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11.0 RHYTHM AND MELODY, by John Horton. ' Phrase - Endings or Cadences'
11.20 GEOGRAPHY. Regions and peoples of the Soviet Union. ' The Caucasus ' : oil fields and farms in the plains and valleys flanking a great mountain barrier
11.40 ENGLISH FOR UNDER-NINES. ' Lazy Lawrence ' : play based on the story by Maria Edgeworth , and arranged for broadcasting by Julia Goodey. Part 2—' How Lazy Lawrence and his bad companions nearly wrecked Jem Preston 's plan '

Contributors

Unknown:
John Horton.
Story By:
Maria Edgeworth
Broadcasting By:
Julia Goodey.
Unknown:
Jem Preston

on gramophone records
Overture: the Fairies (Die Feen:
Wagner) : London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Albert Coates
Symphonic Dance No. 4 (Grieg) : Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire. conducted by Pierre Coppola
Le chasseur maudit (Franck) : Royal
Opera Orchestra, Convent Gardens, conducted "by Eugene Goossens

Contributors

Conducted By:
Albert Coates
Conducted By:
Pierre Coppola
Unknown:
Eugene Goossens

2.0 NATURE STUDY : Moths and Butterflies ', by A. Scott Kennedy
2.15 Interval music
2.20 I YSGOLION CYMRU. (For Welsh schools). ' Y Pentref '. 6-' Y Felin Flawd '. Matu blawd yn yr hen amser-cyfnod y felin fach y felin fawr-ein bara beunyddiol
2.40 SENIOR HISTORY. South Africa. ' The Story of Diamonds', by Honor Wyatt

Contributors

Unknown:
A. Scott Kennedy
Unknown:
Felin Flawd

' Jonathan Church ' : serial play' in six episodes, being the surprising adventures of a boy who did sail with Henry Morgan on the Spanish Main. Produced by Derek McCulloch. .. Episode 5—' Panama '
Sailors, pirates, Spaniards, etc., played by Hedley Goodall and Stephen Jack

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Church
Unknown:
Henry Morgan
Unknown:
Spanish Main.
Produced By:
Derek McCulloch.
Played By:
Hedley Goodall
Played By:
Stephen Jack
Henry Morgan:
Leslie Perrins
.Jonathan Church Peter Mullins:
Ben Buck Ralph Truman
Salvation Rose:
Carleton Hobbs

On the anniversary of the destruction of the Czech mining village of Lidice by the Nazis, the miners of Great Britain honour its memory with a film made in the Welsh mining village of Cwmgiedd. Humphrey Jennings, who directed the picture for the Crown Film Unit, tells the story of its making, with illustrations from the sound track of the film. Produced by John Glyn-Jones

Contributors

Unknown:
Cwmgiedd. Humphrey
Produced By:
John Glyn-Jones

with Jack Train ; and Sydney Keith , Fred Yule , Dino Galvani , Horace Percival , Bill Stephens , Dorothy Summers , Vera Lennox , Paula Green , Peter Akister , and the Jazz Ticulators. Script by Ted Kavanagh. BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell. Produced by Francis Worsley

Contributors

Unknown:
Jack Train
Unknown:
Sydney Keith
Unknown:
Fred Yule
Unknown:
Dino Galvani
Unknown:
Horace Percival
Unknown:
Bill Stephens
Unknown:
Dorothy Summers
Unknown:
Vera Lennox
Unknown:
Paula Green
Unknown:
Peter Akister
Script By:
Ted Kavanagh.
Conducted By:
Charles Shadwell.
Produced By:
Francis Worsley

Weekly programme telling in dramatic form stories of courage and endurance, of humour and heroism, from the week's news. Edited by Gordon Boshell and Ronald Collier , with music under the direction of George Walter. Produced by Leonard Cottrell

Contributors

Edited By:
Gordon Boshell
Edited By:
Ronald Collier
Unknown:
George Walter.
Produced By:
Leonard Cottrell

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.

About this data

This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More