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11.0 SINGING TOGETHER, by Herbert Wiseman
11.18 Interval music
11.20 SCIENCE AND GARDENING. ' Fight that Fungus,' by Alan Peacock
11.40 FOR UNDER-SEVENS. ' Let's join in ' — the first seaside programme about a picnic at the seaside
12.0 THE LIFE AND TEACHING OF
JESUS CHRIST : Jesus's Teaching about Judgment,' by the Rev. W. L. Flemington

Contributors

Unknown:
Herbert Wiseman
Unknown:
Alan Peacock
Unknown:
W. L. Flemington

1.40 FOR RURAL SCHOOLS (Scotland). ' At Our Village,' by John R. Allan : ' marketing the produce '
2.0 Interval music
2.5 STORIES FROM WORLD HISTORY. The conquest of the air. No. 3-' The aeroplane crosses the Channel,' by Rhoda Power : the story of Louis Bleriot
2.25 Interval music
2.30 ORCHESTRAL CONCERT SERIES. ' Mendelssohn and his Music for Orchestra': illustrated talk by John Horton
2.50 MUSIC BROADCAST FOR OLDER PUPILS. Chorus (verse 1) from Bach's ChurchCantata No. 140 : ' Sleepers, wake ! ' Singers and orchestra (strings and oboes), conducted by Dr. W. K. Stanton , who also gives a short Introductory talk.

Contributors

Unknown:
John R. Allan
Unknown:
Rhoda Power
Unknown:
Louis Bleriot
Talk By:
John Horton
Conducted By:
Dr. W. K. Stanton

5.20 Serial story : ' Stubbington Manor,' by Elizabeth Gorell : No. 4 — ' Settling In '
5.30 app: Young artists from the North of England : Gordon Freeman (comet), Margaret Lane (singer), Derrick Whydle (impressions), Keith Bond (piano), Stanley Lewin (singer), David Greenlees (violin)

Contributors

Unknown:
Elizabeth Gorell
Singer:
Margaret Lane
Singer:
Derrick Whydle
Piano:
Keith Bond
Piano:
Stanley Lewin
Violin:
David Greenlees

with Jack and Eddy Eden; 'Michael Starr Investigates' — a weekly detective problem featuring Henry Oscar, written by Francis Durbridge; 'Many Happy Returns'; Frances 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:
Eddy Eden
Unknown:
Michael Starr
Unknown:
Henry Oscar
Written By:
Francis Durbridge
Unknown:
Naunton Wayne
Unknown:
Basil Radford
Written By:
Henrik Ege
Unknown:
Frederick Burtwell
Arrangement With:
Leonard Urry.
Conducted By:
Charles Shadwell.

A Border interlude. Told for broadcasting by D. B. Wyndham
Lewis and Richard Fisher , with Mary Hinton as Mary, Queen of Scots. Song sung by Helene Cooney to the lute accompaniment of Diana Poulton. Produced by Peter Creswell
Other principal characters are :

Contributors

Broadcasting By:
D. B. Wyndham
Unknown:
Richard Fisher
Unknown:
Mary Hinton
Sung By:
Helene Cooney
Unknown:
Diana Poulton.
Produced By:
Peter Creswell
James Stuart, Earl of Moray:
Laidman Browne
James Hepburn Earl of Bothwell:
John Laurie
Maitland of Lethington:
Frank Cochrane
The French Ambassador:
George de Warfaz
The English Ambassador:
Malcolm Graeme
Jack a modern Borderer:
Duncan McLntyre
Joan his fiancee:
Grizelda Hervey

Betty Bannerman (mezzosoprano), Vera Kantrovitch (violin), and Eric Gritton (piano)
Songs :
I-Brasil ; The Nightingale
Violin-Sonata. No. 3
Songs :
In the garden of the Seraglio
So white, so soft, so sweet is she Spring, the sweet spring

Contributors

Unknown:
Betty Bannerman
Soprano:
Vera Kantrovitch
Soprano:
Eric Gritton

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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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