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11.0 SCOTTISH HERITAGE: 'The Making of Harris Tweed', by Kathleen Goldie
11.20 'IF YOU WERE CHINESE': Dr. Yeh, London Director of the Chinese Ministry of Information, tells the schools more about China at war. Episode 11 in the serial story of Mei Mei and Dee Dee
11.40 TALKS FOR SIXTH FORMS. Psychology: 8 - 'The Mind and the Brain' by James Drever, Lecturer in Philosophy at King's College, Newcastle

Contributors

Unknown:
James Drever

2.0 TRAVEL TALKS. North and Central America : ' A Village in Mexico ', by Rodney Gallop
2.15 Interval music
2.20 I YSGOLION CYMRU. (For Welsh schools). ' Rhigwm a Chan ' ; cyfres i blant dan naw mlwydd oed. 11 — 'Y Nadolig'. Addurno'r ty, clychau, canu carolau, hongian hosanau, Santa Clos , fydd prif bwyntiau'r wers hon.
2.40 SENIOR ENGLISH I. English for everyday use. ' The Rose and the Ring ' — 1, adapted by Spike Hughes. A Christmas pantomime written specially for children by W. M. Thackeray

Contributors

Unknown:
Rodney Gallop
Unknown:
Santa Clos
Adapted By:
Spike Hughes.
Unknown:
W. M. Thackeray

A gastronomic panorama cooked by Denzil Batchelor and served up by Lance Sieveking. Music selected and arranged by Maurice Brown
A multitude of minor characters, including Adam, Eve, another China-man, Katherine of Aragon, French waiters, and children

Contributors

Unknown:
Denzil Batchelor
Unknown:
Lance Sieveking.
Arranged By:
Maurice Brown
Mrs Wick:
Gladys Spencer
Mrs Peel:
Sybil Arundale
Maria Carey:
Violet Sandford
Mrs Carey, senior:
Joan Carol
Bryan:
Hedley Goodall
Mr Benbow:
Richard Williams
Henry VIII:
Deryck Guyler
The Mother:
Rita Vale
Ching Lao:
Frank Cochrane
Tom:
Lewis Stringer
Mr Watkyn:
Alexander Sarner
Errand-boy:
Glen Farmer
Elsie:
Mary Quick

5.20 Letter from America, by Olive Shapley, and some favourite gramophone records

5.45 'Wild Animals and their Training', by Marcus La Touche.
Many listeners will remember Viscount, the clever dog who has broadcast in Children's Hour on more than one occasion. Today you can hear his master, who taught Viscount all his tricks, telling of some of his adventures while training wild animals.

Contributors

Speaker (Letter from America):
Olive Shapley
Speaker (Wild Animals and their Training):
Marcus La Touche

Lilting music, melody, and song for everybody. Solo pianist, Harriet Cohen. Anne Ziegler , Webster Booth, and the BBC Revue Chorus in vocal selections from ' The New Moon ', arranged by Wally Wallond ; Anne Lenner presents the ' Film Hit of the Week' : John Ansell conducts one of his own compositions ; Charles Smart at the BBC theatre organ ; BBC Revue Orchestra and the Dance Orchestra, conducted by Mansel Thomas. Produced by Henry Reed

Contributors

Pianist:
Harriet Cohen.
Pianist:
Anne Ziegler
Arranged By:
Wally Wallond
Arranged By:
Anne Lenner
Unknown:
John Ansell
Conducted By:
Mansel Thomas.
Produced By:
Henry Reed

with Jack Train ; and Dino Galvani , Sydney Keith , Horace Percival , Clarence Wright , Fred Yule , Dorothy Summers , Vera Lennox , Kay Caven dish, and Paula Green. The show written by Ted Kavanagh. BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Slradwell. 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:
Vera Lennox
Unknown:
Kay Caven
Unknown:
Paula Green.
Written By:
Ted Kavanagh.
Conducted By:
Charles Slradwell.
Produced By:
Francis Worsley

Wartime fairy story with lots of morals ; written by Henrik Ege ; music by Henry Reed. ' Most Illuminating'. Frederick Burtwell as ' Mr. Cropper', Wynne Ajello as ' 'Conscience', Kitty de Legh as ' Mrs. Cropper', Harold Scott as ' Mr. Brown '. BBC Revue Orchestra, conducted by Mansel Thomas. Produced by Henry Reed. (Recording of the broadcast on October 15)

Contributors

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