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11.0 SCOTTISH HERITAGE. 'Lochaber No More', by Janet M. Smith : reasons for emigration in the early nineteenth century ; love of adventure ; economic pressure ; evictions
'11.20 'HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT -Nursery School Teachers and Nurses ? ' by Roy McGregor
11.40 TALK FOR SIXTH FORMS. Some colonial questions. East Africa : ' Some Rural Problems.', by Donald Malcolm , a District Officer from Tanganyika

Contributors

Unknown:
Janet M. Smith
Unknown:
Roy McGregor
Unknown:
Donald Malcolm

2.0 TRAVEL TALKS. South America : ' An Indian Village in the Andes', by Douglas Young
2.15 Interval music
2.20 ' I YSGOLION CYMRU' (For Welsh schools). ' Rhigwm a Chan ', gan Huldah Bassett. 7-Mynd i'r ardd yn yr haf Palu, plannu tatws, chwynnu, torri'r lawnt yw rhai o'r. pethau a wneir yn y wers hon *
2.40 SENIOR ENGLISH I. English for everyday use. Poetry programme by, Robert Gittings : The Forsaken Merman', by Matthew Arnold

Contributors

Unknown:
Douglas Young
Unknown:
Huldah Bassett.
Programme By:
Robert Gittings
Unknown:
Matthew Arnold

on gramophone records
Gavotte ; Tambourin ; Menuet ; Passepied
(Castor and Pollux : Rameau)
Lamoureux Orchestra of Paris, conducted by Albert Wolff
Winter ; Spring ; Summer ; Autumn (The
Seasons : Glazunov) : Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the composer, Alexander Glazunov
Ballet Suite : The Neighbours ; The
Miller's Dance ; Final Dance (The Three-Cornered Hat : Falla) : Boston Promenade Orchestra, conducted by Arthur Fiedler

Contributors

Unknown:
Lamoureux Orchestra
Conducted By:
Albert Wolff
Conducted By:
Arthur Fiedler

Serial story: 'The Big Six', by Arthur Ransome, told by Mac. No. 17 - 'Siege of the "Death and Glory" '
'Letter from America', by Olive Shapley (recording)
Songs by the Carrickfergus Junior Choir, conducted by Miss C. Davidson and Gloria Gordon. From the 'BBC at War' Exhibition, City Hall, Belfast

Contributors

Author (The Big Six):
Arthur Ransome
Speaker:
Olive Shapley
Singers:
Carrickfergus Junior Choir
Conductor:
Miss C. Davidson
Conductor:
Gloria Gordon

by John Steinbeck , adapted by Gilbert Thomas. Produced by Howard Rose.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Steinbeck
Adapted By:
Gilbert Thomas.
Produced By:
Howard Rose.
Narrator:
Robert Rendel
Dr Winter:
Arthur Ridley
Joseph:
Richard Williams
Capt Bentick:
Cecil Ramage
Sergeant:
Bernard Rebel
Madame Orden:
Grizelda Hervey
Mayor Orden:
Bryan Powley
Soldier:
Preston Lockwood
Colonel Lanser:
Alfred Sangster
George Corell:
Antony Holies
Major Hunter:
Frank Cochrane
Lieut Prackle:
Lewis Stringer
Capt Loft:
Neal Arden
Lieut Tender:
Hubert Gregg
Annie:
Gladys Spencer
Molly Morden:
Sophie Stewart
Alexander Morden:
Carl Bernard
Tom Anders:
Edgar Norfolk

Opera by Andre Messager. Lyrics by Frederic Weatherly and Adrian Ross. And
BBC Theatre Chorus. BBC Theatre
Orchestra, conducted by Charles Groves The action takes place in Flanders in and around the chateau of the Marquise in the year 1785

Contributors

Unknown:
Andre Messager.
Unknown:
Frederic Weatherly
Unknown:
Adrian Ross.
Conducted By:
Charles Groves
Mirette:
Irene Eisinger
Picorin:
Jan van Der Gucht
Bobinet:
Murray Davies
Bertuccio:
Edmund Donlevy
Bianca:
Marjorie Westbury
Marquise de Montigny:
Dorothy Green
Gerard:
Roy Henderson
Baron van den Berg:
Frederick Ranalow

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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