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Introduced by Jean Metcalfe and including
'Guest - Book ' : Evelyn Gibbs brings to the microphone each week a group of Festival visitors to greet listeners and sign the programme's guest-book
' Coming Shortly': Derek Hart talks about some of the films that will be appearing soon in local cinemas
' Learning to Read': a talk by Frank Whitehead on stories for the smaller children
Children in Hospital. 1—' In our hospital we like children to have visitors': a doctor and a nurse tell you why they think so.
Serial: ' A Woman Among Savages.' The story of Mary Kingsley by Helen Simpson. Abridged by Nontando Jabavu. Read by Georgie Henschel

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jean Metcalfe
Unknown:
Evelyn Gibbs
Talks:
Derek Hart
Talk By:
Frank Whitehead
Unknown:
Mary Kingsley
Unknown:
Helen Simpson.
Abridged By:
Nontando Jabavu.
Read By:
Georgie Henschel

with his crazy gang
Henry Lytton , Len Marten Molly Weir , Deryck Guyler
Edna Fryer , Frederick Ferrari
The Mitchell Maids
BBC Revue Orchestra
Conductor, Robert Busby
Script by Charlie Chester
Produced by Leslie Bridgmont

Contributors

Unknown:
Henry Lytton
Unknown:
Len Marten
Unknown:
Molly Weir
Unknown:
Deryck Guyler
Unknown:
Edna Fryer
Unknown:
Frederick Ferrari
Conductor:
Robert Busby
Script By:
Charlie Chester
Produced By:
Leslie Bridgmont

by John L. Balderston in collaboration with J. C. Squire
Adapted for broadcasting by Mollie Greenhalgh
Characters in order of speaking:
Produced by Mary Hope Allen

Contributors

Unknown:
John L. Balderston
Broadcasting By:
Mollie Greenhalgh
Produced By:
Mary Hope Allen
Narrator:
Richard Williams
Mrs Barwich:
Ann Codrington
The Ambassador:
MacDonald Parke
Peter Standish:
Douglass Montgomery
Marjorle Frant:
Eileen Date
Tom Pettigrew:
Allan McClelland
Kate Pettigrew:
Sheila Burrell
The Lady Anne Pettigrew:
Gladys Young
Mr Throstle:
Ivor Barnard
Helen Pettigrew:
Peggy Bryan
The Duchess of Devonshire:
Meum Stewart
Major Clinton:
Norman Claridge
Sir Joshua Reynolds:
Arthur Ridley
Maid:
Beryl Calder

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