Programme Index

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1.40 FOR RURAL SCHOOLS (Scotland).. At Our Village,' by John R. Allan. ' Linn Farm '
2.0 Interval music
2.5 STORIES FROM WORLD HISTORY. The conquest -of the air. No. 2-' The Glider,' by Rhoda Power
2.25 Interval music
2.30 ORCHESTRAL CONCERT SERIES. ' Hary Janos , ' by Kodaly : talk with gramophone illustrations by Matyas Seiber , a countryman and former pupil of the composer. The illustrations include a special recording of the Intermezzo : played by the BBC Orchestra
2.50 MUSIC BROADCAST FOR OLDER PUPILS. Movements from Haydn's London' Symphony (No. 104, in D). played by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. (Gramophone records)

Contributors

Unknown:
John R. Allan.
Unknown:
Rhoda Power
Unknown:
Hary Janos
Illustrations By:
Matyas Seiber
Conducted By:
Sir Thomas Beecham.

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adapted for broadcasting by Peggy Wells , and produced by Martyn C. Webster. Episode 5

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
' Voice:
Preston Lockwood
Narrator:
Richard Williams

1 — ' The Sudan ' : talk by Robert Henriques
Robert Henriques , who. as a young artillery subaltern, spent his leaves in search of adventure, hunting and travelling in some of the less-known parts of the Sudan, opens a new series of talks in which different speakers will describe, at this time each Monday, what first drew them to their particular ' Distant Land '

Contributors

Talk By:
Robert Henriques
Talk By:
Robert Henriques

with Reg Lloyd; 'Michael Starr investigates' - a weekly detective problem featuring Henry Oscar, written by Francis Durbridge: 'Many Happy Returns'; Edith Day; 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 Leonard Urry. The Singing Commeres, Revue Chorus, and BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell. Produced by Harry S. Pepper

Contributors

Unknown:
Reg Lloyd
Unknown:
Michael Starr
Unknown:
Henry Oscar
Unknown:
Francis Durbridge
Unknown:
Naunton Wayne
Unknown:
Basil Radford
Written By:
Henrik Ege
Unknown:
Frederick Burt
Arrangement With:
Leonard Urry.
Conducted By:
Charles Shadwell.

[Starring] Dorothy Dickson
Songs and story of the famous Winter Gardens success. Book and lyrics by Guy Bolton and Clifford Grey. Music by Jerome Kern. Ballet music by Victor Herbert. Charles Heslop, Reginald Purdell, Vera Lennox, Clarence Wright, Sylvia Marriott, Dudley Rolph, Dick Francis. BBC Chorus and augmented Revue Orchestra, conducted by the late Hyam Greenbaum. Introduced by John Watt. Radio script and production by Gordon Crier.
(Recording of the broadcast on August 19, 1940)

Contributors

Unknown:
Guy Bolton
Unknown:
Clifford Grey
Music By:
Jerome Kern
Unknown:
Victor Herbert
Unknown:
Charles Heslop
Unknown:
Reginald Purdell
Unknown:
Vera Lennox
Unknown:
Clarence Wright
Unknown:
Sylvia Marriott
Unknown:
Dudley Rolph
Unknown:
Dick Francis
Unknown:
Hyam Greenbaum
Introduced By:
John Watt
Production By:
Gordon Crier

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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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