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11.0 Singing together, by Herbert Wiseman
Twenty eighteen (English song)
11.20 Interval music
11.25 English for pleasure
L. A. G. Strong interviews another writer of detective stories
11.40 English for under-nines
Designed by Jean Sutcliffe
Dialogue story: 'The little weaver and the dragon' followed by A short memory game

Contributors

Unknown:
Herbert Wiseman
Unknown:
L. A. G. Strong
Designed By:
Jean Sutcliffe

Nursery rhymes sung by BBC Singers (A)
Margaret Godley Margaret Rees Joyce Sutton Margaret Rolfe Bradbridge White Emlyn Bebb Stanley Riley Samuel Dyson
Conductor, Leslie Woodgate
At the piano, John Wills
Eight nursery rhymes (Op. 19a): 1 Lullaby ; 2 Willie Winkie ; 3 Valentine ; 4 The hunting of the snail; 5 T'other little tune; 6 Thomas and Annis ; 7 If all the seas were one sea ; 8 The Whjte Paternoster
Eight new nursery rhymes (Op. 23) :
1 The apology ; 2 Old woman ; 3 A tragedy ; 4 A little old man ; 5 The fly and the bumble-bee ; 6 Bless you ; 7 An old cradle song ; 8 0 my little sixpence

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Godley
Unknown:
Margaret Rees
Unknown:
Joyce Sutton
Unknown:
Margaret Rolfe
Unknown:
Bradbridge White
Unknown:
Emlyn Bebb
Conductor:
Stanley Riley
Conductor:
Samuel Dyson
Conductor:
Leslie Woodgate
Piano:
John Wills

From Rolf Boldrewood's romance of life and adventure in the Australian bush and goldfields
A dramatic serial for broadcasting in ten instalments
Written and produced by Peter Creswell
Terence and Derrick de Marney as the brothers Dick and Jim Marston

Contributors

From the story by:
Rolf Boldrewood
Writer/Producer:
Peter Creswell
Dick Marston:
Terence de Marney
Jim Marston:
Derrick de Marney
Ben, their father:
Bryan Powley
Norah, their mother:
Ethel Lodge
Aileen, their sister:
Thea Holme
Mr Falkland, a rich squatter:
Cecil Trouncer
Miss Falkland, his daughter:
Lydia Sherwood
Mr Runnimall, an auctioneer:
Arthur Young
Billy the Boy:
Russell Howarth
Captain Starlight, leader of a gang of bushrangers:
Malcolm Graeme
The judge:
Frederick Lloyd
The Crown prosecutor:
Austin Trevor
Counsel for the defence:
Carl Bernard
Captain Wharton, the prison governor:
Ivor Barnard
A warder:
Antony Holles
Mrs Buxter:
Dora Gregory
A girl:
Lucille Lisle

Presented by Harry S. Pepper and Ronald Waldman
'Calling X2!'
The sixth of a series of counterespionage adventures, written by Ernest Dudley, with Jack Melford as British Agent X2'
'Something old - Something new' Famous song-writers then and now
Puzzle song
??? Guess ???
The Three Admirals
Adele Dixon
'S.O.S. Sally'
'May we introduce...?'
Presented by Leonard Urry
Compered by 'Quiz'
Singing commeres, the Three Chimes
BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell

Contributors

Presented By:
Harry S. Pepper
Presented By:
Ronald Waldman
Written By:
Ernest Dudley
Unknown:
Jack Melford
Unknown:
Adele Dixon
Presented By:
Leonard Urry
Conducted By:
Charles Shadwell

Reconstructed from contemporary documents by W. St. John Tayleur and produced by Lance Sieveking with Lilian Harrison as Edith Cavell
Other characters :
Baron Von der Lancken (German Governor of Belgium), Mr. Whitlock (the United States Ambassador), Hugh Gibson (First secretary at the United States Embassy), President of the German Military Court, Public Prosecutor, Maitre Kirschen , Marquis de Villalobar (Spanish Ambassador), and the Rev. H. S. T. Gahan
Cast includes:
Meinhart Maur , Leslie Bradley ,' Victor Fairley , Hector Abbas , Carleton Hobbs , Dino Galvani , and Ronald Kerr
The narrator......Valentine Dyall
Time: 1915
Place: Brussels

Contributors

Unknown:
John Tayleur
Produced By:
Lance Sieveking
Unknown:
Lilian Harrison
Unknown:
Edith Cavell
Unknown:
Baron von Der Lancken
Unknown:
Hugh Gibson
Unknown:
Maitre Kirschen
Unknown:
Rev. H. S. T. Gahan
Unknown:
Meinhart Maur
Unknown:
Leslie Bradley
Unknown:
Victor Fairley
Unknown:
Hector Abbas
Unknown:
Carleton Hobbs
Unknown:
Dino Galvani
Unknown:
Ronald Kerr

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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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