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9.45 ' A Home-from-Home for Soldiers': by Mrs. Violet Campbell , who has opened her house to soldiers who are living away from their own homes. ' Deep Sea Mission': James Forrest tells the story of the Royal
National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen on the North East coast of Scotland. 'Wartime Work for a Woman': Grace Carrol describes her job in the erecting shop of a locomotive-works in a village in North-East Scotland
10.0 Stories of Scottish Regimental Crests and Badges : ' The Royal Scots ', by Robert Bain

Contributors

Unknown:
Mrs. Violet Campbell
Unknown:
Robert Bain

1.50 MUSIC MAKING : Review of term's work by Ronald Biggs , illustrated by songs learnt during the term
2.10 Interval music
2.15 GENERAL SCIENCE : The conquest of materials. ' A Tin Can by Joseph Lauwerys
2.35 Interval music
2.40 JUNIOR ENGLISH : The story behind Edward Elgar 's 'The Wand of Youth '—Part 2, reconstructed for -broadcasting by Hilary Pym

Contributors

Unknown:
Ronald Biggs
Unknown:
Joseph Lauwerys
Unknown:
Edward Elgar
Broadcasting By:
Hilary Pym

5.20 'What Katy did at school'— Part 2. Play by Muriel Levy , adapted from the book by Susan Coolidge
Other parts played by Gwen Day -Burroughs, Jill Nyasa , Clive Baxter , Phyllis Smale , and Bryan Powley
5.55 Children's Hour prayers

Contributors

Play By:
Muriel Levy
Book By:
Susan Coolidge
Played By:
Gwen Day
Unknown:
Jill Nyasa
Unknown:
Clive Baxter
Unknown:
Phyllis Smale
Unknown:
Bryan Powley
Katy:
Rosamond Barnes
Clover:
Beryl Laverick
Rose Red:
Cherry Cottrell

Romance of the circus and the music-halls in six episodes. Devised by Georgie Wood. Written by Raymond Bennett and Georgie Wood. Radio adaptation by Gordon Crier. Music by Kenneth Leslie-Smith . Produced by Vernon Harris. Recorded revival of the recent Saturday-night serial
Principal characters in Episode 1

Contributors

Unknown:
Georgie Wood.
Written By:
Raymond Bennett
Written By:
Georgie Wood.
Unknown:
Gordon Crier.
Music By:
Kenneth Leslie-Smith
Produced By:
Vernon Harris.
Syd Fletcher:
Reginald Purdell
Dr Humphreys:
Harold Scott
Edith Humphreys:
Betty Huntley-Wright
Maid:
Dorothy Summers
Charles Fletcher:
Fred Yule
Rose Fletcher:
Gwen Lewis
Freddie Hawkins:
Ian Sadler
Francini:
Phillip Leaver
Bimbo:
Edwin Ellis
Syd Fletcher (as a boy):
Grant Tyler
Lord Eldred:
Ewart Scott
Margaret Eftlred:
Cynthia Teall
The cabby:
Dick Francis
Marie Lloyd:
Joan Young
Augmented Dance:
Orchestra, Con
ducted by:
Billy Ternent

' .... of Yester-Year
Short play for broadcasting by Julian Crane. Produced by Dallas Bower
' Inspector Silence takes the Underground ' by John Dickson Carr , with Leon M.Lion as Inspector Silence. Produced by Val Gielgud
' The Pardoner's Tale'
A morality by James Bridie , adapted from Geoffrey Chaucer. Produced by Moultrie Kelsall

Contributors

Broadcasting By:
Julian Crane.
Produced By:
Dallas Bower
Unknown:
John Dickson Carr
Unknown:
Leon M.Lion
Duced By:
Val Gielgud
Unknown:
James Bridie
Unknown:
Geoffrey Chaucer.
Produced By:
Moultrie Kelsall

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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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