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11.0 Physical training (Ages 9-12)
(for use in halls)
Edith Dowling
11.20 Interlude
11.25 Junior English (Ages 9-12)
Games with words arranged by Douglas R. Allan
11.40 Science and the community
(Ages 15 and over)
' The beginnings of radio-James Clerk-Maxwell and Heinrich Hertz ' written by J. A. Lauwerys

Contributors

Unknown:
Edith Dowling
Arranged By:
Douglas R. Allan
Written By:
J. A. Lauwerys

An anthology in praise of trees
Compiled by Jonquil Antony from the works of John Strachey; Ralph Austen; James Elroy Flecker; Thomas Miller; George Howard; Thomas Treherne; J. C. Squire; John Davidson; A.E. Housman; John Keats; Mary Russell Mitford; Harold Monro; with an extract from Gerard's Herbal
Those taking part are: Thea Holme, Hermione Hannen, Valentine Dyall, Laidman Browne, Alan Wheatley
Production by M. H. Allen

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonquil Antony
Unknown:
John Strachey
Unknown:
Ralph Austen
Unknown:
James Elroy Flecker
Unknown:
Thomas Miller
Unknown:
George Howard
Unknown:
Thomas Treherne
Unknown:
John Davidson
Unknown:
A. E. Housman
Unknown:
John Keats
Unknown:
Mary Russell Mitford
Unknown:
Harold Monro
Unknown:
Thea Holme
Unknown:
Hermione Hannen
Unknown:
Valentine Dyall
Unknown:
Laidman Browne
Unknown:
Alan Wheatley
Production By:
M. H. Allen

String Quintet in E flat, Op. 97
1 Allegro non tanto. 2 Allegro vivo. 3 Larghetto. 4 Finale : Allegro giusto played by the Shadwick String Quartet-Joseph Shadwick (violin), James Soutter (violin), Eileen Grainger (viola), Fred Alexander (violoncello), and John Yewe Dyer

Contributors

Violin:
Quartet-Joseph Shadwick
Violin:
James Soutter
Violin:
Eileen Grainger
Viola:
Fred Alexander
Viola:
John Yewe Dyer

A short story written by L. A. G. Strong and read by the author
L. A. G. Strong , besides being a distinguished poet and novelist, is an experienced and popular broadcaster. He has given many talks to schools as well as literary talks in the evening programmes, but is never happier before the microphone than when his sympathetic voice is lending expression to his own excellent short stories.

Contributors

Written By:
L. A. G. Strong
Unknown:
L. A. G. Strong

' Aboard the Bulger '
A story by Ann Scott Moncrieff
Part 7-' Edgar becomes storekeeper '
Told by James McKechnie
Last week you heard how the children met that amusing personage the MacGolloch, half shopkeeper, half chieftain. In this instalment you will hear how he and Edgar formed a friendship which had important results.
Folk songs and community singing with the John MacArthur Trio
Presented by Kathleen

Contributors

Story By:
Ann Scott Moncrieff
Told By:
James McKechnie
Unknown:
John MacArthur

A weekly talk from France
Robert de Saint-Jean
(In collaboration with Radiodiffusion
Nationale de France)
This is the second of a new series of talks in English from Paris. The broadcasts aim to show the British listener how France is tackling the war, and what conditions are like in that country, on both the Home and Active Service Fronts. Robert de Saint-Jean , who is giving the first four talks, was from 1935 to 1937 London correspondent of the Paris Soir, and has lectured in England on the French Alliance.

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert de Saint-Jean
Unknown:
Robert De Saint-Jean

6—'Round the Piano '
' With your own instruments'
Sir Walford Davies
This talk is the sixth in the series ' Music - Makers' Half - Hour ', and is virtually a continuation of the talk which Sir Walford Davies gave on January 7 in the ' Making Your Own Music' series.
Sir Walford intends to develop further what he had to say previously about ' line-drawing ' in music and the conversational style that is to be found in the chamber music of composers from Handel to Beethoven.

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Walford Davies
Unknown:
Sir Walford Davies

in a shortened version of the play by J. M. Barrie
Cast
Production by Barbara Burnham
The play covers a period of over thirty years. It opens in a small manor house in Sussex, passes to an island in the Hebrides, and back to the house again.

Contributors

Play By:
J. M. Barrie
Production By:
Barbara Burnham
Mrs Otery:
Jean Cadell
Harry:
Derrick de Mamey
Rev George Amy:
A. Bromley Davenport
Mr Morland:
Hubert Harben
Mrs Morland:
Mary Jerrold
Mary Rose:
Nova Pilbeam
Simon:
Stephen Haggard
Cameron:
John Laurie

A comedy with music in a Hawaiian setting
Dialogue by Joe Hayman
Lyrics and music by Peter Bernard
Episode 2 : ' The Red Hat at Iliwea '
Cast
Peter Bernard Joe Hayman
Marjorie Westbury
Jacques Brown
Robert Wyndham
Sydney Keith
The Cavendish Three
The Dance Orchestra conducted by Billy Ternent
Production by Roy Speer

Contributors

Dialogue By:
Joe Hayman
Music By:
Peter Bernard
Unknown:
Peter Bernard
Unknown:
Joe Hayman
Unknown:
Marjorie Westbury
Unknown:
Jacques Brown
Unknown:
Robert Wyndham
Unknown:
Sydney Keith
Conducted By:
Billy Ternent
Production By:
Roy Speer

(Third Edition)
Produced by Hedley Briggs , with book and lyrics by Herbert Farjeon , and music by Walter Leigh
The cast includes : Hermione Baddeley, Edward Cooper , Joyce Gren fell, George Benson , Betty Ann Davies, Bernard Miles , Gordon Little , Ronald Waters , Eric Anderson ,
Vida Hope
At the pianos, John Pritchett and Ronnie Aldrich. At the drums,
Harry Hill
From the Little Theatre, London

Contributors

Produced By:
Hedley Briggs
Unknown:
Herbert Farjeon
Music By:
Walter Leigh
Unknown:
Edward Cooper
Unknown:
Joyce Gren
Unknown:
George Benson
Unknown:
Betty Ann
Unknown:
Bernard Miles
Unknown:
Gordon Little
Unknown:
Ronald Waters
Unknown:
Eric Anderson
Pianos:
John Pritchett
Pianos:
Ronnie Aldrich.
Unknown:
Harry Hill

The BBC Theatre Chorus
(trained by Charles Groves ) and The BBC Theatre Orchestra
Leader, Tate Gilder
Conductor, Stanford Robinson
This programme of soft and gentle music ends tonight with the ' Departure of the merchants for Samarkand', the closing scene of James Elroy Flecker 's ' Hassan ' with Delius's music. The lines are spoken by members of the BBC Repertory Company, produced by Desmond Davis.

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Groves
Leader:
Tate Gilder
Conductor:
Stanford Robinson
Unknown:
James Elroy Flecker
Produced By:
Desmond Davis.

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