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The Profession of Madame X: Freda Bromhead recalls a visit to France after the Liberation
Grandmother takes Higher Certificate: Elisabeth Carson relates how she fulfilled a wish late in life.
Store Detective: Bea Parry talks about her work
Facts about Silk: experts are questioned by Marjorie Anderson in the last of this series on materials
Serial: ' Miss Buncle's Book by D. E. Stevenson
Abridged by Eve Howland
Read by Mary Wimbush
The first of fifteen instalments
Programme introduced by Jean Metcalfe .

Contributors

Unknown:
Freda Bromhead
Unknown:
Elisabeth Carson
Talks:
Bea Parry
Unknown:
Marjorie Anderson
Book By:
D. E. Stevenson
Abridged By:
Eve Howland
Read By:
Mary Wimbush
Introduced By:
Jean Metcalfe

Mrs. Dale, the doctor's wife, records the daily happenings in the life of her family
Script by Jonquil Antony
Members of the Jury:
Manning Wilson , Brian Haines , Mairhi Russell , Sheila Rayner
Produred by Betty Davies
Bob and Jenny's engagement was announced in the paper. Bob moved into his new fiat. Sally took Mr. Fulton to Hastings; meanwhile Raffaele arrived unexpectedly at ' Stephanie.' When Sally returned he was very distant with her and told her that he had dismissed Rose Baker; Sally offered Rose a job at
Sarah.' The Dales felt that they could not afford a proper holiday this year, but Dr. Dale answered an advertisement by another doctor in a medical paper suggesting an exchange of practices. Miriam and Grandfather Dale came to London tor Alec's trial.

Contributors

Script By:
Jonquil Antony
Unknown:
Manning Wilson
Unknown:
Brian Haines
Unknown:
Mairhi Russell
Unknown:
Sheila Rayner
Unknown:
Betty Davies
Unknown:
Grandfather Dale
Mrs Dale:
Ellis Powell
Dr Dale:
James Dale
Bob Dale:
Leslie Heritage
Mrs Freeman:
Dorothy Lane
Sally Lane:
Thelrna Hughes
Gwen Owen:
Aline Waites
Mr Owen:
Kenneth Evans
Jenny Owen:
Julia Braddock
Grandfathel Dale ,:
Jack Shaw
Mrs Owen:
Hilda Bayley
Alec Dale:
Stuart Nichol
Sir Bernard Remington Wade:
John Welsh
Miss Mountford:
Joan Matheson
Mrs Mountford:
Violet Gouid
Judge:
Geoffrey Wincott
Nigel Bornheim, Q C:
Derek Birch
Usher:
George Merritt
Clerk of Arraigns:
Brian Haines
Foreman of Jury:
John Ruddock

by Oscar Wilde
Adapted for radio from the stage version by Paul Dehn
Cast in order of speaking:
Vera Kantrovitch (violin) accompanied by Cicely Hoye (piano)
Produced by Archie Campbell
The action takes place at Hunstanton Chase, a country seat, and later in Mrs. Arbuthnot's house nearby. The year is 1893.

Contributors

Unknown:
Oscar Wilde
Unknown:
Paul Dehn
Violin:
Vera Kantrovitch
Accompanied By:
Cicely Hoye
Produced By:
Archie Campbell
Lady Caroline Pontefract:
Gladys Young
Hester Worsley:
Pamela Alan
Sir John Pontefract:
Charles Maunsell
Lady Hunstanton:
Fabia Drake
Gerald Arbuthnot:
Jeremy Burnham
Footman:
Michael Turner
Lady Slutfield:
Dorice Fordred
Mrs Allonby:
Isabel Jeans
Mr Kelvil:
George Merritt
Lord Illingworth:
Richard Williams
Farquhar:
James Thomason
Mrs Arbuthnot:
Ambrosine Phillpotts
Archdeacon Daubeny:
John Turnbull
Alice:
Janet Burnell

A serial for radio in six parts by E. Eynon Evans
1 — ' The Late Mr. Prothero '
Mr. Prothero's absence from a local committee meeting leads to a grim discovery.
Characters in order of speaking:
(Continued in next column)
Produced by David H. Godfrey in the BBC's Welsh studios

Contributors

Unknown:
E. Eynon Evans
Produced By:
David H. Godfrey
Silas Harris:
D L Davies
The Rev Mathias Thomas:
G. Lionel Jones
Jane Austm:
Madge Jones
Jack Austin:
Hubert Hughson
Josh Morgan:
Moses Jones
Richard Prothero:
L Bruce Mayne
Detective Inspector Robins:
Brinley Jenkins
Constable Howells:
John Darran
Martha Price:
Lorna Davies
Detective Sergeant Wade:
Cynddylan Williams
Lawrence:
Peter Gyngell
Harry Vernon:
W P Thomas

A series of five programmes devised and presented by Denis Mitchell
3—' On Tour '
An impression of backstage life and opinion in the small world of the touring Variety show and revue.... a world of landladies and late suppers ... of Sunday trains and Monday band calls, of high hopes, and low billings.

Contributors

Presented By:
Denis Mitchell

Cyril Stapleton directs
The BBC Show Band and welcomes
American singing star
Johnnie Ray with Alfred Marks
Rikki Fulton
The Stargazers
Bill McGuffie
Harold Smart , Bert Weedon
The Show Band Singers
Production by Johnnie Stewart

Contributors

Unknown:
Cyril Stapleton
Unknown:
Johnnie Ray
Unknown:
Alfred Marks
Unknown:
Rikki Fulton
Unknown:
Bill McGuffie
Unknown:
Harold Smart
Unknown:
Bert Weedon
Production By:
Johnnie Stewart

4-The Wanderer
Talking completely ' off the cuff,' Firooze Colaabavala tells how after his service with the Indian Army and Navy, he was filled with wanderlust. He decided to hitch-hike from Bombay to Buckingham Palace for the Coronation. He thought of staying in London but instead he set off for Lapland ...
' My life as a wanderer is an answer to all my prayers, all my confusion ...'.

Contributors

Unknown:
Firooze Colaabavala

Light Programme

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