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SINGING TOGETHER, by Herbert Wise-man
Who would true valour see (hymn)
0 can ye sew cushions? (Scots song) When shall we be married, John? (English folk song)
11.20 SCIENCE AND GARDENING: 'Fruitful Fences,' by C. F. Lawrance
11.40 MUSIC AND MOVEMENT FOR JUNIORS, by Ann Driver
12.0 BIBLE TALKS FOR SIXTH FORMS: Understanding the Old Testament: ' The Temple,' by Dr. T. H. Robinson

Contributors

Unknown:
C. F. Lawrance
Unknown:
Ann Driver
Unknown:
Dr. T. H. Robinson

For RURAL SCHOOLS (Scotland), by John R. Allan 'Dunord Castle.' (BBC recording)

2.5 WORLD HISTORY. Great stories from the past. 'Charles the Great and his Paladins,' by Silvia Goodall. No. 1 — 'Roland and Oliver'

2.30 ORCHESTRAL CONCERT SERIES. Illustrated talk: 'Where is the Melody?' by Joseph Smith

2.50 MUSIC broadcast for OLDER PUPILS: Beethoven's Overture: Coriolanus. (Gramophone records)

Contributors

Unknown:
John R. Allan
Unknown:
Silvia Goodall.
Unknown:
Joseph Smith

with Harley and Barker; Elsie and Doris Waters ('Gert and Daisy'); 'With a Star and a Song'; Cliff Gordon; Richard Murdoch in 'Puzzle Corner.' Barbara Mullen in 'The Story of Miss Paddy O'Toole'; 'May We Introduce...?' (by arrangement with Leonard Urry): interviewer Ronald Waldman. The Singing Commeres, Revue Chorus, and BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell . Produced by Harry S. Pepper

Contributors

Song:
Cliff Gordon
Song:
Richard Murdoch
Unknown:
Barbara Mullen
Unknown:
Miss Paddy O'Toole
Arrangement With:
Leonard Urry
Interviewer:
Ronald Waldman
Unknown:
Charles Shadwell
Duced By:
Harry S. Pepper

Written and produced by Louis MacNeice. A dramatisation of the famous novel by the Latin writer Apuleius, containing the adventures of a young man who got turned into an ass. Special music by Antony Hopkins , played by the augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, conducted by Alan Crooks.
Other parts played by Molly Rankin , Gladys Spencer , Grizelda Hervey , Marjorie Westbury , Frank Parting ton, Basil Jones , Eddy Reed. Duncan Mclntyre , and William Trent

Contributors

Produced By:
Louis MacNeice.
Music By:
Antony Hopkins
Conducted By:
Alan Crooks.
Played By:
Molly Rankin
Played By:
Gladys Spencer
Played By:
Grizelda Hervey
Played By:
Marjorie Westbury
Played By:
Frank Parting
Unknown:
Basil Jones
Unknown:
Eddy Reed.
Unknown:
Duncan McLntyre
Unknown:
William Trent
Lucius, the Ass:
Eddie Birnbryer
Fotis:
Betty Hardy
Milo:
Alexander Samer
Hag:
Gladys Young
Robber Captain:
Clifford Buckton
Charite:
Patricia Hayes
Tlepolemus:
Dermot Cathie
Auctioneer:
Norman Shelley
Priest:
Harry Hutchinson
Cook:
Bryan Powley
Nobleman:
Cyril Gardiner
Crier:
Roger Snowdon
Isis:
Rita Vale

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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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