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A daily programme for women at home
Introduced by Mary Hill and including:
'Our Home-Made Home': Gordon Boshell describes the house he and his wife found, and what they made of it.
'When Children Won't Take Milk,' by a doctor.
'Poems for a February Day': selected and presented by Georgie Henschel.
'Soft Soap and Whipped Cream' : Commander Ibbett describes some of the wiles he used to cheer up a wartime winter in Iceland
Short story: 'The Home-coming of Inghean Airg,' written and read by Stephanie Fone. (BBC recording)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Mary Hill
Unknown:
Gordon Boshell
Presented By:
Georgie Henschel
Unknown:
Iceland Short
Unknown:
Inghean Airg,'
Read By:
Stephanie Fone.

by Robert Louis Stevenson
Arranged as a serial for broadcasting by R. J. B. Sellar
4-' The Duel in the Shrubbery '
Produced by James Crampsey in the BBC's Scottish studios

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Louis Stevenson
Broadcasting By:
R. J. B. Sellar
Produced By:
James Crampsey
Lord Durrisdeer:
Douglas Robin
James Durie Master of Ballantrae:
Moultrie R. Kelsall
Henry Durie:
Bryden Murdoch
Alison, his wife:
Denise Edwards
Ephraim Mackellar:
George Davies

Questions of the moment put by members of the audience are discussed spontaneously by Ralph Wightman
Robert Boothby , M.P.
Kingsiey Martin Lewis Hastings
Travelling Question-Master.
Freddy Grisewood
From Hillside Primary School,
Wymering, Portsmouth
Produced by Nicholas Crocker

Contributors

Unknown:
Ralph Wightman
Unknown:
Robert Boothby
Produced By:
Nicholas Crocker

1951 edition with Margery Manners, Helen Clare
Jack Warman , Terry Wilson
Mooney and King
Chairman, Tod Slaughter
Supported by Billy Howard. Connie
Fraser Harry Loman. Richard Pasquale with the Palace of Varieties Chorus and the BBC Variety Orchestra
Show produced and conducted by Ernest Longstaffe

Contributors

Unknown:
Helen Clare
Unknown:
Jack Warman
Unknown:
Terry Wilson
Unknown:
Billy Howard.
Unknown:
Fraser Harry Loman.
Unknown:
Richard Pasquale
Conducted By:
Ernest Longstaffe

by Edward J. Mason
5-' Sudden Death '
Other parts played by Robert Bishop and Betty Baskcomb
Music specially composed by Basil Hempseed
Production by Cleland Finn

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward J. Mason
Played By:
Robert Bishop
Played By:
Betty Baskcomb
Production By:
Cleland Finn
Miss Dangerfield:
Rita Vale
Brett Norton:
Deryck Guyler
Jean-Pierre:
John Bentley
Laura Gross:
Vivienne Chatterton
Banwell Spender:
Raf de la Torre
Sam Buxton:
Hamilton Dyce
Swordflsh Jones:
David Kossoff
Angel:
Billy Thatcher
The Brigadier:
Richard Williams
Mary:
Denise Bryer
Night club manager:
Roy Dean

Light Programme

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About this data

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