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A Christmas holiday magazine
Edited and produced by Lionel Gamlln
Peacock Pie
A mid-week mixture served with music by Billy Mayerl and his Rhythmic Piemen
Menu for Today:
Hospital Harmony
Billy and the Piemen play a request medley for young listeners in hospital
'Percy Peacock's Piccolo'
A short story told by Jo Plummer
Candy for Christmas
Isabel Merrett gives young sweet-makers another Christmas holiday recipe
Welcome Guest
Leslie Welch , the Memory Man
Friend of the Family
A personal call from a very familiar household figure
Today : The bus conductor

Contributors

Produced By:
Lionel Gamlln
Produced By:
Peacock Pie
Music By:
Billy Mayerl
Unknown:
'Percy Peacock'S Piccolo'
Told By:
Jo Plummer
Unknown:
Leslie Welch

A daily programme for women at home
Introduced by Jean Metcalfe and including:
Guest of the Week: Eamonn Andrews
'Coming Shortly': John Usborne talks about some of the films that will be appearing soon in local cinemas
'The Ordinary Devoted Mother and her Baby,' by a doctor
'Window on the World': to start this new series, Louise Cochrane talks about the sea and under the sea, using for illustration sounds recorded from the so-called 'silent depths'
Serial: 'Mary Barton' by Mrs. Gaskell. Abridged by Marianne Helweg. Read by John Sharp

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jean Metcalfe
Unknown:
Eamonn Andrews
Talks:
John Usborne
Talks:
Louise Cochrane
Unknown:
Mary Barton
Abridged By:
Marianne Helweg.
Read By:
John Sharp

A discussion by under-twenties about recent scientific fiction, particularly the films The Day the Earth Stood Still' and ' When Worlds Collide,' and the novel 'The Sands of Mars' by Arthur C. Clarke
Chairman, Karl Miller
Guests:
Arthur C. Clarke , Chairman of the British Interplanetary Society J. G. Porter , Ph.D., F.R.A.S., Vice-President of the British Astronomical Association

Contributors

Unknown:
Arthur C. Clarke
Unknown:
Karl Miller
Unknown:
Arthur C. Clarke
Unknown:
G. Porter

by A. P. Dearsley
Adapted for broadcasting by Peggy Weils
Cast in order of speaking:
Produced by David H. Godfrey

Contributors

Unknown:
A. P. Dearsley
Broadcasting By:
Peggy Weils
Produced By:
David H. Godfrey
The Reverend Arthur Blake:
Howieson Culff
Pamela Weston:
Denise Bryer
Alf Donklin:
J Hubert Leslie
His brothers::
Cedric Sidney Monckton
His brothers:Will:
Ivor Barnard
Mrs Mathews:
Elsa Palmer
Tim Barton:
Roger Snowdon
Bob Mackett:
Eric Anderson

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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