Light Programme, Drama, 1957

Drama on the BBC Light Programme in 1957
(The Light Programme ran from 1945 to 1967)


2nd January 1957
20.30-22.00
This Happy Breed by Noel Coward adapted by Mark Oliver.
Family life Between WW1 and WW2.
Producer: Audrey Cameron
   Narrator: John Graham
   Mrs Flint: Dorothy Holmes-Gore
   Ethel Gibbons: Doris Hare
   Sylvia: Molly Rankin
   Frank Gibbons: Hamilton Dyce
   Bob Mitchell: Jeffrey Segal
   Reg: Charles Hodgson
   Queenie: Annette Kelly
   Vi: Patricia Hayes
   Phyllis Blake: Rowena Cooper
   Sam Leadbitter: Patrick Godfrey
   Billy Mitchell: Brian Haines
Repeated 7th January 1957
[Also broadcast R7 2008]
[Also produced by Archie Campbell in 1951 with Reginald Purdell as Frank (Light & Home)]
[Also produced by Glyn Dearman in 1989 for R4 with John Moffat as Frank]


6th January 1957
18.30-19.00
London Belongs to Me (1945) by Norman Collins (1907-1982), dramatised by Howard Agg
1 of 8: Christmas In Dulcimer Street
The tale begins in 1938..
Produced by Martyn C Webster
   Mr Josser: James Thomason
   Mrs Josser: Nora Nicholson
   Doris Josser: Beryl Calder
   Mrs Vizzard: Madeleine Christie
   Connie Coke: Gretchen Franklin
   Percy Boon: Frank Partington
   Mrs Boon: Vivienne Chatterton
   Mr Battlebury: Denis Goacher
   Mr Veritter: Martin Lewis
   Miss Heyland: Janette Richer
   Miss Woodman: Angela Kirk
   Miss Unsett: Hilary Mason
   Narrator: Simon Lack
Additional actors in parts 2-8:
Brewster Mason, Brian Haines, Denise Bryer, Geoffrey Matthews, Geoffrey Wincott, Gladys Spencer, Hamilton Dyce, Haydn Jones, James Beattie, Janet Morrison, Joan Clement Scott, John Graham, Julian Forbes, Leslie Perrins, Lewis Stringer, Malcolm Hayes, Molly Rankin, Patrick Waddington, Peggy Thorpe-Bates, Richard Hurndall, Richard Williams, Robert Corder, Robert Sansom, Ronald Sidney, Stanley Groome, Trevor Martin, Vivienne Chatterton
Pt2:13/1/57 Pt3:20/1/57 Pt4:27/1/57 Pt5:3/2/57 Pt6:10/2/57 Pt7:17/2/57 Pt8:24/2/57
Series repeated on BBC Home commencing 8th August 1957
[Also produced by Enyd Williams in 1986 in 4 parts, for BBC Home with Norman Bird as Mr Josser]


9th January 1957
20.30-22.00
The Blood is Strong (1948) by Lister Sinclair (1921-2006)
Early Scots settlement of Nova Scotia (Canada).
Producer: James Crampsey
   Jean Clark: Gwyneth Guthrie
   Jane Moreland: Catherine Vivian
   Murdoch MacDonald: John M. Bannerman
   Mary, his wife: Jean Taylor Smith
   Kate their daughter: Mary Riggans
   James, their son: James Grant
   Barney Hannav: Robert Baird
   Joe Threefingers: Clarke Tait
   Mr Reading: Peter Mannering
   Mrs Reading: Lois McLean
   Hector Morrison: Douglas Murchie
   Mrs Morrison: Joan Fitzpatrick
   A sailor: James Nairn
Repeated from Home 28th July 1956
Repeated 14th January 1957 and on Home on 28th March 1965


16th January 1957
20.30-21.30
Squaring the Circle (1928) by Valentin Kataev (1897-1986) translated by N. Goold-Verschoyle, adapted by Marianne Helweg.
A room in Moscow. There is a shortage of rooms.
Producer: Val Gielgud
   Vassya: Denis Goacher
   Abram: Charles Hodgson
   Tonya: Marion Berry-Hart
   Ludmilla: Josephine Martin
   Emelyan Chernozemny: Frank Partington
   Narrator: Robert Sansom
Repeated 21st January 1957
[First BBC broadcast of this play was 1934]


23rd January 1957
20.30-21.45
Mrs. Martin's Man (1914) by St. John Ervine (1883-1971), adapted by John Boyd.
Producer: Ronald Mason
   Martha Martin: Gertrude Russell
   Esther Mahaffy: Irene Bingham
   Henry Mahaffy, her brother: James Mageean
   Jane, his wife: Elizabeth Begley
   Johnny, Martha's son: Denys Hawthorne
   Agnes, her daughter: Kathleen Feenan
   James Martin, Martha's husband: J. G. Devlin
   The Rev William Haveron: Harold Goldblatt
Repeated 28th January 1957


30th January 1957
20.30-22.00
The Same Sky by Yvonne Mitchell (Yvonne Frances Joseph, 1915-1979), adapted by Peggy Wells.
1940- the London Blitz.
Producer: David H Godfrey
   Manny Brodsky: Michael Crawford
   George Smith: Douglas Hankin
   Esther Brodsky: Anne Cullen
   Momma Brodsky: Thora Hird
   Poppa Brodsky: Leonard Sachs
   Reeny Brodsky: Rowena Cooper
   Sammy: Oscar Quitak
   Jeff Smith: Hugh David
Repeated 4th February 1957.
[Also produced by David H Godfrey for BBC Home in 1955 with Yvonne Mitchell as Esther]
[Also produced for R4 in 1972 by Norman Wright with Miriam Karlin as Momma]
[Broadcast on BBC TV in 1952 with Yvonne Mitchell playing Esther]
[Thora Hird was in the 1952 stage production]
[First produced on stage as "Here Choose I"]


6th February 1957
20.30-21.45
Jane's Legacy (1931) by Eden Phillpotts (1862-1960)
Produced by Brandon Acton-Bond
BBC West of England
   Jane Mortimore: Phyllis Smale
   Jack Mortimore, her brother: George Woodbridge
   Ivy Mortimore, her niece: Barbara Leigh-Hunt
   Sergeant Merryweather Chugg: Hedley Goodall
   John Ford: Patrick Westwood
   Mrs Susan Thorn: Gwen Howell
   Tom Sparrow: Geoffrey Matthews
   Emmeline Coode: June Barrie
   The Rev Philip Ryle: Percy Openshaw
   The 'And of Providence: Ethel Coleridge
Repeated 11th February 1957
[First produced for BBC Radio in 1938]


