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Introduced by Mary Hill
' From the Hens' Point of View,' by Eunice E. Kidd
' What's Going On': spotlight on current affairs
' Winter Visitors’ : James Fisher talks about the birds that come to Britain for the winter months
' Auntie Faces Facts': Margaret Reekie puts the well-meaning aunt's point of view about Christmas presents
' Here is a Home': the Walkers of Great Amwell, Hertfordshire
The second of a series of visits which Olive Shapley is paying to families who live in different parts of the country.
'Family Album': an original serial story by Antonia Ridge , read by the author

Contributors

Introduced By:
Mary Hill
Unknown:
Eunice E. Kidd
Talks:
James Fisher
Unknown:
Margaret Reekie
Unknown:
Olive Shapley
Story By:
Antonia Ridge

starring Bobby Driscoll
Robert Newton and Basil Sydney
From the R.K.O.-Walt Disney production of Robert LouisStevenson's story
Adapted from the novel and edited from the sound-track by Desmond Carrington
6—‘ Pieces of Eight’
Produced by Thurstan Holland

Contributors

Unknown:
Bobby Driscoll
Unknown:
Robert Newton
Unknown:
Basil Sydney
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
Ben Gunn:
Geoffrey Wilkinson
Morgan:
William Devlin

' Up and Atom! ': Episode 1 with Harold Berens , Leon Cortez
Miriam Karlin
Eric Phillips
Stephen Jack
BBC Revue Orchestra
.Conductor, Robert Buslby
Script by Ronnie Hanbury Production by George Inns "

Contributors

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

by Warwick Deeping
Dramatised for radio as a serial in nine parts by John Watt
Part 5
Music specially composed by Henry Reed and played by a section of the BBC Variety Orchestra
Conducted by Rae Jenkins
Produced by Ayton Whitaker

Contributors

Unknown:
John Watt
Composed By:
Henry Reed
Conducted By:
Rae Jenkins
Produced By:
Ayton Whitaker
Thomas Roland:
James McKechnie
Stephen Sorrell:
Howard Marion-Crawford
Dora:
Bettina Dickson
Hulks:
Jack Howarth
Fanny:
Marjorie Westbury
Coach:
Donald Gray
Kit, Stephen's son:
Alastair Duncan
First undergraduate:
David Peel
Second undergraduate:
Malcolm Hayes
Landlady:
Susan Richards
Lola Merrindin:
Denise Bryer
Fluffy Tarrant:
Betty Baskcomb
Maid:
Barbara St Ledger

Questions of the moment put by members of the audience are discussed spontaneously by A. G. Street
Jack Longland
Robert Henriques
Benn Levy
Travelling Question-Master,
Freddy Grisewood
From the Grass Royal School. Yeovil
Produced by Nicholas Crocker
A. G. Street and Jack Longland are both frequent members of the ' Any Questions? ' teams.
Robert Henriques is a novelist. He started his career in the Army, joining the Royal Artillery in 1926. He retired from the Army and published his first novel in 1938. His second novel, published a year later, won the British Empire Prize and International Prize for Literature.
Benn Levy, a newcomer to the programme, is an author and playwright. He was Member of Parliament (Labour) for Eton and Slough from 1945 to 1950, but did not stand again at the last election. He has travelled extensively in Europe and recently returned from a visit to America. He is a member of the Fabian Society.

Contributors

Unknown:
A. G. Street
Unknown:
Jack Longland
Unknown:
Robert Henriques
Unknown:
Benn Levy
Produced By:
Nicholas Crocker
Produced By:
A. G. Street
Produced By:
Jack Longland

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