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Introduced by Mary Hill and including
' Backyard Gardens': M. Spencer Smith gives some practical advice to those who would like a garden but have only a backyard
' For Your Information’ : an officer of the Ministry of National Insurance answers some of your questions
' Canadian Chautauqua': Monica Mugan describes her travels with a fit-up theatre in Canada
' It's Horse Sense': a discussion on intelligence in animals by James Fisher , William Aspden , and Maxwell Knight
Serial: ' Emma ' by Jane Austen. Abridged by Ursula Wood. Read by Julia Lang

Contributors

Introduced By:
Mary Hill
Unknown:
M. Spencer
Unknown:
Monica Mugan
Unknown:
James Fisher
Unknown:
William Aspden
Unknown:
Jane Austen.
Abridged By:
Ursula Wood.
Read By:
Julia Lang

Questions of the moment put by members of the audience are discussed spontaneously by A. G. Street
Graham Hutton
Tom Driberg ,
M.P. John Betjeman
Travelling Question-Master,
Freddy Grisewood
From the Central Hall,
Guernsey, Channel Islands
Produced by Nicholas Crocker

Contributors

Unknown:
A. G. Street
Unknown:
Graham Hutton
Unknown:
Tom Driberg
Unknown:
M.P. John Betjeman
Produced By:
Nicholas Crocker

with Horace Mashford
Barbara Leigh
Gilbert Gordon
George Betton
Shaun Glenville
Dorothy Ward
Chairman, George Street
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:
Horace Mashford
Unknown:
Barbara Leigh
Unknown:
Gilbert Gordon
Unknown:
George Betton
Unknown:
Shaun Glenville
Unknown:
Dorothy Ward
Unknown:
Billy Howard
Unknown:
Connie Fraser
Unknown:
Harry Loman
Unknown:
Richard Pasquale

A romance of the Great Exhibition of 1851 by Dorothy Hewlett
Adapted for broadcasting by Jon Manchip White
6— ‛The Duke and the Regent'
Other parts played by Lewis Stringer , Ronald Sidney , and James Page
Production by David H. Godfrey

Contributors

Unknown:
Dorothy Hewlett
Played By:
Lewis Stringer
Played By:
Ronald Sidney
Production By:
David H. Godfrey
William:
Ivan Samson
David Peel:
William,a Boy
Phoebe:
Denise Bryer
Prince Albert:
Gerik Schjelderup
Queen Victoria:
Betty Hardy
Mr Baird:
Gordon MacLeod
Duke of Wellington:
Harry Hutchinson
Mr Fox:
Hamilton Dyce
Mr Watkins:
Charles Lamb
First old gentleman:
Ralph de Rohan
Second old gentleman:
J. Hubert Leslie
A gypsy:
Eric Anderson

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