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11.0 SCOTTISH HERITAGE. 'Iona' : the little island where Columba and his fellows worked and prayed
11.20 IF YOU WERE CHINESE : First of a series introducing listeners to Dr. Yeh, who throughout the term will tell about the old and the new China, illustrating his talk by the story of Meimei and Dee Dee , Chinese twins. 1—' Doing the Same Things in'a Different Way '
11.40 TALKS FOR SIXTH FORMS.
Unfinished discussion : 1—' What shall we do about Farming? '

Contributors

Unknown:
Dee Dee

(Gramophone records)
Phitharmonica String Quartet : First Movement (Quartet, The Hunt : Mozart)
Rene le Roy (flute) and the Pasquier
String Trio : Menuetto. trio, and rondo (Quartet in A (K. 298) for flute and strings : Mozart)
Henry Holst (violin), Anthony Pini (cello), anti Louis Kentner (piano). Fourth movement (Dumky Trio : Dvorak)
Lener String Quartet : Andante cantabile
(Quartet, The Death and the Maiden : Schubert)
Jean Pougnet (violin), Anthony Pini (cello),
Reginald Kell (clarinet), Paul Draper (bassoon) and George Eskdale (trumpet) : Tarantella (Serenata : Casella)

Contributors

Flute:
Rene Le Roy
Violin:
Henry Holst
Violin:
Anthony Pini
Piano:
Louis Kentner
Violin:
Jean Pougnet
Violin:
Anthony Pini
Clarinet:
Reginald Kell
Clarinet:
Paul Draper
Clarinet:
George Eskdale

An anthology in praise of Britain,
1 framed by Clemence Dane from a plan proposed by Basil Dean , Director of National Service Entertainment. Presented by ENSA. (Performed, by permission of the Dean and Chapter,' on the steps of St. Paul's Cathedral). The-spoken portions of the anthology are rendered by leading personalities of the British stage with massed choirs and Bands of the Brigade of Guards: conductor, Sir Henry J. Wood

Contributors

Unknown:
Clemence Dane
Unknown:
Basil Dean
Conductor:
Sir Henry J. Wood

2.0 TRAVEL TALKS. North and Central America : ' The Far North ', by a Senior Officer of the Canadian
Army
2.15 Interval music
2.20 I YSGOLION CYMRU. (For Welsh schools). ' Rhigwm a Chan ' : cyfres i blant dan naw mlwydd oed. ' Pedoli,
Pedoli, Bidinc ', gan Huldah Bassett. Defnyddir caneuon yn delio a'r gof a'i efail. Disgwylir i'r plant wneud symudiadau cyfaddas i'r rhigymau a'r caneuon ' Migildi, Magildi', etc.
2.40 SENIOR ENGLISH I. English for everyday use. ' Ho-Ming ', by E. F. Lewis , adapted by Ronald Gow : a Chinese girl's adventures on her father's farm, and in the city of Nanking

Contributors

Unknown:
Huldah Bassett.
Unknown:
E. F. Lewis
Adapted By:
Ronald Gow

Recording of the seventh of a special BBC series under the direction of Laurence Gilliam , broadcast weekly in the BBC North American Service, and re-broadcast in the United States bv the NBC.
. ' Portrait of -Wales', ', with L. W. Brockington as narrator. Written by P. H. Burton. Directed by T. Rowland Hughes. Music arranged by John Greenwood from traditional Welsh airs. London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Muir Mathieson. David Lloyd (soloist), and the Mountain Ash Civil Defence Choir : conductor, T. H. Lewis

Contributors

Unknown:
Laurence Gilliam
Unknown:
L. W. Brockington
Written By:
P. H. Burton.
Directed By:
T. Rowland Hughes.
Arranged By:
John Greenwood
Conducted By:
Muir Mathieson.
Soloist:
David Lloyd
Conductor:
T. H. Lewis

with Jack Train ; and Dino Galvani , Sydney Keith , Horace Percival , Clarence Wright , Fred Yule , Dorothy Summers , Kay Cavendish , Paula Green , and Pat Rignold. Written by Ted Kavanagh. BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell. Produced by Francis Worsley

Contributors

Unknown:
Jack Train
Unknown:
Dino Galvani
Unknown:
Sydney Keith
Unknown:
Horace Percival
Unknown:
Clarence Wright
Unknown:
Fred Yule
Unknown:
Dorothy Summers
Unknown:
Kay Cavendish
Unknown:
Paula Green
Unknown:
Pat Rignold.
Written By:
Ted Kavanagh.
Conducted By:
Charles Shadwell.
Produced By:
Francis Worsley

Back-streets comedy by William J. Foster , produced by Lance Sieveking , with Jill Nyasa , Donald Ferguson , Malcolm Graeme , Eric Lugg , Hedley Goodall , Tony Quinn , Miles Rudge , and Ray Wallace

Contributors

Comedy By:
William J. Foster
Produced By:
Lance Sieveking
Unknown:
Jill Nyasa
Unknown:
Donald Ferguson
Unknown:
Malcolm Graeme
Unknown:
Eric Lugg
Unknown:
Hedley Goodall
Unknown:
Tony Quinn
Unknown:
Miles Rudge
Unknown:
Ray Wallace

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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