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11.0 SCOTTISH HERITAGE. 'The Boyhood of Hugh Miller ': how he developed his interest in nature-study, geology, and literature
11.20 'HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT —Doctors ? ', by Evelyn Gibbs
11.40 TALKS FOR SIXTH FORMS. Some Colonial questions : ' The West Indies', by Professor W. M. Macmillan

Contributors

Unknown:
Hugh Miller
Talks:
Evelyn Gibbs
Unknown:
Professor W. M. MacMillan

2.0 TRAVEL TALKS : South America : ' A Voyage through Magellan's Strait ' , by J. Strachan Thompson
2.15 Interval music
2.20 I YSGOLION CYMRU (for Welsh schools). ' Rhigwm a Chan ', gan Huldah Bassett. 6—' Gweithio yn y Ty '
2.40 SENIOR ENGLISH 1. English for everyday use. Dramatic reading from ' The Grey Adventurer ', by Geoffrey Trease , adapted for broadcasting by Julia Goodey. Part 2—' Dick Cald well's adventures aboard ship and in America'

Contributors

Unknown:
J. Strachan Thompson
Unknown:
Huldah Bassett.
Unknown:
Geoffrey Trease
Broadcasting By:
Julia Goodey.
Unknown:
Dick Cald

A broadcast from the eighth of a series of concerts organised by Boosey and Hawkes. Tatiana Makushina (soprano). A Chamber Orchestra, led by the Blech String Quartet, conducted by Constant Lambert
Nonet, for string quartet, bass, flute, clarinet, oboe, and harp.......Arnold Bax
Rout. for soprano, flute, clarinet, harp, string quartet, bass, and percussion
Arthur Bliss
From the Wigmore Hall, London

Contributors

Conducted By:
Constant Lambert
Unknown:
Arthur Bliss

Play by Barbara Couper. Produced by Howard Rose
Otlfers taking part are Belle Chrystall , Valentine Dunn , Ernest Sefton , Lucille Lisle , Frank Cochrane , Edgar Norfolk , Molly Rankin , Carl Bernard , Lesley Deane , Preston Lockwood , Sydney Taller, Sybil Arundale , and William Trent

Contributors

Play By:
Barbara Couper.
Produced By:
Howard Rose
Unknown:
Belle Chrystall
Unknown:
Valentine Dunn
Unknown:
Ernest Sefton
Unknown:
Lucille Lisle
Unknown:
Frank Cochrane
Unknown:
Edgar Norfolk
Unknown:
Molly Rankin
Unknown:
Carl Bernard
Unknown:
Lesley Deane
Unknown:
Preston Lockwood
Unknown:
Sybil Arundale
Unknown:
William Trent
Heather's Mother:
Grizelda Hervey
Her Father:
Marcus Barron
Her Sister Helen:
Jenny Laird
Her Nanny:
Gladys Young
Her Friend, Paul:
Deryck Guyler

Programme of music, by Herbert Oliver , with Irene Eisinger (soprano), Stanley Riley (bass). BBC Theatre Chorus. BBC Theatre Orchestra, conducted by Charles
Groves. Programme arranged by Gwen Williams , and introduced by F. H. Grisewood
ORCHESTRA
Overture: The Vauxhall Belles
BASS, CHORUS, AND ORCHESTRA Of the North I sing
SOPRANO AND ORCHESTRA The Dancing Lesson
ORCHESTRA Belle Julie
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA Red Rose of England
BASS, CHORUS, AND ORCHESTRA The Land of the Harlequinade
SOPRANO AND ORCHESTRA The Valley of Lilies
ORCHESTRA
Joy of the Ground
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA
The Nightingales of Lincoln's Inn
BASS AND ORCHESTRA The Call
SOPRANO, CHORUS, AND ORCHESTRA
On the March

Contributors

Music By:
Herbert Oliver
Soprano:
Irene Eisinger
Soprano:
Stanley Riley
Arranged By:
Gwen Williams

starring Bing Crosby , Bob Hope , and Dorothy Lamour. A half-hour of music, songs, and scenes from three famous film journeys, taken from the sound-track of the ' Road to Zanzibar ', ' Road to Singapore', and ' Road to Morocco', including the actual recorded voices of the stars (by permission of Paramount Pictures).
At the cross-roads, Charles Maxwell. Script and radio adaptation by Harry Alan Towers. Produced by Peter Eton

Contributors

Unknown:
Bing Crosby
Unknown:
Bob Hope
Unknown:
Dorothy Lamour.
Unknown:
Charles Maxwell.
Produced By:
Peter Eton

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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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