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11.0 FOR UNDER-SEVENS. ' Let's join in ': the first of three stories about bats and mice : 1-' The Adventures of Ringtail '
11.20 WHEN WE STARTED WORK. No. 5 -' Fitting Ourselves by Training': young people explaining how they have done this are followed by F. L. Harris
11.40 TALKS FOR SIXTH FORMS. Some modern techniques of social investigation : 3-' The Nation's Income And How We Spend It.' by Nicholas Kaldor

Contributors

Talks:
F. L. Harris
Unknown:
Nicholas Kaldor

2.0 TRAVEL TALKS: Round the Mediterranean : ' Next Door to Vesuvius,' by Ward Smith
2.20 INTERMEDIATE FRENCH : by Jean-Jacques Oberlin and Andre Duran ton. ' Emplettes dans un grand magasin '
2.40 SENIOR ENGLISH I. ' Do you know -Mr. Squeers ? ' : Douglas Allen introduces the headmaster of Dotheboys Hall., from 'Nicholas Nickleby ,' by Charles Dickens

Contributors

Unknown:
Ward Smith
Unknown:
Jacques OBErlin
Unknown:
Andre Duran
Introduces:
Douglas Allen
Unknown:
Nicholas Nickleby
Unknown:
Charles Dickens

'Hereward the Wake': based on the book by Charles Kingsley. and dramatised by Rosalie Williams. Viking songs set to music by Norman Fulton. Produced by Nan Macdonald. Episode 1— ' Outlawed'

Contributors

Book By:
Charles Kingsley.
Dramatised By:
Rosalie Wil
Music By:
Norman Fulton.
Produced By:
Nan MacDonald.
Hereward the Wake:
Marius Goring'
Lady Godiva:
Mary O'Farrell
Martin Lightfoot:
Wilfred Pickles
Prior Brand:
Norman Shelley
Herluin:
Fred Fairclough
Alftruda:
Shirley King
Alef, King of Cornwall:
Julian Somers
Ironhook:
Walter Pierce
Princess of Cornwall:
June Spencer
A Priest:
Norman Partriege
Harper:
Tina Bonifacio
Narrator:
Valentine Dyall

Minnie Pallister in her ' I'd like to tell you about ... ' series ; Geoffrey Hoyfand in the first of three talks on ' The Family Gang ' ; Mary Embrey gives advice on how to set about having your photograph taken ; Marian Cutler on the problems of the wives' of Service men

Contributors

Unknown:
Minnie Pallister
Unknown:
Geoffrey Hoyfand
Unknown:
Mary Embrey
Unknown:
Marian Cutler

with two problems provided by Dorothy Carless, and Kenneth Horne and Richard Murdoch: four sound problems: two musical problems played by the Dance Orchestra of No.1 Balloon Centre ('The Skyrockets'), directed by Corporal Paul Fenoulhet (by permission of the Air Officer Commanding). Introduced by Ronald Waldman and produced by Audrey Cameron in aid of the Red Cross Penny-a-Week Fund. (BBC recording)

Contributors

Provided By:
Dorothy Carless.
Provided By:
Richard Murdoch
Directed By:
Corporal Paul
Introduced By:
Ronald Waldman
Produced By:
Audrey Cameron

New play specially written for radio by Emery Bonett , with music selected by Cynthia Pughe. Produced by Val Gielgud

Contributors

Unknown:
Emery Bonett
Unknown:
Cynthia Pughe.
Produced By:
Val Gielgud
Apollo:
Lewis Stringer
Mercury:
Robert Rietty
Zeus:
Bryan Powley
Stella Peregrine:
Jane Baxter
Jonathan Peregrine:
Dermot Cathie
Candy:
Rita Vale
Latimer Lord:
Heron Carvic
Diana Dane:
Nova Pilbeam
Edna:
Joy Shelton

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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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