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From the North of England
Portrait of a Northern Listener: Gwen Pain goes to Liverpool to meet Alice Webb , the stay-at-home wife of a touring Variety artist
Baiting the Buy-Lines: Clifford Buttrey tells you how advertisers regard women
Talking about my Operation: ... but only to encourage those who have never been in hospital: by Mary Thorpe
Violet Carson Entertains: with songs at the piano
Diamonds in the Rough: the diamond in your ring may be the result of one of the extraordinary adventures of prospectors like W. E. Fleming , now back in Newcastle after twenty years in British Guiana Dear George: Muriel Owen puts the case for mothers of awkward children
Serial:
'o Rugged Land of Gold ' by Martha Martin
Abridged by Honor Wyatt
Read by Peggy Hassard
Programme introduced by Violet Carson

Contributors

Unknown:
Gwen Pain
Unknown:
Alice Webb
Unknown:
Clifford Buttrey
Unknown:
Mary Thorpe
Unknown:
Violet Carson
Unknown:
W. E. Fleming
Unknown:
Muriel Owen
Unknown:
Martha Martin
Abridged By:
Honor Wyatt
Read By:
Peggy Hassard
Introduced By:
Violet Carson

Script by Hazel Adair
Shortly after his arrival at VirginaLodge, Henry Freeman tried hard go persuade
Mrs. Freeman to go to live permanently witih him and Joyce in Cornwall, blit tactfully she refused. Gwen and David decided to sell Maud French's wedding present-a Chinese chest; tihey sent it to Mr. Capon's shop, but his prospective client discovered it was a fake and before ,they had f.me to take i.t back, Mr. Odgers had bought it for £ 20. Trevor was offered a temporary job at the club where Tony Coppard worked, and on 'hearing chat Trevor wanted money, Tony offered to arrange a loan for him. Sally's pontrait was accepted by the Royal Academy for the Summer Exhibition. Grandfather Dale arrived at Virginia Lodge on a visit.

Contributors

Script By:
Hazel Adair
Unknown:
Henry Freeman
Unknown:
Tony Coppard
Unknown:
Grandfather Dale
Mrs Dale:
Ellis Powell
Dr Dale:
Douglas Burbidge
Gwen Owen:
Beryl Calder
Bob Dale:
Leslie Heritage
Sally Lane:
Thelma Hughes
Mrs Freeman:
Dorothy Lane
Mrs Morgan:
Grace Allardyce
Maud French:
Gwen Day Burroughs
Damon Spinzuk:
Paul Whiitsun-Jones
Grandfather Dale:
Jack Shaw
Trevor Marsden:
Peter Scott
Isabel Fielding:
Thea Wells
Edward Fielding:
Keith Pyott
Miss Simmons:
Evelyn Moore
Mr Odgers:
Victor Platt
Richard Fulton:
Norman Chidgey
Fickling:
Robert Webber
Mrs Vyner:
Dorothy Darke
Bessie Monument:
Iris Ballard
Monument:
Charles Lamb
Jenny Owen:
Julia Braddock
Denby Harris:
Philip Lennard
Reporter:
Brian Hayes
Usherette:
Janet Burnell
Club supporter:
Rupert Davies

A radio play by John Keir Cross from the novel by John Wyndham
Produced by Peter Watts

Contributors

Play By:
John Keir Cross
Novel By:
John Wyndham
Produced By:
Peter Watts
Michael Watson:
Robert Beatty
Phyllis Watson:
Grizelda Hervey
Ship's Captain:
T St John Barry
Captain Winters, R N:
Edward Jewesbury
Lieutenant Commander:
Michael Turner
Wiseman:
John Pett
Trant:
George Hagan
A seaman:
Peter Henchie
Doctor Alastair Bocker:
Arthur Lawrence
Freddy Whittier:
Hugh Falkus
Doctor Matet:
Cyril Shaps
A man:
Stephen Jack

The BBC Show Band
Directed by Cyril Stapleton
This week's Show Band Star:
Jon Pertwee with Rikki Fulton
The Stargazers, Bill McGuffie
Harold Smart , Julie Dawn
The Show Band Singers
Script by Pat Dunlop
Produced by Johnnie Stewart

Contributors

Directed By:
Cyril Stapleton
Unknown:
Jon Pertwee
Unknown:
Rikki Fulton
Unknown:
Bill McGuffie
Unknown:
Harold Smart
Unknown:
Julie Dawn
Script By:
Pat Dunlop
Produced By:
Johnnie Stewart

A serial in eight parts by Francis Durbridge
[Starring] Peter Coke and Marjorie Westbury

Contributors

Writer:
Francis Durbridge
Producer:
Martyn C. Webster
Paul Temple:
Peter Coke
Steve:
Marjorie Westbury
Lynn Ferguson:
Peggy Hassard
Charlie:
James Beattie
Sir Graham Forbes:
Lester Mudditt
Detective Inspector Kingston:
Duncan McIntyre
Betty Wayne:
Grizelda Hervey
Lance Reynolds:
Richard Williams
Dan Priestley:
Cyril Shaps
Wilfrid Stirling:
Charles Leno
Louis Fabian:
Olaf Olsen

Just Jazz
Albert Hall , Vic Ash
Geoff Taylor , Jimmy Skidmore
Harry Klein with the Tony Kinsey Trio
Introduced by Dill Jones
Produced by Jimmy Grant and Donald MacLean

Contributors

Unknown:
Albert Hall
Unknown:
Vic Ash
Unknown:
Geoff Taylor
Unknown:
Jimmy Skidmore
Unknown:
Harry Klein
Introduced By:
Dill Jones
Produced By:
Jimmy Grant
Produced By:
Donald MacLean

Light Programme

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