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11.0 Physical Training (Ages 9-12) (For use in a hall)
Edith Dowling
11.20 Interlude v
11.25 Junior English (Ages 9-11)
Stories for Acting: 'The Pied Piper of Hamelin'
11.40 Talks for Fifth Forms (Ages 15 and over)
Science and the Community (planned by J. A. Lauwerys):
' The Weighing of Ayre ' ; an early meeting of the Royal Society, devised by Sir William Bragg , O.M., President of the Royal Society

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir William Bragg

R. M. Lockley
R. M. Lockley will tell in this broadcast of a visit he made to the Blaskets, a small group of islands off the south-west coast of Ireland near Dingle, Co. Kerry. He is a broadcaster well known for his accounts of sailing, fishing, and bird-watching on the coast of West Wales, as well as for his books which include ' I know an Island ', and ' Island
Days'.

Contributors

Unknown:
R. M. Lockley

adapted for broadcasting by Maurice Brown
'HOW THE WHALE GOT HIS THROAT and 'HOW THE CAMEL GOT HIS HUMP'
Production by Maurice Brown

Contributors

Broadcasting By:
Maurice Brown
Production By:
Maurice Brown
The Whale:
Valentine Dyall
The Mariner:
Fred O'Donovan
The Small, 'Stute Fish:
Cathleen Cordell
The Storyteller:
Val Gielgud
The Camel:
Henry Longhurst
The Horse:
J B Rowe
The Dog:
Philip Wade
The Man:
Ralph Truman
The Ox:
,bryan Powley
The Djinn:
Cecil Trouncer
The Storyteller:
Val Gielgud

Tommy Handley assisted by Vera Lennox , Jack Train , Maurice Denham , Vernon Harris ,
Sam Costa , the Cavendish Three, and the Dance Orchestra conducted by Billy Ternent
The show written by Ted Kavanagh and presented by Francis Worsley

Contributors

Unknown:
Tommy Handley
Assisted By:
Vera Lennox
Assisted By:
Jack Train
Assisted By:
Maurice Denham
Assisted By:
Vernon Harris
Assisted By:
Sam Costa
Conducted By:
Billy Ternent
Written By:
Ted Kavanagh
Presented By:
Francis Worsley

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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