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FOR THE SCHOOLS

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

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STORIES FROM WORLD HISTORY. ' Sir John Franklin ': the first voyage, in 1819-22, of a great explorer. Franklin died in 1847 in the attempt to discover the north-west passage. Script by John Allen
2.25 SENIOR ENGLISH 1. Have You Met ... Captain Cuttle?' : another character from ' Dombey and Son' by Charles Dickens takes the story of Florence Dombey further. Script by Penelope Knox
2.50 ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS
' The Beggar's Opera '
A shortened form of the eighteenth-century ballad opera by John Gay , arranged for broadcasting by Roger Fiske
BBC Singers
Jacques Orchestra
Conducted by Leslie Woodgate

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir John Franklin
Script By:
John Allen
Unknown:
Charles Dickens
Script By:
Penelope Knox
Unknown:
John Gay
Unknown:
Roger Fiske
Conducted By:
Leslie Woodgate
Source: Radio Times

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BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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