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United Service, from Sardis Congregational Church, Pontypridd
Opening Sentences
All people that on earth do dwell
(Cong. Hymnary, 1 ; C.H. 229 ; S.P. 443)
Scripture Reading : Matthew 20, w.
1-15
Fill thou my life, 0 Lord my God
(Cong. Hymnary, 30 ; S.P. 492)
Prayers
The Lord's Prayer
Take my life and let, it be (Cong.
Hymnary, 487 ; C.H. 512 ; S.P. 257)
Address by the Rev. Emlyn Davies
Lord, while for all mankind we pray
(Cong. Hymnary, 557 ; C.H. 633 ; S.P. 320)
Blessing
Introductory Service conducted by the Rev. H. Gwyn Lewis
Precentor and Organist,
David Erasmus

Contributors

Unknown:
Rev. Emlyn Davies
Unknown:
Rev. H. Gwyn Lewis
Organist:
David Erasmus

o Ebeneser, Eglwys y. Methodistiaid, Caemarfon. (Religious
Service in Welsh, from Ebeneser Methodist Church, Caernarvon) Trefn y Gwasanaeth
Ti, Dduw unig ddoeth, y goleuni a'th gel (93 : Ton, Caernarfon)
Darllen : Exodus 3, 1-10
Gweddi Disgyn , lor, a rhwyga'r nefoedd. (269:
Ton, Moriah)
Pregeth gan y Parchedig Joseph
Jenkins
Arhosaf yng nghysgod fy Nuw
(634 : Ton, Cleveland) ,
Y Fendith
Arweinydd y Gan, Walter Thomas ; organydd. W. Huxley Thomas
(Cymerir yr Emynau o Lyfr Emynau a Thonau y Methodistiaidd Calfinaidd a Wesleaidd)

Contributors

Unknown:
Gweddi Disgyn
Unknown:
Parchedig Joseph
Unknown:
Walter Thomas
Unknown:
W. Huxley Thomas
Unknown:
Lyfr Emynau

Christians meet to answer listeners' questions. Today's team : Dr. J. W. Welch (in the chair), Canon F. A. Cockin , Miss Mary Trevelyan , Fr. Agnellus Andrew , Professor C. H. Dodd. (BBC recording)
Today's questions include : ' What do you mean by claiming that religion is a stronghold of reason ? Is not the first demand that religion makes on you essentially unreasonable — a demand for faith in. something that cannot be proved ? ' ; and ' What answer would you give to a child of five who asked, " Does God look after the German planes ? " '

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr. J. W. Welch
Unknown:
Canon F. A. Cockin
Unknown:
Miss Mary Trevelyan
Unknown:
Fr. Agnellus Andrew
Unknown:
Professor C. H. Dodd.

Serial play: David Copperfield ', by Charles Dickens , adapted by Philip Wade and John Benson. Produced by Derek McCulloch. Episode 3—' Uriah Heep Has Expectations '.

Contributors

Unknown:
David Copperfield
Unknown:
Charles Dickens
Adapted By:
Philip Wade
Adapted By:
John Benson.
Produced By:
Derek McCulloch.
David Copperfield:
Ronald Simpson
Dora Spenlow:
Sara Jackson
Agnes Wickfleld:
Katherine Blake
Miss Betsey Trotwood:
Mary O'Farrell
Uriah Heep:
Philip Wade
Mr Micawber:
Dick Francis
Mrs Mfcawber:
Louise Hampton
Mr Peggotty:
Norman Shelley
Peggotty:
Dora Gregory
Ham:
Ian Sadler
Steerforth:
Charles Mason
Traddles:
Lewis Stringer

No.65 -” ' Housewives ' : an American and a Welsh housewife tell the stories of their life in war-time in a programme broadcast from both sides of the Atlantic. Both have husbands serving away from home, and both combine the care of their children and home duties with other war-work. The American half of the programme is written by Allen Sloane and produced by John Becker : the second part is written and produced in Wales by Nan Davies

Contributors

Written By:
Allen Sloane
Produced By:
John Becker
Written By:
Nan Davies
Produced By:
Nan Davies

Albert Sandler and the Palm Court Orchestra, with Norman Allin (bass), in a programme of the kind of music heard in the Palm Court of your favourite hotel in the days before the war. Programme produced by Fred Hartley and Douglas Lawrence

Contributors

Unknown:
Albert Sandler
Bass:
Norman Allin
Produced By:
Fred Hartley
Produced By:
Douglas Lawrence

for Industrial Sunday, from Bulwell Parish Church, Nottingham, conducted by the Rev. R. P. Tinsley
Act of Recollection
Judge eternal (E.H. 423 ; C.H. 636) Prayers
Reading : from' Ecclesiasticus 38
Father, hear the prayer we offer
(E.H. 385)
Address by the Rev. E. N. Kemp
(Industrial Christian Fellowship)
0 God of earth and altar (E.H. 562 ;
C.H. 638)
Intercessions .
Rejoice, 0 land (E.H. 475) Blessing

Contributors

Unknown:
Rev. R. P. Tinsley
Unknown:
Rev. E. N. Kemp

First of seven recorded programmes describing the adventures of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza. Arranged for broadcasting by Eric Linklater from incidents in the famous story by Cervantes. Music specially composed by Roberto Gerhard. Orchestra conducted by George Walter. Produced by John Burrell

Contributors

Unknown:
Don Quixote
Unknown:
Sancho Panza.
Unknown:
Eric Linklater
Unknown:
Roberto Gerhard.
Conducted By:
George Walter.
Produced By:
John Burrell
Evewitness:
James McKechnie
Don Quixote's housekeeper:
Annie Esmond
Maria, his niece:
Betty Newcombe
The Barber:
Robert Marsden
Dr Pedro Perez:
George Relph
Sancho Panza:
George Robey
Don Quixote:
Ralph Richardson
Women at the Inn:
Freda Jackson
Women at the Inn:
Vida Hope
The Innkeeper:
Arthur Young

Pot-pourri of folk songs and dances from Russia, Yugoslavia, South America, and North America. Devised by George Walter and Mark. H. Lubbock. Orchestral arrangements by George Walter , Roy Douglas , Matyas Seiber , and Leo Wurmser. With Gaby Valle , Gladys Ripley , Owen Brannigan , and Norman Lumsden. Narrator, Neal Arden. BBC Theatre Chorus. BBC Theatre Orchestra : conductor, Stanford Robinson. (BBC recording)

Contributors

Unknown:
George Walter
Unknown:
Mark. H. Lubbock.
Arrangements By:
George Walter
Arrangements By:
Roy Douglas
Arrangements By:
Matyas Seiber
Arrangements By:
Leo Wurmser.
Unknown:
Gaby Valle
Unknown:
Gladys Ripley
Unknown:
Owen Brannigan
Narrator:
Norman Lumsden.
Narrator:
Neal Arden.
Conductor:
Stanford Robinson.

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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