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Introduced by Mary Hill
' Talking of Bees : Their Resting Period,' by May M. Hooper
' What's Going On?': spotlight on current affairs
' How do they like Canada ? ' : Powell Smily , a Canadian journalist working in England, recently returned home for a visit, and met some of the British war-brides married to Canadian Servicemen
' Here is a Home : the Fawdreys of Manchester. The first of a series of visits which Olive Shapley is paying to. families who live in different parts of the country.
Serial: The Day is Ours,' by Hilda Lewis. Abridged by Hilton Brown. Read by Jill Balcon

Contributors

Introduced By:
Mary Hill
Unknown:
May M. Hooper
Unknown:
Powell Smily
Unknown:
Olive Shapley
Unknown:
Hilda Lewis.
Abridged By:
Hilton Brown.
Read By:
Jill Balcon

with Walter Fitzgerald and Denis O'Dea
From the R.K.O.-Walt Disney production of Robert Louis Stevenson 's story
Adapted from the novel and edited from the sound-track by Desmond Carrington
2 - 'The Voyage Begins'
Produced by Thurstan Holland

Contributors

Unknown:
Walter Fitzgerald
Unknown:
Denis O'Dea
Unknown:
Robert Louis Stevenson
Unknown:
Desmond Carrington
Produced By:
Thurstan Holland
Jim Hawkins (as a boy):
Bobby Driscoll
Jim Hawkins (as a man):
Brian Haines
Long John Silver:
Robert Newton
Captain Smollett:
Basil Sydney
Squire Trelawney:
Walter Fitzgerald
Doctor Livesey:
Denis O'Dea
George Merry:
Ralph Truman

'Corn in Egypt!'
Episode 3 with Harold Berens and Leon Cortez
Miriam Karlin
Eric Phillips
Stephen Jack
BBC Variety Orchestra
Script by Ronnie Hanbury
Production by George Inns

Contributors

Unknown:
Harold Berens
Unknown:
Leon Cortez
Unknown:
Miriam Karlin
Unknown:
Eric Phillips
Unknown:
Stephen Jack
Script By:
Ronnie Hanbury
Production By:
George Inns

Questions of the moment put by members of the audience are discussed spontaneously by: A. G. Street
J. F. Wolfenden
Jennie Lee m.p ,
Stephen King-Hall
Travelling Question-Master,
Freddy Grisewood
From the Guildhall, Southampton
Produced by Nicholas Crocker

Contributors

Unknown:
A. G. Street
Unknown:
J. F. Wolfenden
Unknown:
Jennie Lee M.P
Unknown:
Stephen King-Hall
Produced By:
Nicholas Crocker

by Warwick Deeping Dramatised for radio as a serial in nine parts by John Watt
Produced by Ayton Whitaker
Part 1
Music specially eomposed by Henry Reed and played by a section of the BBC Variety Orchestra
Conducted by Rae Jenkins

Contributors

Produced By:
Ayton Whitaker
Unknown:
Henry Reed
Conducted By:
Rae Jenkins
Thomas Roland:
James McKechnie
Stephen Sorrell:
Howard Marion-Crawford
Kit Stephen's son:
John Charlesworth
Railway porter:
Stanley Groome
Landlady:
Thea Wells
Young girl:
Betty Baskcomb
Miss Margreaves:
Janet Morrison
Flo Palfrey:
Peggy Thorpe-Bates
Mr Palfrey:
Arthur Ridley

Light Programme

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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