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MUSIC AND MOVEMENT FOR INFANTS, by Ann Driver. 7—' Working Alone and Working Together '
11.20 SENIOR HISTORY I. Britain and her neighbours : ' Hernando Cortes ' (1485-1547). by Nancy Chilton
11.40 FOURTH FORM FEATURES. ' Punch, Brothers, Punch ': dramatisation of Mark Twain 's short story, by Julia Goodey

Contributors

Unknown:
Ann Driver.
Unknown:
Hernando Cortes
Unknown:
Nancy Chilton
Unknown:
Mark Twain
Story By:
Julia Goodey

This listing contains language that some may find offensive.

I YSGOLION CYMRU (For Welsh schools). Storiau i'r plant lleiaf: cyfres i blant o 6 i 8 oed. 7 — ,' Stori Slon y Crydd,' gan Amy /Parry Williams
2.10 . HOW THINGS BEGAN. No... 7— ' Giant Reptiles Rule The World.' by Honor Wyatt.
2.35 SENIOR ENGLISH II. Dramatic reading: ' Peer Gynt,' by Ibsen, with incidental music by Grieg. Adapted by Grace Wyndham Goldie. Part 3

Contributors

Unknown:
Stori Slon

from the chapel of a public school in the Midlands Versicles and Responses
Psalm 121
First Lesson: Wisdom of Solomon 5,
Vv. 1-16
Magnificat (Stanford, in A)
Second Lesson: Hebrews 11, v. 32-
12. v. 2
Nunc dimittis (Stanford, in A) Creed and Collects
Lord. for thy tender mercies' sake
(John Hilton )
Prayers
Ye holy angels bright (E.H. 517;
C.H. 39)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Hilton

Edited by Frederick Piffard , presenting ' Records With A Story,' introduced by Roy Plomley ; 'Armchair Traveller: a journey on the magic carpet of records with Joseph Mac leod: 'A Few Moments to Spare,' radio fantasy by James Bunting , in which a BBC radiogram tells a tale: ' Orchestras of the World ' : ': No. 1— Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, introduced by Marc Blitstein

Contributors

Edited By:
Frederick Piffard
Duced By:
Roy Plomley
Unknown:
Joseph Mac
Unknown:
James Bunting
Introduced By:
Marc Blitstein

'How America Votes.' Today is a very important day in America—the day on which Americans go to the polls to elect their next President. Here is an American explanation of the American electoral system. Written by Allen E. Sloan , directed by John Becker. Narrator. Milton Bacon. (Recording of a broadcast on Sunday by the Columbia Broadcasting System of Amerirp>

Contributors

Unknown:
Allen E. Sloan
Narrator:
John Becker.
Narrator:
Milton Bacon.

BBC Theatre ' Orchestra with Lorely Dyer (soprano), Mary Peppin and Geraldine Peppin (two pianos), and the BBC Theatre Chorus: conductor, Stanford Robinson. The operetta selection is from Ivor Novello 's ' Glamorous
Night.'

Contributors

Soprano:
Lorely Dyer
Soprano:
Mary Peppin
Soprano:
Geraldine Peppin
Conductor:
Stanford Robinson.
Unknown:
Ivor Novello

with impromptu answers to listeners' questions: Dr. C. E. M. Joad , Arnold Lunn (author and mountaineer), Kingsley Martin (editor of the ' New Statesman and Nation'), Mrs. Mavis Tate , M.P ., and Charles Wilmot (Southern U.K. Representative, the British Council). Question Master, Donald McCullough.

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr. C. E. M. Joad
Unknown:
Arnold Lunn
Unknown:
Mrs. Mavis Tate , M.P
Unknown:
Charles Wilmot
Question Master:
Donald McCullough.

Written and produced by Louis Mac - Neice. Dramatisation of the romantic story by Apuleius taken from ' The Golden Ass (whose adventures were broadcast on November 3)
Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company Special music by Antony Hopkins . played by the Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, conducted by Alan Crooks

Contributors

Produced By:
Louis Mac
Story By:
Apuleius Taken
Music By:
Antony Hopkins
Conducted By:
Alan Crooks
Father and Mother:
Bryan Powley
Father and Mother:
Ann Codrington
The Wicked Sisters:
Grizelda Hervey
The Wicked Sisters:
Belle Chrystall
Psyche:
Peggy Bryan
Venus:
Martita Hunt
Cupid:
Robert Rietty
Pan:
Harry Hutchinson
Ceres:
Gladys Young
Jupiter:
Alexander Sarner

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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