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Jack and Jill

R12/1122/2/2.
Jack and Jill, a pantorhyme by Dorothy Eaves.
First broadcast: 1932.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
An imagined origin of the nursery rhyme Jack and Jill. It explains why the siblings all the way to the well on top of the hill instead of simply retrieving the water from a tap. There is speculation that there is something special about the water. Snakey Jake is also up to something.
Subjects: Nursey Rhymes, Jack and Jill, Cunning, Medicine, Coal, Children.

Hey Diddle Diddle

R12/1122/2/9.
Hey Diddle-Diddle, yet another pantorhyme by Dorothy Eaves.
First broadcast: 1932.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
In the village of Sago-on-Plate, Mr and Mrs Blow own the hotel The Cat and Fiddle. Prince Percy is in town for the Egg and Spoon Race, therefore the hotel, Digger the dog and Caroline the cow need to look their best. The criminal Guilty Gus plans on stealing Prince Percy’s Gold Albert (a watch chain), Private Detective Mr Dish overhears his plotting.
Subjects: Nursery Rhymes, Royalty, Thievery, Races, Investigation, Detectives, Hey Diddle Diddle.

Gunpowder Treason and Plot

R12/1122/3/7.
Gunpowder Treason and Plot, an historical play by Dorothy Champion.
First broadcast: 1932.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
An historical play detailing the Gunpowder and Treason plot.
Robert Catesby, John Wright, Thomas Wintour, Francis Tresham, Thomas Bates and Guy Fawkes meet to discuss the Gunpowder plot. Tresham in uneasy and later tells Anne Vaux of the plot. Anne writes an anonymous letter to Lord Monteagle warning him of the plot. The plotter hear news of a betrayal, but believe it to be a hoax and continue to tunnel through the walls under parliament.
Subjects: Guy Fawks, Gunpowder Plot, Treason, Politics, Betrayal.

The Beggar Prince

R12/1122/4/2.
The Beggar Prince, by Dorothy Champion.
First broadcast: 1932.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
Roland and his friend Oliver watch as King Charlemagne makes his way to Rome. Roland and his mother live as beggars, however Lady Bertha reveals she is the long lost sister of King Charlemagne, making Roland his nephew. After Roland invades the King’s camp, King Charlemagne sees the familiarity and is determined to make amends, and reunite with his sister and her son.
Subjects: King Charlemagne, Family.

Out of Doors

R12/1122/4/3.
Out of Doors, by Dorothy Coombes.
First broadcast: 30th April 1932.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
Peggy and Tess spend their Easter holidays with their childhood Nanny, Mrs Gurney, in the countryside. Upon waking one morning they go in search of the Kingdom of Out-of-Doors.
Features a version of the Baby Seed Song by Edith Nesbit.
Subjects: Countryside, Adventure, Children.

The Roads Of England No.2

R12/1123/1/8.
The Roads of England No.2, The Road Makers by L.Du Garde Peach
First broadcast: May 25th 1933.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
Roads are the communication of the Roam Empire. The Romans are building road in Britain by clearing the scrub, laying boarder stone and filling the causeway with flint a gravel. Roman roads are straight, however Wales is hilly which causes issues. The road needs to go through a river, therefore they build a bridge.
Subjects: Roman Roads, Romans, Roads, Roman Empire.

Roads of England No.3

R12/1123/2/6.
Roads of England No.3: A Roman Road by L. Du Garde Peach.
First broadcast: June 13th 1933.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
Soldiers march along the Roman Road to Eboracum (York) where the Emperor Hadrian is waiting to bid the Sixth Legion farewell. There are merchants and hucksters selling their wares, and crowds gather to watch the entertainment.
Subjects: Roman Roads, Eboracum, York, Emperor Hadrian.

Finding the Fairies

R12/1123/3/6.
Finding the Fairies, a midsummer night's dream by Arthur Davenport.
First broadcast: September 9th 1933.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
John, Peter and Sylvia rise in the middle of the night and wonder out to look for fairies. They meet a talking fox, badger and rabbit.
Subjects: Royalty

The Country Robbers by Harold E. Mees

R12/1124/3/2.
The Country Robbers by Harold E. Mees .
First broadcast: 16 November 1933.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
BBC radio script for The Country Robbers by Harold E. Mees .

The Dusty Harp

R12/1122/1/1.
The Dusty Harp, by Dorothy Worsley.
First broadcast: 17 August 1931.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown
Typed Script with hand written annotations.
Peace Vaughn leaves his family to fight in the Crusades. Rough Grey informs Vaughn's wife of his death and blackmails her into marriage. A stranger calls on the wedding night and requests to play a familiar tune on the dusty harp.
Subjects: Music, Instruments, Harp, Family, Blackmail, Grief, Bereavement, Crusades.

Jack and the Beanstalk

R12/1122/1/4
Jack and the Beanstalk, by Carey Grey.
First broadcast: 20 August 1931.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown
Typed Script with written annotations.
An imagined sequel to Jack and Beanstalk. Jack and his mother are now wealthy, but not necessarily happy. Jack needs to decide who to marry, Patty who runs the farm, or Lady Dahlia the Baron's daughter.
Subjects: Fairy tales, Romance, Wealth, Happiness, Greed, Family.

