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Scottish Edition
Introduced by Madeleine Christie
' Drama on a Shoe-string': John Russell presents, with recordings, a visit to the Scottish Arts Theatre which plays to packed houses in the smallest villages
' Yellow Peril': John Ramsay-Fairfax tells of a feud between two Edinburgh ladies in Edwardian times
' You Want the Best Knitting': Jeanette MacDonald puts forward a claim from Scotland
' Great Chieftain o' the Puddin' Race': songs about the Scots kitchen
' Feminine Enterprise ': an account of a new art gallery and club run by and for women artists in Edinburgh
Short story: Three Fingers are Plenty.' Written and read by Neil Paterson

Contributors

Introduced By:
Madeleine Christie
Read By:
Neil Paterson

by Robert Louis Stevenson
Arranged as a serial for broadcasting by R. J. B. Sellar
6—' The Tiger in Pursuit'
Produced by James Crampsey

Contributors

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

Questions of the moment put by members of the audience are discussed spontaneously by Ralph Wightman Robert Henriques
Frank Byers
R. H. S. Crossman , M.P.
Travelling Question-Master,
Freddy Grisewood
Produced by Nicholas Crocker
From the Royal Armoured Corps Centre, Bovington Camp, Dorset

Contributors

Unknown:
Ralph Wightman
Unknown:
Robert Henriques
Unknown:
Frank Byers
Unknown:
R. H. S. Crossman , M.P.
Question-Master:
Freddy Grisewood
Produced By:
Nicholas Crocker

1951 Edition
with Peggy Ashby, Alec Pleon, Barbara Sumner, Horace Mashford, Ike Hatch, George Doonan
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:
Peggy Ashby
Unknown:
Alec Pleon
Unknown:
Barbara Sumner
Unknown:
Horace Mashford
Unknown:
Ike Hatch
Unknown:
George Doonan
Unknown:
Billy Howard
Unknown:
Connie Fraser
Unknown:
Harry Loman
Unknown:
Richard Pasquale
Conducted By:
Ernest Longstaffe

by Edward J. Mason
7—' Outbreak of Violence '
Music specially composed by Basil Hempseed
Production by Cleland Finn

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward J. Mason
Composed By:
Basil Hempseed
Production By:
Cleland Finn
Miss Dangerfleld:
Rita Vale
Brett Norton:
Deryck Guyler
Jean-Pierre:
John Bentley
Banwell Spender:
Raf de la Torre
Laura Gross:
Vivienne Chatterton
Brigadier:
Richard Williams
Swordflsh Jones:
David Kossoff
Norrie:
Wensley Pithey
Orchestra manager:
Leslie Heritage

Music of the sunny south sung and played by Gita de la Fuente
George Elliott Danny Levan
Janet Fraser and Norman Fraser with the Southern Serenade Orchestra directed by Lou Whiteson
Presented by Campbell Ricketts

Contributors

Played By:
Gita de la Fuente
Played By:
George Elliott
Played By:
Danny Levan
Unknown:
Janet Fraser
Unknown:
Norman Fraser
Directed By:
Lou Whiteson
Presented By:
Campbell Ricketts

Light Programme

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