Light Programme, Drama, 1963
Drama on the BBC Light Programme in 1963
(The Light Programme ran from 1945 to 1967. )
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2nd January 1963
20.41-21.40
Mid-Week Theatre: Call it Greymail by Selwyn Jepson (1899-1989)
A private telephone exchange has problems.
Produced By: Archie Campbell
Jane Blandish: June Tobin
Rosie: Myrtle Reed
Alfred Alexander: Lewis Stringer
Dick Randle, a draughtsman: John Bentley
Mr Roberts, Personnel Manager: Peter Pratt
Maudie de Vere, a caller: Gudrun Ure
Donald Tripp: Rolf Lefebvre
Jay-Two: Donald McKillop
Sammy Tucker: Donal Donnelly
Sir Norman Woolf: Austin Trevor
Bertie, a boy: Kirk Martin
Harrison, a lawyer: George Curzon
Miss Cousens a secretary: Dorit Welles
9th January 1963
20.41-21.40:
Mid-Week Theatre: Trump Card by Philip Levene (1926-1973)
Produced by David H. Godfrey
Alice Bentley: Joan Sanderson
Henry Bentley: Peter Pratt
Ellen: Valerie Kirkbright
Dr Perkins: George Curzon
Mr Clarke: David Graham
Inspector Meadows: Peter Claughton
Coroner: George Hagan
Mr Fenton: John Pullen
Repeated on BBC Home 1st July 1963.
16th January 1963
20.41-21.40:
Mid-Week Theatre: Coffee in Penang by Marjorie Fry
Murder.
Produced by Betty Davies
Paula Trent: Gretel Davis
Sqdn-Ldr Andrew MacLeish: Timothy West
Allice Dalton: Elizabeth Morgan
Yong Siew Kee: Geoffrey Matthews
Inspector Lei: John Ruddocke
Taxi driver: Kristophen Kum
Temple guide: Eric Young
Repeated from BBC Home of 6th October 1962
23rd January 1963
20.41-21.40
Mid-Week Theatre: Design for Murder by Alex Atkinson
Actors temperaments.
Music composed and conducted by Sidney Sagar
Produced by Patrick Dromgoole
Rex Berkeley: Kenneth Griffith
Tony Wattace: Barry Wilsher
Elizabeth Carr: Kathleen Byron
Det Inspector Hughes: Deryck Guyler
Philip Benson: Hedley Goodall
Milly Egerton: Constance Chapman
Delia Mitchell: June Barrie
John Wade: Donald McKillop
Det Sgt Appleby: Edgar Harrison
[The play was broadcast on BBC TV in 1958 and restaged in 1961 (rptd 1963). The 1961 producer was P Dromgoole. Constance Chapman also played Milly in the 1961 tv version.]
[Unrelated to the play by Marcy Kahan]
29th January 1963
20.00-20.30:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: The Prisoners by James Parish
Lift problems.
Produced by Audrey Cameron
Arthur, the lift man: George Hagan
A customer: Elizabeth Morgan
Sarah Caronglay: Gudrun Ure
Emily Burnard: Noel Hood
Erica Fowler: Sheila Grant
Captain Clive Lipscomb: John Pullen
Melanie Harrod: Gladys Young
Stephen Harrod, her stepson: David Spenser
Joe, a workman: Anthony Viccars
The Store Manager: James Parish
30th January 1963
20.41-21.40:
Mid-Week Theatre: The Pretending Game by Rosemary Timperley (1920-1988)
I don'want to grow up.
Produced by Betty Davies
Monica Freeman: Isabel Rennie
Frank Mercer: John Hollis
Ronald Lake: John Humphrey
Paul Ledger: George Hagan
Sally Grant: Jill Raymond
Anne Grant: Joan Matheson
5th February 1963
20.00-20.30:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: Uneasy Winner by Denys Kay-Robinson
Produced by R. D. Smith
Pedro Galvera: Austin Trevor
Secretary: Dorit Welles
Woman: Daphne Jonason
Luis Andrada: Jacques Brunius
Carlos de Selva: William Eedle
Colin Hargreaves: Noel Johnson
Dancer: Betty Linton
John Mason: Lee Fox
Barbara Mason: Jo Manning Wilson
Senora Molinos: Grizelda Hervey
6th February 1963
20.41-21.40
Mid-Week Theatre: Blind Man's Bluff by Guy Compton (1930-2023)
Produced by Cedric Messina
John Huinson: John Hollis
Rose Huinson: Marion Mathie
Eddie Pearson: Frank Partington
Harry Barton: John Humphry
Bob Gittens: Anthony Hall
Drew: Donald McKillop
Inspector Huxtable: Rolf Lefebvre
Repeated on BBC Home on 24th July 1963.
12th February 1963
20.00-20.30
Thirty-Minute Theatre: A Necklace for the Warriors by Berkely Mather (1909-1996)
The Puniab, prior to 1947.
Produced by Norman Wright
Ahmed Khan: David Spenser
Malik Shah: Garard Green
Babu: Aleksander Browne
Adjutant: Hamilton Dyce
Subaitern: Peter Tory
Ghafoor Mizaj: Andrew Sachs
Punjabi bus driver: Kristopher Kum
Old woman: Nan Marriott-Watson
First passenger: Malcolm Hayes
Second passenger: Andrew Irvine
[Berkely Mather served in the Indian Army until 1947.]
13th February 1963
20.41-21.40
Mid-Week Theatre: The Outrage by Joyce Merrick
Produced By: Audrey Cameron
Edna Wilshaw: Beatrice Varley
Mrs Berry: Kathleen Helme
Harry Wilshaw: Timothy West
Leslie Wilshaw: David Valla
Sergeant Bates: Donald McKillop
Jiri Kostka: Frank Duncan
Fred Millington: Anthony Viccars
Jean Booth: Monica Grey
Frank Hodgkins: Michael Deacon
George Bullard: Andrew Irvine
Councillor Keenan: John Baddeley
Repeated from BBC Home of 17th November 1962.
