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Introductory music: Toccata in D minor (Bach)
Order of Service
Theme: "Deliver us from evil"
Introductory talk
Be Thou my guardian and my guide (A. and M. 282; S.P. 100. Tune: Abridge)
Prayer
Reading: St. Luke 19, 1-10
Prayers and Lord's Prayer
Eternal ruler of the ceaseless round (S.P. 485, omitting v. 2. Tune: Song 1 — Orlando Gibbons)
Blessing
Closing music

2.0 Travel talk—'The Plate River'
Arthur Shepherd
2.15 Interval music
2.20 ' If I were British '
' What is a public nuisance ? '
Written by Margaret I. Cole
2.40 Orchestra concert for schools
BBC Northern Orchestra
Leader, Laurance Turner
Conducted by Ronald Biggs
Slavonic dance No. 8, in G......Dvořák Rondo (The Fairy Queen) Purcell Symphonic poem: Vltava. ...Smetana
Introduced by Ronald Biggs

Contributors

Unknown:
Arthur Shepherd
Written By:
Margaret I. Cole
Leader:
Laurance Turner
Conducted By:
Ronald Biggs
Introduced By:
Ronald Biggs

A revue in retrospect, written and composed by Arthur Marshall ana Geoffrey Wright ; additional scenes and lyrics by Aubrey Danvers-
Walker, Roland Blackburn and J. Pennethome Hughes , with Hermione Gingold
Ronnie Hill , Reginald Purdell ,
Guy Vemey , Hugh Morton ,
Meg Titheradge , and Charles Heslop
BBC Revue Orchestra
Leader, Boris Pecker
Conducted by Hyam Greenbaum
Produced by Reginald Smith

Contributors

Composed By:
Arthur Marshall
Unknown:
Geoffrey Wright
Unknown:
Roland Blackburn
Unknown:
J. Pennethome Hughes
Unknown:
Hermione Gingold
Unknown:
Ronnie Hill
Unknown:
Reginald Purdell
Unknown:
Guy Vemey
Unknown:
Hugh Morton
Unknown:
Meg Titheradge
Unknown:
Charles Heslop
Leader:
Boris Pecker
Conducted By:
Hyam Greenbaum
Produced By:
Reginald Smith

A flight to adventure--Conclusion
Script by Phillip Leaver and Ernest Dudley ; lyrics by James Dyrenforth ; music by Kenneth Leslie-Smith
The programme planned with the technical co-operation of British
Overseas Airways Corporation
Part 6—' Happy landing '
Cast
Gillian Lind , Ivan Brandt ,
Athene Seyler , Leslie Perrins , Jacques Brown ,
Ian Sadler , Sidney Burchall ,
Allan Jeayes
BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell
Produced by Vernon Harris

Contributors

Script By:
Phillip Leaver
Script By:
Ernest Dudley
Unknown:
James Dyrenforth
Music By:
Kenneth Leslie-Smith
Unknown:
Gillian Lind
Unknown:
Ivan Brandt
Unknown:
Athene Seyler
Unknown:
Leslie Perrins
Unknown:
Jacques Brown
Unknown:
Ian Sadler
Unknown:
Sidney Burchall
Unknown:
Allan Jeayes
Produced By:
Vernon Harris

A play of adventure and exploration by L. du Garde Peach
Produced by Peter Creswell
Sailors, natives, etc.

Contributors

Produced By:
Peter Creswell
Hudson, the explorer:
Milton Rosmer
Juet:
Ivor Barnard
Wilson:
James McKechnie
Prickett:
Malcolm Graeme
Bylot:
Austin Trevor
King:
Ronald Simpson
Greene:
Hugh Burden
The Bo's'n:
Bryan Powley
The Story-teller:
Carleton Hobbs

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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