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11.0 MUSIC AND MOVEMENT FOR JUNIORS : Ann Driver. ' An old tune and a new one '
11.20 CURRENT AFFAIRS
11.40 HOW THINGS BEGAN : 'Cave artists and magicians': Tom and Polly meet their friend Mr. Wilson, the curator of the museum, and hear about Cro-Magnon Man in Spain and France, by Dina Dobson

Contributors

Unknown:
Ann Driver.
Unknown:
Cro-Magnon Man
Unknown:
Dina Dobson

1.50 MUSIC MAKING : Noting down a rhythm '. Cyril Winn , and a group of children
2.10 Interval music
2.15 GENERAL SCIENCE : Reproduction and growth. ' The young mammal is born '. Richard Palmer
2.35 Interval music
2.40 JUNIOR ENGLISH : Part I of a play based on Bunyan's ' Pilgrim's Progress ', arranged for broadcasting by Julia Goodey

Contributors

Unknown:
Cyril Winn
Unknown:
Richard Palmer
Broadcasting By:
Julia Goodey

5.20 ' Black Barty' : song poem by I. D. Hooson , translated by Edgar Jones , with music by Idris Lewis
' The Peacemaker ' : reconstruction of a scene at the court of the great law-giver Hywel the Good, by Beryl M. Jones.
5.55 Children's Hour prayers

Contributors

Unknown:
I. D. Hooson
Translated By:
Edgar Jones
Music By:
Idris Lewis
Unknown:
Beryl M. Jones.

with Forsythe, Seamon, and Farrell. Story of the New York of 1912 and 1913-especially Greenwich Village -written, told, and produced by Jimmy Dyrenforth. First episode
Other parts played by Joyce Fletcher and members of the BBC Revue Chorus. The Dance Orchestra, directed by Billy Tement.

Contributors

Produced By:
Jimmy Dyrenforth.
Played By:
Joyce Fletcher
Directed By:
Billy Tement.
Charlie Smythe:
Charles Forsythe
Addie Gessler:
Addie Seamon
Lucius Creevy:
Derrick de Marney
Gaspipe Grogan:
Lyle Evans
Mamie Lomax:
Pat Rignold
Snorky Horner:
Hugh Morton
Pierre Savard:
Foster Carlin
Lefty McCoy:
Conway Palmer

Acts 1 and 2 Opera by Mozart, adapted- from the comedy of Beaumarchais by Lorenzo da Ponte. ' English words by Edward J. Dent. Abridged' for broadcasting and produced by Stanford Robinson and Mark H. Lubbock
Chorus of villagers. BBC Theatre Chorus and BBC Theatre Orchestra, conductor, Stanford Robinson
The action covers one day, and takes place in the castle and grounds of Aquas Frescas, the domain of Count Almaviva, near Seville

Contributors

Unknown:
Lorenzo Da Ponte.
Unknown:
Edward J. Dent.
Produced By:
Stanford Robinson
Produced By:
Mark H. Lubbock
Conductor:
Stanford Robinson
Count Almaviva:
Arthur Cranmer
Figaro:
Dennis Dowling
Countess Almaviva:
Miriam Licette
Susanna:
Nora Gruhn
Cherubino:
Leoni Zifado
Don Basilio:
Jan van Der Gucht
Antonio:
Samuel Worthington
Barbarina:
Doris Gambell

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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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