13th February 1957
20.30-22.00
Cesar (1936) by Marcel Pagnol (1895-1974), translated by Barbara Bray.
Producer: Michael Bakewell
   Honorine: Jean Stanley
   Cesar: James Hayter
   Monsieur Brun: Michael Hitchman
   Panisse: Frank Atkinson
   Escartefigue: Jeffrey Segal
   Elzear: James Thomason
   Claudine: Betty Linton
   Boy: Julian Yardley
   Fanny: Jean Kent
   Cesariot: Oscar Quitak
   Fernand: Arthur Ridley
   Marius: Patric Doonan
   Doctor: Brewster Mason
   Stoker: Gordon Davies
   Maid: Janette Richer
   Dromard: Charles Hodgson
Repeated from BBC Home of 21st May 1956 and 11th October 1956.
Repeated on 18th February 1957
[Also produced by Richard Wortley in 1972 for R4 with Norman Shelley as Cesar. ]
[Also produced by Ned Chaillet in 2001 for R4 with Richard Johnson as Cesar]
[Written as the final part of a film trilogy: Marius; Fanny; Cesar (1936). Cesar was adapted to a stage play in 1946.]


20th February 1957
20.30-21.30
Love Story by Leslie Halward. (1905-1976)
Producer: Victor Menzies
BBC Midland
   Dave Anderson: Geoffrey Lewis
   Lil Perkins: Eileen Barry
   Joe Perkins: Ronald Baddiley
   Fred Perkins: John Dexter
   Annie Greenway: Kay Hudson
   Perce Morris: Philip Garston-Jones
   George: Peter Wilde
   Willie: John Baddeley
   Harry Morgan: F R Buckley
   Girl: Judith Hackett
Repeated 25th February 1957
[No connection to the better known work by Erich Segal]
[Earlier broadcast on the Midland Home service (NOT national) on 24th March 1955 at 1900]
[Story continued in "Honeymoon" BBC Home on 23rd February 1956 (Midland region only), and nationally -reedited- on BBC Home on 27th February 1957]


27th February 1957
20.30-22.00
The Wooden Dish by Edmund Morris adapted by Cynthia Pugh
Harmonica: Sydney Shaw
Producer: David H Godfrey
   Clara Dennison: Joan Miller
   Bessie Bockser: Bessie Love
   Lon (Pop) Dennison: Finlay Currie
   Ed Mason: Alan Tilvern
   Susan Dennison: Dorothy Bromiley
   Sam Yaeger: Fred Johnson
   Glenn Dennison: Harold Ayer
   Floyd Dennison: MacDonald Parke
   Janey Stewart: Maureen Beck
   Mr Forsythe: Brian Haines
Repeated from BBC Home of 6th November 1954 and 17th March 1955
Repeated 4th March 1957
[Also produced by David H Godfrey for BBC Home in 1967 with Tucker McGuire as Bessie]


6th March 1957
21.30-22.00
Job for the Boy by Dennis Driscoll
Produced by Vivian A Daniels
BBC North
   Walter Lomax: Fred Fairclough
   Maggie, his wife: Violet Carson
   Patience, their daughter: Valerie Miller
   David, their son: Jimmy Thompson
   Amos Entwistle: Herbert Smith
   Dwight (Shiner) Schuleman: Gaylord Cavallaro
   Lady Ariadne Crofield: Diana Fairfax
Repeated 11th March 1957
[Also produced in 1966 by Vivian A Daniels with June Barry as Patience and Glenn Melvyn as Walter rptd R4 1971]
[Also produced for BBC tv in 1954 by Dennis Vance]
[Also a BBC TV broadcast 11/6/57 - also produced by Vivian A Daniels with same actors playing Walter, Maggie, Patience, Amos]
[Previously produced for BBC Home regionals North and Midlands, details not known]


13th March 1957
20.30-22.00
A Hundred Years Old (c.1910) by Joaquin (1873-1944) and Serafin Alvarez(1871-1938) Quintero, Translated by Helen and Harley Granville-Barker, Adapted by John Richmond
Guitar: Freddie Phillips
Producer: Victor Menzies
   Reader: Allan McClelland
   Manuel: Raf de la Torre
   Carmen Campos: Joan Sanderson
   Dona Marciala: Marjorie Westbury
   Don Evaristo: John Ruddock
   Don Juan Del Campo (Papa Juan): James McKechnie
   Dona Filomena: Kathleen Helme
   Eulalia: June Tobin
   Trino: Geoffrey Matthews
   Currita: Denise Bryer
   Antonon: Raf de la Torre
   Alonso: Hugh Manning
Repeated 18th March 1957
[First BBC Radio version was 1932]
[Also produced in 1950 by Ayton Whitaker with Preston Lockwood as Manuel]
[Also produced by David Johnston for R4 in 1986 with Lockwood West as Don Juan]
[The authors were brothers. Original title "El Centenario"]


19th March 1957
20.30-21.00
Thirty-Minute Thriller: Beware of the Trains by Edmund Crispin.
Produced by Charles Lefeaux.
   Mr Horridge: Philip Stainton
   Gervase Fen: John Wyse
   Guard: John Ruddock
   Maycock: Stanley Groome
   Wally: Timothy Bateson
   Fred: Cyril Shaps
   Police Constable Jones: John Boxer
   Det-Insp Humbleby: Anthony Nicholls
   Woman: Irene Sabini
Repeated from 30th May 1954


20th March 1957
20.30-21.45
Bidden to the Feast (1938) by Jack Jones (1884-1970)
Wales: 1865-1895
Producer: John Griffiths
   Shon: Clifford Evans
   Megan: Rachel Thomas
   Moriah: Ennis Tinnusche
   Sophie Morris: Dilys Davies
   Ann, the mother: May Rees
   Rhys, the father: Jack James
   Wil: George David
   Lias: Hubert Hughson
   Llew: D L Davies
   Joe: Bruce Mayne
   Susan: Harriet Lewis
   Edith: Patricia Mort
Also with Margaret James, D. C. Mills-Davies, Glanffrwd James, Anne Bowen and Norman Wynne
Repeated from BBC Home of 11th February 1956
Repeated 25th March 1957.
[Also produced in 1941 by T Rowland Hughes for BBC Home- with Cliffod Evans as Shon and Rachel Thomas as Megan. Joe was played by Arthur Phillips]
[The author worked in the coal mines of Wales, and was also a Trade Union official and politician (Communist, Labour, Liberal, Oswald Mosley) ]


