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11.0 RHYTHM and MELODY, by Percy Young. No. 3— ' More about Rests ' : the signs for minim and semibreve rests are introduced into this programme
11.20 GEOGRAPHY. Recent developments in the British Empire. India : 1— ' Making the Desert Blossom '
11.40 ENGLISH FOR UNDER-NINES. Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances by Mrs. Ewing, adapted for broadcasting by Silvia Goodall

Contributors

Unknown:
Percy Young.
Broadcasting By:
Silvia Goodall

2.0 Nature Study: Plants that "eat" Insects
by H.R. Fletcher

2.15 I Ysgolion Cymru
(For Welsh schools).
'Hanes Cymru': cyfres i blant tua 12 oed. 3 - 'Capelau ac Enwadau', gan A. H. Williams

2.35 Senior History II: The Changing World: A New Power Helps to Change the Towns
by Philip Brown and Desmond Hawkins
Electricity gives power for transport, industry, and the home

Contributors

Unknown:
H. R. Fletcher
Unknown:
A. H. Williams
Unknown:
Philip Brown
Unknown:
Desmond Hawkins

sung by the BBC Singers
Above all praise (Mendelssohn) Confession and Absolution The Lord's Praver Psalms 24 and 47. First Lesson : Daniel 7, vv. 9-10, 13-14 Magnificat (Alcock. in B flat) Second Lesson : Hebrews 1 .
Nunc dimittis (Alcock, in B flat) Creed and Collects
Hallelujah ! unto God's almighty Son
(BEETHOVEN)
Prayers
The Lord ascendeth up on htgh
(C.H. 132)
Blessing
Precentor, Rev. S. G. B. Exham Organist, G. Thalben-Ball

Contributors

Organist:
Rev. S. G. B. Exham
Organist:
G. Thalben-Ball

BBC Northern Orchestra. The Sale and District Musical Society (musical director, Alfred Higson). Joan Taylor (soprano). Kathleen Ferrier (contralto). Laurence Holmes (baritone). Peter Pears (tenor). Conducted by Julius Harrison

Contributors

Director:
Alfred Higson
Soprano:
Joan Taylor
Contralto:
Kathleen Ferrier
Baritone:
Laurence Holmes
Tenor:
Peter Pears
Conducted By:
Julius Harrison

with Horace Percival , Fred Yule , Dorothy Summers , Sydney Keith , Dino Galvani , Bill Stephens , Diana Morrison , Jean Capra ; singer, Maria Perilli. BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell. Script and lyrics by Ted Kavanagh. Produced by Francis Worsley

Contributors

Unknown:
Horace Percival
Unknown:
Fred Yule
Unknown:
Dorothy Summers
Unknown:
Sydney Keith
Unknown:
Dino Galvani
Unknown:
Bill Stephens
Unknown:
Diana Morrison
Singer:
Jean Capra
Singer:
Maria Perilli.
Conducted By:
Charles Shadwell.
Unknown:
Ted Kavanagh.
Duced By:
Francis Worsley

(Third series). Weekly half-hour of mystery and suspense. Written by John Dickson Carr, and produced by Martyn C. Webster.

Contributors

Written By:
John Dickson Carr
Produced By:
Martyn C. Webster
Dr Fell:
Richard George
Helen Barton:
Grizelda Hervey
First wardress:
Gladys Spencer
Second wardress:
Ann Codrington
Colonel Andrews:
Richard Williams
Herbert Gale:
Basil Jones
Harris:
Frank Cochrane
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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