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A programme for children under five
Nursery rhymes, stories, and music
' Little and good,' says the adage — and tha-t, no doubt, accounts at least in part for the popularity of Tommy the Tugboat among our under fives. Tommy is very small, and by no means handsome, but out he goes fearlessly every day about his business on the vast * rumbling, tumbling ' ocean, and he it is who rescues the beautiful but haughty Queen of the Sea, one of the greatest ships in the world, when she is ignominiously stuck on a sandbank. Tommy, in fact, has a strange affinity with our under fives. Like him they are small and seemingly unimportant creatures in a big world, and :t does them good to hear of him tackling difficulties with confidence and success. Even the Queen of the Sea apologises for being rude!
Daphne Oxenford brings back, today and -tomorrow, Dora Tharoher 's two stories about Tommy, together with a third, a new one, on Wednesday, while on Thursday and Friday comes Dorothy Smith with ' Mollie under the Apple Tree,' by Ruth Ainsworth. and ' The Little While Piano ' by Mary Harbett. Lorna Pegram returns today to introduce the programme6 for the next two weeks.
Elizabeth A. Taylor

Contributors

Unknown:
Daphne Oxenford
Unknown:
Dora Tharoher
Unknown:
Dorothy Smith
Unknown:
Ruth Ainsworth.
Unknown:
Mary Harbett.
Unknown:
Lorna Pegram
Unknown:
Elizabeth A. Taylor

Woman's Hour becomes Everybody's Hour
In this programme for the holiday season you hear:
' At the Villa Rose ' : a novel by A. E. W. Mason , abridged by Audrey Lucas , read in serial form by David Garth
' I Like This': records chosen by a Woman's Hour personality
This week, Ruth Drew
' Old Folks' Corner': a place of their own for the over sixty-fives
Presented by Stuart Hibberd and Richard Tatlock
Programme introduced by Marjorie Anderson

Contributors

Novel By:
A. E. W. Mason
Abridged By:
Audrey Lucas
Unknown:
David Garth
Unknown:
Ruth Drew
Presented By:
Stuart Hibberd
Presented By:
Richard Tatlock
Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson

Mrs. Dale, the doctor's wife, records the daily happenings in the life of her family
Script by Basil Dawson
To be repeated tomorrow at 11.0 a.m.
While Isabel Fielding was at Virginia Lodge she met the carrier who had come to collect Angeline and by mistake directed him to pick up Mrs. Sandiman's goat. Mrs. Sandiman was very annoyed but Gwen and David arrived and explained the mistake. Saturday was Dr. and Mrs. Dale's wedding anniversary and the rest of the family congratulated them. Bob and Joe Bates spent the week-end at Virginia Lodge and watched cricket at the Oval. Mollie wanted to live at Marble Heath, near Geoff, but Mrs. Dale advised her against it. Philip Beel visited Sally at Gimlet Green, she offered to let her flat to him until the beginning of September.

Contributors

Script By:
Basil Dawson
Mrs Dale:
Ellis Powell
Dr Dale:
Douglas Burbidge
Bob Dale:
Leslie Heritage
Gwen Owen:
Beryl Calder
David Owen:
John Springett
Mrs Freeman:
Dorothy Lane
Sally Lane:
Thelma Hughes
Sally Lane:
Margaret Ward
Mrs Morgan:
Grace Allardyce
Mollie Lambert:
Freda Falconer
Joe Bates:
Alexander Gauge
Isabel Fielding:
Thea Wells
Miss Marchbanks:
Harriet Petworth
Grandfather Dale:
Jack Shaw
Peggy Trotter:
Joy Adamson
Miss Boothby:
Helena Pickard
Marleen:
Violet Loxley
Bruce Laurie:
John Rae

A play for broadcasting by H. Oldfield Box
Adapted from Gerald Kersh 's story, ' Fairy Gold '
Other parts played by: Hugh Manning , Frank Tickle
Michael O'Halloran , Margaret Ward and Mary Williams
Produced by Hugh Stewart

Contributors

Broadcasting By:
H. Oldfield
Unknown:
Gerald Kersh
Played By:
Hugh Manning
Played By:
Frank Tickle
Unknown:
Michael O'Halloran
Unknown:
Margaret Ward
Unknown:
Mary Williams
Produced By:
Hugh Stewart
Narrator:
Hugh Falkus
Trew:
Jonathan Field
Middleiton:
Hugh Burden
Louie:
Margaret Barton
Mr Mawson:
Austin Trevor
Mrs Gibson:
Elsa Palmer
Jack Duck:
Frank Atkinson
Norah Duck:
Elma Verity
Joe Jakes:
Allan Jeayes
Clerk:
Patrick Troughton
Mr Pismire:
Tony Quinn

presents 'Union Pacific '
Episode 9
Paul Carpenter as 'Jeff'
Arnold Charles Irwin as ' Luke ' Carole Carr , Bob Mallin
Macdonald Parke. Alan Keith
Guy Kingsley Poynter
Reed de Rouen and ' Rustler '
Music by the Four Ramblers
Freddie Phillips and the Sons of the Saddle led by Jack Fallon
Written and produced by Charles Chilton

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Carpenter
Unknown:
Arnold Charles Irwin
Unknown:
Carole Carr
Unknown:
Bob Mallin
Unknown:
MacDonald Parke.
Unknown:
Alan Keith
Unknown:
Guy Kingsley Poynter
Unknown:
Jack Fallon
Produced By:
Charles Chilton

Some diversions on a car journey with Peter Ustinov
Peter Jones
Rose Hill and the Aeolian Players
Written by Peter Ustinov and Peter Jones
Edited by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Pat Dixon

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Ustinov
Unknown:
Peter Jones
Unknown:
Rose Hill
Written By:
Peter Ustinov
Written By:
Peter Jones
Edited By:
Frank Muir
Edited By:
Denis Norden
Produced By:
Pat Dixon

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