Sir Edward Elgar: "The Starlight Express"
A fantasy for children of all ages by Violet Pearn adapted for broadcasting by Raymond Raikes from the novel "A Prisoner in Fairyland" by Algernon Blackwood - with the original music by Edward Elgar edited by Lionel Salter.
Cast in order of speaking and singing:-
The Organ-grinder ............ Denis Dowling
Henry Rogers 'a retired from business man' ............ Patrick Barr
Some of the Sprites: A Gardener ............ Wilfrid Carter
Some of the Sprites: A Dustman ............ Bruce Beeby
Some of the Sprites: A Lamplighter ............ Brian Hewlett
Some of the Sprites: A Tramp ............ John Dearth
Some of the Sprites: A Guard ............ Patricia Gallimore
Some of the Sprites: A Sweep ............ Hector Ross
Some of the Sprites: The Laugher ............ Audrey Attwood
Jane Anne ............ Jane Wenham
Mother ............ Noel Hood
Monkey ............ Elizabeth Proud
Jimbo ............ Danny Rambler
Daddy ............ Noel Howlett
Madame Jequie ............ Cecile Chevreau
Other parts played by members of the BBC Welsh Orchestra
BBC Welsh Orchestra conducted by Lionel Salter
16/44 MONO FLAC https://www.mediafire.com/file/eju9sjprxmyjthw/ElgarStarlightExpressBBC1965.flac/file
BBC Radio 3 FM - 13 December 2004. Recorded: 10 December 1965. First TX: 26 December 1965 (BBC Home Service). Revised repeat with additional music: BBC Radio 3 - 29 December 1968 (this version). Cambridge Audio T55 tuner > Pioneer MJ-D707 MiniDisc recorder || Playback: Sony JA-20ES > Terratec 24/96. 19kHz pilot-tone removed. (Can't recall if this was a Stereo TX as didn't retain the TDK SA90 cassette tape - Raymond Raikes made some early stereo BBC productions; though the 1965 TX would've been Mono - also, presumably, the 1968)...