27th March 1957
20.30-22.00
Dear Octopus (1938) by Dodie Smith (1896-1990)
The tentacles of three generations.
Producer: Martyn C Webster
   Charles Randolph: Martin Lewis
   Dora Randolph, his wife: Gladys Young
   Hilda Randolph: Betty Hardy
   Margery Harvey: Molly Rankin
   Cynthia Randolph: Grizelda Hervey
   Nicholas Randolph: James McKechnie
   Hugh Randolph: Simon Lack
   Gwen Harvey (Flouncy): Beryl Calder
   William Harvey (Bill): D English
   Kathleen Kenton (Scrap): Ursula Hirst
   Belle Schlessinger: Peggy Thorpe-Bates
   Edna Randolph: Madeleine Christie
   Laurel Randolph, Hugh's wife: Annette Kelly
   Kenneth Harvey Margery's husband: Hugh Manning
   Grace Fenning (Fenny): Marjorie Westbury
   Nanny Patching: Courtney Hope
   Gertrude, a maid: Beatrice Gilbert
Repeated 1st April 1957
[Muliple radio productions- five by Martyn C Webster. Year/Prod/actor playing Hugh:
1945/Webster/Noel Johnson
1947/Webster/Robert Rietty
1949/Webster/David Enders
1951/Webster/David Peel
1971 rpt 1973/David Geary/Leslie Heritage
1978 rpt 86,89/David H Godfrey/Tim Bentinck
1995 rpt 1996/Glyn Dearman/Joshua Towb- also rptd R4X]


[The above was the last long-form radio drama on the Light (serials excluded) as in April the BBC announced that the Light should be for light entertainment only- the decision was made some time before, as the long form drama disappeared immediately. From now there were a few adapted film soundtracks and then drama programmes of just half an hour. Hour long drama reappeared (for a time) later ]



3rd April 1957
20.30-21.00
The Right Person (1954) by Philip Mackie (1918-1985)
with Stephen Murray and Monica Grey
[No other production details for 1957 production]
Previously broadcast on BBC Home Service on 19th February 1957
[Also produced by R D Smith for BBC Home in 1961, rptd 1963- with June Tobin as Martha]
[Previously a 1954 BBC tv play, also produced in Australia for tv in 1957 - also filmed by Hammer in 1955]


10th April 1957
20.30-21.00
Death by Drowning (1931) by Agatha Christie (1890-1976), adapted by Anthony Aspinall.
Producer: H B Fortuin
   Sir Henry Clithering: Milton Rosmer
   Col Robert Bantry: Anthony Woodruff
   Maid: Elizabeth Havelock
   Miss Marple: Betty Hardy
   Det Insp Drewitt: Brewster Mason
   Tom Emmott: Geoffrey Matthews
   Raymond Sandford: Charles Hodgson
   Mrs Bartlett: Molly Rankin
   Joe Ellis: Brian Haines
   Jimmy Brown: John Bull
Repeated from 19th February 1956


16th April 1957
20.30-21.00
In the Blackout by Mary Fitt (Kathleen Freeman (1897-1959))
Producer: David H Godfrey
   Dr Fitzbrown: Preston Lockwood
   Nurse Callum: Molly Rankin
   Nurse Appleby: Susan Richards
   Wilcox: Pat Connor
   Topsy Scott-Walliker: Ruth Trouncer
   Colonel Dall: Wensley Pithey
   Mrs Dall: Megan Latimer
   Police-Sergeant Collis: Michael Turner
   Jenkins: Alan Reid
   Dick Scott-Walliker: Hugh David
   Dr Jones: Owen Fellowes
   Superintendent Mallett: Ian Sadler
   Mrs Barnes: Ella Milne


22nd April 1957
12.00-12.45
The Good Companions (1929) by J. B. Priestley (1894-1984) Adapted by Gordon Gow
Musical Director. Louis Levy
Produced by Trafford Whitelock
   Narrator: John Fraser
   Mrs Tarvin: Fabia Drake
   Fauntley: Brian Oulton
   Inigo Jollifant: John Fraser
   Mr Tarvin: Lloyd Pearson
   Morton Mitcham: Hugh Griffith
   Miss Trant: Celia Johnson
   Elsie Longstaffe: Rachel Roberts
   Jimmy Nunn: Bobby Howes
   Susie Dean: Janette Scott
   Lady Parlitt: Joyce Grenfell
   Mr Joe: John Salew
   Jess Oakroyd: Eric Portman
   Mrs Joe: Mona Washbourne
   Mrs Oakroyd: Thora Hird
   Ridvers: Richard Leech
   Milbrau: Anthony Newley
   Monte Mortimer: John Le Mesurier
   Ethel Georgia: Agnes Bernelle
   Memsford: Ralph Truman
[A film version of "The Good Companions" was released in 1957. The use of the film soundtrack is not specifically credited by the BBC but this broadcast seems to be heavily edited from the film with inserted narrative links. The BBC credit is given as "A radio adaptation of the Associated British Cinemascope Picture". The film ran for 104 minutes.]


23rd April 1957
20.30-21.00
A Case for Dr. Morelle: Alarm Call by Ernest Dudley (Vivian Ernest Coltman-Allen 1908-2006)
Producer: Leslie Bridgmont
   Dr Morelle: Cecil Parker
   Miss Frayle: Sheila Sim
   Hotel waiter: Sydney Tafler
   Mam'selle Rolin: Tonia Bern
   Anthony Winter: Hugh Manning
   Hotel receptionist: Molly Rankin
   Miss Shawcroft: Kathleen Helme
Another 12 stories followed weekly- listed below on their broadcast date. This series was repeated many times on R7 and R4X
[Dudley created the character of Dr Morelle in 1942 and there were many radio series over the years.]


24th April 1957
20.30-21.00
The Dancers (1954) by Horton Foote (1916-2009)
Producer: R D Smith.
The USA.
   A waitress: Marion Mathie
   Inez Stanley: Mavis Villiers
   Elizabeth Crews: Patience Collier
   Emily Crews: Corinne Langston
   Herman Stanley: Haydn Jones
   Horace: Warren Stanhope
   Mary Catherine Davies: Elizabeth Dillon Barry
   Velma: Vanda Godsell
   Tom Davis: Norman Wynne
   Mrs Davis: Betty Linton
Repeated from BBC Home of 3rd February 1957.
[Written originally for US TV - the tv play was broadcast March 1954. Foote was born in Texas.]


