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11.0 SCOTTISH HERITAGE. ' The Royal Scots' : excerpts from the history of the oldest Scottish regiment
11.20 WHEN WE START WORK. ' Getting Information ', by Edward Higgins
11.40 TALKS FOR SIXTH FORMS. The Theory of Knowledge. 6-' How our eyes and ears serve us by being blind and deaf to nearly everything', by W. A. Sinclair , Lecturer in Philosophy at Edinburgh University
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Contributors

Talks:
Edward Higgins
Unknown:
W. A. Sinclair

2.0 TRAVEL TALKS. From North Africa through the Middle East to India : ' 'Baghdad', by N. J. Asian
2.15 Interval music
2.20 i YSGOLION CYMRU. (For Welsh schools.) ' Stori, Rhigwm a Chan '. Cyfres i blaht dan naw mlwydd oed. 8-Stori
2.40 SENIOR ENGLISH I. English for everyday use : ' Story-Making ' — 1 : L. A. G. Strong

Contributors

Unknown:
N. J. Asian

His life, adventures, and death, re-told by Max Kester , with original music by Max Saunders
BBC Revue Orchestra and a section of the BBC Variety Orchestra, with the Male Chorus, conducted by Mansel Thomas

Contributors

Unknown:
Max Kester
Music By:
Max Saunders
Conducted By:
Mansel Thomas
Robin Hood:
Guy Verney
Little John:
Fred Yule
The Curtal Friar (' Friar Tuck '):
Malcolm McEachern
Much the Miller's Son:
Horace Kenney
Alan-a-Dale:
Trefor Jones
Will Scarlett:
Clarence Wright
King Edward:
Phillip Leaver
The Abbot of St Mary's, York:
Bruce Winston

from a garrison theatre, with an all-star cast, including Dennis Noble , Jeanne de Casalis , and Robb Wilton. Jack Payne with his Orchestra. The show presented by Gordon Crier and Michael North

Contributors

Unknown:
Dennis Noble
Unknown:
Jeanne de Casalis
Unknown:
Robb Wilton.
Unknown:
Jack Payne
Presented By:
Gordon Crier
Presented By:
Michael North

The story of a strange interlude. Play for broadcasting by J. Jefferson Farjeon, produced by Hugh Stewart

Contributors

Broadcasting By:
J. Jefferson
Produced By:
Hugh Stewart
The story-teller:
Phyllis Neilson-Terry
The girl:
Joanna Bancroft
The man:
James McKechnie
The aunt:
Susan Richmond
A military gentleman:
Arthur Bush
First guest:
Ivan Brandt
Second guest:
Tony Quinn
Third guest:
Shelagh Fraser

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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