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SINGING TOGETHER: Herbert Wiseman
11.20 MUSIC AND MOVEMENTS FOR JUNIORS: Ann Driver
11.40 THE PRACTICE AND SCIENCE OF GARDENING. ' Greenflngers,' by Alan Peacock.
12 noon BIBLE TALKS FOR SIXTH FORMS. The World of the New Testament: ' Religion and Philosophy of the Ancient World,' by the Rev. Professor C. H. Dodd

Contributors

Unknown:
Herbert Wiseman
Unknown:
Ann Driver
Unknown:
Alan Peacock.
Unknown:
C. H. Dodd

STORIES FROM WORLD HISTORY: 'The Siege of Calais,' by Rhoda Power. Queen Philippa, wife of Edward III. pleads for the burghers of Calais and wins her suit
2.30 ORCHESTRAL CONCERT FOR SCHOOLS: BBC Northern Orchestra, conducted by Ronald Biggs
Introduced by Ronald Biggs

Contributors

Unknown:
Rhoda Power.
Conducted By:
Ronald Biggs
Introduced By:
Ronald Biggs

This listing contains language that some may find offensive.

' The Adventures of Tim Rabbit ,' by Alison Uttley. Derek McCulloch (' Mac tells the first of a new series of stories for the youngest listeners. No.1—' Tim Rabbit's Party '
5.30 A Visit to Cowleaze Farm. 6— ' The Sheep Fair '

Contributors

Unknown:
Tim Rabbit
Unknown:
Alison Uttley.
Unknown:
Derek McCulloch
Farmer Whitlock:
Ralph Whitlock
Mrs Whitlock:
Vivienne Chatterton
Jane:
Margaret Field
Rosamund:
Rosamund Barnes
Joe Tagg:
Norman Kendall
Auctioneer:
Kenneth Richards

2—'The Price of Full Employment.' In the chair, Francis Williams. Taking part: Sir William Beveridge , F. E. Chappell, Chairman of the Production Efficiency Board, Ministry of Aircraft Production, Dr. Ling, Medical Director of the Roffey Park Rehabilitation Centre
Does full employment mean that people will have to move from place to place or job to job? Does changing jobs or changing the place you live in mean strain? What can be donef Examples of the effect of strain will be put by Dr. Ling

Contributors

Unknown:
Francis Williams.
Unknown:
Sir William Beveridge

A weekly musical, lyrical, and topical half-hour, by B. C. Hilliam (' Flotsam '), who, with Ivor Dennis at a second piano, presides over the following ' Follies': Beryl Orde , Clapham and Dwyer Robert Easton , Helen Clare , Charmian Innes , and Trefor Jones. Produced by Tom Ronald.

Contributors

Unknown:
B. C. Hilliam
Unknown:
Ivor Dennis
Unknown:
Beryl Orde
Unknown:
Robert Easton
Unknown:
Helen Clare
Unknown:
Charmian Innes
Unknown:
Trefor Jones.
Produced By:
Tom Ronald.

Play by Derwent Davies. Produced by Val Gielgud

Contributors

Play By:
Derwent Davies.
Duced By:
Val Gielgud
Colonel Redl:
Keneth Kent
Vera Soumarokhova:
Rita Vale
Major Sergei Zoubatoff:
Leslie Perrins
Masha, a dresser:
Gladys Spencer
Captain Ernst Ronge:
Grey Blake
Gerda Strauss:
Rosalyn Boulter
General Urbanski von Ostromiecz:
Frederick Lloyd
Lieutenant Karl Hofer:
Lewis Stringer
Bauer:
Cyril Gardiner
Littman:
Sebastian Cabot
A waiter:
William Trent
A porter:
John Stone
Reception clerk:
Preston Lockwood
Post Office Director:
George Owen
Post Office clerk:
Arthur Ridlev
Head porter:
Victor Fairley

Introduced by Sir Barry Jackson , with Ethel Williams (soprano), Marjorie Westbury (soprano), and the Tamworth Singers, conducted by Albert Knight. BBC Midland Light Orchestra: conductor, Rae Jenkins

Contributors

Introduced By:
Sir Barry Jackson
Soprano:
Ethel Williams
Soprano:
Marjorie Westbury
Conducted By:
Albert Knight.
Conductor:
Rae Jenkins

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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