[BBC Transcription disk 110450/110451]
19th February 1963
20.00-20.30:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: The Right Person by Philip Mackie (1918-1985)
Produced by R. D. Smith
Martha Jorgensen: June Tobin
Hall Porter: Derek Birch
Rasmussen: Stephen Murray
Jorgen Jorgensen: Anthony Viccars
Repeated from BBC Home 23rd August 1961
[First appeared as a short film for BBC tv in 1954, then filmed (30 mins) by Hammer in 1955, remade by Australian tv in 1957]
[BBC Transcription disk 107509]
20th February 1963
20.41-21.40:
Mid-Week Theatre: The Poisoner by Redmond MacDonogh
Be careful who you employ.
Piano: Paul Hamburger
Produced by Eileen Cullen
Sarah Harvey: Margaret Ward
Michael Harvey: Sean Scully
Detective-Inspector: Norman Claridge
George Hedley: Colin Stuart-Neil
Mrs Sweeney: Hilda Kriseman
Vicar: Lee Fox
Charlton: Leigh Crutchley
Mrs McKenzie: Ella Milne
Robin Ferguson: Richard Hurndall
Morag Ferguson: Nicolette Bernard
Owen: Haydn Jones
Jim: Norman Wynne
Repeated on BBC Home 4th December 1963
26th February 1963
20.00-20.30:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: The Testimonial by R. F. Delderfield (1912-1972)
Produced By: David H Godfrey
Edward Connibeer: George Merritt
Ellen Connibeer: Betty Hardy
Edith Connibeer: Mary Wimbush
Mr Bannister: Willlam Eedle
Repeated from BBC Home 29th August 1962
[Also produced (by ?)for BBC Home in 1953 with Peggy Ryalls as Edith]
[The play was broadcast on BBC tv in 1956]
[R F Delderfield worked for a local Devon paper his father owned]
27th February 1963
20.41-21.40:
Mid-Week Theatre: A Flat Near the Station by Michael Brett
A title and money complicate marital plans.
Produced by Archie Campbell
Guy Wayne, 12th Lord Stoneleigh: Leslie Phillips
Henry Wayne, his uncle: Earle Grey
Susan, his ex-wife: Jennifer Wright
Freddie Escott, her friend: Michael Spice
Jennifer, Guy's cousin: Elizabeth Morgan
Parsons, his butler: Lee Fox
Railway porter: Anthony Hall
Repeated on BBC Home 18th September 1963
[Also produced for R4 in 1974 by Harry Catlin with John Rye as Guy]
5th March 1963
20.00-20.30:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: The Best Policy by Alvah Bessie (1904-1985)
Produced By: R. D. Smith
Elinore: Pearl Nunez
Howard: Tommy Eytle
TV announcer: Timothy West
Bob: Nigel Anthony
Sammy: Dudley Hunt
Mr Borden: Russell Napier
Sue: Isabel Rennie
Also with Jon Rollason, Ernest Eytle, Frank Singuineau, Guy Kingsley Poynter, Joan Hooley, Brian O'Higgins, Sonia Sands
6th March 1963:
20.41-21.40:
Mid-Week Theatre: Let the Spider Run Alive by Gyles Adams
A caravan holiday on Dartmoor.
Produced by John Tydeman
Elaine Norton: Patricia Jessel
Anthony Maxted: Jack Watling
Louise Maxted: Penelope Lee
Fred Ewens: John Baddeley
Rose: Shirley Cooklin
Esta: Elizabeth Morgan
Spiger: Andrew Sachs
Sanders: Frank Partington
Repeated on R4 on 17th July 1970
[The title comes from a proverb: "If you want to live and thrive, let the spider run alive"]
12th March 1963
20.00-20.30
Thirty-Minute Theatre: Touch of an Angel by Berkely Mather (John Evan Weston-Davies 1909-1996)
Produced By: Martyn C. Webster
Ferrier: Malcolm Hayes
Charles: Denys Hawthorne
Pia: Marjorie Westbury
Cafe Proprietor: Lee Fox
Jacques: John Baddeley
Carlo: Frank Partington
Detective-Sergeant Branquet: George Hagan
13th March 1963
20.41:
Mid-Week Theatre: You're Not the Woman I Married by Malcolm Hulke (1924-1979)
Living next door to a prison.
Produced by Audrey Cameron
Donelly/Fred: Timothy West
Wilson: David Valla
George Ramage: Ronald Baddiley
Mary Ramage: Ursula Howells
P C Gerry Sharp: John Baddeley
Roddy Baron: Anthony Hall
Harry Olerenshaw: David March
Pub landlord: Donald McKillop
Police Inspector: George Hagan
Police Sergeant: Anthony Viccars
Mrs Ramage: Marjorie Westbury
[Also produced by Michael Silver for the South African (SABC) "Lux Radio Theatre" - recordings exist.]
20th March 1963
20.41-21.40:
Mid-Week Theatre: All Through the Night by Gerry Jones
A coal miner.
Produced by Cedric Messina
Davey: Anthony Hall
Mair: Patricia England
Mary: Catherine Dolan
Mrs Thomas: Mary O'Farrell
Williams: Rolf Lefebvre
Roberts: Donald McKillop
Evans: Haydn Jones
Two Reporters: Michael Deacon and David Valla
Gladys: Gudrun Ure
Ben: Peter Claughton
Jenkins: Timothy West
Davies: Anthony Viccars
Price: Jonathan Scott
Lofty: Andrew Irvine
Tommy: Michael Spice
Repeated on BBC Home 23rd December 1965.
25th March 1963
20.00-20.30
The Dog Collar by Ursula Bloom (1893-1984).
The Lifeboat goes out.
Produced by Audrey Cameron
Fr Robert Tressland: David March
Mrs Lee: Grizelda Hervey
Fr Mike Leary: John Graham
Tom Hodson, a publican: Peter Pratt
Rosie: Sheila Grant
George Hodson: Timothy West
Mrs Grey: Kathleen Helme
Jim Bentley, cox'n of the life boat: Frank Partington
Brian Hughes: Anthony Hall
[There were four series of 6 programmes each 1961-1965. No further mention in this listing.]
27th March 1963
20.41-21.40:
Mid-Week Theatre: Cross Roads by Paolo Levi (1919-1989) Translated and adapted by Robert Rietty
Happiness or destruction.
