Programme Index

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11.0 RHYTHM AND MELODY, by Percy Young. 12-Revision
11.20 GEOGRAPHY. New developments in the British Empire. New ZeXaland. ' Marketing Food for
Export', by H. P. Donald
11.40 ENGLISH FOR UNDER-NINES. Christmas programme including poems and carols, and a dramatised story based on ' Dreams for Sale ', the original story by Alison Uttley

Contributors

Unknown:
Percy Young.
Unknown:
H. P. Donald
Story By:
Alison Uttley

on gramophone records
Overture : The Secret of Susanna (Wolf-
Ferrari): Boston Promenade Orchestra, conducted by Arthur Fiedler
Ballade (Faure) : Marguerite Long , with Orchestra, conducted by Phillippe Gaubert
Midsommervaka (Midsummer Vigil:
Hugo Alfven ) : Medlemmar ur Stockholm* Konsertforenings Orkester , conducted by Nils Grevilliers

Contributors

Conducted By:
Arthur Fiedler
Unknown:
Marguerite Long
Conducted By:
Phillippe Gaubert
Unknown:
Hugo Alfven
Unknown:
Konsertforenings Orkester
Conducted By:
Nils Grevilliers

2.0 NATURE STUDY : your questions answered 2.15 I YSGOLION CYMRU (For Welsh schools). Hanes Cymru : cyfres i blant tua 12 oed. 12— 'Edward la Chymru ', gan A. H. Williams
2.35 SENIOR HISTORY II. The changing world : ' Looking Back and Looking Forward ', illustrating how the modern world has built on the work of early scientists

Contributors

Unknown:
A. H. Williams

' Then and Now ', by Her Grace the Duchess of Atholl: third in the series of talks for children, given by distinguished Scottish speakers
Music for two pianos, played by Ireen Maclaren and Wight Henderson
For the youngest listeners : ' How a fish swam in the air and a hare in the water' : fairy tale from Russia, edited by Andrew Lang , read by W. H. D. Joss

Contributors

Played By:
Ireen MacLaren
Edited By:
Andrew Lang
Read By:
W. H. D. Joss

' Cattle at the Cross-Roads ' : fifth of an important fortnightly series of discussions on cattle-breeding. W. S. Mansfield discusses the question ' How Shall We Keep Her Fit ? ' with Norman Barron , M.R.C.V.S., of Reading University, and F. Russell Wood, Chairman of the Diseases of Animals Committee of the National Farmers' Union 1

Contributors

Unknown:
S. Mansfield
Unknown:
Norman Barron
Unknown:
F. Russell

with Horace Percival , Fred Yule , Dorothy Summers , Sydney Keith , Dino Galvani , Bill Stephens , Bryan Herbert , Jean Capra , Jack Cooper , and the BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell. Script and lyrics by Ted Kavanagh. Produced by Francis Worsley
(Recording will be broadcast next Sunday at 12.30 in the Forces programme)

Contributors

Unknown:
Horace Percival
Unknown:
Fred Yule
Unknown:
Dorothy Summers
Unknown:
Sydney Keith
Unknown:
Dino Galvani
Unknown:
Bill Stephens
Unknown:
Bryan Herbert
Unknown:
Jean Capra
Unknown:
Jack Cooper
Unknown:
Charles Shadwell.
Unknown:
Ted Kavanagh.
Duced By:
Francis Worsley

Play by Audrey Temple Smith, produced by Howard Rose
Other parts are taken by Lucille Lisle , Lewis Stringer , Deryck Guyler , Cecil Ramage , Marcus Barron , Freda Falconer , Laidman Browne , and Rita Vale

Contributors

Play By:
Audrey Temple
Duced By:
Howard Rose
Unknown:
Lucille Lisle
Unknown:
Lewis Stringer
Unknown:
Deryck Guyler
Unknown:
Cecil Ramage
Unknown:
Marcus Barron
Unknown:
Freda Falconer
Unknown:
Laidman Browne
Narrator:
Carl Bernard
Mr Thompson:
Arthur Ridley
Miss Minchin:
Molly Rankin
Mrs Mayhew:
Ann Codrington
Colonel Gilson:
Bryan Powley
Mrs Gaynor:
Grizelda Hervey
Jenkins:
Cyril Gardiner
Hilary:
Belle Chrystall

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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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