30th April 1957
20.30-21.00
A Case for Dr. Morelle: A Confession of Guilt by Ernest Dudley (Vivian Ernest Coltman-Allen 1908-2006)
Producer: Leslie Bridgmont
   Dr Morelle: Cecil Parker
   Miss Frayle: Sheila Sim
   Inspector Hood: Philip Ray
   Paula Webb: Mary Law
Also with Betty Linton, Morris Sweden, Allan McClelland, Norman Wynne, Hugh Manning
Weekly programme- later stories listed below on their broadcast date. This series was repeated many times on R7 and R4X
[Dudley created the character of Dr Morelle in 1942 and there were many radio series over the years.]


1st May 1957
20.30-21.00
The Blue Dusk by Lester Powell (1912-1993)
1 of 8.
Theme music composed by Alan Paul and played by Harold Smart
Production by Frederick Bradnum
No cast details for episode one.
Cast for episode 2:
   Alexander Rice: Noel Johnson
   Terry Anders: Mary Law
   Sebastian Royal: Brewster Mason
   Chris Sonderborg: Geoffrey Matthews
   Major Lancaster: Eric Anderson
   Grapewin/Hotel Manager: Robert Sansom
   Police Inspector: Victor Platt
Additional cast for episodes 3-8:
   Allan Jeayes, David Spenser, Denis Goacher, Duncan McIntyre, Eric Francis, Frank Partington, Godfrey Kenton, Hamilton Dyce, Haydn Jones, Hugh Manning, Jack Shaw, Joby Blanshard, John Graham, Julian Herington, Margaret Butt, Will Leighton
Ep2:8/5/57 Ep3:15/5/57 Ep4:22/5/57 Ep5:29/5/57 Ep6:5/6/57 Ep7:12/6/57
[On 15/5/57 the programme was 20.45-21.15]


7th May 1957
20.30-21.00
A Case for Dr. Morelle: Threat to Kill by Ernest Dudley (Vivian Ernest Coltman-Allen 1908-2006)
Producer: Leslie Bridgmont
   Dr Morelle: Cecil Parker
   Miss Frayle: Sheila Sim
   Helen Desmond: Rosalind Knight
   Miss Curtis: Cecile Chevreau
   Ronnie Cavanagh: John Horsley
   The maid: Annette Kelly
   Mr Ashton: Norman Wynne
   Hal Digby: John Sharplin
Weekly programme- later stories listed below on their broadcast date. This series was repeated many times on R7 and R4X
[Dudley created the character of Dr Morelle in 1942 and there were many radio series over the years.]


8th May 1957
21.15-22.00
Raising a Riot. Novel (1949) by Alfred Toombs (1912-1986). An edited soundtrack from the 1955 film.
Radio production: Desmond Carrington and Spencer Hale
   Tony: Kenneth More
   Mary: Shelagh Fraser
   Anne: Mandy Miller (born 1944)
   Peter: Gary Billings
   Fusty: Fusty Bentine (Marylla Bentine, 1949-1987)
   Grampy: Ronald Squire
   Aunt Maud: Olga Lindo
   Harry: Lionel Murton
   Jacqueline: Mary Laura Wood
   Sue: Jan Miller
   Junior: Robin Brown
   Miss Pettigrew: Nora Nicholson
[The film running time was 90 minutes. There was also a 1952 stage play based on the book]
[Fusty's father Michael Bentine was in the film but Michael seems to have been taken out of the radio edit. Jan Miller was the sister of Mandy Miller.]


14th May 1957
20.30-21.00
A Case for Dr. Morelle: The Sleep Walker by Ernest Dudley (Vivian Ernest Coltman-Allen 1908-2006)
Producer: Leslie Bridgmont
   Dr Morelle: Cecil Parker
   Miss Frayle: Sheila Sim
   Helen Keen: Moira Lister
   Richard Wilson: Hugh Burden
   Inspector Hood: Philip Ray
Weekly programme- later stories listed below on their broadcast date. This series was repeated many times on R7 and R4X
[Dudley created the character of Dr Morelle in 1942 and there were many radio series over the years.]


19th May 1957
14.15-15.00
Funny Face by Leonard Gershe, an edited version of the 1957 film soundtrack with additional narration.
Adapted for radio by Gordon Gow.
Radio producer Trafford Whitelock.
With Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Kay Thompson, Michael Auclair, Robert Fleming.
Narrator: Don Mason.
[Film running time was 103 minutes]
[The film title was originally Wedding Day, the screenplay is mostly based on a Broadway musical by Gershe "Wedding Bells", more than the 1927 stage musical "Funny Face". The film only made a profit when rereleased in 1964.]


21st May 1957
20.30-21.00
A Case for Dr. Morelle: The Blackmailer by Ernest Dudley (Vivian Ernest Coltman-Allen 1908-2006)
Producer: Leslie Bridgmont
   Dr Morelle: Cecil Parker
   Miss Frayle: Sheila Sim
   Inspector Hood: Philip Ray
   Sir Clifford Forbes: Douglas Young
   Lady Forbes: Madeleine Christie
   Cynthia Forbes: Ruth Trouncer
   Hotel manager: Humphrey Morton
   Lily, the maid: Beryl Calder
   Matron: Molly Rankin
Weekly programme- later stories listed below on their broadcast date.


28th May 1957
20.30-21.00
A Case for Dr. Morelle: Voice in the Night by Ernest Dudley (Vivian Ernest Coltman-Allen 1908-2006)
Producer: Leslie Bridgmont
   Dr Morelle: Cecil Parker
   Miss Frayle: Sheila Sim
   Miss Nicholson: Hester Paton Brown
   Billy Boy, the dog: Percy Edwards
   Mr Nicholson: Allan McClelland
   Superintendent Denham: Fred Yule
   The Station Officer: Alan Keith
   Julian Smith/ Taxi driver: John Baker
Weekly programme- later stories listed below on their broadcast date.