Musical effects by the Radiophonic Workshop
Produced by Archie Campbell
The stranger: Peter Pratt
Roberto: Robert Rietty
Grazia: June Tobin
Bruno: Lewis Stringer
Police Inspector: Malcolm Hayes
Police Sergeant: Frank Partington
Carla: Doris Gilmore
Gianna/Girl: Dorit Welles
Elderly waiter/Raniero: Andrew Sachs
Antoine: Kenneth Hyde
Secretary: Shirley Cooklin
3rd April 1963
20.41-21.40:
Mid-Week Theatre: Come Back by Brian and Victoria Cleeve, Adapted by Cynthia Pughe
To box or not to box.
Produced by Betty Davies
Mrs Stewart: Mary O'Farrell
Brid Stewart: Sheila Manahan
Tim Largan: Will Leighton
Felicity Ann: Etain O'Dell
Owney Madigan: Allan McClelland
Michael Donovan: Rio Fanning
Mrs Donovan: Dorothy Casey
Jacko: John Baddeley
Eamonn: Timothy West
Tony: John Pullen
10th April 1963
20.41-21.40:
Mid-Week Theatre: Verdict Reversed by Peter Brent
Produced by Norman Wright
Barker: Donald McKillop
Pethick: Simon Lack
Laura Blain: Valerie Hanson
William Forrester: Rolf Lefebvre
Bratherley: Earle Grey
Colonel Fantham: Eric Anderson
Clergyman: Jonathan Scott
Mrs Halliton: Janet Burnell
Meyer: Jeffrey Segal
Receptionist: Lewis Stringer
17th April 1963
20.41-21.40
Mid-Week Theatre: Nearer to Heaven by Jack Pulman (1925-1979), adapted by Peggy Wells
A short stay in a rest home- or is it for longer?
Produced By: John Gibson
Kenneth Simms: Donald McKillop
Herbert Simms: Ronald Badiley
May Sommers: Mary Wimbush
Willy Rafferty: Godfrey Quigley
Horace Groves: Beckett Bould
Stephen Butt: George Hagan
Ethel: Peggy Butt
Clive Waring: John Pullen
Holly: Earle Grey
Dick: Peter Claughton
Repeated from BBC Home 9th June 1962
[First produced for BBC TV in 1961. Beckett Bould played Horace in the tv production.]]
On 24th April 1963 the drama slot was replaced by football.
1st May 1963
20.41-21.40:
Mid-Week Theatre: A Month of Sundays (1957) by Gerald Savory (1909-1996}
Back to the land.
Produced by Betty Davies
Oliver Sylvester: Ralph Truman
Mary Sylvester: Joan Matheson
Sarah: Dorit Welles
Marion: Elizabeth Morgan
Jenny: Jo Manning Wilson
Tim Riley: Anthony Oliver
Major Twomely-Bickford: Charles Heslop
Repeated BBC Home 16th April 1969
6th May 1963
20.00-20.30
No Wreath For The General by Donald Wilson (1910-2002)
1 of 6: In Covert.
Produced By: Audrey Cameron
General Campbell: Austin Trevor
Jessie, his housekeeper: Mairhi Russell
Dr Roger Kenyon: William Franklyn
Isobel Gilmour: Lana Morris
Miss Fairlie: Janet Burnell
Caldwell: Norman Claridge
Ticket Collector: Frank Partington
Jackson: Timothy West
Peake-Harmon: Jonathan Scott
Gwilliam: David March
Alison Campbell: Gudrun Ure
Major Johnny Brookman: John Pullen
Additional actors in parrts 2-6:
Donald McKillop, Duncan McIntyre, Elizabeth Morgan, Grizelda Hervey, John Baddeley, John Graham, Lewis Stringer, Michael Deacon, Molly Rankin
Part 6 broadcast 20th June 1963
Series repeated on BBC Home commencing 14th June 1967.
[Adapted from a tv series from 1960 rptd 1961 that ran for six episodes. Lana Morris and William Franklyn were in the tv version also.]
8th May 1963
20.41-21.40:
Mid-Week Theatre: A Matter of Identity by Stephen Grenfell
Parted twins.
Produced by John Tydeman
Stella Hayward: Barbara Lott
Robert Hayward: David Valla
Judge: Earle Grey
Det-Inspector Bob Hayward: Nigel Stock
Det-Inspector Dick Charlton: Peter Pratt
Gill: Elizabeth Proud
Det-Sgt Peter Winstanley: Douglas Blackwell
Assistant Commissioner: George Hagan
Dr Oosthuizen: Austin Trevor
Flossie Foster: Frank Partington
Condon: Kenneth Hyde
Bish Bissett: Bill Horsley
Mallinson: Malcolm Hayes
Taxi-driver: Jonathan Scott
Det-Superintendent Birley: Norman Claridge
Doris: Shirley Cooklin
Repeated on BBC Home 18th April 1964
15th May 1963: The drama slot was again replaced with football.
22nd May 1963
20.41-21.40:
Mid-Week Theatre: Court Martial by Julian Bond (1930-2012)
An order is not followed.
Produced by John Tydeman
Commander Biker: Donald McKillop
Brigadier Thomson: Austin Trevor
Mr Mathews: Hugh Burden
Colonel Arlington: Robert Eddison
Colonel Johnson: Kenneth Hyde
Major Abbott: Timothy West
Captain Starling: David Monico
Tafir: Gordon Faith
Mr Farrow: Anthony Jacobs
Judge Advocate: Clive Swift
Also with John Baddeley, Michael Deacon, Jonathan Scott, Michael Spice, David Valla
Repeated on BBC Home 16th November 1963 and on R4 26th June 1970.
[Julian Bond wrote two episodes of the 1965 ITV series "Court Martial"]
29th May 1963
20.40-21.40:
Mid-Week Theatre: The Diplomatic Corpse by Sidney Nelson and Maurice Harrison
Produced By: Archie Campbell
Inspector Corcoran: James McKechnie
Knocker Parsons: Henry Kay
Percy Simpson: Malcolm Hayes
Michael Billing: Denys Hawthorne
Jenny Drew: Mitzi McDowell
Humphrey Garrett: Jonathan Scott
Marion Weaver: Dorit Welles
Landlady: Grizelda Hervey
Hamid: Roger Snowdon
Karim: Mellan Mitchell
Cartwright: Ian Lubbock
Also with Glyn Dearman and Will Leighton
[Previously made into a film in 1958, which survives.]
[No relation to the 1957 "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" tv episode.]
5th June 1963
20.40-22.00:
Mid-Week Theatre: The Final Test (1951) by Terence Rattigan (1911-1977), adapted by Cynthia Pughe
Do you prefer music and poetry to Test Cricket?
