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Introductory music : A Solemn Melody
(Walford Davies)
Prayer and the Lord's Prayer
Happy are they, they that love God (S.P.
509: C.H. 440 : Tune, Binchester)
Talk .
My God, Irow wonderful thou art (A. and M. 169, vv. 1, 2, 5, 6, 3 ; S.P. 581 ;' C.H. 27, omitting v. 3 : Tune, Westminster)
Prayers : The Prayer of St. Richard
Soldiers of the Cross, arise (A. and M.
588, omitting v. 2 : S.P. 642 : C.H. 341, omitting v. 2 : Tune, Crucis milites)
Blessing
Closing music

from the Chapel of New College, Oxford
Versides and Responses
Psalm 126
First Lesson : I Kings 8, vv. 54-62 Magnificat (Stanford in G)
Second Lesson : St. Mark 8, w. 11-21 Nunc dimittis (Stanford in G) Creed and Collects
By the rivers of Babylon (W. K. Stanton ) Prayers
Holy Father, cheer our way (E.H. 270) Organist, H. K. Andrews

Contributors

Unknown:
K. Stanton
Organist:
H. K. Andrews

Play : ' But the Pilot is Safe'— the drama behind a familiar phrase, by Leonard Cottrell , based on a story by Gilbert Hackforth-Jones . Produced by Leonard Cottrell
Narrator, Carleton Hobbs

Contributors

Unknown:
Leonard Cottrell
Story By:
Gilbert Hackforth-Jones
Duced By:
Leonard Cottrell
Narrator:
Carleton Hobbs
Captain:
Laidman Browne
First Officer:
Sydney Tafler
Second Officier:
Carl Bernard
Third Officer:
Lewis Stringer
Engineer Officer:
Ian Fleming
Other officers and seamen ::
Foster Carlin
Other officers and seamen ::
Arthur Bush
Other officers and seamen ::
Jonathan Field
Other officers and seamen ::
Harry Hutchinson

Your Master of Ceremonies, Clay Keyes. Richard Goolden as Old Ebenezer, with Gladys Keyes as Martha, and the ' Mystery Star ' ; ' The Musical Newspaper' ; this week's famous visitor. ' Can you Beat the Band ? '. Gwen Lewis , Pat Rignold , Susan Scott , Dick Francis , Ian Sadler , and the Town Hall Orchestra, under the direction of' Billy Ternent. ' Written by Gladys Keyes and Clay Keyes , and produced by Eric Spear

Contributors

Unknown:
Clay Keyes.
Unknown:
Richard Goolden
Unknown:
Gladys Keyes
Unknown:
Gwen Lewis
Unknown:
Pat Rignold
Unknown:
Susan Scott
Unknown:
Dick Francis
Unknown:
Ian Sadler
Unknown:
Billy Ternent.
Written By:
Gladys Keyes
Written By:
Clay Keyes
Produced By:
Eric Spear

by Joyce Grenfell and Stephen Potter. Including How Not To and How They Used To. Illustrated by Joyce Grenfell, Carleton Hobbs, Gladys Young, and Betty Hardy (by permission of H. M. Tennent, Ltd.). Produced by Stephen Potter.

Contributors

Unknown:
Joyce Grenfell
Unknown:
Stephen Potter.
Illustrated By:
Joyce Grenfell
Illustrated By:
Carleton Hobbs
Illustrated By:
Gladys Young
Illustrated By:
Betty Hardy
Produced By:
Stephen Potter.

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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