4th June 1957
20.30-21.00
A Case for Dr. Morelle: The Will by Ernest Dudley (Vivian Ernest Coltman-Allen 1908-2006)
Producer: Leslie Bridgmont
   Dr Morelle: Cecil Parker
   Miss Frayle: Sheila Sim
   Herbert Vickers: Douglas Young
   Henrietta Vickers: Nan Kenway
   David Beaumont: David Spenser
   Darrell: Will Leighton
Weekly programme- later stories listed below on their broadcast date. This series was repeated many times on R7 and R4X
[Dudley created the character of Dr Morelle in 1942 and there were many radio series over the years.]


11th June 1957
20.30-21.00
A Case for Dr. Morelle: Act of Violence by Ernest Dudley (Vivian Ernest Coltman-Allen 1908-2006)
Producer: Leslie Bridgmont
   Dr Morelle: Cecil Parker
   Miss Frayle: Sheila Sim
   Professor Stenberg: Martin Miller
   Robert Benson: Trevor Martin
   Major Penfold: Ralph Truman
   A girl: Louise Gainsborough
   Other parts: Will Leighton


18th June 1957
20.30-21.00
A Case for Dr. Morelle: The Black Ruby by Ernest Dudley (Vivian Ernest Coltman-Allen 1908-2006)
Producer: Leslie Bridgmont
   Dr Morelle: Cecil Parker
   Miss Frayle: Sheila Sim
   Guy Hampton: Norman Wooland
   Sonia Hampton: Virginia Winter
   Helen Reynolds: Louise Gainsborough
   Bill Reynolds: Richard Bebb
   Aubrey Green: Desmond Carrington
   Other parts: John Baker
Weekly programme- later stories listed below on their broadcast date. This series was repeated many times on R7 and R4X


25th June 1957
20.00-20.45
The Admirable Crichton by J M Barrie.
[Not mentioned in the Radio Times but probably using an edited 1957 film soundtrack with additional narration].
Producer: Trafford Whitelock
   Narrator: Anthony Oliver.
   Crichton: Kenneth More
   Lord Loam: Cecil Parker
   Lady Mary: Sally Ann Howes
   Lady Catherine: Mercy Haystead
   Lady Agatha: Miranda Connell
   Tweeny: Diane Cilento
   Brocklehurst: Peter Graves
   Lady Brocklehurst: Martita Hunt
   Treherne: Jack Watling
   Ernest: Gerald Harper
[The film, (UK release 11th June 1957) was loosely based upon the stage play. Original film running time was 94 minutes. Screenplay by Vernon Harris, adapted by Lewis Gilbert]


25th June 1957:
20.45-21.15
A Case for Dr. Morelle: The Wedding Dress by Ernest Dudley (Vivian Ernest Coltman-Allen 1908-2006)
Producer: Leslie Bridgmont
   Dr Morcelle: Cecil Parker
   Miss Frayte: Sheila Sim
   Audrey Templeton: Sulwen Morgan
   Evelyn Lambert: Mary Law
   Mrs Lambert: Olwen Brookes
   Mrs Vesey: Peggy Thorpe-Bates
   Commercial Traveller: Trevor Martin
Weekly programme- later stories listed below on their broadcast date. This series was repeated many times on R7 and R4X


26th June 1957:
20.30-21.00
The Vultures (1902) by H. Seton Merriman (Hugh Stowell Scott 1862-1903) adapted by Denzil Roberts
1 of 6. around 1880.
NO data for episode one. Data for episode 2 (3rd July) is given below:
Produced by: Charles Lefeaux
Cast for episode 2:
   Paul Deulin: Alan Wheatley
   Netty Cahere: Elizabeth London
   Joseph P Mangles: Stanley Maxted
   Miss Julie Mangles: Joan Young
   Kosmaroff: Anthony Jacobs
   Hilary Creed: Hamilton Dyce
   Reginald Cartoner: Simon Lack
   Princess Wanda Bukaty: June Tobin
   Prince Martin Bukaty: Nicholas Stevenson
Additional cast in eps 3-6:
   Captain Cable: Arthur Young
   Prince Bukaty: Brewster Mason
   Smith: John Bryning
   The Governor-General of Poland: Baliol Holloway
   Colonel Petrov: Frank Windsor
   Lady Orlay: Joan Sanderson
Ep2:3/7/57 Ep3:10/7/57 Ep4:17/7/57 Ep5:24/7/57 Ep6:31/7/57
[The cast list has two characters named Prince Bukaty- one is Prince Martin Bukaty]


1st July 1957
20.45-21.00
Charm Bracelet by Stella Margetson (1912-1992)
1 of 5: Romantic Castle.
Producer: Audrey Cameron
   Sylvia Raymond: Mary Wimbush
   Richard: Simon Lack
   Jennifer: Elizabeth London
   Prince von Lauenstein: Denis Goacher
   Princess von Lauenstein: Joan Clement Scott
Additional actors in later parts:
   Count Milanoff: Frank Duncan
   Sir Charles Raymond: Richard Williams
   Hiram B Skinner: John Glen
   Wong Ho: Laidman Browne
   Suzanne: Cecile Chevreau
   Armand: David Peel
   Alan Todd: David Enders
   Stephen Welford: Hamilton Dyce
Also with Malcolm Hayes, Jeffrey Segal, Manning Wilson, James Thomason
Pt2:8/7/57 Pt3:15/7/57 Pt4:22/7/57 Pt5:29/7/57


2nd July 1957
20.30-21.00
A Case for Dr. Morelle: The Gambler by Ernest Dudley (Vivian Ernest Coltman-Allen 1908-2006)
Producer: Leslie Bridgmont
   Dr Morelle: Cecil Parker
   Miss Frayle: Sheila Sim
   Mrs Ludlow: Harriet Johns
   Mr Ellis: Desmond Carrington
   Simmons, the manservant: Arthur Young
   Felix Grey: Jimmy Lavall
   A man: Simon Lack
   A girl: Beryl Calder
Weekly programme- later stories listed below on their broadcast date. This series was repeated many times on R7 and R4X


5th July 1957
19.30-20.00
Inspector Scott Investigates: The Theft of the Cantor Diamonds by John P Wynn (Hans Wolfgang Priwin b.? - 1978)
Signature tune by John P. Wynn
Incidental music by Alan Paul played by Harold Smart
Series 1, Story 1.
Production by Vernon Harris
   Inspector Scott: Deryck Guyler
   Mrs Scott: Charmian Innes
   Inspector Lavazzo/Tom Pollis: John Cazabon
   Sir Joseph Cantor: Donald Bisset
   George Dunn-Walker: Richard Hurndall
   Assistant Commissioner: Eric Phillips
   Police Sergeant: Jack Shaw
   Mrs Watt: Ella Milne
   Billy: Charmian Innes
   Maureen Peats: Peggy Cameron
[The Inspector Scott series ran on the radio 1957-1963. During the programme a crime was committed, Scott interviewed a few suspects, there was a short intermission while listeners were given time to work out "whodunit"]
[In 1957 the series ran for 13 episodes concluding 27th September 1957. Each episode was repeated the next day on BBC Home. This listing does not include the other 12 episodes in 1957.]
[John P Wynn created "What do you know" which became "Brain of Britain".]