Produced by Norman Wright
Sam Palmer: James McKechnie
Bill Jarvis: Peter Pratt
Reggie: David Valla
Ethel: Grace Allardyce
John Higgs: Lee Fox
Sid Thompson: Kenneth Hyde
Frank Weller: Anthony Viccars
Cora: Mary Wimbush
Alexander Whitehead: Michael Spice
Miss Fanshawe: Nicolette Bernard
Verse speaker: Robert Harris
Commentators: Brian Johnston and Rex Alston
BBC announcers: Frank Phillips, Colin Doran, Timothy Gudgin
[Previously made into a film in 1953]
[Rattigan played cricket for the Harrow First XI]
12th June 1963
20.40-21.40:
Mid-Week Theatre: The Hammers of Fingal by Angus MacVicar (1908-2001)
Produced By: James Crampsey
Hamish Heathergill: Victor Carin
Janet Heathergill: Effie Morrison
Bruce Cattanach: Bryden Murdoch
Sheena McRae: Morag Forsyth
Finlay McDermott: Walter Carr
Colin Campbell: Douglas Murchie
Peter Martin: Michael O'Halloran
Hotel porter: James Gibson
Inspector MacLeod: Bill Gavin
Peggy McAllister: Jean Taylor Smith
Repeated on BBC Home 5th October 1963
17th June 1963
20.00-20.30
Miss Dangerfield and the Irresistible Nightingale by Edward J Mason.(1912-1971)
1 of 8 : The Vanishing Lady
Music composed by Basil Hempseed
Lyrics by Edward J. Mason
Pianist: Norman Hackforth
Produced by Martyn C. Webster
Brett Norton: Denis Goacher
Miss Irene Dangerfield: June Tobin
Jean-Pierre: John Bentley
Sam Buxton: George Merritt
Sally Buxton: Sheila Grant
Laura Gross: Vivienne Chatterton
Banwell Spender: Simon Lack
Miss Richmond: Grizelda Hervey
Brigadier: Austin Trevor
Additional actors in parts 2-8:
Anthony Hall, Anthony Viccars, Frank Partington, Geoffrey Wincott, Gladys Spencer, Hilda Kriseman, Lewis Stringer, Malcolm Hayes
Part 8 broadcast 5th August 1963
[Also produced by Cleland Finn in 8 parts in 1951 with Deryck Guyler as Brett]
[Also produced for ORF-K (Austria) in 8 parts in 1969 with Hans Herzog as Brett - title was "Miss Dangerfield und die Unwiderstehliche Nachtigall"]
[Also produced in the Netherlands (KRO) in February 1963 in 8 parts of 45 minutes, with Paul van der Lek as Brett, title: "De onweerstaanbare nachtegaal"].
19th June 1963
20.40-21.40:
Mid-Week Theatre: Brief Encounter (1945) by Noel Coward (1899-1973), adapted by Maurice Horspool
Produced By: Norman Wright
Myrtle: Barbara Mitchell
Albert Godby: Eric Anderson
Laura: Isabel Dean
Alec: Hugh Burden
Fred: Godfrey Kenton
Dolly Messiter: Janet Burnell
Mary Norton: Hilda Kriseman
Bill: Lewis Stringer
Johnnie: David Valla
Stephen: Michael Spice
Also with Dorit Welles, Jonathan Scott
Repeated on BBC Home 2nd September 1963 and 6th June 1964.
[Also produced by Norman Wright in 1955 with Elizabeth Gray as Myrtle]
[Also produced in 1958 for BBC Home by Martyn C Webster with Simon Lack as Alec]
[Based upon his 1936 play "Still Life", broadcast on R4 31/12/98]
26th June 1963
20.40-21.40:
Mid-Week Theatre: Not Guilty as Charged, by Alan Kennington (1906-1986)
Produced By: Audrey Cameron
Deputy Clerk of the Court: Jonathan Scott
Judge: John Ruddock
Sir Keith Logan, Q C: Heron Carvic
Guy Venner: Lewis Stringer
Delia Wayne: Monica Grey
Georgiou Andrides: John Baddeley
Johnny: Timothy Harley
A match seller: Kenneth Hyde
Denzil Hume: Timothy West
Police Sergeant: James Thomason
Police Constable: David Valla
Atkinson: Frank Partington
Mr Rayner: Austin Trevor
Woman in Court: Jo Manning Wilson
Man in Court: James Thomason
Sir Allan Galbraith, QC: James McKechnie
Gilchrist: John Baddeley
Bullen: David Valla
3rd July 1963
20.40-21.40:
Mid.Week Theatre: Yours for a Song by John Hynam
The school choir.
Words and music of 'Song of Summer' by John Hynam
Oldham Youth Choir, musical director James Wild.
Accompanist, Marjorie Tate
The 'Pop Disc' arrangement by Alan Roper is played by a section of the BBC Northern Dance Orchestra, Conductor, Bernard Herrmann
Produced by Herbert Smith
Mrs Ridgard: Mary Kilduff
Edward Yorkhill (Yorky): Wilfred Pickles
Miss Horseman: Eileen Helsby
William Briggs: Graham Roberts
Major Arnold Devenish: Graham Tennant
Sam Martin: Tom Harrison
Susan Morrison: Catherine Allitt
Alice Yorkhill: Valerie Skardon
Miriam Devenish: Doris Gambell
Billy: Michael Stirrup
Jean: Kathleen Wellens
George Wilson: Barry Davies
Tony Roscoff: Peter Wheeler
Reporter: Frank Poynter
The Vicar: Robert Wallace
Compere of the 'Pick a Pop Parade": Alan Dixon
10th July 1963
20.40-21.40:
Mid-Week Theatre: Tactic 4 by Jon Rollason (1931-2016) and Keith Williams
Produced By: John Tydeman
Penelope Shemley: Penelope Lee
Douglas Shemley: Michael Bryant
Vincent Bolt: John Wood
Braddock: Vivienne Chatterton
Smith: Terence Hardiman
Commissionaire: Earle Grey
Guardio: Michael Poole
Inspector Armitage: James McKechnie
Also with John Baddeley, Diana Barrington, Anthony Benson, Valerie Kirkbright, Andrew Sachs, Lewis Stringer, James Thomason, Austin Trevor
17th July 1963
20.40-21.40:
Mid-Week Theatre: World Around the Corner by Peter Bryant (1923-2006)
Two teenagers.
