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11.0 Singing together by Herbert Wiseman
Willie's gane to Melville Castle
(Scots song)
Calino Custurame (English song)
She'll be comin' round the mountain
(Hill-Billy song)
11.20 I Ysgolion Cymru
(For Welsh schools)
Gair a geirfa gan T. J. Morgan
4-Y Pren
Sgwrs ar enwau gwahanol rannau o'r pren o'r gwraidd i'r brig. Sylwir ar ymadroddion ffigurol a ddaeth yn rhan o'n hiaith bob dydd
11.40 English for under-nines
A play : ' Baa, baa, black sheep', from the story by M. S. Clark , arranged for broadcasting by Julia
Goodey
Part 1

Contributors

Unknown:
Herbert Wiseman
Unknown:
T. J. Morgan
Story By:
M. S. Clark

1.50 Science and gardening
' Making the best of the weather'
B. A. Keen and C. F. Lawrance
2.10 Interval music
2.15 Stories from world history
' Theseus and the Minotaur ', by Rhoda Power
How Theseus , Prince of Athens, sailed to Crete. How he slew the Minotaur and found his way out of the maze with the help of Ariadne, daughter of Minos, King of Crete.
The myth explained
2.35 Interval music
2.40 English for everyday use, by Douglas R. Allan
' Observing and recording '

Contributors

Unknown:
B. A. Keen
Unknown:
C. F. Lawrance
Unknown:
Rhoda Power
Unknown:
How Theseus
Unknown:
Douglas R. Allan

by H.G. Wells as a dramatic serial for the microphone
Written by Lance Sieveking
with Richard Goolden as Mr. Polly
(Seventh instalment)
Cast: [see below]

Contributors

Author:
H.G. Wells
Writer [Adapted by]/Narration/Production:
Lance Sieveking
Alfred Polly:
Richard Goolden
Landlady of the Potwell Inn:
Vivienne Chatterton
Her little niece:
Mary Harley
Uncle Jim:
Malcolm Graeme
The young man with the fluting voice:
Deering Wells
First girl:
Joanna Horder
Second girl:
Lucy van Ryn
An elderly man:
George Holloway
Mr Warspite:
Charles Spencer

The third of a series of weekly programmes on rebuilding Britain as it affects you

'The new factory'
A man who runs factories, a man who designs them, and a man who locates them discuss the changes that are likely to come about in factory life, its buildings and their surroundings
J.H. Davis: a member of an aircraft construction company who has been placed in charge of the factory's post-war reconstruction.
William Holford: who planned factory estates in the special areas before the war and has since been building war factories and houses for industrial workers.
Lieut.-Colonel M.D. Methven: who has organised, located, and transferred a great many commercial and industrial enterprises both in and outside the special areas

Contributors

Unknown:
J. H. Davis
Unknown:
William Holford
Unknown:
Colonel M. D. Methven

A radio version of the film
(by permission of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Adapted for radio by Douglas Moodie with John Singer and Beryl Davis in the parts created by Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland
Other players include :
Joan Miller , Sydney' Keith, Joan Young , Macdonald Parke ,
Charles Victor , and Rita Vale
The Bachelor Girls
The Three Rhythm Boys
BBC Revue Chorus, trained by Mansel Thomas and the Augmented Dance Orchestra, conducted by Billy Ternent
Produced by Douglas Moodie

Contributors

Unknown:
Douglas Moodie
Unknown:
John Singer
Unknown:
Beryl Davis
Unknown:
Mickey Rooney
Unknown:
Judy Garland
Unknown:
Joan Miller
Unknown:
Joan Young
Unknown:
MacDonald Parke
Unknown:
Charles Victor
Unknown:
Mansel Thomas
Conducted By:
Billy Ternent
Produced By:
Douglas Moodie

by Francis Durbridge
An abridged version of the radio serial presented as a complete play
Scenes : 1, The office of Sir Graham Forbes , New Scotland Yard
2 The drawing-room of Bramley
Lodge, Temple's country house
3 ' The Little General' inn 4 ' The First Penguin '
Produced by Martyn C. Webster

Contributors

Unknown:
Francis Durbridge
Unknown:
Sir Graham Forbes
Produced By:
Martyn C. Webster
Paul-Temple:
Carl Bernard
Steve Trent:
Thea Holme
Sir Graham Forbes:
Cecil Trouncer
Superintendent Harvey:
Cyril Gardiner
Chief Inspector Dale:
Ivor Barnard
Inspector Merritt:
William Trent
Dr Milton:
Ivan Samson
Diana Thornley:
Grizelda Hervey
Pryce:
Edgar Norfolk
Skid:
Antony Holles
Dixie:
Allan Jeayes
Horace Daley:
Arthur Young
Miss Parchment:
Amy Veness
Sergeant Leopold:
John Bryning

The music :
Sam Rogers and his Palace Rhythm Band, with Joan Chambers and Mollie Wilkinson
The cabaret :
Max Wall
Val Green and Alec Howieson
Host, Wilfred Pickles
Producer, Richard North

Contributors

Unknown:
Sam Rogers
Unknown:
Joan Chambers
Unknown:
Mollie Wilkinson
Unknown:
Max Wall
Unknown:
Val Green
Unknown:
Wilfred Pickles
Producer:
Richard North

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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