7th July 1957
16.30-17.00
Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty by Stacy Aumonier (1877-1928)
The tale of a first journey overseas.
with Molly Rankin (1905-1981)
[There is no other information from the BBC on this broadcast. It may be a repeat of one of two 1945 productions. Either 1) by Walter Rilla in which Molly Rankin played "woman's voice" or 2) by Barbara Burnham with Molly Rankin as "Chambermaid". Or a new production.]
[The story was used in a 1958 episode of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" on tv].


9th July 1957
20.45-21.15
A Case for Dr. Morelle: The Poisoned Air by Ernest Dudley (Vivian Ernest Coltman-Allen 1908-2006)
Producer: Leslie Bridgmont
   Dr Morelle: Cecil Parker
   Miss Frayle: Sheila Sim
   Bella Goodwyn: Maureen Riscoe
   Kurt Emmanuel: David Hurst
   Hugo Russell: John Horsley
   Mrs Atkins: Elsa Palmer
   Sergeant Hammond: Haydn Jones
This series was repeated many times on R7 and R4X


14th July 1957
16.30-17.00
The Man in the Corner Seat
with Annette Kelly
The BBC has no other information on this broadcast.
There was no other broadcast with this name.
Diversity website identifies the writer as Philip Levene.


16th July 1957
20.30-21.00
A Case for Dr. Morelle: Mr. X. by Ernest Dudley (Vivian Ernest Coltman-Allen 1908-2006)
Producer: Leslie Bridgmont
   Dr Morelle: Cecil Parker
   Miss Fravle: Sheila Sim
   Paula Maitland: Lana Morris
   Inspector Hood: Fred Yule
   Mr X: David Spenser
   Mr Maitland: Simon Lack
   The Matron: Joan Sanderson
   The Nurse: Maureen Riscoe
This series was repeated many times on R7 and R4X


21st July 1957
16.30-17.00
The Laughing Mirror (1941) by Mabel Constanduros (1880-1957) and Howard Agg
Music chosen by Cynthia Pughe
Produced By: David H. Godfrey
   Tom Vernon: Arthur Young
   Ah Li: John Ruddock
   Henry Sutherland: Hugh Manning
   Robin Hellier: Simon Lack
   Phylis: Beryl Calder
   Alice: Annette Kelly
   Connie: Kathleen Helme
   Auctioneer: John Graham
   Ann: June Tobin
   Cassandra: Molly Rankin
[Mabel Constanduros played a major role in pre and post war radio and tv comedy, including the screenplays of the early Huggetts films, and she played "Earthy Mangold" in the 1950's radio and tv "Worzel Gummidge"].


At this point Light Programme listings became unreliable in not giving enough information to identify the much reduced drama output which was now limited to 30 minute programs and serials. Hour long drama returned later.

The half hour programs below marked ** after the title were headlined "The BBC Repertory Company presents...." but the BBC Programme Database yields no other information regarding these programs, which were almost certainly drama.

28th July 1957
16.30-17.00
The Cocktail**


4th August 1957
16.30-17.00
The Way of Thoroughbreds**
[A 30 minute play with this title was broadcast in 1945, written by Marty Smith and produced by Hugh Stewart, with Barry Morse as Tommy]


7th August 1957
20.30-21.00
The Mask of Dimitrios (1939) by Eric Ambler (1909-1998), adapted by Eric Maschwitx
1 of 4:
Producer: Norman Wright
No cast list for episode one.
Characters in Part 2:
   Major Long: Geoffrey Lewis
   Charles Latimer: Hugh Burden
   Mr Peters: Brian Haines
   French housekeeper: Gladys Spencer
   Grodek: Malcolm Hayes
   Italian Minister/Giraud: Jeffrey Segal
   Ivar Bulic: John Gabriel
   Magda Bulic: June Tobin
   Dimitrios: John Bryning
Additional actors in Parts 3 and 4
   Anton Vazoff: Hugh Manning
   Manus Visser: Allan McClelland
   Lenotre: Rolf Lefebvre
   Werner: Trevor Martin
   Lydia: Irene Sutcliffe
Pt2:14/8/57 Pt3:21/8/57 Pt4:28/8/57


11th August 1957
16.30-17.00
There and Back by Michael Brett.
Producer: Norman Wright
   Max: Hugh Manning
   Jennie: June Tobin


12th August 1957
19.30-20.00
Appointment With Fear: The Man Who Couldn't Be Photographed by John Dickson Carr (1906-1977)
Produced by David H. Godfrey
   Storyteller: Valentine Dyall
   Bruce Ransom: Roderick Lovell
   Nita Valdez: Annabel Maule
   Mullis: Peter Claughton
   Tom Sherwood: George Hagan
   Francine: Beth Boyd
   Monsieur du Lac: John Serret
   Madame Vernet: Gladys Spencer
Repeated from 26th July 1955
[Story previously used in the CBS series Cabin B-13, 1948]


18th August 1957
16.30-17.00
The Treasure **
with Molly Rankin, Robert Sanson, Hugh Manning


19th August 1957
19.30-20.00
Appointment With Fear: White Tiger Passage by John Dickson Carr (1906-1977)
Produced by David H. Godfrey
   Storyteller: Valentine Dyau
   Bill Stacey: Douglas Hayes
   Jenny Hofden: Margaret Butt
   Monsieur Henri Duchene: Bryan Powley
   Stella: Annabel Maule
   Derwent: George Hagan
   Mavis: Sarah Leigh
   Johnson: James Thomason
Repeated from 2nd August 1955


25th August 1957
16.30-17.00
Bought a Jalopy by Roderick Wilkinson
Producer H B Fortuin
   Wilkinson: William Eedle
   Jean: Rosamund Greenwood
   Scotty: Simon Lack
   Soapy: John Bryning
   Mrs Pitt: Molly Rankin
   Auctioneer: Andrew Sachs
   Mr Powerhouse: Hamilton Dyce
   Expert: Frederick Treves
   Mechanic: Will Leighton
   George: John Graham
   Connie: Kathleen Helme
   Mr Upandown: Charles Kay
[Jalopy = "an old car in a dilapidated condition"]