A Maori Progamme

R12/1122/1/10.
A Maori Programme, arranged by Francis Worsley.
First broadcast: 1931.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
A program dedicated to Maori's including the love story of Hine Moa and Tut-an-eki, A Maori Dragon Story (or Pitaka , a Dragon Killer), a story of heroism, and The Warrior's Departure about a chief out for revenge when a magician eats his pet whale.
Subjects: Romance, Heroism, Revenge, Magic, Dragons, Maori.

The Magic Jampot

R12/1122/2/3.
The Magic Jam Pot, a queer affair related as a diakogue (sic) story by Dorothy Worsley.
First broadcast: 1932.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
A re-imagined version Aladdin and the Magic Lamp. Sooty rubs the magic jam pot and a genie becomes his servant. After a few wishes are granted, the genie takes him to London. However, things begin to get a little haywire.
Subjects: Aladdin, Genie, Wishes London, Adventure.

The Sand Castle

R12/1122/2/8.
The Sand Castle, a feature programme by Dorothy Worsley.
First broadcast: 1932.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
Twins Bobby and Betty attempt to build the largest sandcastle in the world. After setting down to eat some ice-cream, they find the castle has grown and is inhabited by royalty. The King of Sandunia believe the twins to be spies and they are thrown in the dungeon. Princess Anenome has plan that will help them escape.
Subjects: Adventure, Escape, Children, Royalty, Music, Pierrotts, Sandcastles.

The Rosebud Hand

R12/1122/3/2.
The Rosebud Hand, by Phyllis Morgan.
First broadcast: 1932.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
Loosely based on Sleeping Beauty. Princess Appleblossom is cursed with a ‘rosebud hand,’ a hand clenched in a tight fist. Unless a way to open it is found before her 18th birthday, it will remain closed forever. 3 weeks before the day, the King offers the Princess’ hand in marriage to anyone who can break the curse. Princess Appleblossom is in love with Prince Stefan, but who has his own obstacles to overcome. However, an old woman is on hand to help.
Subjects: Fairy tales, Witches, Curses, Magic, Royalty, Love.

Port Of Many Ships

R12/1122/3/6.
Port of Many Ships: A Cardiff Feature Programme by Dorothy Eaves.
First broadcast: 1932.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
Set in Cardiff Port. An older sailor tells a younger sailor stories of what he has seen in Cardiff Port over his life time. Bute East Dock was opened in 1855. He saw soldiers going off to many wars: Crimean war, Indian Mutiny, Boer War and the Great War. He recalls the importance of the railway to the port. He has experienced ‘pirates’ on the Storm King, and sighted a ‘submarine’ when on board the Hannah Jane in 1915. He saw the Terra Nova sail away in 1910. The two men then discuss other heroics that go unsung.
Subjects: Sailing, Ports, Cardiff Port, Sailors, War, Terra Nova.

On the Mantleshelf

R12/1122/3/10.
On the Mantleshelf, by Dorothy Worsley.
First broadcast: 1932.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
When the clock strikes 13 o’clock, all inanimate objects come alive. The Shepherd and Shepherdess dust themselves off and have a dance. The Dutch Doll seeks out her love, the Dutch Boy Doll who is still in the shop where she purchased. The tin soldiers begin parading, and slowly awakes is the nodding china Mandarin doll who can only say ‘yes.’
Subjects: Magic, Ornaments, Nursery, Toys.

A Girdle Around the Earth

R12/1122/4/5.
A Girdle Around the Earth, by Raymond Glendenning
First broadcast: 18th May 1932.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
A special programme for Good Will Day (Children’s World Peace Day). The story of the first wireless message sent over sea. Set in 1896, a boat leaves Cardiff Port carrying zinc plates. Italian inventor, Guglielmo Marconis, wishes to send the first wireless transmission. The transmitting apparatus was erected at Lavernock Point, and the receiving posts at Flat Holm and Brean Down. On May 18th, 1896 the first wireless transmission was made across 8.5 miles. Good Will Day messages from other nations are then played: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, South Africa, India, Canada, Australia and America.
Subjects: Wireless, Good Will Day, Children’s World Peace Day, Cardiff Port, Guglielmo Marconis, Lavernock Point, Flat Holm, Brean Down.

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

R12/1122/4/6.
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, arranged as a dialogue story by by Dorothy Coombes.
First broadcast: 19th May 1932.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
Whilst out cutting wood, Ali-baba sees forty thieves. He follows them and discovers their cave full of treasure. After stealing some of their treasure, he tell his brother Cassium about the cave. Cassium goes to the cave himself, and when the thieves return, they kill him. The Captain learns of Ali-baba’s existence and plans to kill him and his family.
Subjects: Ali-baba and the Forty Thieves, Treasure, Thieving, Arabian Nights.

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