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Time-Saving Week
Introduced by Jean Metcalfe and including
' Guest-Book ': Evelyn Gibbs brings to the microphone a group of Festival visitors to greet listeners and sign the programme's guest-book
' You Can't Keep a Cat': John Merrett explains how this statement is proved true by his own cat, William '
' Coming Shortly ' : Derek Hart talks about some of the films that will be appearing soon in local cinemas
Children In Hospital. 4—' To visit or not to visit: is it all a matter of opinion or is anything really known about what is best? ' A children's physician tries to answer
'John Brown's Body '—12. The story of the American Civil War. Stephen Vincent Ben ét's epic poem, adapted for radio by Pamela Frankau and read by Richard Ainley , with Arthur Hill and asides on time saving by Sam Pollock
(Arthur Hill is appearing in Man and Superman ' at the Princes Theatre, London)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jean Metcalfe
Unknown:
Evelyn Gibbs
Unknown:
John Merrett
Talks:
Derek Hart
Unknown:
Stephen Vincent Ben
Unknown:
Pamela Frankau
Read By:
Richard Ainley
Unknown:
Arthur Hill
Unknown:
Sam Pollock
Unknown:
Arthur Hill

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 Joan Morgan
Adapted for broadcasting and produced by Archie Campbell
The action takes place at ' The Towers,' the Russells house in South London, and covers a period of eighteen months

Contributors

Unknown:
Joan Morgan
Produced By:
Archie Campbell
Mrs Holmes:
Susan Richards
Effie, her daughter:
Denise Bryer
Olivia Russell:
Mary Ellis
Arthur Russell, her husband:
Dodd Mehan
Fenella, their daughter:
Jill Raymond
Valentine Christie:
Gordon Davies
Terry, Olivia's son:
David Peel
Austen Penrose:
Hamilton Dyce

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