Programme Index

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11.0 SINGING TOGETHER, by Herbert Wiseman : Revision
England (Parry)
Isle of Dreams (Gaelic 'song)
Two Jolly Sailor Boys (singing game)
11.18 Interval music
11.20 SCIENCE AND GARDENING : ' Some Garden Tools and their Uses', by E. W. Hobbis
11.40 FOR UNDER - SEVENS: Let's join in-the story of a loaf of bread : a visit to Mr. Brown's bakery
12.0 THE MAKING AND CONTENT OF THE BIBLE. The life and teaching of Jesus Christ : ' The Life and Religion of Working-Class Jews ', by the Rev. C. W. Dugmore

Contributors

Unknown:
Herbert Wiseman
Unknown:
Rev. C. W. Dugmore

on gramophone records
Les plaisirs ; Air (Suite for flute and strings: Telemann) : William Kincaid (flute) with Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra
Adagio (Concerto for orchestra in D :
C.P.E. Bach-Steinberg) : Serge Koussevitzky and Boston Symphony Orchestra
Symphonic Poem: Orpheus (Liszt) :
Columbia Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Howard Barlow
Andante con variazioni (Suite in F sharp minor, Op. 19: Dohndnyi) : Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Frederick Stock

Contributors

Flute:
William Kincaid
Conducted By:
Howard Barlow
Conducted By:
Frederick Stock

1.50 FOR RURAL SCHOOLS (Scotland). ' What happens when ... foot and mouth disease- breaks out?', by George Scott Moncrieff
2.10 Interval music
2.15 STORIES FROM WORLD HISTORY.
' A Canadian Heroine ', by Rhoda Power : how Ma'deleine'de Vercheres defended Castle Dangerous
2.35 Interval music
2.40 ORCHESTRAL CONCERT SERIES. ' Bizet's music to L'Arlésienne' : illustrated talk by Ronald Biggs

Contributors

Unknown:
George Scott Moncrieff
Unknown:
Rhoda Power
Talk By:
Ronald Biggs

5.20 ' Tyneside Melodies ', sung and played by the Dunelm Singers. Jos. Q. Atkinson's Quintet and Jack Armstrong (Northumbrian pipes), introduced by Nan Macdonald ; script by Patricia Docksey
5.45 ' Some Rare Hawk Moths ' : talk by L. Hugh Newman

Contributors

Unknown:
Jack Armstrong
Introduced By:
Nan MacDonald
Script By:
Patricia Docksey
Talk By:
L. Hugh Newman

Alec Robertson and a member of the Forces discuss the first movement of Schubert's Unfinished Symphony, which is played by the BBC Orchestra, conducted by Clarence Raybould .
This new fortnightly series is a successor to ' Music Club '. The programmes cover standard orchestral, instrumental, and vocal works.

Contributors

Unknown:
Alec Robertson
Conducted By:
Clarence Raybould

Donald Peers; 'Crime Chasers, Ltd.' featuring Jane Grahame and Vernon Harris, written by Ernest Dudley; 'Many Happy Returns of the Day' - musical birthday greeting; Ivy St. Helier; 'Puzzle Corner'; 'The Lodger', featuring Cyril Fletcher and Betty Astell, written by Dick Pepper; 'Take the Stand': Mr. Justice Frederick Burtwell cross examines Francis Day, Jack Buchanan, and other artists in the 'People Versus Boredom' Case. Presented by Leonard Urry. Singing commeres, The Bachelor Girls. Revue Chorus and BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell.

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald Peers
Unknown:
Jane Grahame
Unknown:
Vernon Harris
Written By:
Ernest Dudley
Unknown:
Cyril Fletcher
Unknown:
Betty Astell
Written By:
Dick Pepper
Unknown:
Frederick Burtwell
Unknown:
Jack Buchanan
Presented by:
Leonard Urry
Conducted By:
Charles Shadwell
Producer:
Harry S. Pepper

by Thomas Hardy , an epic drama of the wars of Napoleon, in three parts. Adapted by Muriel Pratt. Produced by Val Gielgud. Narrator, Cecil Ramage
Part 1-1 Trafalgar
Other parts played by Sybil Arundale, Carl Barnard, Marcus Barron, Alan Blair, Arthur Bush. Foster Carlin , Frank Cochrane , Freda Falconer , Edgar Norfolk , Bryan Powley. Bernard Rebel , Arthur Ridley , Alexander Sarner , Ernest Sefton , Lewis Stringer , William Trent , Rita Vale , Richard Williams , and Cameron Wilson

Contributors

Unknown:
Thomas Hardy
Adapted By:
Muriel Pratt.
Produced By:
Val Gielgud.
Narrator:
Cecil Ramage
Played By:
Sybil Arundale
Played By:
Carl Barnard
Played By:
Marcus Barron
Played By:
Alan Blair
Played By:
Arthur Bush.
Unknown:
Foster Carlin
Unknown:
Frank Cochrane
Unknown:
Freda Falconer
Unknown:
Edgar Norfolk
Unknown:
Bryan Powley.
Unknown:
Bernard Rebel
Unknown:
Arthur Ridley
Unknown:
Alexander Sarner
Unknown:
Ernest Setton
Unknown:
Lewis Stringer
Unknown:
William Trent
Unknown:
Rita Vale
Unknown:
Richard Williams
Unknown:
Cameron Wilson
Spirit of the Years:
Phyllis Neilson-Terry
Spirit of the Earth:
Henry Ainley
Spirit of the Pities:
Clemence Dane
Spirit Sinister:
Alan Wheatley
Napoleon:
Malcolm Keen
Nelson:
Barry Morse
Hardy:
Robert Rendel
Admiral Decres:
Cyril Gardiner
Villeneuve:
Heron Carvic
Daru:
Charles Maunsell
Pitt:
Laidman Browne

BBC Home Service Basic

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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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