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A programme for children under five
Nursery rhymes, stories, and music
Each week these broadcasts for the under fives include at least one. more often two, repeats ' of stories already heard. This week they will be the Penelope stories. ' Penelope Buys Some Shoes,' by Joan E. Cass , is about the'sort of incident which happens to the children themselves, and therein lies much of its appeal. ' The Brown Bunnies with Pink Ears,' by Jean Sutcliffe , is a quite different kind of tale, a tale with funny noises and a touch of fantasy which Daddy makes up about Penelope's new bedroom slippers.
As with all the tales we repeat, these have been chosen because our young listeners have asked for them. Every week comes a flow of postcards and letters demanding the retelling of favourite stories. and describing how eagerly and hopefully the children wait to hear them again. For the under fives love to hear the things they know, and it gives them a sense of confidence and importance to anticipate the storyteller and get there first. When you are under five, as one mother put it, ' so much in life is new that familiar things are very comforting.' Elizabeth Taylor

Contributors

Unknown:
Joan E. Cass
Unknown:
Jean Sutcliffe
Unknown:
Elizabeth Taylor

Introduced by Olive Shapley
' Good Cooking with Sour Milk,' by Lili Kowalska
Today's Guest: An Australian Looks at Some British Myths,' by Catherine King
' Buying a House,' by a solicitor
' The Boys Go Camping,' by Ruth Ainsworth , who believes that parents should let children go off on their own adventures
Serial: ' A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,' by Betty Smith. Abridged by Ara Calder-Marshall. Read by Peggy Hassard

Contributors

Introduced By:
Olive Shapley
Unknown:
Lili Kowalska
Unknown:
Catherine King
Unknown:
Ruth Ainsworth
Unknown:
Betty Smith.
Abridged By:
Ara Calder-Marshall.
Read By:
Peggy Hassard

by Hesketh Pearson and Colin Hurry
Adapted for broadcasting by Peggy Wells
Produced by Charles Lefeaux

Contributors

Unknown:
Hesketh Pearson
Broadcasting By:
Peggy Wells
Produced By:
Charles Lefeaux
Donald Harting:
David Peel
Doris Harting:
Joan Matheson
John Brownneld:
Richard Hurndall
Annie:
Betty Baskcomb
Mr Wemyss:
Duncan McLntvre
Mrs Rydal:
Barbara Couper
Mr Climping:
John Turn-Bull
Sir Kenneth Oakley:
Laidman Browne

Eamonn Andrews puts all the questions, and Gladys Hay , Harold Berens , and Michael Moore know none of the answers
The Cherokeys with Frank Baron
Music by the Dixielanders Script by Ronnie Hanbury Produced by'Tom Ronald

Contributors

Unknown:
Eamonn Andrews
Unknown:
Gladys Hay
Unknown:
Harold Berens
Unknown:
Michael Moore
Unknown:
Frank Baron
Script By:
Ronnie Hanbury
Produced By:
Tom Ronald

Radio's musical rendezvous where you can hear
Gregori Tcherniak (balalaika) accompanied by Geoffrey Sisley (guitar)
Rawicz and Landauer and Peter Dawson with the Majestic Orchestra Conducted by Lou Whiteson
Your host,
Alan Skempton
Direction, Campbell Ricketts

Contributors

Balalaika:
Gregori Tcherniak
Guitar:
Geoffrey Sisley
Guitar:
Rawicz
Guitar:
Landauer
Guitar:
Peter Dawson
Conducted By:
Lou Whiteson
Unknown:
Alan Skempton
Unknown:
Campbell Ricketts

by Mabel and Denis Constanduros
Episode 3
Produced by Cleland Finn

Contributors

Produced By:
Cleland Finn
Father (Ernest Allworth):
Eric Portman
Mother (Alice Allworth):
Nan Munro
Brandon Allworth:
David Peel
Gladys Allworth:
Joan Hart
Dolly Allworth:
Beryl Calder
Elsie Allworth:
Denise Bryer
Fanny:
Joan Newell
Briggs:
Billy Thatcher
Aubrey Perelll:
Deryck Guyler
Jenner:
Charles Leno
Millie Proctor:
Mollie Lawson

Hilda Meacham
John Rorke
Dilys Lay
Terry Wilson
de Haven and Page
G. H. Elliott
Chairman. Rob Currie
Supported by: George Betton , Connie Fraser Harry Loman , Marie Saunders
Ricardo Pasquale
Palace of Varieties Chorus
BBC Variety Orchestra
Show produced and conducted by Ernest Longstaffe

Contributors

Unknown:
Hilda Meacham
Unknown:
John Rorke
Unknown:
Dilys Lay
Unknown:
Terry Wilson
Unknown:
de Haven
Unknown:
Page
Unknown:
G. H. Elliott
Unknown:
Rob Currie
Unknown:
George Betton
Unknown:
Connie Fraser
Unknown:
Harry Loman
Unknown:
Marie Saunders
Unknown:
Ricardo Pasquale
Conducted By:
Ernest Longstaffe

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