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11.0 RHYTHM AND MELODY : Percy Young. 5—' Musical Puzzles ' : revision tests and listening-games
11.20 GEOGRAPHY. Recent developments in the British Empire : ' Modern Plantations in Ceylon '
11.40 ENGLISH FOR UNDER-NINES. Serial play : ' The Bean Boy,' adapted from a French tale by Julia Goodey. Part 2

Contributors

Unknown:
Percy Young.
Unknown:
Julia Goodey.

2.0 NATURE STUDY : 'Inhabitants of a Tree Trunk,' by A. J. Mee
2.15 I YSGOLION CYMRU (for Welsh schools). ' Hanes Cymru ' : cyfres i blant tua 12 oed. 5—' Gruffydd Jones a Thomas Charles ,' gan Eiluned Bebb
2.35 SENIOR HISTORY II : The changing world. ' New Materials,' by Philip Brown and Joseph Lauwerys : the story of byproducts from coal

Contributors

Unknown:
A. J. Mee
Unknown:
Gruffydd Jones
Unknown:
Thomas Charles
Unknown:
Philip Brown
Unknown:
Joseph Lauwerys

Recording of a programme of marimba music specially produced for the BBC by XEW, one of the most important radio stations in Mexico City. Music played by the Marimba Orchestra of the Dominguez Brothers. Singers: Genaro Salinas (tenor) and Maria Luisa Carvajal (soprano). Programme introduced by Joaquin Gamboa, announcer in the BBC's Latin-American service

Contributors

Tenor:
Genaro Salinas
Soprano:
Maria Luisa Carvajal
Presenter:
Joaquin Gamboa

25—' Triumph of the "Tin
Kettle "'
Captain Ronald Stuart , V.C., introduces a reconstruction of the voyage of the ' Royal William,' the first steamship to cross the Atlantic. Programme introduced by Norman Wooland. Script by Leslie Baily. Music by Hal Evans , conducted by Charles Groves. Produced by Eric Fawcett

Contributors

Unknown:
Captain Ronald Stuart
Introduced By:
Norman Wooland.
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.
Duced By:
Francis Worsley

Selection-not this time confined to the more recently established poets-from the new poems of Walter de la Mare, Robert Graves , F. M. Cornford , Herbert Palmer , Herbert Read , W. J. Turner , and V. Sackville-West.

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Graves
Unknown:
F. M. Cornford
Unknown:
Herbert Palmer
Unknown:
Herbert Read
Unknown:
W. J. Turner

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