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11.0 Singing Together
Herbert Wiseman , Director of Music to the Edinburgh Corporation
Education Committee
John Peel ; Golden Slumbers ; Billy Boy ; The Orchestra ; Early one
Morning ; Polly-Wolly-Doodle; Michael Finnigan
11.20 Interlude
11.25 World History (Ages 9-12) :
' Pheidias the Sculptor'
A dramatic interlude about the most famous of Greek sculptors by Rhoda Power
11.40 Interlude
11.45 Senior English (Ages 11-15)
Book Talk: ' Puck of Pook's Hill' by Rudyard Kipling
L. A. G. Strong

Contributors

Unknown:
Herbert Wiseman
Unknown:
Billy Boy
Unknown:
Michael Finnigan
Unknown:
Rudyard Kipling

The BBC Singers (A):
Margaret Godley , Margaret Rees , Joyce Sutton , Doris Owens ,
Bradbridge White , Martin Boddey , Stanley Riley , Samuel Dyson
Conducted by Trevor Harvey

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Godley
Unknown:
Margaret Rees
Unknown:
Joyce Sutton
Unknown:
Doris Owens
Unknown:
Bradbridge White
Unknown:
Martin Boddey
Unknown:
Stanley Riley
Unknown:
Samuel Dyson
Conducted By:
Trevor Harvey

2.0 Science and Gardening (Ages 11-15)
The Garden in Wartime:
' Forcing Crops without a Glasshouse'
C. F. Lawrance
2.15 Interlude
2.20 Music and Movement for Juniors (Ages 7-9)
Ann Driver
2.40 Interlude
2.45 English for Under-Nines:
' The Tom Cat's Meat Dinner ' from the original story by Anne Casserley , arranged for broadcasting by Jean Sutcliffe

Contributors

Unknown:
F. Lawrance
Story By:
Anne Casserley
Broadcasting By:
Jean Sutcliffe

Being another helping of this popular mixture of Variety and community singing with The host and hostess, Rupert Hazell and Elsie Day
Mr. Flotsam and Mr Jetsam
Claude Dampier and Billie Carlyle
Harry Champion
The BBC Revue Chorus and the BBC Variety Orchestra
The show produced and conducted by Ernest Longstaffe
I Do join in the choruses if you feel like it, and even if you don't!

Contributors

Unknown:
Rupert Hazell
Unknown:
Mr Jetsam
Unknown:
Claude Dampier
Unknown:
Billie Carlyle
Conducted By:
Ernest Longstaffe

Old friends once again including:
Jack Train , Betty Huntley-Wright , Sam Costa , Stainless Stephen,
Dick Bentley and George Moon , and the Orchestra
The programme presented by Bill MacLurg

Contributors

Unknown:
Jack Train
Unknown:
Betty Huntley-Wright
Unknown:
Sam Costa
Unknown:
Dick Bentley
Unknown:
George Moon
Presented By:
Bill MacLurg

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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