farrell

Contributors

Introduced By:
Olive Shapley
Unknown:
Anka Teller
Unknown:
Pamela Cheesmond
Unknown:
Winifred Lewis
Unknown:
Catherine Cookson
Unknown:
Noel Streatfeild.
Abridged By:
Eve Howland
Read By:
Mary O'Farrell

by Michael Barringer
Cast in order of speaking:
Other parts played by: Frank Cochrane , Roger Delgado , Preston Lockwood , Andrew Churchman , Ella Milne , and Catherine Campbell
Produced by Wilfrid Grantham

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Barringer
Played By:
Frank Cochrane
Played By:
Roger Delgado
Played By:
Preston Lockwood
Played By:
Andrew Churchman
Played By:
Ella Milne
Played By:
Catherine Campbell
Produced By:
Wilfrid Grantham
Richard Hanning:
Patrick Waddington
Mrs Wyatt:
Joan Clement Scott
Margaret Hamilton:
Grizelda Hervey
Norman 0'Neale:
D A Clarke-Smith
Coroner:
J Hubert Leslie
Detective-Inspector Mullin:
Eric Lugg
Sir Denton,Hulme:
Richard Hurndall
Dr MacFarlane:
Frederick Allen
William Trelease:
Philip Wade
Isaac Owen:
Pat Aza

by Rolf Boldrewood
Adapted as a serial for broadcasting in ten parts by Rex Rienits
5—' Bushrangers! '
Incidental music composed by Kenneth Pakeman and played by the Augmented BBC Variety Orchestra
(Leader. George Deason ) Conductor, Rae Jenkins
Produced by Archie Campbell

Contributors

Unknown:
Rolf Boldrewood
Composed By:
Kenneth Pakeman
Leader:
George Deason
Conductor:
Rae Jenkins
Produced By:
Archie Campbell
Dick Marston:
John Bushelle
Jim Marston:
Don Sharp
Ben Marston:
Edward Howell
Captain Starlight:
Ralph Truman
Warrigal:
Charles Standey
Bella Barnes:
Dorothy Alison
Maddie Barnes:
Gwenda Wilson
Coach-driver:
Richard Beynon
Girl:
Mary Daniels

with Charles Penrose, Dilys Lay, Ike Hatch, Shaun Glenville, Dorothy Ward de Haven and Page
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:
Charles Penrose
Unknown:
Dilys Lay
Unknown:
Ike Hatch
Unknown:
Shaun Glenville
Unknown:
Dorothy Ward
Unknown:
Rob Currie
Unknown:
Billy Howard
Unknown:
Connie Fraser
Unknown:
Harry Loman
Unknown:
Sunny Rogers
Unknown:
Ricardo Pasquale
Conducted By:
Ernest Longstaffe

Light Programme

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