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Overture : Maskerade (Nielsen) :
Royal Danish Orchestra, conducted by Johann Hye-Knudsen
Elegy (Suitt : Gustav Adolf II :
Alfven) : Stockholm Concert Society Orchestra, conducted by Nils Grevillius
Oriental Procession ; Night Music ;
Khadia's Dance (Belshazzar's Feast : Sibelius) : London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Robert Kajanus
Excerpts from King David
(Honegger) : Choir and Orchestra of La Suisse Romande

Contributors

Conducted By:
Johann Hye-Knudsen
Conducted By:
Nils Grevillius
Conducted By:
Robert Kajanus

11.0 SINGING TOGETHER, 'by Herbert Wiseman
11.18 Interval music
11.20 SCIENCE AND GARDENING : ' The Cabbage Family ', by C. F. Lawrance
11.40 FOR UNDER-SEVENS : Let's join in-a Brer Rabbit story, ' The Little Rabbits '
12.0 THE LIFE AND TEACHING OF
JESUS....CHRIST: 'The Church's Faith In Christ', by Professor C. H. Dodd

Contributors

Unknown:
Herbert Wiseman
Unknown:
C. F. Lawrance
Unknown:
C. H. Dodd

1.40 FOR RURAL SCHOOLS (Scotland). ' At our Village ', by John R. Allan : ' Meldron Farm ' (ii)
2.0 Interval music
2.5 STORIES FROM WORLD HISTORY :
' Yellow Jack and the Panama Canal'. by Rhoda Power
2.25 Interval music
2.30 ORCHESTRAL CONCERT SERIES.
Illustrated talk by Ronald Biggs on the second movement of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1, in B flat minor
2.50 MUSIC BROADCAST FOR OLDER PUPILS. William Walton 's Overture, Portsmouth Point, played by the BBC Symphony Orchestra : conductor, Sir Adrian Boult (Gramophone records). Introduced by Scott Goddard

Contributors

Unknown:
John R. Allan
Talk By:
Ronald Biggs
Unknown:
William Walton
Conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult
Duced By:
Scott Goddard

5.20 Long Ears' : the story of a little grey donkey, from the book by Patricia Lynch : Part 6 —' Yellow Handkerchief Again read by Allan McClelland
Songs by George Beggs
5.45 The Zoo Man : David Seth -Smith again talks on birds, with recorded illustrations made by Liidwig Koch

Contributors

Book By:
Patricia Lynch
Read By:
Allan McClelland
Songs By:
George Beggs
Unknown:
David Seth
Unknown:
Liidwig Koch

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adapted for broadcasting by Peggy Wells , and produced by Martyn C. Webster. Episode 3-' The Edge of Terror '

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Broadcasting By:
Peggy Wells
Produced By:
Martyn C. Webster.
Professor Challenger:
Francis L. Sullivan
Professor Summerlee:
Ivor Barnard
Lord John Roxton:
Alan Howland
Edward Malone:
Lewis Stringer
Gomez:
Ian Sadler
Announcer:
Richard Williams

with Maudie Edwards; 'Michael Starr Investigates', a weekly detective problem featuring Henry Oscar, written by Francis Durbridge; 'Many Happy Returns'; Wilfred Pickles; 'Puzzle Corner'; Naunton Wayne and Basil Radford on 'Things in General', written by Henrik Ege; 'Take the Stand', Frederick Burtwell cross-examines famous artists, by arrangement with Leonary Urry. The Singing Commeres, Revue Chorus, and BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell. Produced by Harry S. Pepper
(Naunton Wayne records by permission of Firth Shephard, and Basil Radford by permission of Linnit and Dunfee, Ltd.)

Contributors

Unknown:
Maudie Edwards
Unknown:
Michael Starr
Unknown:
Henry Oscar
Written By:
Francis Durbridge
Unknown:
Wilfred Pickles
Unknown:
Naunton Wayne
Unknown:
Basil Radford
Written By:
Henrik Ege
Arrangement With:
Leonary Urry
Conducted By:
Charles Shadwell
Produced By:
Harry S. Pepper

Radio version of the world-famous operetta, played by the company now appearing in the production presented by Jack Hylton at His Majesty's Theatre. Music by Charles Cuvillier. Lyrics by R. B. Smith. Book by H. B. Smith. English adaptation by H. C. Sargent. Additional numbers by Howard Carr. Stage. production by Maxwell Wray. Radio adaptation and production by Vernon Harris
Full Chorus and Orchestra, conducted by Freddie Bretherton

Contributors

Presented By:
Jack Hylton
Music By:
Charles Cuvillier.
Unknown:
R. B. Smith.
Book By:
H. B. Smith.
Unknown:
H. C. Sargent.
Unknown:
Howard Carr.
Production By:
Maxwell Wray.
Conducted By:
Freddie Bretherton
Colonel Cleveden:
Billy Holland
Elliston Deyn:
Graham Payn
Leonie Forde:
Elizabeth French
Norman:
Richard Dolman
Prosper:
Leo Franklyn
Hon André D'Aubigny:
Bernard Clifton
Carabana:
Henry Norman
Georgine:
Pat Taylor
Baroness de Villiers:
Betty Bowden

A selection from ' Other Men's Flowers ', an anthology with comments, made by Lord Wavell. Poems read by John Laurie , Valentine Dyall , and Francis Meynell : comments read by Ralph Richardson. Produced by Stephen Potter.
(' Other Men's Flowers ' is published by Jonathan Cape , Ltd.)

Contributors

Read By:
John Laurie
Read By:
Valentine Dyall
Read By:
Francis Meynell
Read By:
Ralph Richardson.
Produced By:
Stephen Potter.
Unknown:
Jonathan Cape

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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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