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11.0 SINGING TOGETHER : by Herbert Wiseman -
John Brown 's Body (American song)
My Old Kentucky Home (Stephen Foster ) The Barnyard Song (Song from Kentucky)
11.20 I YSGOLION CYMRU (For Welsh schools) : ' Gair a Geirfa ' gan T. J. Morgan. 5—' Pwysleisio ac Ystumio ' : Gwahoddir y plant i gydweithredu a'r darlledwr wrth iddo ddangos sut y bydd pwyslais ac ystum yn newid ystyr geiriau
11.40 ENGLISH FOR UNDER-NINES : Play, ' Baa, baa, black sheep '. Story by M. S. Clark , arranged for broadcasting by Julia Goodey. Part 2

Contributors

Unknown:
Herbert Wiseman
Unknown:
John Brown
Unknown:
Stephen Foster
Unknown:
T. J. Morgan.
Story By:
M. S. Clark
Unknown:
Julia Goodey.

The Rev. Alan Richardson , Study Secretary of the Student Christian Movement
Here is another in the big series on the making and content of the Bible. It is divided into several parts, and is planned to extend over two years. The whole series will he found particularly suitable for sixth-form listening. Religious experts from all over the country are, week- by week, contributing their views to these programmes.

Contributors

Unknown:
Rev. Alan Richardson

1.50 SCIENCE AND GARDENING : ' Manures and soil improvement B. A. Keen
2.10 Interval music
2.15 STORIES FROM WORLD HISTORY: ' The sea fight at Salamis ', by Rhoda Power. How Themistocles planned to lure the Persian ship into the narrow strait between Salamis and the coast of Greece, and so won a naval victory over Xerxes, 480 B.C.
2.35 Interval music
2.40 SENIOR ENGLISH I-English for evervdav use : ' A letter home : Bill writes about the accident by Douglas R. Allan

Contributors

Unknown:
B. A. Keen
Unknown:
Rhoda Power.
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. (Final instalment)
Narration and production by Lance Sieveking

Contributors

Unknown:
H. G. Wells
Written By:
Lance Sieveking
Unknown:
Richard Goolden
Production By:
Lance Sieveking
Alfred Polly:
Richard Goolden
Miriam, his wife:
Doris Gilmore
Annie Larkins, her sister:
Gabriel Casartelli
Landlady of the Potwell Inn:
Vivienne Chatterton

Rebuilding Britain as it affects you
' The Rent Book ' : A woman housing. manager, a city surveyor, and a tenant discuss the human needs of housing. H. J. Manzoni , City Surveyor, Birmingham ; Jean Thompson , Housing Manager and Rehousing Officer, Southall ; William Corbett , a tenant

Contributors

Unknown:
H. J. Manzoni
Unknown:
Jean Thompson
Unknown:
William Corbett

Radio version of the film (by permission of Paramount Pictures). Based on a play by Clare Boothe and adapted from the screen-play by Harry Tugend and Dwight Taylor. Music by Victor Schertzinger. Lyrics by Frank Loesser. Radio score by Jack Beaver
With Hugh McDermoft ,
Joan Miller , Bettie Bucknelle , Sydney Keith , Rita Vale , Pat Rignold , Macdonald Parke , Joan Young , Charles Victor , The Bachelor Girls. BBC Revue Chorus, BBC Augmented Dance Orchestra, directed by Billy Ternent. Produced by Douglas Moodie

Contributors

Play By:
Clare Boothe
Unknown:
Harry Tugend
Unknown:
Dwight Taylor.
Music By:
Victor Schertzinger.
Unknown:
Frank Loesser.
Unknown:
Jack Beaver
Unknown:
Hugh McDermoft
Unknown:
Joan Miller
Unknown:
Bettie Bucknelle
Unknown:
Sydney Keith
Unknown:
Rita Vale
Unknown:
Pat Rignold
Unknown:
MacDonald Parke
Unknown:
Joan Young
Unknown:
Charles Victor
Directed By:
Billy Ternent.
Produced By:
Douglas Moodie

Play by Helge Krog. Radio version by Marianne Helweg of the translation from the Norwegian by C. B. Burchardt
Scene : A pleasant Norwegian country house in the days of peace. Produced by John Cheatle

Contributors

Play By:
Helge Krog.
Unknown:
Marianne Helweg
Unknown:
C. B. Burchardt
Duced By:
John Cheatle
Hartwig Riibe:
Ivan Samson
Esther:
: Celia Johnson
Wenche:
Jenny Lovelace
Lady Margaret:
Amy Veness
Uncle Severin:
William Armstrong
Preben Klingenberg:
John Laurie
Joachim Bris:
Malcolm Graemc

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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