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BBC Variety Orchestra (Leader, John Jezard )
Conductor, Paul Fenoulhet
Peter Akister and his Orchestra Jules Ruben and Laurie Steele
At 6.45 on 1,500 m.
G.T.S.; Shipping Forecast
Weather and News Summary at 7.30

Contributors

Leader:
John Jezard
Conductor:
Paul Fenoulhet
Conductor:
Peter Akister
Unknown:
Jules Ruben
Unknown:
Laurie Steele

featuring
The London Theatre Orchestra
Conducted by Joseph Vandernoot
The Dennis Wilson Trio
Denis Martin , and Jack Emblow
Introduced by Tony Raymont
Produced by John Fawcett Wilson

Contributors

Conducted By:
Joseph Vandernoot
Unknown:
Dennis Wilson Trio
Unknown:
Denis Martin
Unknown:
Jack Emblow
Introduced By:
Tony Raymont
Produced By:
John Fawcett Wilson

including
Guest of the Week: Lionel Bart Characters in Conversation with Kaye Webb
Answering Your Questions
My Favourite Heroine: described by Johnny Morris
Backyard Gardening: Lola Mitchison 's experience
Denis McCarthy reads from ' Mr. Finchley
Discovers His England' by Victor Canning
Introduced by Marjorie Anderson
News Summary at 2.30

Contributors

Unknown:
Lionel Bart
Unknown:
Kaye Webb
Unknown:
Johnny Morris
Unknown:
Lola Mitchison
Unknown:
Denis McCarthy
Unknown:
Victor Canning
Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson

Mrs. Dale, the doctor's wife, records the daily happenings In the life of her family
Script by Lesley Wilson
Mrs. Dale, Ellis Powell; Dr. Dale, James Dale; Mrs. Freeman, Dorothy Lane; Sally Fulton, Margaret Ward; Sue Douglas, Valerie Kirkbright; Bob Dale, Leslie Heritage; Jenny Dale, Julia Braddock; Grand-father Dale, Jack Shaw; Flora Dale, Madeleine Christie; Mrs. Aiaggs, Grace Allardyce; Alec Da7e, Stuart Nichol; Henry Freeman, Preston Lockwood; Joyce Freeman, Freda Falconer; Gu-en Owen, Aline Waites; Caradoc Owen, Arthur White;
Dotty Odgers, Joan Duan; Sam Odgers, Jeffrey Segal; Renee, Denise Bryer; Monument, Charles Lamb; Mrs. Buss, Nan Marriott-Watson; Mr. Billings, Wilfred
Balbage; Elsie Freeman, Betty Hardy.
Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company

Contributors

Script By:
Lesley Wilson

News, views, and music
WEDNESDAY EDITION
Introduced by McDonald Hobley with Football Forecast by W. J. Hicks
6.29 Weather and News Summary
Tonight's Topic
BBC Northern Dance Orchestra
Conducted by Bernard Herrmann with singer, Julie Jones
Produced by Charles Chilton
Shipping Forecast at 5.68 on 1,500 m.

Contributors

Introduced By:
McDonald Hobley
Unknown:
W. J. Hicks
Conducted By:
Bernard Herrmann
Singer:
Julie Jones
Produced By:
Charles Chilton

with Charles Leno
115-' Getting Their Own Back'
Other parts played by Warren Mitchell
Written by Eddie Maguire
Production by Jacques Brown

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Leno
Played By:
Warren Mitchell
Written By:
Eddie Maguire
Production By:
Jacques Brown
Joe Huggett:
Jack Warner
Ethel Huggett:
Kathleen Harrison
Bobby:
Malcolm Ranson
jane:
Alanna Boyce
Fred Stebbings:
Charles Leno

True stories of the search for enemy spies in wartime, based on the memoirs of Lt.-Colonel Oreste Pinto
with Bernard Archard as Colonel Pinto

Contributors

Based on the memoirs of:
Lt.-Colonel Oreste Pinto
Script:
Robert Barr
Production:
Charles Maxwell
Colonel Pinto:
Bernard Archard
Orderly:
Michael Sherwell
Erich Waldberg:
John Witty
Kurt Meier:
Peter Hawkins
Van der Kieboom:
Philip Guard

When your host,
Jack Watson
Introduces
Albert Modley
Robert Earl
Edna Savage
Kenny Baker
Danny Ross
Joe Church
The Gaunt Brothers
Reginald Dixon
(' Mr. Blackpool ' himself)
BBC Northern Dance Orchestra
Conducted by Bernard Herrmann Sketch material by Frank Roscoe
Continuity by Betty Garland
Produced by James Casey

Contributors

Introduces:
Jack Watson
Unknown:
Albert Modley
Unknown:
Robert Earl
Unknown:
Edna Savage
Unknown:
Kenny Baker
Unknown:
Danny Ross
Unknown:
Reginald Dixon
Conducted By:
Bernard Herrmann
Unknown:
Frank Roscoe
Unknown:
Betty Garland
Produced By:
James Casey

An uninterrupted sequence of familiar tunes
Introduced by Gerry Grant
PART I-SIMPLE MELODY featuring the BBC Variety Orchestra with the String Choir
(Led by John Jezard )
Conductor, Paul Fenoulhet
The Donald Purchese Quintet and Stars on Record
Frank Sinatra , Judy Garland
The Norman Luboff Choir
News Summary at 11.30
PART 2-DREAMY MELODY
A late evening rendezvous with ' Music to Midnight:
Produced by Bill Sullivan and Norman Mead

Contributors

Introduced By:
Gerry Grant
Conductor:
John Jezard
Conductor:
Paul Fenoulhet
Unknown:
Frank Sinatra
Unknown:
Judy Garland
Unknown:
Norman Luboff
Produced By:
Bill Sullivan
Produced By:
Norman Mead

Light Programme

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