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11.0 SCOTTISH HERITAGE. 'Sir
'Andrew Barton ', by Kathleen Goldie : the story of the great sailor of the time of James IV

11.20 CURRENT AFFAIRS : experts discuss important. happenings in the world today
11.40 MUSIC AND THE DANCE, devised by John Horton in collaboration with Ronald Cunliffe. 2—' Music Ho ! '

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Barton
Unknown:
Kathleen Goldie
Unknown:
John Horton
Unknown:
Ronald Cunliffe.

1.50 FOR RURAL SCHOOLS (England). Findirig out' about Dylsford. ' How Dylsford Grew Up', by Honor Wyatt : the explorers find out how villages grow up, and study their own village
2.10 Interval music
2.15 GENERAL SCIENCE. Great discoveries : Classifying Living Things', by Cyril Bibby
2.35 Interval music
2.40 JUNIOR ENGLISH : The Romantic Tale of a Mouse and a Moth ', arranged for broadcasting from the original tale by Diana Ross

Contributors

Unknown:
Cyril Bibby
Unknown:
Diana Ross

5.20 ' How Wireless Came to Toytown ', by S. G. Hulme-Beaman :
. revival of one of the famous Toytown stories. Your old friends Larry the Lamb, Dennis the Dachshund, Ernest the Policeman, Mr. Growser and the rest are on the air again, after an absence of exactly two years
5.50 ' Letters in the Sand ', by Laurens Sargent. No. 8-'Lamedh'

Contributors

Unknown:
S. G. Hulme-Beaman
Unknown:
Laurens Sargent.

Opera by Camille Saint-Saens . Libretto by Ferdinand Lemaire ; new English translation by. H. Procter -Gregg. Produced by Stanford Robinson and Mark H. Lubbock
Chorus of Hebrews and Philistines
BBC Theatre Chorus...BBC Theatre Orchestra : conductor Stanford Robinson. Narration written and spoken by Dennis Arundell
The action takes place in Palestine
Act 1 : The Town of Gaza
Act 2 : Delilah's abode in the Valley of Soreck
Act 3 : Scene 1 : The Prison of Gaza. Scene 2 : Inside the Temple of Dagon

Contributors

Unknown:
Camille Saint-Saens
Unknown:
Ferdinand Lemaire
Translation By:
H. Procter
Produced By:
Stanford Robinson
Produced By:
Mark H. Lubbock
Conductor:
Stanford Robinson.
Spoken By:
Dennis Arundell
Delilah:
Muriel Brunskill
Samson:
Frank Titterton
High Priest of Dagon:
Anlon Young
Abimelech, Satrap of Gaza:
Tom Williams
An aged Hebrew:
Kenneth Ellis
First Philistine:
Bertram Davis

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