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at the theatre organ

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Popular melodies on parade
Nelson Elms must be the tallest broadcasting organist in the country, for he measures six feet seven inches. His signature tune is 'Trees' - the inference being that elms are more popular than other trees.

He first broadcast at the Leeds Ritz in 1935, and has since broadcast from cinemas all over the country. He has played dance music on a large four-manual concert organ at Wallasey Town Hall for a charity ball, and at Leeds Town Hall accompanied community singing for a boxing tournament. But perhaps his strangest experience was at the Clapham Junction Granada, where a circus was appearing on the stage during the week that he was playing there. Throughout his broadcast one of the tigers persisted in pacing up and down in its cage, stopping only to growl at him.

from a College Chapel
Versicles and Responses Psalm xlviii
First Lesson: Jeremiah xxiii, 5-8 Magnificat (Stanford in C)
Second Lesson: Romans viii, 35-39 Nunc dimittis (Stanford in C) Creed
Lesser Litany
Versicles and Responses Collects
Anthem: Beati quorum via (Stanford) Collects
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation (E.H. 536, vv. 1, 2, and 6) Blessing

starring
Bebe Daniels , Vic Oliver , Ben Lyon with Jay Wilbur and his Orchestra, the Greene Sisters and Sam Browne
Additional dialogue by Dick Pepper
Produced by Harry S. Pepper and Douglas Lawrence
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Contributors

Unknown:
Bebe Daniels
Unknown:
Vic Oliver
Unknown:
Ben Lyon
Unknown:
Jay Wilbur
Unknown:
Sam Browne
Dialogue By:
Dick Pepper
Produced By:
Harry S. Pepper
Produced By:
Douglas Lawrence

A small romantic comedy by Francis Durbridge. Produced by Lance Sieveking

with D.A. Clarke-Smith as Nicholas Forbes, the explorer; Philip Wade as Mr. Hobson, the jeweller; and Pauline Vilda as Gail Blake, the actress

Contributors

Comedy By:
Francis Durbridge.
Produced By:
Lance Sieveking
Unknown:
D. A. Clarke-Smith
Unknown:
Nicholas Forbes
Unknown:
Philip Wade
Unknown:
Pauline Vilda
Unknown:
Gail Blake

Edited by Bill MacLurg
A weekly programme introducing famous detectives of fact and fiction
1-' Barton of the Yard' presenting ex - Detective - Inspector Jack Henry , late of New Scotland
Yard, in ' The Scribe '
Written by Jack Henry and Patrick K. Heale
2-' Who Broke the Law ? '
A series written by Charles Hatton
3—' Meet the Arrow '
A series of detective adventures written by Ernest Dudley

Contributors

Edited By:
Bill MacLurg
Unknown:
Jack Henry
Written By:
Jack Henry
Written By:
Patrick K. Heale
Written By:
Charles Hatton
Written By:
Ernest Dudley

(Section C) led by Marie Wilson
Conductor, Sir Adrian Boult
Albert Sammons (violin)
Lionel Tertis (viola)
Mozart
ORCHESTRA
Overture: Bastien and Bastienne
ALBERT SAMMONS, LIONEL TERTIS ,
AND ORCHESTRA
Sinfonia concertante in E flat
(K.364)
ORCHESTRA
Symphony No. 31, in D (Paris)
(K.297)

Contributors

Conductor:
Marie Wilson
Conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult
Violin:
Albert Sammons
Viola:
Lionel Tertis
Unknown:
Lionel Tertis

No. 5-' Prince Kamar and the Princess Badoura '
Written by Henrik Ege , with music by Henry Reed
Cast with Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, leader Boris Pecker , conductor
Hyam Greenbaum
Production by Gordon Crier

Contributors

Written By:
Henrik Ege
Music By:
Henry Reed
Leader:
Boris Pecker
Conductor:
Hyam Greenbaum
Production By:
Gordon Crier
Shah-Zeman, King of Khalidan:
C. Denier Warren
Kamar-es-Zeman, his son:
Hugh Morton
The Grand Wazir:
Frederick Burtwell
Danhasch, a djinn:
Jacques Brown
Maimoun, a fairy:
Doris Nichols
The Emperor of China:
Geoffrey Wincott
Princess Badoura, his daughter:
Wynne Ajello
Marzavan, her foster-brother:
Reginald Purdell
Lin Ho Kwong, an aged astrologer:
George Stearn Scott
The storyteller:
Bruce Winston

A moral folk tale for tough little people and a loud razz for all giants with Ivor Barnard , Bryan Powley , Cecil Trouncer , Valentine Dyall , Ralph Truman , Charles Mason , Ivan Sam son, Harold Scott , Henry Hallatt , Norman Shelley , Philip Wade , Mary O'Farrell , Betty Hardy , Dora Barton
Written and produced by Francis Dillon

Contributors

Unknown:
Ivor Barnard
Unknown:
Bryan Powley
Unknown:
Cecil Trouncer
Unknown:
Valentine Dyall
Unknown:
Ralph Truman
Unknown:
Charles Mason
Unknown:
Ivan Sam
Unknown:
Harold Scott
Unknown:
Henry Hallatt
Unknown:
Norman Shelley
Unknown:
Philip Wade
Unknown:
Mary O'Farrell
Unknown:
Betty Hardy
Unknown:
Dora Barton
Produced By:
Francis Dillon

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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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