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11.0 SINGING TOGETHER : by Herbert Wiseman
Land of my Fathers (Welsh national song) The Little Red Lark (Irish song)
Polly Wolly Doodle (students' song)
11.20 I YSGOLION CYMRU : (For Welsh schools). Diwylliant Cymru, gan Dr. lorwerth C. Peate. 8-' Offer Cerdd '
11.40 ENGLISH FOR UNDER-NINES : ' Childe Charity from Frances Browne 's famous book ' Granny's Wonderful Chair', rearranged for broadcasting as a dialogue story with songs and music
12.0 THE FOUR GOSPELS :The Ethical Teaching of Jesus ' (B), by the Rev. Kenneth Riches , Chaplain of the Sidney Sussex College, Cam-bridge
Last term the series of talks on ' The Making and Content of the Bible ' dealt with the ways in which the Gospels came to be written. This term they are concerned with the message of the Gospels, and with the attempt to find out what was the original Christianity.

Contributors

Unknown:
Herbert Wiseman
Unknown:
Polly Wolly Doodle
Unknown:
Dr. Lorwerth C. Peate.
Unknown:
Frances Browne
Unknown:
Rev. Kenneth Riches

1.50 SCIENCE AND GARDENING : ' Thinning and Transplanting ' : discussion between B. A. Keen and C. F. Lawrance
2.10 Interval music
2.15 STORIES FROM WORLD HISTORY :
' The Inca of Peru', by Rhoda Power. Story of Pizarro, the Spaniard, and Atahualpa, the Inca
2.35 Interval music
2.40 SENIOR ENGLISH I : English for everyday use. Poetry programme : Scenes from ' Hiawatha', by Long-fellow

Contributors

Unknown:
F. Lawrance
Unknown:
Rhoda Power.

(March 2, 1824-May 12, 1884)
Part 1 of a programme in celebration of the birthday of the great Czech national composer
Ma Vlast (My Country) : Vysehrad ;
Vltava
Aria : Each one thinks his own (The
Bartered Bride)
Duet : I know a maiden (The Bartered
Bride)
(John Tainsh , tenor, and Neil Forsyth , baritone)
Ma Vlast (My Country) : Sarka ; From
Bohemia's Woods and Fields
BBC Scottish Orchestra : conductor, Ian Whyte
Part 2 will be broadcast at 10.55 p.m.

Contributors

Tenor:
John Tainsh
Tenor:
Neil Forsyth
Conductor:
Ian Whyte

by William Shakespeare.
Adapted for broadcasting by Barbara Burnham, and produced by Val Gielgud.
[Starring] Constance Cummings and Godfrey Tearle
(Constance Cummings appears by permission of H M Tennent Ltd)

Contributors

Author:
William Shakespeare.
Adapted for broadcasting by:
Barbara Burnham
Producer:
Val Gielgud
Antony:
Godfrey Tearle
Cleopatra:
Constance Cummings
Enobarbus:
Malcolm Keen
Octavius Caesar:
James McKechnie
Lepidus:
Laidman Browne
Octavia:
Muriel Pratt
Charmian:
Lydia Sherwood
Iras:
Frances Clair
Dolabella:
Heron Carvic
Eros:
John Chandos
Mardian:
George Howe
Clown:
Harry Hutchinson
Taurus:
Jack Livesey
Ventidius:
W.E. Holloway
Candidius:
Allan Jeayes
Maecenas:
Ivan Samson
Proculeius:
Malcolm Graeme
Alexas:
Alexander Sarner
Agrippa:
Arthur Clay
Soldier:
Franklin Bellamy
Soldier:
Jack Livesey
Soldier:
Anthony Holies
Soldiers, attendants, etc:
null [uncredited]
Narrator:
Denys Blakelock

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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