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or 'Wartime Wireless through the Ages' - including Alexander the Great addressing his troops; Boadicea, Julius Caesar, and the billeting problem; 'Private Blondel Entertains'; Henry V at Agincourt; and other fanciful microphone visits to the past
Dialogue and lyrics by Max Kester. Music by Kenneth Leslie-Smith. Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, conducted by Mansel Thomas. Programme devised by John G. Walter, and produced by Ronald Waldman. (Previously broadcast February 10, 1941)

Contributors

Unknown:
Julius Caesar
Unknown:
Blondel Entertains
Unknown:
Max Kester.
Music By:
Kenneth Leslie
Conducted By:
Mansel Thomas.
Unknown:
John G. Walter
Produced By:
Ronald Waldman.

William Byrd 's Psalms, Sonnets, and Songs (1588)-6. BBC Singers : Margaret Godley , Joan Lennard , Margaret Rees , Margaret Rolfe , Bradbridge White , Stanley Riley , Emlyn Bebb , Leonard Hubbard , conducted by Trevor Harvey
Songs of sadness and Piety: If that a sinner's sighs ; Lullaby, my sweet little baby
The Funeral Songs of Sir Philip Sidney :
Come to me, grief, for ever ; 0 that most rare breast
(All edited by E. H. Fellowes )

Contributors

Unknown:
William Byrd
Singers:
Margaret Godley
Singers:
Joan Lennard
Singers:
Margaret Rees
Singers:
Margaret Rolfe
Unknown:
Bradbridge White
Unknown:
Stanley Riley
Unknown:
Emlyn Bebb
Unknown:
Leonard Hubbard
Conducted By:
Trevor Harvey
Unknown:
Sir Philip Sidney
Edited By:
E. H. Fellowes

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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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