Produced By: Peter Bryant
Mrs Butler: Joan Newell
Jean Butler: Jennie Linden
Mr Butler: Leslie Perrins
Mr Watson: Derek Blomfield
Jimmy Watson: Michael Crawford
Vicar: Frank Partington
Peggy: Shirley Cooklin
Porter: Frank Singuineau
Landlady: Sheila Grant
Jack Foster: William Eedle
Bill Newton: Andrew Irvine
also with Nadine Hanwell, Linda Harvey, Richard McCarthy, Roger Sheperd, Graham Aza
24th July 1963
20.40-21.40:
Mid-Week Theatre: East of Christmas by Peter Yeldham (1927-2022)
Produced by David H. Godfrey
Coggins: Malcolm Hayes
Cliff Bennett: Dibbs Mather
Tom Norton: George Hagan
Steamboat: Donald McKillop
Clarry Ford: Kenneth J Warren
Jimmy Hana: Frederick Treves
Kito: Andrew Sachs
Repeated on R4 2nd May 1964.
[Also produced by David H Godfrey in 1972 for R4 with Martin Friend as Coggins]
[The play was filmed by ITV and broadcast February 1963]
31st July 1963
20.40-21.40:
Mid-Week Theatre: Now Look Here, Rich by Michael Corston and Ronald Holroyd
Eric Rich, bus driver.
Produced by Martyn C. Webster
Eric Rich: Anthony Hall
Instructor: Malcolm Hayes
Watson: Simon Lack
Fred Ethelridge: Hugh Manning
Michael O'Shea: Denys Hawthorne
also with Jonathan Scott, Will Leighton, Kathleen Helme, Lewis Stringer
Repeated on Home 30th May 1964 and on Light 30th November 1966
7th August 1963
20.40-21.40:
Mid-Week Theatre: Out of the Rain by Gerry Jones
A derelict cinema.
Piano: Cicely Hoye
Produced by Norman Wright
Jimmy: David Valla
Susan: Elizabeth Morgan
Cafe proprietor: George Merritt
Old man: John Baddeley
Policeman: John Broster
[Also produced by Gerry Jones in 1972, rptd 1973, for R4 with Frances Jeater as Susan.]
12th August 1963
20.00-20.30
Pierpoint House by Kenneth Bird
Events in a 22 story block of offices with fifty businesses.
1 of 9: The Felicity Marriage Bureau
Music composed and played by Freddie Phillips
Produced By: Hugh Stewart
BBC Midlands
Leo Nelson: Lloyd Lamble
Bobby, his wife: Ysanne Churchman
Mac: Fraser Kerr
Fellows:: Allan McClelland
Radcliffe: Eric Skelding
Gwen: Vera Massey
Enid: Penelope Shaw
Inspector Jolly: Derek Reade
A doctor: Leslie Twelvetrees
Additional actors in parts 2 to 9
Agnes Bernelle, Armine Sandford, Arthur King, Arthur R Webb, Basil Jones, Billy Thatcher, Brian Kellett, Brian Kent, Brian O'Higgins, Edward J Webb, Eric Reynolds, Ernst Ullman, Felix Felton, Hugh Falkus, Jack Holloway, Jon Farrell, Keith Banks, Lempriere Hammond, Leslie Dunn, Lewis Teasdale, Lionel Stevens, Margery Field, Mischa De La Motte, Nan Marriott-Watson, Peggy Hughes, Peter Billingsley, Phllip Garston-Jones, Ralph Lawton, Roger Delgardo, Rosemary Neil Smith, Tommy Duggan, Ursula O'Leary
[Total of 41 actors]
Part 9 broadcast 7th October 1963
[Part 9 also produced for SDR(Germany) in 1969 as "Der Diamantenhandler" with Alexander Kerst as Leo.]
13th August 1963
The Weaker Sex by Gilbert Hackforth-Jones (1900-1982)
The schooner Isolde.
Produced By: Betty Davies
Commander Tom Huntingdon: Noel Johnson
Sandy Macfee, mate: James McKechnie
Cobbo Jeffries: John Baddeley
Fatso Hopkins: Tommy Duggan
Pedro Gonzalez: Arthur Gomez
Frances Hassnet: Diana Olsson
[Three further tales of Commander Huntingdon followed weekly- listed below]
14th August 1963
20.40-21.40:
Mid-Week Theatre: Big Bertha by Ted Willis (1914-1992), adapted by Gale Pedrick
Produced by David H. Godfrey
Louie Briggs: Myrtle Reed
Bertha Briggs: Peggy Mount
Mrs Heron: Vivienne Chatterton
Bob Harell: David Valla
Mary Lennard: Dorit Welles
Frank Lennard: Lewis Stringer
Dr Irene Edgard: Ann Martin
Tom Briggs: Frank Partington
Alec Briggs: John Baddeley
Ken Martin: Henry Davies
Repeated from Home 24th December 1962.
[ Originally written for television- ITV March 1960, with Joan Young as Berta Briggs. Episode 2 of "Inside Story" (NOT the later and unrelated BBC2 series) ]
20th August 1963:
19.31-20.00
The Last Laugh by Gilbert Hackforth-Jones (1900-1982)
Concertina played by Alf Edwards
Produced By: Betty Davies
Commander Huntingdon: Noel Johnson
Sandy Macfee: James McKechnie
Metaxa Ramirez: Raf de la Torre
Cobbo Jeffries: John Baddeley
Fatso Hopkins: Tommy Duggan
Pedro Gonzalez: Arthur Gomez
Bank Manager: Norman Claridge
[Other stories of Commander Huntingdon were broadcast 13th and 27th August and 3rd September 1963]
21st August 1963:
20.40-21.40:
Mid-Week Theatre: Free Fishing by Arnold Yarrow (1920-2024)
A nice quiet picnic.
