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11.0 SINGING TOGETHER, by Herbert Wiseman England (Parry)
. Blow the man down (sea shanty)
11.18 Interval music
11.20 SCIENCE AND GARDENING : ' Now's the Time to Dig', by H.
Alan Peacock
11.40 FOR UNDER-SEVENS : Let's join in-a dramatised version of Alison Uttley's tale ' The Bull in the China Shop', preceded by a te* phone game
12.0 THE MAKING AND CONTENT OF THE BIBLE. The life and teaching of Jesus Christ : ' The Temple and the Synagogues', by the Rev. C. W. Dugmore

Excerpts from some of his operettas, on gramophone records
Overture : The Queen's Lace Handkerchief : Dol Dauber Salon Orchestra
Intermezzo (A Thousand and One Nights):
Grand Symphony Orchestra
Song of Greeting : Such was my life (The
Gypsy Baron) : Walter Glynne (tenor) and Chorus
Who tied the knot ? (The Gypsy Baron) :
Garda Hall (soprano) and Walter Glynne
Lagoon Waltz (Night in Venice) : Boston
Promenade Orchestra, conducted by Arthur Fiedler
Oh, what a feast, what a wondrous night I
(Die Fledermaus) : Covent Garden Opera Company and the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by John BarbiroUi

Contributors

Tenor:
Walter Glynne
Tenor:
Walter Glynne
Unknown:
Lagoon Waltz
Conducted By:
Arthur Fiedler
Conducted By:
John Barbiroui

1.50 FOR RURAL SCHOOLS (Scotland). ' What happens when ... an accident- occurs ? ' by George Scott Moncrieff
2.10 Interval music
2.15 STORIES FROM WORLD HISTORY. ' The City of Brotherly Love', by Rhoda Power : how William Penn , the Quaker, founded Philadelphia and made a treaty with the ' Red Indians '
2.35 Interval music
2.40 ORCHESTRAL CONCERT SERIES. ' Rhythm and the Orchestra ' : illustrated talk by Ronald Biggs

Contributors

Unknown:
George Scott
Unknown:
Rhoda Power
Unknown:
William Penn
Talk By:
Ronald Biggs

Ronald Cunliffe surveys the subject of choral singing as an introduction to the choral rehearsals which Dr. Reginald Jacques is directing in the next two programmes, on October 25 and November-8
This series of programmes formerly known as Adventures ' in Music-Making ' and later as ' Making Your Own Music ' is now revived under a slightly different title. The series is designed to encourage home music-making.

Contributors

Unknown:
Ronald Cunliffe
Unknown:
Dr. Reginald Jacques

' Across Canada on Horseback ' : an English girl, Mary Bosanquet , tells the story of her ride alone across the American Continent, her impressions of the country, and of the people she met. With dramatised scenes from her book ' Saddlebags for Suitcases ', recently published in America. Interviewer, Norman Wdoland. BBC Revue Orchestra, conducted by Charles Groves. Music arranged by Alan Paul. Radio script by Henrik Ege and Leslie Baily. Produced by Eric Fawcett. (This programme is broadcast on a world network to all the peoples of the British Commonwealth)

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Bosanquet
Unknown:
Norman Wdoland.
Conducted By:
Charles Groves.
Arranged By:
Alan Paul.
Arranged By:
Leslie Baily.
Produced By:
Eric Fawcett.

from the novel by Osbert Sitwell , adapted for broadcasting by the author (by permission of H M Tennent, Ltd ) (by permission of H M Tennent, Ltd )
Other characters include a club member, an- old Frenchwoman, a concierge
Scenes : London and Spain

Contributors

Novel By:
Osbert Sitwell
Robert Mainwroth.:
Francis Lister
Tristram Orlander:
Michael Redgrave
Lady Ursula Rypton:
Lydia Sherwood
Lady St Donat:
Gertrude Sterroll
Lord'St Donat:
Edgar Norfolk
Mrs Hope-DoodlerCope:
Gladys Spencer
Mrs O'Looney:
Grizelda Hervey
Lionel Foley:
Laidman Browne
Otho Fitzmaurice:
Denys Blakelock

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