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11.0 Music and Movement for Infants (Ages 5-7)
Ann Driver

11.20 Interlude

11.25 Senior English: Rhyme and Reason (Ages 13-15)
Introductory Talk by L.A.G. Strong

11.40 Talks for Sixth Forms (Ages 16 and over)
'Foreign Affairs' - Sir Frederick Whyte, K.C.S.I.

Contributors

Presenter (Music and Movement):
Ann Driver
Speaker (Senior English):
L.A.G. Strong
Speaker (Talks for Sixth Forms):
Sir Frederick Whyte, K.C.S.I.

2.0 Travel Talks (Ages 9-12)
Peoples of the Empire, planned by E.G.R. Taylor, Professor of Geography in the University of London
'White Miners in South Africa'

2.15 Interlude

2.20 Topical Talks and Feature Programmes
'My Job in Wartime'
A magazine programme introducing a variety of people whose work has been strangely altered by the war

2.40 Darlledu i Ysgolion yn Gymraeg
(Broadcasts to Schools in Welsh)
Priodas Merchy Llyn gan David Williams
Cyflwynir ar ffurf drama stori draddodiadol a gysylltir â nifer o lynnoedd Cymru

Contributors

Planned by (Travel Talks):
E.G.R. Taylor
Presenter (Darlledu i Ysgolion yn Gymraeg):
David Williams

An excerpt presented by Francis Laidler from the Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield.

Contributors

Presenter:
Francis Laidler
The Old Vizier:
Frank Randle
Aladdin:
Peggy Bedell
Widow Twankey:
Iris Sadler
Abanazar, the Magician:
Edward Victor
Princess So Shi:
Joan Edmondson
The Emperor:
Charles Rolfe
The Vizier's Daughter:
Peg St. John
The Vizier's Daughter:
Norah St. John
Chinese Policemen:
Kiraku Brothers
The Genie of the Ring:
Bette Challenor
The Mandarin:
Dave Winton
The Slave of the Lamp:
null Taran
Orchestra Director:
Noel Vincent
Performers:
Eileen Rogan's Twelve Charm Girls
Performers:
The Twelve Rosebuds

Composed by Lionel Monckton, with additional melodies by Paul A. Rubens
Produced by Gordon McConnel and Stanford Robinson
Nora Gruhn, Elizabeth Paynter, Michael Cole, Richard Watson, Bernard Ansell
The BBC Theatre Chorus (trained by Charles Groves), the BBC Theatre Orchestra (leader, Tate Gilder), conductor, Stanford Robinson

Contributors

Composer:
Lionel Monckton
Additional melodies:
Paul A. Rubens
Producer:
Gordon McConnel
Producer:
Stanford Robinson
Singer:
Nora Gruhn
Singer:
Elizabeth Paynter
Singer:
Michael Cole
Singer:
Richard Watson
Singer:
Bernard Ansell
Singers:
The BBC Theatre Chorus
Chorus trained by:
Charles Groves
Musicians:
The BBC Theatre Orchestra
Leader:
Tate Gilder
Conductor:
Stanford Robinson

A heroic saga written for broadcasting by E.A. Harding, and based on Turold's song
[Starring] Henry Ainley

Contributors

Writer:
E.A. Harding
Based on the song by:
null Turold
Music chosen by:
Maurice Brown
Production:
Val Gielgud
Narrator:
Felix Aylmer
Roland:
Hubert Gregg
Oliver:
Norman Claridge
Charlemagne:
Baliol Holloway
Ganelon:
Francis de Wolff
A Voice:
Henry Ainley
Naimon:
Franklyn Bellamy
Archbishop Turpin:
Charles Lefeaux
Gautier:
Douglas Matthews
Hilda:
Angela Kirk
Adelroth:
Charles Barrett

A disappointing cabaret
With Elspeth Douglas-Reid, Kenway and Young, Ronnie Hill, Diana Morrison, Hugh Morton, Three in Harmony, Robert Ashley, and the Dance Orchestra

Contributors

Compere:
Dick Bentley
Performer:
Elspeth Douglas-Reid
Performers:
Kenway and Young
Performer:
Ronnie Hill
Performer:
Diana Morrison
Performer:
Hugh Morton
Singers:
Three in Harmony
Performer:
Robert Ashley
Musicians:
The Dance Orchestra
Orchestra Directed By:
Billy Ternent
Presentation written by:
Ronnie Hill
Presentation written by:
Peter Dion Titheradge
Producer:
David Porter

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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