Music composed by A. Hall and played on the harmonica by Alfie Kahn
Produced by John Tydeman
Maisie: Elizabeth Proud
Charles: Michael Deacon
Taffy: Anthony Hall
Smoke: Walter Hall
Attendant: John Broster
Police Officer: Lewis Stringer
27th August 1963
19.31-20.00
A Life for a Life by Gilbert Hackforth-Jones (1900-1982)
Concertina played by Alf Edwards
Produced By: Betty Davies
Commander Huntingdon: Noel Johnson
Sandy Macfee: James McKechnie
Mr Van Dusenberg: Frederick Treves
Mrs Van Dusenberg: Brenda Dunrich
Rupert Van Dusenberg: Nigel Anthony
Cobbo Jeffries: John Baddeley
Pedro Gonzalez: Arthur Gomez
Fatso: Hopkins Timmy Duggan
Joe Blagrove: Russel Napier
Sergeant: Andrew Sachs
Inspector: Denys Hawthorne
[Other stories of Commander Huntingdon were broadcast 13th and 20th August and 3rd September 1963]
28th August 1963
20.40-21.40:
Mid-Week Theatre: Headline Family by B. M. Girvin Cosens (Brenda Girvin (1884-1970), Monica Cosens)
Produced by Arthur Russell
Mary: Barbara Mitchell
Michael Lester: Simon Lack
Nicolette: Gudrun Ure
Mrs Lester: Marjorie Westbury
Dr Henry Lester: Lewis Stringer
Lewis Marshall: Earle Grey
Barbara: Beth Boyd
Gilbert Lester: Peter Pratt
Mr Pettigrew: George Curzon
Miss Harrison: Hilda Kriseman
Repeated from Home 3rd October 1962
3rd September 1963
19.31-20.00
Fishy Story by Gilbert Hackforth-Jones (1900-1982)
Concertina played by Alf Edwards
Produced by Betty Davies
Commander Huntingdon: Noel Johnson
Sandy Macfee: James McKechnie
Fatso Hopkins: Tommy Duggan
Pedro Gonzalez: Arthur Gomez
Erasmus Polehampton: James Dyrenforth
Ella Polehampton: Kathleen Helme
Captain Enrico: William Fox
Doctor: Andrew Sachs
Samson: Timothy West
Bertha: Tucker McGuire
[Other stories of Commander Huntingdon were broadcast 13th, 20th and 27th August 1963]
4th September 1963
20.40-21.40:
Mid-Week Theatre: Till Death Do Us Part by Eric Paice (1926-1989) and Malcolm Hulke (1924-1979)
Produced by Betty Davies (1917-2018)
Philip Rhodes: Derek Blomfield
Mary Rhodes: June Tobin
Woods: Peter Claughton
Danny: Michael Collins
McKenzie: James McKechnie
Carson: Michael Spice
Clerk: Keith Banks
Secretary: Eva Stuart
Sergeant: Denys Hawthorne
Constables: Will Leighton
Constables: Lewis Stringer
Doctor: Kenneth Hyde
Sister: Janet Burnell
Nurse: Fiona Nicholson
11th September 1963
20.40-21.40:
Mid-Week Theatre: Don't Get Caught, Freddie by Leslie Darbon
A good deed is rewarded.
Produced by Peter Bryant
Clarke: Cyril Shaps
Freddie: Stephen Marriott
Mrs Collins: Vi Stevens
Redding: Rolf Lefebvre
Pooley: Michael Spice
Mrs Moore: Janet Burnell
Bateman: Edward Seckerson
Connelly: Terry Raven
Tom Moore: Kenneth Hyde
Also with Graham Aza, Colin Stuart-Neil, Linda Harvey, Nadine Hanwell
Repeated from BBC Home 19th January 1963
15th September 1963
19.00-19.30:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: A Bottle of Port by Barbara McIlroy adapted by Felix Felton
A shared hobby.
Produced by Archie Campbell
Colonel Blount: Roland Culver
Mr Guillamore: Noel Howlett
Mrs Molsey, a landlady: Vivienne Chatterton
Nettie, the Colonel's wife: Dorice Fordred
Shop Assistant: Michael Deacon
Club Servant: James Thomason
Club member: Lee Fox
Nurse: Moira Mannion
18th September 1963:
20.40-21.40:
Mid-Week Theatre: The Slaughter of St. Teresa's Day (1958) by Peter Kenna (1930-1987) adapted by Archie Campbell
Piano: Cicely Hoye
Leave firearms in the hall.
Produced by Archie Campbell
Oola Maguire: Laurel Mather
Essie Farrell her aunt: Enid Lorimer
Charlie Gibson, a friend: Russell Napier
Horrie Darcel, a newcomer: Maurice Travers
Sister Mary Luke: Vivienne Chatterton
Sister Mary Mark: Margaret Wolrr [????]
Thelma, Oola's daughter: Paddy Turner
Wilma Cartwright: Shirley Cameron
Whitey Maguire: Michael Spice
Paddy Maguire: Denys Hawthorne
Barney Doyle: Andrew Sachs
Also with Frederick Treves, Fraser Kerr
[Play written 1958, stage premiere 1959. Made into an Australian tv program in 1960, and an Australian radio program in 1960 and 1961]
[Also produced as a BBC tv program shown on BBC TV April 1962]
25th September 1963
20.40-21.40:
Mid-Week Theatre: Don't Talk to Strange Men by Gwen Cherrell
A call box telephone rings.
Produced by Audrey Cameron
Ron, the inn landlord: John Baddeley
Joe: Timothy Harley
Harold: Andrew Sachs
Alf: John Broster
Jean Painter: Sheila Grant
The Stranger: David March
Bus Conductor: Stephen Thorne
Mrs Painter, Mum: Marjorie Westbury
Mr Painter, Dad: Ronald Baddiley
Ann Painter: Beryl Calder
Dorothy: Jo Manning Wilson
Mrs Mason: Margaret Wolfit
Wilkes: Alan Haines
Mrs Oliver: Elizabeth Morgan
Edna/Mrs Reynolds: Isabel Rennie
Jakes/Police Sergeant: Frank Partington
[First produced as a film, in 1962.]
