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Introduced by Jean Metcalfe and including
' Reading Your Letters and Answering Your Questions': a weekly programme contributed by listeners
'Else and the Wedding Gift': Fay Webster recalls a home in Denmark
(Continued in next column)
' Reunion in Ceylon': Patricia Talbot talks about a day spent with two Sinhalese friends of her childhood
' Around and About Britain': the Scottish scene
Serial: 'Hester' by Mrs. Oliphant. Abridged by Honor Wyatt . Read by Sheila Mitchell

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jean Metcalfe
Unknown:
Fay Webster
Talks:
Patricia Talbot
Abridged By:
Honor Wyatt
Read By:
Sheila Mitchell

Commonwealth artists entertain featuring
Boscoe Holder and Sheila Clarke
Derrick Francis
David Allen , Bob Freeman
BBC Revue Orchestra (Leader. David Paget )
Introduced by Aidan MacDermot
Produced by David Miller

Contributors

Unknown:
Sheila Clarke
Unknown:
Derrick Francis
Unknown:
David Allen
Unknown:
Bob Freeman
Leader:
David Paget
Introduced By:
Aidan MacDermot
Produced By:
David Miller

A slice of life served up for family listening by John Boorman and Pat Macrae
Fashion King
In London: Norman Hartnell , the Queen's dress-maker
In Manchester: Judy Morecroft , 19-year-old dress design student
Time: The eve of the ' Big Eleven ' Dress Show
Subject: Fashion as a career
Music-Makers
A Welcome song by the Ngati-Poneke Young Maori Club of Wellington, New Zealand
Youth Group of the Year
First results in the challenge competition
' You're Only Young Once '
The adventures of the Caldicotts
(fourth series)
Script by Edward J. Mason 6-' A Question of Maturity '

Contributors

Unknown:
John Boorman
Unknown:
Pat MacRae
Unknown:
Norman Hartnell
Unknown:
Judy Morecroft
Script By:
Edward J. Mason

A new radio serial based on the novels by C. S. Forester and adapted by Arlen Ridley and Philo Higley
Episode 2
Other parts played by Russell Napier and Sebastian Cabot
Music composed and conducted by Sidney Torch
Produced by Harry Alan Towers and edited by Archie Campbell

Contributors

Unknown:
C. S. Forester
Adapted By:
Arlen Ridley
Unknown:
Philo Higley
Played By:
Russell Napier
Played By:
Sebastian Cabot
Conducted By:
Sidney Torch
Produced By:
Harry Alan
Edited By:
Archie Campbell
Commodore Sir Horatio Hornblower:
Michael Redgrave
Brown:
Jack Fraser
Captain Clarke:
Keith Pyott
Surgeon:
Alex McCrindle
Captain Bush:
Donald Bissett

Introduced by Richard Murdoch, Kenneth Horne and Sam Costa with Lana Morris
The Singers:
Mandy Miller, David Hughes
The Merrymakers
Guest Comedian Terry-Thomas
Show Time
Excerpts and stars from current British films
This week: Nigel Patrick, Peggy Cummins, and George Cole in 'Who Goes There'
Novelty Corner
Introducing Forces to the Forces and Sirdani, the 'Gulli-Gulli Man'
Solo pianist: Lance Dossor
The Peter Knight Singers
Augmented Dance Orchestra conducted by Stanley Black
Script by Bob Monkhouse and Denis Goodwin
Produced by Leslie Bridgmont and Frank Hooper

Contributors

Introduced By:
Richard Murdoch
Introduced By:
Kenneth Home
Introduced By:
Sam Costa
Unknown:
Lana Morris
Singers:
Mandy Miller
Singers:
David Hughes
Unknown:
Nigel Patrick
Unknown:
Peggy Cummins
Unknown:
George Cole
Conducted By:
Stanley Black
Script By:
Bob Monkhouse
Script By:
Denis Goodwin
Produced By:
Leslie Bridgmont
Produced By:
Frank Hooper

Paris and Vienna
The story of a musical rivalry that spanned a century
Part 7
This programme tells of the closing rounds in the long contest between Jacques Offenbach in Paris and Johann Strauss in Vienna for the musical leadership of the world
Singers:
Adele Leigh
Betty Huntley-Wright
Keith Kennedy
Lloyd Strauss-Smith
(Continued in next column)
BBC Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Leslie Woodgate
BBC Concert Orchestra
(Leader. John Sharpe )
Conductor, Gilbert Vinter with Keith Pyott as the Voice of Paris and Rudolph Offenbach as the Voice of Vienna
Devised by Kenneth Pakeman and written by Maurice Gorham
Produced by Malcolm Baker-Smith and Kenneth Pakeman

Contributors

Unknown:
Johann Strauss
Singers:
Adele Leigh
Singers:
Betty Huntley-Wright
Singers:
Keith Kennedy
Unknown:
Lloyd Strauss-Smith
Chorus-Master:
Leslie Woodgate
Leader:
John Sharpe
Conductor:
Gilbert Vinter
Unknown:
Keith Pyott
Unknown:
Rudolph Offenbach
Unknown:
Kenneth Pakeman
Written By:
Maurice Gorham
Produced By:
Malcolm Baker-Smith
Produced By:
Kenneth Pakeman

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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