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11.0 Singing Together (Ages 9-15) by Herbert Wiseman with the BBC Scottish Orchestra and Male Chorus
A-Roving (Sea Shanty)
Will ye no come back again ? (Scots Song) Old King Cole (Nursery Rhyme) Loch Lomond (Scots Song)
The Orchestra (Singing Game)
11.20 Interlude
11.25 World History (Ages 9-12)
' Chivalry in the East: A Knight of Mediasval Japan'
A dramatic interlude by Honor Wyat
11.45 Senior English (Ages 11-15)
Book Talk: A Tale of Two Cities ' by Charles Dickens
S. P. B. Mais

Contributors

Unknown:
Herbert Wiseman
Unknown:
Loch Lomond
Unknown:
Charles Dickens
Unknown:
S. P. B. Mais

2.0 The Practice and Science of Gardening (Ages 11-15)
The Garden in Wartime
' Seed Sowing'
C. F. Lawrance
2.15 Interlude
2.20 Preparatory Concert Broadcasts (Ages 9-15)
Musical scenes and stories planned by John Horton
Famous marches and their stories
2.40 Interlude
2.45 English for Under-Nines (Ages 7-9)
Action stories and plays
' The Man in the Moon '

Contributors

Unknown:
F. Lawrance
Unknown:
John Horton

A radio-dramatic serial by Norman Edwards
4—' The Peculiar Island'
Cast, in order of speaking
Production by Val Gielgud

Contributors

Unknown:
Norman Edwards
Production By:
Val Gielgud
Hermann Bauer:
Leslie Perrins
Monica Harvey:
Lesley Brook
Unity Reville:
Grizelda Hervey
Grace Deane:
Betty Astell
Basil Lutyens:
Alan Wheatley
Tony Frere:
John Robinson
Maid at 'The Bird and Cage':
Vivienne Chatterton

Presented by Harry S. Pepper and Ronald Waldman
Ronnie Hill
' Inspector Hornleigh Investigates '
(No. 8-3rd series), by H. W. Priwin with S. J. Warmington as Inspector Hornleigh
' Anniversary ' '-Memories of famous ' first nights *
Puzzle Corner
? ? ? Guess ? ? ?
Anne Ziegler
' Mr. Walker Wants to Know ' by Ernest Dudley and Gordon Crier
Yer old chum's back again!
' Youth Takes a Bow ' presented by Jack Hylton and compered by Bryan Michie
Singing commeres, the Three Chimes
The BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell

Contributors

Presented By:
Harry S. Pepper
Presented By:
Ronald Waldman
Unknown:
Ronnie Hill
Unknown:
H. W. Priwin
Unknown:
S. J. Warmington
Unknown:
Anne Ziegler
Unknown:
Ernest Dudley
Unknown:
Gordon Crier
Presented By:
Jack Hylton
Unknown:
Bryan Michie
Conducted By:
Charles Shadwell

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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