2nd October 1963
20.40-21.40:
Mid-Week Theatre: Lady in the Dark by James Drawbell (1899-1979), dramatised by Muriel Levy
Produced by Audrey Cameron
Mr Owen: John Boxer
Graham Bentley: Frank Duncan
Frank Wheeler: John Glen
Joy Raynor: June Tobin
Tim: Glyn Dearman
Mr Salters: John Broster
Arthur Connard: Frederick Treves
Henry: Ronald Wilson
Mr Fairisle: John Baddeley
Mr Greshart: Alan Haines
Nanette, a maid: Petronella Barker
Carole Dalton: Jo Manning Wilson
Maisie, the continuity girl: Moira Mannion
9th October 1963
20.40-21.40
Mid-Week Theatre: Open Verdict by Kenneth Clark
Produced by Norman Wright
Ben Grenfell: Willlam Fox
Toby Hunter: Michael Spice
Sergeant Watkins: Haydn Jones
The Coroner: Eric Anderson
Jane Frazer: Janet Burnell
Foreman of the Jury: Frank Partington
Ianto Jenkln: Dudley Jones
Dr Roberts: Austin Trevor
Flight Lieutenant Brett: Bruce Condell
John Clouden: Kenneth Hyde
Repeated on BBC Home on 13th June 1964.
14th October 1963
20.00-20.30
Paul Temple And The Jonathan Mystery by Francis Durbridge (1912-1998)
1 of 8: The Fergusons
Produced By: Martyn C. Webster
Paul Temple: Peter Coke
Steve: Marjorie Westbury
Robert Ferguson: John Glen
Helen Ferguson: Grizelda Hervey
Inspector Gerrard: Rolf Lefebvre
Sir Graham Forbes: James Thomason
Charlie: James Beattie
Dinah Nelson: Valerie Kirkhright
Reggie Mackintosh: Simon Lack
Red Harris: John Baddeley
Simo: Lee Fox
Customs Officer: Frederick Treves
Additional cast in parts 2 to 8:
Anthony Hall, Eva Stuart, Frank Partington, Gabriel Woolf, Isabel Rennie, Vivienne Chatterton, William Fox
Part 8 broadcast 2nd December 1963.
Repeated on BBC Home on 14th to 22nd December 1964 (daily not Sat/Sun) and also commencing 6th January 1967 (weekly).
[Also broadcast on R7 and R4X 2004-2022]
[Previously produced in 8 parts in 1951 by Martyn C Webster with Kim Peacock as Paul Temple]
[There were 21 radio stories about Paul Temple, starting in 1938. Including revisions and new productions but not repeats, there were 27 radio stories, the last new story was 1965.
16th October 1963
20.40-21.40:
Mid-Week Theatre: Double Crossing by Michael Brett (Miles Barton Tripp (1923–2000) )
Produced by Archie Campbell
George Jenkins: James Thomason
Gladys, his wife: Lucille Lisle
Charlie: Roger May
Eileen: Adrienne Poster
Monsieur Durand: Norman Claridge
Monsieur Blanchard: Gabriel Woolf
Jake: Lewis Stringer
Pete: John Ruddock
Harry: Timothy Harley
Mrs Perkins: Vivienne Chatterton
Customs Officer: Fraser Kerr
Barmaid: Eva Stuart
Police Officer: Peter Pratt
Repeated on Home 24th September 1966
23rd October 1963
20.40-21.40:
Midweek Theatre: Struggle to the Kill by Redmond Macdonogh (1915-1986)
Produced by John Gibson
Captain Ariz: Peter Pratt
Corporal Schultz: Peter Claughton
Private Ortega: Robert Rietty
Joan Harrison: Margaret Wolfit
Josie: Mavis Villiers
Juan Marti: Cyril Shaps
30th October 1963
20.40-21.55:
Mid-Week Theatre: Dark Pastures by John Finch (1925-2022)
Produced by Alfred Bradley
Jack Wilson: Arthur Lowe
Amy Wilson: Alison Bayley
Denis Wilson: Geoffrey Hinsliff
Sam Wilson: Ray Mort
Grandfather: Harry Markham
Geoffrey Fawcett: Geoffrey Banks
Pat Fawcett: Marie Anderson
John Davis: Donald Morley
Phillpot: Edward Valentine
[First produced on ITV tv in 1958 and in 1973-1975 adapted into a 39 episode ITV tv series called "Sam" all written by Finch. The tv series survives.]
6th November 1963
20.40-22.00:
Midweek Theatre: The Bed-Makers by David Turner
Produced by Hugh Stewart
Bill Summers: Ronald Baddiley
Agnes Summers: Peggy Hughes
Gracle: Eileen Barry
Adams Senior: Eric Ball
Ralph Adams: Geoffrey Lewis
Vera: Patricia Bendall
Ted: Frank Veasey
Roy: Lewis Teasdale
Con: Thelma Rogers
A boy: Richard Taylor
13th November 1963
20.40-21.40:
Mid-Week Theatre: But Still and All by Christopher Fitz-Simon
Produced by Ronald Mason
Miss Deloughry: Marie Kean
Canon Brandon: James Boyce
Mrs Bannon: Catherine Gibson
Standish Fenton: Harold Goldblatt
Louise Fenton: Doreen Hepburn
Elspeth Browning: Felicity Carryer
Leonora, Lady Bynnge: Gwendolyn Stewart
Dermot O'Byrne: Sean Reid
Declan Bannon: Maurice O'Callachan
Joseph Hourigan: Michael Duffy
Richard Connolly: Alan Reynolds
Mercy McAtee: Barbara Adair
Young Man: Derek Bailey
Professor Jellicoe: James Boyce
20th November 1963: The 20.40 slot was used for football commentary.
20th November 1963
21.15-21.45:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: A Chair for Fred by Martin Worth (Martin Wiggleworth 1926-2018)
Fred buys a chair.
Produced by Gordon Bowen
Fred Carter: John Laurie
Doris Carter: Barbara Mitchell
Shirley Carter: Beryl Calder
Mr Stacey: George Merritt
Mr Jobson: James Thomason
The Auctioneer: Kenneth Hyde
The Dealer: Lee Fox
Mrs Rudd: Elizabeth Morgan
Mrs Fenwick: Moira Mannion
27th November 1963
20.40-21.40:
Mid-Week Theatre: The Uncertain Witness by Arthur Swinson
Produced by John Griffiths
Captain Davies, SS Morib: John Darran
President of the Court of quiry: Andrew Brown
John Haythorn, Counsel: Gordon Faith
Douglas Garton, solicitor: Andrew Sachs
Sally, Garton's secretary: Petronella Barker
Hopper, counsel: John Garvin
Teal, a witness: Brian Weske
Captain Vaughan, SS Opal Bay: Frank Partington
Pilot, on board the Opal Bay: Ray Handy
Finch: Michael Goldie
Also with Eifion Wyn Jones, Dillwyn Owen, Jack Baynes, Gwenyth Pettyt
[Previously produced as a BBC tv play broadcast February 1963, with Brian Weske as Teal and John Garvin as Hopper.]