26th August 1957
19.30-20.00:
Appointment With Fear: The Dead Man's Knock by John Dickson Carr (1906-1977)
A house called Widestairs.
Harpsichord played by Clifton Helliwell
Produced by David H. Godfrey
   Storyteller: Valentine Dyall
   Doctor Marshall: John Turnbull
   Edward Kynaston: Manning Wilson
   Margery Kynaston: Elizabeth London
   Jack Lacy: Terence Brook
   The Rev Frank Richards: James Thomason
Repeated from 9th August 1955
[Story previously used by CBS in the series Cabin B-13, 1948]
[In the 1958 published version, Carr greatly amended the story, using his regular character Gideon Fell, expanding the story, and locating it in the USA. Book reviews failed to mention the earlier radio outing.]


1st September 1957
16.30-17.00
Oppie ** by Elizabeth Dawson
with John Ruddock and Ella Milne


2nd September 1957
19.30-20.00
Appointment With Fear: The Sleuth of Seven Dials by John Dickson Carr (1906-1977)
Produced By: David H. Godfrey
Storyteller: Valentine Dyall
   Bellboy: Geoffrey Matthews
   Eleanor Prentice: Sarah Leigh
   George Prentice: Manning Wilson
   Hassan El Moulk: Geoffrey Matthews
   James Vaughan: Allan Cuthbertson
   Inspector Hammond: George Hagan
   Thompson: Edwin Ellis
   Schultz: Rudolf Offenbach
Repeated from 16th August 1955


4th September 1957
20.30-21.00
The Nine Tailors (1934) by Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957) adapted by Giles Cooper
1 of 4: The Bells in their Courses
Bell-ringing under the direction of H. N. Pitstow, M.B.E., Conductor of the Westminster Abbey Bell-ringers
Produced by Norman Wright
    Hilary Thorpe: Marjorie Westbury
    Lord Peter Wimsey: Alan Wheatley
    Bunter: Charles Leno
    Rev Theodore Venables: James Thomason
    Will Thoday: Ernest Jay
    Mrs Venables: Sylvia Coleridge
    Edward Thorpe: Geoffrey Matthews
    Mary Thoday: Sarah Leigh
    Donnington: Arthur Ridley
    Hezekiah Lavender: Allan Jeayes
    Emily: Janet Morrison
    Cranton: Lewis Stringer
    Harry Gotobed: Bryan Powley
    Wally Pratt: Peter Claughton
    Hinkins: Cyril Shaps
    Clerk: Mairhl Russell
    Ezra Wilderspin: Ian Sadler
Additional actors in later parts:
    Superintendent Blundell: Stephen Jack (2)
    Coroner: Manning Wilson(2)
    Doctor Baines: George Merritt(2)
    Sluice-keeper: Frank Tickle(3)
    Rozier: Geoffrey Wincott(3)
    Marie: Ursula Hirst(3)
    Suzanne: Daphne Maddox(3)
    Mrs Ashton: Mary Wimbush(4)
    James Thoday: Cyril Shaps(4)
Pt2:11/9/57 Pt3:18/9/57 Pt4:25/9/57
Series repeated from 24th August 1954


8th September 1957
16.30-17.00
The Time-breakers adapted from the story "Chronoclasm" (1953) by John Wyndham (1903-1969).
Produced By: Peter Watts
   Sir Gerald Lattery: Eric Anderson
   Dr Gobie: Arthur Young
   Tavia: Beryl Calder
   Marjorie: Rosamund Greenwood
   Policeman: Lockwood West


9th September 1957
19.30-20.00
Appointment With Fear: The Villa of the Damned by John Dickson Carr (1906-1977)
Produced By: David H. Godfrey
   Storyteller: Valentine Dyall
   Guard: Peter Claughton
   Alan Stannard: Gordon Davies
   Brenda Stannard: Marjorie Mars
   Angela Stannard: Joan Hart
   American tourist: Glen Farmer
   Pietro: Allan McClelland
   The Rev Septimus Goodlaw: Edgar Norfolk
   Bianca da Carpi: Megan Latimer
Repeated from 23rd August 1955


15th September 1957
16.30-17.00
Suspicious Mind by Philip Levene (1926-1973)
Producer: Norman Wright
   Ellen Ridgeway: Ella Milne
   Man: Andrew Sachs
   Clara Ridgeway: Kathleen Helme
   The Professor: Will Leighton
   Mayor: Frederick Treves
   Mr Cooper: Hamilton Dyce
   Telephone Operator: Ann Rye
[Also produced in 1964, rept Home 1967 by Betty Davies, with Betty Hardy as Ellen. -Running time 60 minutes.]


16th September 1957
19.30-20.00
Appointment With Fear: Till the Great Armadas Come by John Dickson Carr (1906-1977)
Harmonica played by Reg Darnley
Produced By: David H. Godfrey
   Storyteller: Valentine Dyall
   Sir Guy Worth: Edgar Norfolk
   Colonel Fielding: David King-Wood
   Trevis: Rolf Lefebvre
   Jones: Peter Claughton
   Laura Sheldon: Catherine Salkeld
   Lord Glenarvon: John Turnbull
   Charlie Siebold: Christopher Rhodes
   Captain Nichols: Peter Howell
Repeated from 30th August 1955


22nd September 1957
16.30-17.00
Mrs. Methuselah by Philip Johnson
Production by Audrey Cameron
   Great-Grandma: Joan Sanderson
   Amy her daughter: Ella Milne
   Gussie, her grand-daughter: Molly Rankin
   Sukie, her great grand-daughter: Beryl Calder
   Miss Wiston, a journalist: Kathleen Helme
   Lady Cumberland: Rosamund Greenwood
   Rosie: Ann Rye
   Dorothy: June Tobin
[Also produced by ? in 1949 for Home with Ella Milne playing Lady Cumberland]


