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11.0 RHYTHM AND MELODY, by Percy Young. No. 4—' Musical Dictation and Reading'
11.20 GEOGRAPHY. Recent developments in the British Empire. India : 2 — ' The Growth of the Iron Road'
11.40 ENGLISH FOR UNDER-NINES. Serial play : ' The Bean Boy,' adapted from a French tale by Julia Goodey. Part 1

Contributors

Unknown:
Percy Young.
Unknown:
Julia Goodey.

2.0 Nature Study: Masons, Miners, and Weavers
Scott Kennedy and Tom examine the nests of the house-martin, the kingfisher, and the thrush

2.15 I Ysgolion Cymru: Hanes Cymru: 4: Addysg cyn Gruffydd Jones
(for Welsh schools)
gan Eluned Bebb

2.35 Senior History II: The Changing World
'The Petrol Engine Changes Rural Life,' by Philip Brown and Desmond Hawkins

Contributors

Unknown:
Scott Kennedy
Unknown:
Gruffydd Jones.
Unknown:
Philip Brown
Unknown:
Desmond Haw

' Tammy Troot 's Treasure Hunt,' by Lavinia Derwent , told by W. H. D. Joss
Songs sung by the Choir of Dalziel High School, Motherwell: conductor, Richard M. N. Johnson
' Then and Now, by Major
General John Hay Beith , C.B.E., M.C. ('Ian Hay'): sixth in a series of talks for children given by distinguished Scottish speakers

Contributors

Unknown:
Tammy Troot
Unknown:
Lavinia Derwent
Told By:
W. H. D. Joss
Conductor:
Richard M. N. Johnson
Unknown:
General John Hay Beith

Mrs. Wallace Holt , now 77 years of age, takes listeners back to St. Helena and South Africa in the pioneering days of 50 years ago. Programme introduced by Norman Wooland. Script by Joan Clark and Leslie Baily. Music by Hal Evans , conducted by Charles Groves. Produced by Eric Fawcett

Contributors

Unknown:
Mrs. Wallace Holt
Script By:
Joan Clark
Script By:
Leslie Baily.
Music By:
Hal Evans
Conducted By:
Charles Groves.
Produced By:
Eric Fawcett

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.
Produced By:
Francis Worsley

Radio play by L. A. G. Strong , produced by Barbara Burnham
Other parts played by Charles Maunsell , Peter Cozens , Alan Blair , Ernest Sefton , Ann Codrington , Preston Lockwood , and Maxwell Foster .

Contributors

Play By:
L. A. G. Strong
Produced By:
Barbara Burnham
Played By:
Charles Maunsell
Played By:
Peter Cozens
Played By:
Alan Blair
Played By:
Ernest Sefton
Played By:
Ann Codrington
Played By:
Preston Lockwood
Played By:
Maxwell Foster
Mortimer Staines:
Richard Williams
Mrs Staines:
Doris Lytton
Dr Staines:
Gordon McLeod
His secretary:
Rita Vale
Thomas Westover:
Franklyn Bellamy
Inspector McKay:
Duncan McLntyre
Chief Detective Inspector Wardrop:
Norman Shelley
Mr Pernotti:
Antony Hollez

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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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