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No. 9
The Lucky Melody
Listeners' Corner
' Mr. Medlar Lends a Hand '
' Hands Across the Sea '
' Is that the Rule ? '
' Twisted Tunes'
' Enter Sexton Blake '
' Here You Are Then!'
'Lucky Dip' No. 9 was broadcast in the Regional programme this afternoon. For full details see the Regional programme on page 62.

Contributors

Unknown:
Sexton Blake

A journey through the length of North France, in which her working men show strong ties with parts of England and Wales
Here is a programme designed to show how much the workers of Northern France have in common with Britain in general, and the West Country and Wales in particular. All the material has been recorded on the spot during a recent tour of investigation. The BBC recording car first paid a visit to Roscoff, in Brittany, headquarters of most of the Breton onion-sellers who are so familiar a feature in England during certain months of the year.
Thereafter records were made at
Plougastel, where most of the early strawberries for England are grown. Leaving Plougastel, the recording car made its way to Lens, where, just north of the Vimy Ridge, are situ ated some of the richest coal seams in France. Two coal miners of Lens will talk about their work and conditions. Finally the scene moves to Rouen, which receives the largest merchant tonnage of any port in France. The task of conducting craft up the Seine is an arduous one. and a typical Rouen river pilot is going to describe this work and some of the cargoes, for the safety of which he is responsible.

On the occasion of the visit of His Excellency
The President of the French Republic and Mme. Lebrun
In the presence of Their Majesties
The King and Queen and Her Majesty
Queen Mary
Following the dinner given at the Foreign Office by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Programme
Prologue and Epilogue by John Masefield , Poet Laureate, spoken by Edith Evans
Peggy Ashcroft and John Gielgud in the Balcony Scene from ' Romeo and Juliet'
Ivy St. Helier
(impressions)
Sacha Guitry and Seymour Hicks supported by Mile. Sereville in a specially-written sketch
Jack Hulbert and Cicely Courtneidge in a short scene from ' Under Your
Hat'
The BBC Chorus
Music under the direction of Ernest Irving
For the benefit of listeners to this unique broadcast, Michael Standing will describe something of the brilliant scene — the distinguished audience, the star performers, trumpeters of the Life Guards, Band of the Grenadier Guards, pipes of the Irish Guards.
In the sketch in which Sacha
Guitry will appear with Sir Seymour Hicks, the French actor is to play the part of a Cockney and the English actor that of a Frenchman.

Contributors

Unknown:
Queen Mary
Unknown:
John Masefield
Spoken By:
Edith Evans
Spoken By:
Peggy Ashcroft
Spoken By:
John Gielgud
Spoken By:
Seymour Hicks
Unknown:
Jack Hulbert
Unknown:
Cicely Courtneidge
Unknown:
Michael Standing
Unknown:
Sir Seymour

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