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11.0 SCOTTISH HERITAGE. 'The Boy Barrie ' : the boyhood of Sir James Barrie
11.20 ' IF YOU WERE CHINESE Dr. Yeh, London Director of the Chinese Ministry of Information, tells the schools more about refugees, and the story of Dee Dee and Mei Mei , the Chinese twins, is continued
11.40 TALKS FOR SIXTH FORMS. Psychology : 7-' What is tested by intelligence tests ? by James Drever , Lecturer in Philosophy at King's College, Newcastle

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir James Barrie
Unknown:
Dee Dee
Unknown:
Mei Mei
Unknown:
James Drever

2.0 TRAVEL TALKS. North and Central America : ' Oranges and Aeroplanes ', by Alistair Cooke
2.15 Interval music
2.20 I YSGOLION CYMRU. (For Welsh schools). ' Rhigwm a Chan : cyfres i blant dan naw mlwydd oed. 10-' Caneuon a Byrdwn ', gan Huldah Bassett. Awgrymu" gwahanol symudiadau i fyrdynnau fel ' Ffa, la, la ', ' Ton, ton, ton', 'Hw ... hw ', ' Si hei hwli mabi'.
2.40 SENIOR ENGLISH 1. English for everyday use. Poetry programme by Desmond Hawkins. ' Poems of Adventure '

Contributors

Unknown:
Alistair Cooke
Unknown:
Huldah Bassett.
Programme By:
Desmond Hawkins.

The story of the British Music-Hall from 1820 to 1942, in eight episodes, devised and written by W. Macqueen -Pope and Gale Pedrick. Music selected and composed by Kenneth Leslie-Smith . Radio adaptation and production by Vernon Harris. Chapter 8 : Cabaret sets a new fashion—Variety returns to its starting-point, the floor of the tavern-The compere is only the chairman brought up-to-date-The ' crazy ' shows-The triumphs of ' our Gracie '-Radio discovers ' The Spice of Life '—' Ladies and gentlemen — Music-Hall! ' — The stars go into battle-Variety sings for Victory !
Cast includes Vernon Watson ,
Ernest Shannon , Joan Young , Harold Scott. Narrator, .Dick Francis. Revue Chorus, and the augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, conducted by Mansel Thomas

Contributors

Written By:
W. MacQueen
Unknown:
Gale Pedrick.
Composed By:
Kenneth Leslie-Smith
Production By:
Vernon Harris.
Unknown:
Vernon Watson
Unknown:
Ernest Shannon
Unknown:
Joan Young
Narrator:
Harold Scott.
Conducted By:
Mansel Thomas

Wartime fairy-story with lots of 'morals ; written by Henrik Ege ; music by Henry Reed. ' A Nice Cup of Tea'. Frederick Burtwell as Mr. Cropper, Wynne Ajello as Conscience, Kitty de Legh as Mrs. Cropper. BBC Revue Orchestra, conducted by Mansel Thomas. Produced by Harry Reed.

Contributors

Written By:
Henrik Ege
Music By:
Henry Reed.
Unknown:
Frederick Burtwell
Unknown:
Wynne Ajello
Unknown:
Kitty de Legh
Conducted By:
Mansel Thomas.
Duced By:
Harry Reed.

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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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