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A weekly radio magazine for young listeners
Edited and produced by Lionel Gamlin
Rhythm Roundabout
Cecil Norman and his Merry-Go-Roundsmen invite you to join them for a holiday musical ride
Holiday Harmonist,
Alf Edwards (concertina)
Olympic Games Report
Stan Tomlin. just back from Helsinki, gives you his impressions of the performances achieved by the younger members of the British Olympic team
Let's Hear the Other Side!
Marcel Stellman puts some discs on the turntable in four different ways:
Fun-and-Games, Free Ticket
Fiddling Around, and Fun with the Famous
Guest of honour, Hermione Gingold

Contributors

Produced By:
Lionel Gamlin
Produced By:
Rhythm Roundabout
Produced By:
Cecil Norman
Concertina:
Alf Edwards
Unknown:
Stan Tomlin.
Unknown:
Marcel Stellman
Unknown:
Hermione Gingold

Introduced by Roy Plomley
The Ladies:
Yvonne Arnaud , Martina Mayne
Anne Valery v. the Gentlemen:
Gerard Hoffnung , Kenneth Horne
Hugh Sweny
The Jury:
Three hosiers from Piccadilly, London
Devised and produced by Ian C. Messiter

Contributors

Introduced By:
Roy Plomley
Unknown:
Yvonne Arnaud
Unknown:
Martina Mayne
Unknown:
Anne Valery
Unknown:
Gerard Hoffnung
Unknown:
Kenneth Horne
Unknown:
Hugh Sweny
Produced By:
Ian C. Messiter

The Land of the Midnight Sun
2-To the Lofoten Islands and Hartstad
Robert Dunnett and Bernard Lyons tell the story of a recent journey they made from New-castle to Bergen and then by coastal express steamer up the Norwegian coast to Kirkenes, the last port In Northern Norway
Programme includes recordings made on the ships and in the ports of call
Written by Robert Dunnett Produced by Bernard Lyons

Contributors

Unknown:
Lofoten Islands
Written By:
Robert Dunnett
Produced By:
Bernard Lyons

Seaside entertainment presenting leading artists appearing at holiday resorts
This week the spotlight falls on Ramsgate and picks out
Benny Hill
Low and Webster Mary Denise
Penny Nicholls and Billy Merrin appearing in Tom Arnold 's The Big Show ' at the Granville Theatre
The Harmonica Hotshots
Ted Gilbert
Roy and Ray appearing in Cecil G. Buckingham 's
' Seaside Showboat ' at the Royal Victoria Pavilion
At the pianos: Winifred Taylor and Kathleen O'Hagan
Presented by John Ellison

Contributors

Unknown:
Benny Hill
Unknown:
Webster Mary Denise
Unknown:
Penny Nicholls
Unknown:
Billy Merrin
Unknown:
Tom Arnold
Unknown:
Ted Gilbert
Unknown:
Cecil G. Buckingham
Pianos:
Winifred Taylor
Pianos:
Kathleen O'Hagan
Presented By:
John Ellison

London v. Wales: Round 6
Eight contests between a resident team in London and a challenging team from Wales London:
Hubert Phillips , Denis Brogan
Quiz-Master,
Lionel Hale Wales :
Wyn Griffith , T. I. Ellis
Quiz-Master, Gilbert Harding

Contributors

Unknown:
Hubert Phillips
Unknown:
Denis Brogan
Unknown:
Lionel Hale Wales
Unknown:
Wyn Griffith
Unknown:
T. I. Ellis
Unknown:
Gilbert Harding

by Warwick Deeping
Dramatised for radio as a serial in nine parts by John Watt
Produced by Ayton Whitaker
Part 1
(Continued in next column)
Music composed by Henry Reed and played by a section of the BBC Variety Orchestra
Conducted by Rae Jenkins

Contributors

Unknown:
Warwick Deeping
Unknown:
John Watt
Produced By:
Ayton Whitaker
Composed By:
Henry Reed
Conducted By:
Rae Jenkins
Thomas Roland:
James McKechnie
Stephen Sorrell:
Howard Marion-Crawford
Kit, Stephen's son:
John Charlesworth
Railway porter:
Stanley Groome
Landlady:
Thea Wells
Young girl:
Betty Baskcomb
Miss Margreaves:
Janet Morrison
Flo Palfrey:
Peggy Thorpe-Bates
Mr. Palfrey:
Arthur Ridley

Community hymn-singing from
Bangor Abbey , County Down
Conductor, R. M. Marshall
Organist, R. H. Graham
Hymns introduced by the Rev. James Hamilton
0 worship the King (Tune. Hanover) Hail, thou once despised Jesus (Tune,
Hyfrydol)
Our blest Redeemer (Tune, St. Cuthbert)
0 Word of God incarnate (Tune,
Munich)
How bright those glorious spirits shine (Tune. Beatitude)
Rock of ages, cleft for me (Tune,
Redhead)
Let me be with thee where thou art
(Tune. Hesperus)
Ten thousand times ten thousand
(Tune, Alford)

Contributors

Unknown:
Bangor Abbey
Conductor:
R. M. Marshall
Organist:
R. H. Graham
Unknown:
Rev. James Hamilton

with Bernard Miles , this week's resident comedian
The Peter Knight Singers
Stan Stennett
Kenny Thompson
Beryl Reid
John Lewis
Harold Berens
Jill Manners
Cyril Stapleton and his Orchestra
Produced by Bill Worsley
(Stan Stennett is appearing in Gaiety Whirl' at the Gaiety Theatre, Ayr; Harold Berens , in ' Lymelight Rendez vous ' at the Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis; Bernard Miles broadcasts by permission of Metro-Golduiyn-Mayer Pictures)

Contributors

Unknown:
Bernard Miles
Singers:
Stan Stennett
Singers:
Kenny Thompson
Singers:
Beryl Reid
Unknown:
John Lewis
Unknown:
Harold Berens
Unknown:
Jill Manners
Unknown:
Cyril Stapleton
Produced By:
Bill Worsley
Produced By:
Stan Stennett
Unknown:
Harold Berens
Unknown:
Lymelight Rendez
Unknown:
Bernard Miles

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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