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2.0 NATURE STUDY. ' 'Eggs', ', by Philip Eggleton : the size and number of eggs in fish, amphibian, reptile, bird
2.15 Interval music
2.20 i YSGOLION CYMRU (For Welsh schools). ' Y Pentref' : cyfres i blant dros naw mlwydd oed. 8-Mudiadau ym mysg ievenctid y Pentref
2.40 SENIOR history. Australia and the opening-up of the South Pacific : The Australian Gold Rush and its Results ', by Jonquil Antony

Contributors

Unknown:
Philip Eggleton
Unknown:
Jonquil Antony

5.20 Nursery sing-song, with Doris and Nan and a group of young listeners. (From the ' BBC at War '. Exhibition, Newcastle)
5.30 "The Railway Children ', by E. Nesbit , adapted as a serial play by Audrey Lucas. Part 1

Contributors

Unknown:
E. Nesbit
Play By:
Audrey Lucas.
Narrator:
Charles Mason
Mother:
Hope Meredith
Roberta:
Rosamond Bames
Peter:
Peter Pullen
Phyllis:
Jill Andrews
Perks:
Wilfred Babbage
Station-Master:
Eric Lugg

Major Lewis Hastings, M.C.
Major Lewis Hastings, who has been giving the War Commentaries on military affairs since July, is a settler from Southern Rhodesia who came to this country on active service at the outbreak of war. He has been a regular commentator on military affairs in the BBC's Overseas Service and is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Southern Rhodesia.

Contributors

Speaker:
Major Lewis Hastings

Play for broadcasting by Mabel Constanduros. Lyrics by Denis Constanduros. Music by Mark H. Lubbock
Other parts by Olive Darby, Miriam Ferris, Gillian Hume, Diana Lincoln, and Bertram Davis. BBC Theatre Chorus. BBC Theatre Orchestra, conducted by Mark H. Lubbock. Produced by Stephen Thomas

Contributors

Writer:
Mabel Constanduros
Lyrics:
Denis Constanduros
Music:
Mark H. Lubbock
Orchestra conducted by:
Mark H. Lubbock
Producer:
Stephen Thomas
Penelope (' Penny ') Farthing:
Effie Atherton
Bob Pound:
Horace Percival
Arthur Fearon:
Alec Mango
Beauchamp de Vere:
Carl Bernard
Penny's Aunty:
Mabel Constanduros
Policeman:
Sidney Bland
Other parts:
Olive Darby
Other parts:
Miriam Ferris
Other parts:
Gillian Hume
Other parts:
Diana Lincoln
Other parts:
Bertram Davis

The public and private life of the American film-star Nelson Eddy, with sound-track recordings of hit films (by permission of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Ltd.). Written by Roy Plomley, and produced by Frederick Piffard. Cast includes John Stater, William Ashley, Cecile Chevreau, Gwen Day Burroughs, and Roy Plomley

Contributors

Written by:
Roy Plomley
Producer:
Frederick Piffard
[Actor]:
John Slater
[Actor]:
William Ashley
[Actress]:
Cecile Chevreau
[Actress]:
Gwen Day Burroughs
[Actor]:
Roy Plomley

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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