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R12/1123/3/2.
Birthday Bob-Bons, a party programme by the sea by Dorothy Champion.
First broadcast: August 1st 1933.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
A party programme by the sea. Ron and Joan are spending their birthday at the seaside. Mr Winkle appears and, and after reciting an enchanted tongue twister, they transport to the bottom of the sea. They meet Dick Whittington, Cinderella and animals that have come alive. There is also poetry and songs.
Subjects: Sea, Cinderella, Dick Whittington, Birthday, Parties.

R12/1123/3/3.
Robin Hood and His Merry Men: The Wedding of Alan-a-Dale by Franklyn Kelsey (with the exception of the opening poem, which is by Scott.
First broadcast: August 9th 1933.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
Alan-a- Dale is in love with Ellen, daughter of John of Wensley. She is due to marry Sir Eustace Fitzbrace in two days. Little john and Friar Tuck escort Alan to the magic lake, Burdon Mere, which can confirm if a person will marry who they love. Afterwards, Robin accompanies them to stop the wedding.
Subjects: Robin Hood, Robin Hood and his Merry Men, Marriage, Romance.

R12/1123/3/5.
What's in a Name?, by Carey Grey.
First broadcast: August 9th 1933.
Children's radio programmme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
Tiptoe the jester and Princess Jonquil are in a secret romantic relationship. The king shakes up the royal household, forcing everyone to do the work as their name's suggest - if their surname is Cook, they should be a cook. Chaos follows but Tiptoe has an idea.
Subjects: Royalty, Romance, Comedy.

R12/1123/3/1.
The Sleeping Beauty and the Snag, a play of sorts by Eric Forbes Boyd.
First broadcast: July 12th 1933.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
The kingdom has no money and is on the brink of war. Princess Lovlier suggests a Sleeping Beauty spell to put the kingdom to sleep for 1000 years to sleep through their troubles. She provokes the Wicked Spiteful Fairy to curse the kingdom. However there is a twist, and the kingdom sleeps alternative hours for 2000 years.
Subjects: Sleeping Beauty, Curses., Fairies, Royalty.

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

R12/1123/3/4.
Roads of England No.6: Strolling Players by L. Du Garde Peach.
First broadcast: August 9th 1933.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
During the reign of Henry VIII, strolling players would often walk the roads on their way to perform plays. This play follows a group who are on their way to Winchester. However they find themselves in the stock in Reading.
Subjects: Travellers, Plays, Drama.

R12/1122/4/8.
West Country Lad, a light programme by Dorothy Worsley and Raymond Glendenning.
First broadcast: June 11th 1932.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
Set in a Somersetshire Village Inn in 1685, before the battle of Sedgemoor. Jack is in Love with Jill and wants to marry her, but Jill wishes to marry someone who can give her security. Sir Robert Stafford arrives and catches Jill’s eye, but he is not the gentleman she thinks he is, as he is plotting against King James II on behalf of the Duke of Monmouth.
Subjects: History, Battle of Sedgemoor, Plotting, Romance.

R12/1122/4/9.
The Pirates of Brean Down, another Captain Tom Thumb story by Dorothy Worsley.
First broadcast: June 11th 1932.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
Captain Thomas Thumb Esquire has retired from the Navy and lives on a barge with his second in command Bosun Briggs. They decide to take on some bandits, and fashion an engine out of an old roller skate, and some knitting needles held together with a piece of string (later replaced with some chewing gum). With the help of Nelly, the one eyed horse, they sail towards Brean Down. Captain and Briggs are later kidnapped by Breakneck Bill and his team of bandits plan on stealing a cargo of coloured balloons.
Subjects: Bandits, Sailing, Adventure, Peril.

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.

R12/1122/4/7.
The Country of Clipperty Clop, by Arthur Davenport.
First broadcast: 1932.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
Date says 1931 on script, date on volume says 1932
Noel wakes fully clothed in another world where his dog, Bumble, can talk, the ground is springy, the tress have faces, and chocolate (or sausages depending on who eats them) grow on trees. He encounters a Witch with a warning, a Something and Strange Other Things.
Subjects: Magic, Mystery, Adventure, Witches, Peril.

R12/1122/4/1.
The Persian Rug, programme of Oriental design by Dorothy Coombes.
First broadcast: 1932.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
Whilst sat on the Persian rug, Uncle Ted tells Pamela stories of Persia. They look for ‘songs’ hidden in the rug, and Ted tells her of King Cyrus who captures King Croesus who then discuss the true meaning of wealth. Ted tells her about falcon hunting, how the Persian rugs are made and they discuss Persian gardens.
Subjects: Persia, Falcon Hunting, Persian Rugs.

R12/1122/4/4.
On the Wessex Downs, a play of King Alfred by Dorothy Champion
First broadcast: 14th May 1932.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
An historic play detailing the events leading to the Battle of Ethandune. Danish King Guthrum has forced King Alfred into hiding. He is found by Earl Cedric offered shelter for the night by Danewulf. Alfred and Cedric disguise themselves and infiltrate Guthrum’s camp to learn their strengths and weaknesses. The play ends with Lady Elfrida giving her version of events as unbeknownst to the Alfred and Cedric, she was a prisoner in the camp at the time.
Subjects: King Alfred, King Guthrum, History, Ethandune, War.

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.

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.

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.

R12/1123/2/8.
The Sleeping Beauty, a Fairy Tale in three acts by Eric Forbes Boyd.
First broadcast: June 15th 1933.
Children's radio program originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
A comical retelling of the fairy-tale. Princess rosebud is cursed as an infant by Fairy Grizzlegrump. On her 18th birthday, she will prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and die. The Fairy Queen changes the curse and instead of dying she will sleep for 100 instead.
Subjects: Sleeping Beauty, Curses., Fairies, Royalty.

R12/1123/2/7.
The Slave Swasham (and how he made people poor by giving them much gold) by Ralph De Rohan.
First broadcast: June 15th 1933.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
In the city of Baghdad, Swashem is a poet who advertises the wares of the merchant Abu Hash Bash. Swashem uses a magic polished post to duplicate coins. He duplicates so much gold it loses its value to teach the money changer, Ali Squeezem, a lesson in greed and the city folk learn about true value.
Subjects: Greed, Wealth, Value.

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.

R12/1123/2/5.
The Rose and the King No.3 by W.M Thackery.
First broadcast: June 8th 1933.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
Prince Giglio spends a year disguised as a student where he finds out his beloved Betsinda is actually Rosalba, Queen of Crim-Tartary. She is being held captive by King Padella. Prince Giglio goes to her rescue, however he forgets he is betrothed to Countess Gruffanuff.
Subjects: Princes, Princess, Romance, Peril.

R12/1123/2/1.
Market Day in Crocksbury by Arthur Davenport
First broadcast: May 25th 1933.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
Mr Joshua Suggs runs a china shop he calls The Imperial Hardward Emporium. It is market day in Crocksbury, and a bull breaks loose and runs into the shop. As onlookers debate to whom the animal belongs, the bull cause chaos in the shop as it chases the red headed shop owner.
Subjects: Comedy, Mayhem, Culls, Shops, Markets.