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11.0 SINGING TOGETHER, by Herbert Wiseman
Let us with a gladsome mind (hymn) The Eriskay Love-Lilt (Hebridean long)
Oh. dear, what can the matter be ?
(English song)
11.18 app. Interval music
11.20 SCIENCE AND GARDENING : ' The Ripening Fruit', by Alan Peacock.
11.40 FOR UNDER SEVENS : Let's join in. ' 'Squirrels': two true stories and an imaginary one
12.0 THE MAKING AND CONTENT OF THE BIBLE : The life and teaching of Jesus Christ : ' The Herods and their Times', by the Rev. J. N. Schofield

Contributors

Unknown:
Herbert Wiseman
Unknown:
Alan Peacock.
Unknown:
Rev. J. N. Schofield

1.50 FOR RURAL SCHOOLS
(Scotland) : ' What happens when ... a letter is posted ', by George Scott Moncrieff
2.10 app. Interval music
2.15 STORIES FROM WORLD HISTORY. 'The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson ', by Rhoda Power : how the great explorer sought the North-West Passage, and was cast adrift by mutineers in the bay which bears his name
2.35 Interval music
2.40 ORCHESTRAL CONCERT SERIES : ' Looking at the Score : John Horton gives an introductory talk, with illustrations, on what is in store for listeners this term

Contributors

Unknown:
George Scott Moncrieff
Unknown:
Henry Hudson
Unknown:
Rhoda Power
Unknown:
John Horton

on gramophone records
Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
(Vaughan Williams) : BBC Orchestra, conducted by Sir Adrian Boult
Go in the name of angels and archangelt ;
And now the threshold ; Praise to the Holiest in the height ; Come back, 0 Lord. how long t (The Dream of Gerontius : Elgar) : Herbert Heynet
„ (baritone), Steuart Wilson (tenor),
Margaret Balfour (contralto), and the Royal Choial Society, with the Royal Albert Hall Orchestra , conducted by the composer
Sea Drift (Delius) : John Brownlee (baritone) and the London Select Choir, with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham

Contributors

Unknown:
Thomas Tallis
Conducted By:
Sir Adrian Boult
Baritone:
Herbert Heynet
Baritone:
Steuart Wilson
Contralto:
Margaret Balfour
Unknown:
Albert Hall Orchestra
Unknown:
John Brownlee
Conducted By:
Sir Thomas Beecham

by Wilkie Collins , adapted in six parts by Audrey Lucas. Produced by Howard Rose. Part 1

Contributors

Unknown:
Wilkie Collins
Unknown:
Audrey Lucas.
Produced By:
Howard Rose.
Walter Hartright:
Terry Morgan
Mrs Hartright:
Ann Codrington
Sarah Hartright:
Freda Falconer
Professor Pesca:
Bernard Rebel
Anne Catherick:
Lucille Lisle
Marion Halcombe:
Joan Carol
Laura Fairlie:
Belle Chrystall
Mr Fairlie:
Richard Williams
Mrs Vesey:
Gladys Spencer
Louis:
Cyril Gardiner
Manservant:
Preston Lockwood
Cab-driver:
Foster Carlin
Second man:
Heron Carvic

Every week at this time, world-wide travellers, interviewed by Norman Wooland , tell of their adventures and misadventures, and bring back songs and stories from lands overseas. ' Marooned on Elephant Island ', by Squadron-Leader Hussey , of the Shackleton 1914-1917 Expedition to the Antarctic. BBC Revue Orchestra, conducted by Charles Groves. Music arranged by Alan Paul. Programme edited by Leslie Baily and produced by Eric Fawcett.

Contributors

Interviewed By:
Norman Wooland
Unknown:
Squadron-Leader Hussey
Conducted By:
Charles Groves.
Arranged By:
Alan Paul.
Edited By:
Leslie Baily
Produced By:
Eric Fawcett.

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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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