4th December 1963
20.40-21.40:
Mid-Week Theatre: A Kind of Strength by N. J. Crisp (1923-2005)
Produced by Brandon Acton-Bond (1914-2004)
Julian Bennett: Geoffrey Matthews
Mr Scott: Ronald Russell
Graham Palmer: David Markham
Dorothy Palmer: Jane Barrett
Susan Palmer: Angela Morant
Tom Marshall: Vincent Brimble
The Waiter: Garard Green
Also with Norman Tyrrell, June Barrie, Huia Mase, Valerie Newman
Repeated on BBC Home 23rd September 1964.
[Previously produced as a BBC tv play in January 1961]
9th December 1963
20.00-20.30:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: It Could Be A Good Story by Richard Hilliar
Produced By: Audrey Cameron
Mark Lindown, an editor: Norman Claridge
Joan, his secretary: Valerie Kirkbright
George Crain, a reporter: Michael Deacon
Peter Hussman: David March
Telephone operator: Jo Manning Wilson
Anne Hussman: Gudrun Ure
Susan Vane-Cook: Janet Burnell
Julie Pearson: Isabel Rennie
Miss Turner: Margaret Wolfit
Lord Barncot: Frederick Treves
Dr Casson: Patrick Waddington
Professor Dryden: Lewis Stringer
The Earl of Lydden: Michael Spice
[The University of Georgia has a copy on 1/4" tape ref chimes_0280 in the Art Chimes Collection]
11th December 1963
20.40-21.40:
Mid-Week Theatre: The Spindle by Rex Edwards (1912-1983)
Produced By: Martyn C. Webster
Charles Burge: Frank Partington
Tony Sanders: David Spenser
Kay Clark: Valerie Kirkbright
Norton, foreman: Michael Goldie
Jimmy Noakes: James Beattie
Sam Rogers: George Merritt
Spider Webb: Lewis Stringer
Evans: Anthony Viccars
Sidney Gee: Norma Claridge
Tommy Fyffe: Simon Lack
Mr Waterhouse: Peter Claughton
also with Gladys Spencer, Michael Spice
Repeated on BBC Home 12th April 1964
16th December 1963
20.00-20.30:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: Terionova Dances by James Parish
Produced By: Hugh Stewart
Moira Lingard: Lydia Sherwood
James Lingard: Austin Trevor
David Teriot: Jon Farrell
Marion Teriot: Ann Murray
Alan Hewell: Alan Haines
Terionova: Lucie Jon
Louise: Beatrice Kane
18th December 1963
20.40-21.55:
Mid-Week Theatre: A Likely Tale by Gerald Savory
Final will and testament.
Produced By: Norman Wright
Lola Petersham: Gladys Young
Ursula Budgeon: Eva Stuart
Oswald Petersham: Norman Claridge
Mirabelle Petersham: Olga Lindo
Gregory Lupton: Michael Spice
Jonah Petersham: Denys Hawthorne
Angelino: Gabriel Woolf
[Previously produced as a BBC TV play (75 mins) in 1958 with Olga Lindo as Mirabelle, with an earlier BBC TV extract (45 mins) from a theatrical performance in 1956 in which Robert Morley played both Oswald and Jonah]
22nd December 1963
19.00-19.30:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: Christmas at Home by Leslie Darbon
Produced By: David H. Godfrey
Gladys Phillips: Joan Young
Connie Fuller: Gladys Spencer
George Phillips: Will Leighton
Derek Jones: John Baddeley
Eric Fuller: George Merritt
Gert Fuller: Joan Lawrence
Bob Fuller: Andrew Sachs
Ted Fuller: Ralph Truman
May Fuller: Margaret Wolfit
Phylis Jones: Valerie Kirkbright
Landlord: Christopher Hodge
23rd December 1963
19.31-20.00
Thirty-Minute Theatre: The Speckled Band (1892) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) adapted by Michael Hardwick
Produced By: Robin Midgley
Sherlock Holmes: Carleton Hobbs
Dr Watson: Norman Shelley
Helen Stoner: Liane Aukin
Dr Grimesby Roylott: Felix Felton
Julia Stoner: Miranda Connell
Repeated from 17th July 1962, and from Home on 27th December 1962, also rptd R4X 2019-2022.
[Also produced by Martyn C Webster in 1945 with Cedric Hardwicke as Holmes, rptd R4X 2014.]
[Also produced by David H Godfrey in 1948 for BBC Home with Howard Marion-Crawford as Holmes]
[Also produced by Patrick Rayner in 1991 rptd 1992, for R4 with Clive Merrison as Holmes, rptd R7 and R4X 2008-2016]
29th December 1963
19.00-19.30
The Trigger by Roger Dixon.
1 of 6: The Brief.
Produced By: David H. Godfrey
Receptionist: Valerie Kirkbright
Paul Garnet: Gabriel Woolf
Secretary: Moira Mannion
Sir John Calverly: William Fox
Professor John Ross: Geoffrey Lewis
Penny Calverly: Jo Manning Wilson
Chairman, RGS: Lionel Gamlin
Professor Monday: Hamilton Dyce
Professor Summerhaye: John Ruddock
David Atkinson: Lewis Stringer
Landlady: Margaret Wolfit
Additional actors in parts 2 to 6:
Andrew Sachs, Anthony Viccars, Austin Trevor, Bruce Condell, Cabriel Woolf, Christopher Robbie, Dibbs Mather, John Baddeley, John Boxer, John Rae, Russell Napier, Trader Faulkner
Part 6 broadcast on 2nd February 1964
30th December 1963:
20.00-20.30:
Thirty-Minute Theatre: Murder Has Two Heads by Roy Bullen
There was £ 5,000 in the safe
Produced By: Betty Davies
Blackie: John Hollis
Larry: Walter Hall
Josie: Norma Griffin
Inspector Baker: Derek Birch
Landlady: Grace Allardyce
First Policeman: Jeffrey Ashby
Second Policeman: Keth Buckley
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Compiled by Stephen Shaw 2025
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(....thanks again, Stephen ...-ND)
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