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11.0 SCOTTISH HERITAGE. 'Willie's gaen to Melville Castle ' : a dramatisation based on the song
11.20 CURRENT AFFAIRS, discussed by experts
11.40 MUSIC AND THE DANCE, by John Horton. 5 -' Four - and - Twenty Blackbirds ' : the life-story of Lully, the famous musician of the court of Louis XIV of France. The broadcast includes string music by LuUy and by the English composer Purcell'

Contributors

Unknown:
John Horton.

1.50 FOR RURAL SCHOOLS (England). Finding out about Dylsford. ' At
Dylsford Hall', by Honor Wyatt : the squire tells the history of his family
2.10 Interval music
2.15 GENERAL SCIENCE. Your body and its growth. ' The New-Born Baby ' : talk by Philip Eggleton
2.35 Interval music
2.40 JUNIOR ENGLISH. The Fisherman : dramatised version of an old folk tale, by A. E. and B. P. Lowson

Contributors

Talk By:
Philip Eggleton
Unknown:
A. E.
Unknown:
B. P. Lowson

Songs and music-sweet and swing-from the 'Tune Parade of 1944'. The Talkers, Jack Jackson and Fred Emney (by permission of Jack Buchanan ). The Singers, Paula Green , Sam Browne and the Aristocrats. The Guest, Elisabeth Welch. The Band, Phil Green and his Concert Dance Orchestra. The Producer, Henry Reed. (BBC recording)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jack Jackson
Unknown:
Fred Emney
Unknown:
Jack Buchanan
Singers:
Paula Green
Singers:
Sam Browne
Unknown:
Elisabeth Welch.
Unknown:
Phil Green
Unknown:
Henry Reed.

Music by Geoffrey Wright. Produced by David Yates Mason.
BBC Revue Orchestra, conducted by Charles Groves .

Contributors

Music By:
Geoffrey Wright.
Produced By:
David Yates Mason.
Conducted By:
Charles Groves
Miss Medhurst:
Arthur Marshall
Marigold:
Billie Baker
Naomi:
Marjorte Westbury
Nicholas:
Philip Cunningham
Shop-Girl:
Vera Lennox
Waiter:
Richard Gray
Singer:
Alan Kane

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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