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A number of Britain's Allies who have escaped from occupied Europe are holding a party at the Freedom Club to celebrate the National Day of the Netherlands. Entertainment is provided by fellow members of the Club who have reached this country from Holland, Russia, Poland, Norway, France, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, and Greece. They sing their national songs and tell stories of their amazing war-time adventures in interviews with their Host and Hostess, Leo de Pokorny and Joan Clark. The Continental Orchestra, under the direction of Lionel Falkman. Pro
. duced by C. F. Meehan

Contributors

Unknown:
Leo De Pokorny
Unknown:
Joan Clark.
Unknown:
Lionel Falkman.
Duced By:
C. F. Meehan

Programme of modern French poetry and music, selected by Raymond Mortimer and Lennox Berkeley , and produced by Edward Sackville-West and Stephen Potter. Soloist, Peter Pears (tenor). Accompanist, Benjamin Britten. Poems read by Alan Wheatley , Valentine Dyall , and Peggy Ashcroft.

Contributors

Unknown:
Raymond Mortimer
Unknown:
Lennox Berkeley
Produced By:
Edward Sackville-West
Produced By:
Stephen Potter.
Soloist:
Peter Pears
Read By:
Alan Wheatley
Read By:
Valentine Dyall
Read By:
Peggy Ashcroft.

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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