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FOR UNDER-SEVENS: Let's join in' The Whale who Wanted a Waist-coat.' written for broadcasting by Pauline Pigeon
11.20 DO YOU KNOW ABOUT how knives are made? William Holt describes his visit to a cutlery factory and some workers explain their part in the making of a pocket-knife. (BBC recording)
11.40 TALKS FOR SIXTH FORMS. George Orwell talks on ' The Way of all Flesh,' by Samuel Butter. fBBC recording)

Contributors

Broadcasting By:
Pauline Pigeon
Unknown:
William Holt
Talks:
George Orwell
Unknown:
Samuel Butter.

TRAVEL TALKS. Off the beaten track. .' With the Nomads,' by Mildred Cable. A traveller tells of Iife,among the wandering peoples of the Gobi Desert 2.20 INTERMEDIATE trench, by Jean-
Jacques Oberlin and Marie Touchard. 'Le Quatorze Juillet: La Fête Nationale '
2.40 SENIOR English I. ' Great Expectations,' by Charles Dickens. Adapted by Morna Stuart. Part 3.

Contributors

Unknown:
Jacques OBErlin
Unknown:
Marie Touchard.
Unknown:
Charles Dickens.
Adapted By:
Morna Stuart.

by Barbara Couper. Produced by Howard Rose
The farmer's wife...Marjorie Westbury

Contributors

Unknown:
Barbara Couper.
Produced By:
Howard Rose
Unknown:
Marjorie Westbury
Mary:
Gladys Young
Ada:
Vivienne Chatterton
Chris,as a schoolboy:
Derek Lansiaux
Chris a man:
James McKechnie
Tim:
Frank Partington
A headmaster:
Stanley Groome
Mr Drayton:
Sebastian Cabot
A farmer:
Bryan Powley

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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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