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SINGING TOGETHER, by Herbert Wise-man. Request programme
11.20 SCIENCE AND GARDENING: Why We Dig,' by Alan Peacock. (BBC recording)
11.40 MUSIC AND MOVEMENT FOR JUNIORS, by Ann Driver : 7 — ' Heavy and Light Sounds '
12.0 BIBLE TALKS FOR SIXTH FORMS. Understanding the Old Testament: ' The Earlier Prophets,' by Dr. T. H. Robinson

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Peacock.
Unknown:
Ann Driver
Unknown:
Dr. T. H. Robinson

FOR RURAL SCHOOLS (Scotland), by George Scott Moncrieff. ' How it's done-a diphtheria case' is treated'
2.5 WORLD HISTORY FOR JUNIORS. Great stories from the past. ' The Wooden Horse of Troy,' by Rhoda Power : how Odysseus and his friends took the city of Troy by means of a ruse 2.30 CONCERT FOR SCHOOLS, Geoffrey
Gilbert (flute): Vera Kantrovitch (violin): Winifred Copperwheat (viola); Lilly Phillips (cello.V : Programme introduced by John Horton

Contributors

Unknown:
George Scott Moncrieff.
Unknown:
Rhoda Power

Sandy Macpherson at the theatre organ
5.35 ' The Tinder-Box,' by Hans Andersen , adapted as a dialogue story by Barbara Sleigh. Produced by Josephine Plummer

Contributors

Unknown:
Sandy MacPherson
Unknown:
Hans Andersen
Story By:
Barbara Sleigh.
Produced By:
Josephine Plummer
Narrator:
Philip Cunningham
Soldier:
Lewis Stringer
Witch:
Josephine Shand
Princess:
Freda Falconer
Innkeeper:
Harry Hutchinson
King:
Gerald Case

' Getting Things Done Through Political Parties': impromptu discussion between Eleanor Rath bone, M.P. (Independent);
Megan Lloyd George , M.P. (Liberal); Henry Brooke , M.P. (Conservative); in the chair, Maurice Webb , a member of the Labour Party
Among questions to be discussed are: Should every citizen belong to a Party? How far does the M.P. represent the elector who voted for his opponent? Are Parties necessary for effective Parliamentary government?

Contributors

Unknown:
Eleanor Rath
Unknown:
Megan Lloyd George
Unknown:
Henry Brooke
Unknown:
Maurice Webb

with Carl Carlisle; 'The Memoirs of Andre D'Arnell,' a weekly detective problem, featuring Keneth Kent and Linden Travers, written by Francis Durbridge; 'With a Star and a Song'; Eric Barker; Richard Murdoch in 'Puzzle Corner'; Mr. Gillie
Potter; 'The Hall of Fame,' to which famous personalities of stage, screen, and radio are summoned (by arrangement with Leonard Urry), with Dick Francis as the Majordomo. The Singing Commeres, the Revue Chorus, and the BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell. Produced by Harry S. Pepper

Contributors

Unknown:
Carl Carlisle
Unknown:
Andre D'Arnell
Unknown:
Keneth Kent
Unknown:
Linden Travers

BBC Home Service Basic

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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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