29th September 1957
16.30-17.00
Ambrose in London by Philip Levene (1926-1973)
Tennis.
1 of 8: The Brazilian Seed.
Pianist: Raymond Holder, music by Philip Levene.
Producer: Archie Campbell
   Ambrose West: Nigel Patrick
   Nicky Beaumont: Janette Richer
   Colonel Cruikshank: Richard Williams
   Reggie Davenport: Colin Gordon
   George Armstrong: Peter Claughton
   Maria Masini: June Tobin
   Mrs Grant, masseuse: Peggy Thorpe-Bates
   Mr Parker: John Bryning
   Waiter: John Ruddock
   Hotel porter/Umpire: Arthur Young
   Commentator: Robert Sansom
   A girl: Beryl Calder
Additional actors in episodes 2-8:
Christopher Page, Doris York, Elizabeth London, Frank Partington, Frank Windsor, Hugh Manning, John Graham, Julian Somers, Molly Rankin, Roger Delgado, Rolf Lefebvre, Rosamund Greenwood, Trevor Martin, Will Leighton, William Eedle
Ep2:6/10/57 Ep3:13/10/57 Ep4:20/10/57 Ep5:27/10/57 Ep6:3/11/57 Ep7:10/11/57 Ep8:17/11/57


2nd October 1957
20.00-20.30
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham adapted by Giles Cooper.
The walking plants.
1 of 6: The End Begins.
Produced by Peter Watts
   Bill Masen: Patrick Barr
   Josella Playton: Monica Grey
   Elspeth Cary: Molly Rankin
   The Managing Director: James Thomason
   Umberto Palanguez: Roger Delgado
   Bill, as a boy: Anthony Adams
   Mr. Masen: Maurice Hedley
   Walter Lucknor: Lockwood West
   Nurse: June Tobin
   House Surgeon: Basil Hoskins
   Publican: Eric Anderson
Additional cast in later episodes: Alan Edwards, Arthur Young, Beryl Calder, Charles Leno, Duncan McIntyre, Ella Milne, Frank Windsor, Gabrielle Blunt, Harry Towb, Haydn Jones, Hugh Manning, Joan Sanderson, John Ruddock, John Scott, John Sharplin, Kathleen Helme, Malcolm Graeme, Malcolm Hayes, Margot MacAlaster, Molly Lumley, Nancy Nevinson, Richard Martin, Robert Sansom, Shaun O'Riordan, Sheila Manahan, Trevor Martin, William Eedle.
Ep2:9/10/57 Ep3:16/10/57 Ep4:23/10/57 Ep5:30/10/57 Ep6:6/11/57
[Also produced in 1968 by John Powell for R4 with Gary Watson as Bill Masen - rptd R4X]


13th November 1957
20.00-20.30
Paul Temple and the Spencer Affair by Francis Durbridge (1912-1998)
'The Country Air' sung by Norman Tattersall
1 of 8: My Heart and Harry
Production By: Martyn C. Webster
   Paul Temple: Peter Coke
   Steve: Marjorie Westbury
   Sir Graham Forbes: Lester Mudditt
   Detective-Inspector Vosper: Hugh Manning
   Rupert Dreisler: Brewster Mason
   Charlie: James Beattie
   Peter Wallace: Frank Partington
   Clutch Brompton: Lockwood West
Additional actors in parts 2-8:
   A Police Sergeant: Frank Windsor
   A Police Sergeant: Haydn Jones
   Adrian Frost: Simon Lack
   Andre Reynaud: Denis Goacher
   Eric Lansdale: John Graham
   Judy Milton: June Tobin
   P C Johnson: Frank Windsor
   Pete Roberts: Thomas Heathcote
   Ritchie: Hamilton Dyce
   Terry Gibson: Isabel Dean
   Warren: James Thomason
Pt2:20/11/57 Pt3:27/11/57 Pt4:4/12/57 Pt5:11/12/57 Pt6:18/12/57 Pt7:25/12/57 Pt8:01/01/58
NOTE: On 25/12/57 only, the broadcast time was 18.30.
Series repeated commencing 11/7/58 and 29/9/1992.
[Also broadcast on R7 and R4X 2003-2022]
[Paul Temple was in BBC radio series from 1938 onwards and was also produced in German for German radio. For the BBC there were 27 series including 6 revised or new productions of prior series.]


1st December 1957
16.30-17.00
Beau Geste by P C Wren, adapted by Lester Powell.
1 of 10
No production/cast details given for this date.
Producer: Martyn C Webster
   Beau Geste: Simon Lack
   Digby Geste: Gordon Gardner
Episodes 2 to 10 followed weekly, part 10 was 2nd February 1958.
Series repeated on Home from 11th July 1958.
[Martyn C Webster also produced this in 1947 in 10 parts with Barry Morse as Beau]


24th December 1957
21.30-22.00
Christmas Errand by Philip Levene (1926-1973)
Producer: Norman Wright
   Doctor: Godfrey Kenton
   John Webb: Richard Hurndall
   Margery Webb: Nancy Nevinson
   Charles Randall: David Peel
   Lucy Webb: Mary Wimbush
   Mrs Randall: Elsa Palmer
   
   
26th December 1957
18.45-19.30
Son of Mother Goose by Terry Nation and John Junkin
Billy Ternent and his Orchestra
Announcer: Robin Boyle
Producer: Alastair Scott-Johnston
with Ronnie Hilton, Gilbert Harding, Shani Wallis, Sabrina, Billy Ternent, Stanley Unwin
Repeated 27th December 1957


29th December 1957
18.30-19.00
The Night Watchman: The Nest Egg by W W Jacobs, adapted by Lionel Brown.
Producer: David H Godfrey
   Bill: John Bryning
   Mrs Cook: Joan Sanderson
   Old Cook: Allan Jeayes
   George Smith: Peter Wilde
   Emma Cook: Beryl Calder
   Charlie Cook: Nancy Nevinson
   Jack Bates: Jack May
Repeated on BBC Home 10th December 1958.


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1957 marked the BBC policy statement "The Future of Sound Broadcasting" ("Ariel" v2 N4 - April 1957 - Sir Ian Jacob) under which the Light Programme must compete not only against both Continental radio and domestic television but also against increased leisure opportunities beyond these.
The Light would exist only to entertain (with only the lightest forms of drama), while the Home would carry news and current events, talks, features and drama (both serious and light), with some variety sprinkled in.
The 1957 Light programme also saw the introduction of a lengthy mixed programme with little indication of what it was: "three hours of words and music with interviews and features" - the long undetailed programme block grew in broadcasters' popularity later on.
Hour long drama returned to Light in due course but not for long.

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Compiled by Stephen Shaw 2024

(....thanks again, Stephen ...-ND)

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