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11.0 Singing together by Herbert Wiseman
Let the bullgine run (Sea shanty)
All through the night (Welsh song) The three crows (Student song)
11.20 Interval music
11.25 'English in school, and out of it'
' English in school: words in their order '—L. A. G. Strong
11.40 English for under-nines including today a ten-minute tale
' The Goose that laid the Golden Egg ', written for broadcasting by Rhoda Power and told by 'Aesop'

Contributors

Unknown:
Herbert Wiseman
Broadcasting By:
Rhoda Power

1.50 The practice and science of gardening
' What to do now in the garden ' —
C. F. Lawrance
2.10 Interval music
2.15 Stories from world history
' Hammurapi, the Law-Giver '
A story by Hhoda Power of a theft of corn in Babylonia, founded on a despatch of King Hammurapi on a clay tablet, about 2100 B.C:
2.35 Interval music
2.40 ' English for everyday use'
Planned and presented by Douglas R. Allan
Games with words
2-' Careful listening '

Contributors

Unknown:
C. F. Lawrance
Story By:
Hhoda Power
Presented By:
Douglas R. Allan

5.20 ' The washerwoman '-another dialogue story about the adventures of Worzel Gummidge the famous scarecrow
The cast includes: Philip Wade , Phyllis Smale , Robert Holland , Gladys Young , Rosamund Barnes ,
Laidman Browne
5.50 ' Between ourselves '-a short talk by Mac

Contributors

Unknown:
Worzel Gummidge
Unknown:
Philip Wade
Unknown:
Phyllis Smale
Unknown:
Robert Holland
Unknown:
Gladys Young
Unknown:
Rosamund Barnes
Unknown:
Laidman Browne

(by arrangement with C. B. Cochran )
From the novel by James Laver. Book by Romney Brent. Music and lyrics by Cole Porter. Radio adaptation by Gordon Crier with : Jacques Brown , Audrey Cameron ,
Doris Nichols , C. Denier Warren , Bruce Winston , the BBC Chorus and augmented Variety Orchestra, conducted by Hyam Greenbaum
Compere, John Watt
Produced by Gordon Crier

Contributors

Arrangement With:
C. B. Cochran
Novel By:
James Laver.
Book By:
Romney Brent.
Unknown:
Cole Porter.
Unknown:
Gordon Crier
Unknown:
Jacques Brown
Unknown:
Audrey Cameron
Unknown:
Doris Nichols
Unknown:
C. Denier Warren
Unknown:
Bruce Winston
Unknown:
Hyam Greenbaum
Unknown:
John Watt
Produced By:
Gordon Crier

Produced by Lance Sieveking
Cast
Scene, an officers' prisoners-of-war camp in Germany
Time, 1940

Contributors

Produced By:
Lance Sieveking
Major James Caxton:
Cecil Trouncer
Lieutenant Foster:
Arthur Young
2nd Lieutenant Urthwaite:
James McKechnie
Flying Officer Jones, R A F:
Norman Claridge
Flying Officer Smith, R A F:
Charles Mason
A German Major in command of the Prisoners-of-War Camp:
Hector Abbas
A German N C O:
Anthony Holies

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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