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on gramophone records
Overture : L'isola disabitata (The
Deserted Island : Haydn) : Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
Essay for Orchestra (
Samuel Barber ) : Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra
Songs with orchestra : A sword my father promised me : Siegmund am I (Act 1. The Valkyrie : Wagner) : \Georges Thill (tenor)
Capriccio, for piano and orchestra
(Stravinsky) : The composer, with the Walther Straram Orchestra (Paris)
Closing Scene (Salome :
Richard Strauss ) : Marjorie Lawrence (soprano), with the Pasdeloup Orchestra

Contributors

Unknown:
Samuel Barber
Tenor:
Georges Thill
Unknown:
Richard Strauss
Unknown:
Marjorie Lawrence

' Mr. B. Brings a Present.' A true story by Elizabeth Clark
'The Story of the Olympic Games ' : talk by \F. N. S. Creek , the Children's Hour sports coach, in conjunction with S. F. Rous , Secretary of the Football Association, and Major Harry Churcher , who was present at the 1932 Olympiad at Los Angeles followed by favourite gramophone records

Contributors

Story By:
Elizabeth Clark
Talk By:
F. N. S. Creek
Unknown:
S. F. Rous
Unknown:
Major Harry Churcher

with Johnny Lockwood , Vine, More, and Nevard, Eric Barker and Pearl Hackney, Renee Houston and Donald Stewart , and Harry Mooney , with Victor King. BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell. Announcer, Norman Wooland. Producer, John Sharman. (BBC recording)

Contributors

Unknown:
Johnny Lockwood
Unknown:
Eric Barker
Unknown:
Renee Houston
Unknown:
Donald Stewart
Unknown:
Harry Mooney
Unknown:
Victor King.
Conducted By:
Charles Shadwell.
Announcer:
Norman Wooland.
Unknown:
John Sharman.

by Robins Millar. Broadcasting version by Lance Sieveking. Produced by Walter Rilla \

Contributors

Unknown:
Robins Millar.
Unknown:
Lance Sieveking.
Duced By:
Walter Rilla
Ronnie Vexted:
Ivan Samson
Ronnie Vexted:
Carl Bernard
Ronnie Vexted:
Philip Cunningham
Ronnie Vexted:
Gerald Case
Ronnie Vexted:
A Boy
Anna:
Jdorothy Smith
Rev Arthur Stanes:
Henry Oscar
Dorothy Stanes:
Belle Chrystall
Gibbs (butler):
Edgar Norfolk
James Harding:
Richard Williams
Major Vexted:
Esme Percy
Mrs Vexted:
Gladys Young
Pamela Bentley:
Grizelda Hervey

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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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More