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FOR THE SCHOOLS

on BBC Home Service Basic

KASHTANKA by Anton Chekhov
2: The Circus
Script by Edward Blishen
Adventures in English series
2.20 SCIENCE AND FOOD
Feeding our Livestock
Each year we spend more than £ 200,000,000 on animal foodstuffs from abroad. Can our farmers and scientists working together reduce this bill? Script by 3Ralph Whitlock
Science and the Community series
2.40 SHAFTESBURY AND
CHILDREN IN MINES
An account of the legislation by the future Lord Shaftesbury to improve the working conditions of children in coal mines. The incidents are based on the findings of the Commissioners put before Parliament in 1842. Script by Norman Wymer
Stories from British History series

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Anton Chekhov
Script By:
Edward Blishen
Script By:
Ralph Whitlock
Script By:
Norman Wymer

BBC Home Service Basic

About BBC Home Service

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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