Programme Index

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11.01 Rhythm and Melody
by Percy Young , D.Mus.: No. 8 - 'Expression Marks'

11.20 Geography
New developments in the British Empire: 'More and Better Wool'

11.40 English for Under-Nines
'The Story of Gertrude, the Wooden Doll' (Part 1), adapted for broadcasting from the original tale by Richard Hughes

Contributors

Presenter (Rhythm and Melody):
Percy Young
Author (English for Under-Nines:
The Story of Gertrude, the Wooden Doll): Richard Hughes

on gramophone records
Symphonic Poem: The Steppe (Noskowski): London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by J. Kolaczkowski
Rondo Burlesque (Symphony No. 9: Mahler): Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Bruno Walter

Contributors

Musicians:
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor:
J. Kolaczkowski
Musicians:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor:
Bruno Walter

2.0 Nature Study: Breathing under Water
by W.P.D. Wightman

2.15 I Ysgolion Cymru (For Welsh schools)
'Hanes Cymru': cyfres i blant tua 12 oed. 8 - 'Cymru dan y Normaniaid,' gan Frank Price Jones: Rhys ap Tewdwr; Dylanwad y Normaniaid ar fywyd y De; Gruffyddap Cynan

2.35 Senior History II: Shopping and Home Life in an Elizabethan Town
by Honor Wyatt

Contributors

Speaker (Nature Study):
W.P.D. Wightman
Speaker (I Ysgolion Cymru):
Frank Price Jones
Speaker (Senior History II):
Honor Wyatt

Songs by the Three Semis

"The Leaping Fawn": fairy play by Edith Brill, produced by Nan Macdonald

Contributors

Singers:
The Three Semis
Writer (The Leaping Fawn):
Edith Brill
Producer (The Leaping Fawn):
Nan Macdonald
Ivan, a peasant boy:
Robert Rietty
His grandmother:
Alison Bayley
Ticketty, his old hen:
Violet Carson
Chak, the Court Magician:
Ralph Truman
The King:
Fred Fairclough
Officer of the Guard:
Peter Meriton
Princess Mirabel:
Rosalie Williams
Piper:
Pat Ryan
Other parts played by:
Muriel Levy
Other parts played by:
Peggy Ryalls
Other parts played by:
Christine Hope
Other parts played by:
John Broadbent

[Starring] Tommy Handley
with Horace Percival, Fred Yule, Dorothy Summers, Sydney Keith, Dino Galvani, Bill Stephens, Bryan Herbert, Jean Capra, and the BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell.

Contributors

Comedian:
Tommy Handley
Performer:
Horace Percival
Performer:
Fred Yule
Performer:
Dorothy Summers
Performer:
Sydney Keith
Performer:
Dino Galvani
Performer:
Bill Stephens
Performer:
Bryan Herbert
Performer:
Jean Capra
Conductor:
Charles Shadwell
Script/Lyrics:
Ted Kavanagh
Producer:
Francis Worsley

Weekly half-hour of mystery and suspense, written by John Dickson Carr, and produced by Val Gielgud and Martyn C. Webster.
[Starring] Laidman Browne and Belle Chrystall

Contributors

Writer:
John Dickson Carr
Producer:
Val Gielgud
Producer:
Martyn C. Webster
Professor Erwin Kraft:
Laidman Browne
Cynthia, his wife:
Belle Chrystall
Dr James Craig:
Leslie Bradley
Lady Randolph:
Gladys Spencer
A voice:
Sybil Arundale
Story-Teller:
Valentine Dyall

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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