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On August 4, 1914, Commander Campbell found himself patrolling
the Irish Sea in H.M.S. Aquitania - one of the first Armoured Merchant Cruisers, which did so well in the war. He served in various parts of the world, convoying food ships from Rio and American troops from New York. He was the senior officer, saved when his ship, H.M.S. Otranto, was sunk off the Island of Islay with great loss of life, on October 6, 1918, just twenty-one years ago. He has told over the air the story of her loss.

Now, at the commencement of another war, Campbell comes to the microphone to tell another of his sea stories. A 'sailor's yarn' tells of a remarkable swimming feat by one of the crew of a ship in which he sailed. It is proverbial that sailor's yarns have to be taken with a grain of salt, and he warns his listeners to have the cruet ready.

Contributors

Speaker:
Commander A.B. Campbell

2.0
Nature Study
Round the Countryside (Ages 9-12)
' The Journey to the South '
Eric Parker
2.15 Interlude
2.20 Physical Training for use in a classroom (Ages 9-12)
Edith Dowling
2.35 Interlude
2.40 British History (Ages 11-15)
Britain in the Making
' Keeping the Peace: Henry II'
A dramatic interlude by Wray Hunt

Contributors

Unknown:
Eric Parker
Unknown:
Edith Dowling
Unknown:
Wray Hunt

Alf Perkins says ' It's a Bit of All Right*
The cast includes
Maurice Denham
Betty Huntley-Wright
Horace Percival
Sidney Burchall
Jack Train and Dick Francis
The Male Voice Chorus and the Orchestra
Presented by Bill MacLurg

Contributors

Unknown:
Alf Perkins
Unknown:
Maurice Denham
Unknown:
Betty Huntley-Wright
Unknown:
Horace Percival
Unknown:
Sidney Burchall
Unknown:
Jack Train
Unknown:
Dick Francis
Presented By:
Bill MacLurg

(from the novel by A. E.W. Mason)
A dramatic chronicle for broadcasting in twelve parts
Written and produced by Peter Creswell Part 3 - 'Abou Fatma of the Kababish'
Cast Harold Scott and

In Part 1 listeners saw a picture of Harry Feversham, a boy of fourteen, descended from a long line of soldier ancestors, listening to first-hand accounts of the Crimean war. Sometimes brave men were cowards, and from that moment Harry became in embryo the man who was afraid of being afraid. The years pass; he re ncommission in his father's regiment, and, hearing that his h is ordered to a war in Egypt, he resigns his commission rather x father and Ethne, the girl he is going to marry.
In Part 2 three brother officers each send him a white feather, and Ethne, plucking one from her fan, makes it four. He sees in these feathers not a symbol of disgrace, but mucn n retrieving it. He proceeds alone to bgypt-

Contributors

Novel By:
A. E.W. Mason
Produced By:
Peter Creswell
Unknown:
Abou Fatma
Unknown:
Harry Feversham
Harry Feversham:
Harold Scott
Mrs Adair:
Barbara Couper
Colonel Durrapce:
Carleton Hobbs
Abou Fatma:
Valentine Dyall
Captain Mather:
Philip Cunningham
Lieutenant Sutch, R.N. (Retired), who tells the story:
Cecil Trouncer

The BBC Singers (A) r-m„
Margaret Godley
Margaret Rees Joyce Sutton Doris Owens Bradbridge White
Martin Boddey Stanley Riley
Samuel Dyson Conductor, Leslie Woodgate
Conductor, Leslie Woodgate

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Godley
Unknown:
Margaret Rees
Unknown:
Joyce Sutton
Unknown:
Doris Owens
Unknown:
Bradbridge White
Unknown:
Martin Boddey
Conductor:
Stanley Riley
Conductor:
Samuel Dyson
Conductor:
Leslie Woodgate
Conductor:
Leslie Woodgate

(and don't forget the chorus)
Written by Ernest Longstaffe and Leonard Henry
Number Four of this popular ' Get Together' series, with a cheerful cast headed by Leonard Henry , including Bertha Willmott ,
Sidney Burchall , Jack Warner
The BBC Revue Chorus
The BBC Variety Orchestra
Produced and conducted by Ernest Longstaffe

Contributors

Written By:
Ernest Longstaffe
Written By:
Leonard Henry
Unknown:
Leonard Henry
Unknown:
Bertha Willmott
Unknown:
Sidney Burchall
Unknown:
Jack Warner
Conducted By:
Ernest Longstaffe

A little thing about Herr Oberon written by Henrik Ege , with music by Henry Reed
Production by Gordon Crier and Ronald Waldman
Characters: Mr. Wiggin (a tired business man) ; Miss Mabfield (his secretary) ; Barker (his chauffeur) ; Berlin (a magician) ; the Goose that lays the Golden Eggs (an inflated duck) ; Titania (ex-Queen of Fairyland) ; Boebbels (Fairy Minister of Propaganda) ; and a Fairy

Contributors

Unknown:
Herr OBEron
Written By:
Henrik Ege
Music By:
Henry Reed
Production By:
Gordon Crier
Production By:
Ronald Waldman

BBC Home Service Basic

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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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