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11.0 SINGING TOGETHER : by Herbert Wiseman. Revision programme
11.20 I YSGOLION CYMRU: (For Welsh schools). - Byw yn y Wlad gan Myfanwy Howell. 10. 'Cydfyw a Chyd-letya'
11.40 ENGLISH FOR UNDER-NINES : Two action stories by Diana Ross : 1 — ' The Little Red Engine ' ; 2-' The Little Red Engine gets a Name '
12.0 THE MAKING AND CONTENT OF THE BIBLE : The Prophets '. ' The Fulfilment of Prophecy', by the Rev. Alan Richardson, Study Secretary of the Student Christian Movement

Contributors

Unknown:
Herbert Wiseman.

1.50 SCIENCE AND GARDENING: 'The Land Utilisation Survey ' : discussion between Dr. Keen and Dr. Dudley Stamp
2.10 Interval music'
.2.15 STORIES FROM WORLD HISTORY :
' Making History Today ' : stories about Dunkirk
2.35 Interval music
2.40 SENIOR ENGLISH I : English for everyday use. ' Summer Activity' : Bill and Mary and their friends consider how they may best occupy their holidays

Triumphal March: Sigurd Jorsalfar
(Op. 56)
Scenes from Olav Trygvason , Op. 50 (An unfinished drama by Bjornson)
A Woman....Margaret Godley (soprano) Volven Gladys Ripley (contralto) A High Priest
Norman Walker (baritone)
BBC Chorus, BBC Orchestra, conducted by Leslie Woodgate

Contributors

Unknown:
Sigurd Jorsalfar
Unknown:
Olav Trygvason
Soprano:
Margaret Godley
Contralto:
Volven Gladys Ripley
Baritone:
Norman Walker
Unknown:
Leslie Woodgate

' Ten Minutes Each'. Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, and the West of England each contribute ten minutes to a programme of music, talks, and features
Alexander Carmichael and J. Mouland Begbie in Scottish songs and fiddle tunes
Visit to a Northern Ireland county school with the recording car
' By the Sea ' : three people who make their living by the sea describe their jobs
' We go down to Somerset', in which, with the help of the recording van, you are taken to meet some of the children who have been evacuated to the West Country

Contributors

Unknown:
Alexander Carmichael
Unknown:
J. Mouland Begbie

Parry Jones (tenor). Clifford Curzon (piano). London Philharmonic Orchestra (leader, Jean Pougnet ), conducted by Basil Cameron
Tchaikovsky
Ballet Suite : The Swan Lake Lenski's Aria (Eugene Onegin )
Piano Concerto No. 1, in B flat minor
From the Royal Albert Hall , London

Contributors

Tenor:
Parry Jones
Tenor:
Clifford Curzon
Leader:
Jean Pougnet
Conducted By:
Basil Cameron
Piano:
Eugene Onegin
Unknown:
Albert Hall

Romance and drama of London's famous playhouse, in eight episodes, written by Phillip Leaver and Vernon Harris , with the co-operation of W. MacQueen Pope. Music selected and composed by Kenneth Leslie-Smith . Produced by Vernon Harris. Part 6—' Edmund Kean ' People of Today :
People of the 19th Century :
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, conducted by Mansel Thomas

Contributors

Written By:
Phillip Leaver
Written By:
Vernon Harris
Unknown:
W. MacQueen Pope.
Composed By:
Kenneth Leslie-Smith
Produced By:
Vernon Harris.
Conducted By:
Mansel Thomas
Martin Stone, a famous actor:
Charles Carson
Janet Stone, his niece:
Jane Grahame
Edmund Kean:
Francis James
Mrs Kean:
Olivia Burleigh
Miss Tidswell:
Noel Hood
Robert Elliston:
Phillip Leaver
Earl of Essex:
Charles Oliver
Lord Byron:
Iyan Samson
Madame Vestris:
Gwen Catley
Joe Grimaldi:
Dick Francis
Mr Macready:
Richard George

' Twinkle '. Revue with Olive Fox , Audrey Acland , Cynthia Rawson , Eddie Childs , Rupert Rogers , Conrad Leonard , Hugh Harden , Audrey Parker , Rex Korda , and Clarkson Rose. Revue Chorus and BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell. Produced by Reginald Smith

Contributors

Unknown:
Olive Fox
Unknown:
Audrey Acland
Unknown:
Cynthia Rawson
Unknown:
Eddie Childs
Unknown:
Rupert Rogers
Unknown:
Conrad Leonard
Unknown:
Hugh Harden
Unknown:
Audrey Parker
Unknown:
Rex Korda
Unknown:
Clarkson Rose.
Conducted By:
Charles Shadwell.
Produced By:
Reginald Smith

by Bernard Shaw , adapted for broadcasting by the author. Produced by Barbara Burnham
Scene : Act 3 : A basement in the Commercial Road. Act 4 : The coffee-room of ' The Pig and Whistle '

Contributors

Unknown:
Bernard Shaw
Produced By:
Barbara Burnham
Narrator:
Val Gielgud
Elderly man:
Philip Wade
His wife:
Kathleen Harrison
Epifania:
Edith Evans
Alastair Fitzpassenden:
Austin Trevor
Patricia Smith:
Lucille Lisle
The Manager of 'The Pig and Whistle ':
Albert Chevalier
Adrian Blenderbland:
Michael Shepley
Julius Sagamore:
Max Adrian
Egyptian doctor:
Francis Lister

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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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