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11.0 SINGING TOGETHER : by Herbert Wiseman
11.20 I YSGOLION CYMRU (For Welsh Schools) : ' Gair a Geirfa', gan T. J. Morgan. ' Enwi- personau ' : Sawl ffordd o enwi'r un dyn a rhai ohonynt yn ddigrif
11.40 ENGLISH FOR UNDER-NINES : Ten-minute tale from India, ' The monkey and the farmer', and a word game

Contributors

Unknown:
Herbert Wiseman
Unknown:
T. J. Morgan.

7—'The early formation of the Gospel tradition': Rev. Alan Richardson , Study Secretary of the Student Christian Movement
This is another broadcast m the ambitious two-year series surveying the making and content of the Bible. The series is subdivided, and is particularly suitable for sixth-form listening.

Contributors

Unknown:
Rev. Alan Richardson

1.50 SCIENCE AND GARDENING : 'Plants and sunshine', by B. A. Keen
2.10 Interval music
2.15 STORIES FROM WORLD HISTORY : ' Alexander the Great', by Rhoda Power
2.35 Interval music
2.40 SENIOR ENGLISH I : English for everyday use : ' Sending a telegram '—and a game with words, by Julia Goodey and Douglas R. Allan

Contributors

Unknown:
B. A. Keen
Unknown:
Rhoda Power
Unknown:
Julia Goodey
Unknown:
Douglas R. Allan

Serial adaptation from Charles Dickens 's novel, by Audrey Lucas.
Produced by Moray McLaren. First instalment : ' Oliver comes into the world'
Oliver Twist is to run as a serial for eight instalments, of which this evening's is the first. The entrance of Fagin, Sikes, and Nancy does not, of course, occur until later on. These parts will be played respectively by Malcolm Keene , Allan Jeayes , and Belle Chrystail.

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Dickens
Novel By:
Audrey Lucas.
Produced By:
Moray McLaren.
Unknown:
Malcolm Keene
Unknown:
Allan Jeayes
Unknown:
Belle Chrystail.
Narrator:
Ronald Simpson
Oliver Twist:
David Baxter
Oliver's mother:
Beatrice Kane
Mr Bumble:
Arthur Young
The doctor:
Edgar Norfolk
The nurse:
Ellis Powell
Mrs Mann:
Dora Gregory
Mrs Sowerberry:
Betty Hardy
Mr Sowerberry:
Ivor Barnard
Noah Claypole:
Neville Gates
Charlotte:
Lesley Dene
A magistrate:
William Trent
Gamfield:
Malcolm Graeme
Mr Limbkins:
James Woodburn
Master of the workshop:
Ralph Truman
Susan:
Betty Hardy
First Gent:
John Bryning
Second Gent:
Cyril Gardiner

Sixth of a series of weekly programmes on rebuilding Britain as it affects you. ' The Countryman's Home ': An architect who has rebuilt villages discusses some problems of rural housing with speakers representing the Countryman's point of view. Clough Williams-Ellis , George Haynes , Frances Donaldson

Contributors

Unknown:
Clough Williams-Ellis
Unknown:
George Haynes
Unknown:
Frances Donaldson

Serial play with music, specially written for broadcasting by Monckton Hoffe. Produced by Val Gielgud and Martyn C. Webster. Episode 2— ' Grace Voltaire '
Other parts played by Brenda Bruce , Philip Garston-Jones , Godfrey Base-ley Janet Jove , David Compton
Midland Light Orchestra and Midland Revue Chorus, conducted by Richard Crean

Contributors

Broadcasting By:
Monckton Hoffe.
Produced By:
Val Gielgud
Produced By:
Martyn C. Webster.
Played By:
Brenda Bruce
Played By:
Philip Garston-Jones
Played By:
Godfrey Base-Ley
Played By:
Janet Jove
Played By:
David Compton
Conducted By:
Richard Crean
Malcolm Malabar':
Monckton Hoffe
Colonel Gravelstock:
Gordon McLeod
Jill Voltaire:
Marjorie Westbury
Henry Grandison:
Henry Ainley
Marie Delmonti:
Joyce Barbour
Stanley Malabar:
Ivor Barnard
Manager of the Prince's Theatre, Brixton:
Ernest Sefton
Grace Voltaire:
Phyllis Neilson-Terry

Anybody might walk in ! Professor Umbridge presents the second of his happy half-hours, with Charles Heslop , Richard Goolden ,
Dick Francis , Dorothy Summers. BBC Revue Orchestra, conducted by Hyam Greenbaum. Book by Charles Heslop , Ivrics by Max Kester , music by Kenneth Leslie-Smith . Produced by Reginald Smith

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Heslop
Unknown:
Richard Goolden
Unknown:
Dick Francis
Unknown:
Dorothy Summers.
Conducted By:
Hyam Greenbaum.
Book By:
Charles Heslop
Unknown:
Max Kester
Music By:
Kenneth Leslie-Smith
Produced By:
Reginald Smith

By Oliver Goldsmith. Adapted by Robert S. Taylor and Howard Rose Produced by Howard Rose
(by permission of Odeon Theatres, Ltd.)

Contributors

Unknown:
Oliver Goldsmith.
Adapted By:
Robert S. Taylor
Adapted By:
Howard Rose
Produced By:
Howard Rose
Mr Hardcastle:
Roger Livesey
Diggory:
Deering Wells
George Hastings:
James McKechnie
Charles Marlow:
Arthur Clay
Constance Neville:
Cherry Cottrell
Kate Hardcastle:
Lydia Sherwood
Mrs Hardcastle:
Gladys Young
Tony Lumpkin:
George Hagan
Pimple:
Rita Cave
Sir Charles Marlow:
Aubrey Mallalieu

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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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