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A musical entertainment, given by Yvonne Arnaud (piano), Marie Kor chinska (harp), Robert Irwin (baritone), John Francis (flute), Max Salpeter and Colin Sauer (violins), Watson Forbes (viola), and John Moore (cello).

Contributors

Piano:
Yvonne Arnaud
Piano:
Marie Kor
Harp:
Robert Irwin
Flute:
John Francis
Flute:
Max Salpeter
Flute:
Colin Sauer
Viola:
Watson Forbes
Viola:
John Moore

HOW THINGS BEGAN. ' Men Draw Pictures and Carve Bone,' by Dina Dobson and Rhoda Power. The Magdalenians and their art: the ' BBC Observer from the Past' visits a cave when a picture is being painted. (BBC recording)
2.35 SENIOR ENGLISH II. ' The Virginian,' by Owen Wister , a story about a cowboy: book talk by Penelope Knox

Contributors

Unknown:
Dina Dobson
Unknown:
Rhoda Power.
Unknown:
Owen Wister
Talk By:
Penelope Knox

from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge
Antiphon: Senex puerum portabat
(Byrd)
Versicles and Responses (W. Smith ) Psalm 27
First Lesson: Jeremiah 5, vv. 1-6 and 19 Magnificat (Tomkins, second service) Second Lesson: 2 Corinthians 5. w.
14-21
Nunc dimittis (Tomkins, second service)
Creed and Collects
A spotless rose (Herbert Howells ) Prayers
Organist. Boris Ord

Contributors

Unknown:
W. Smith
Unknown:
Herbert Howells
Organist:
Boris Ord

' Tammy Troot 's Telephone ' : story by Lavinia Derwent , told by Willie Joss
' Down at the Mains,' by Gordon MacCallum , produced by Kathleen Garscadden The Braeside folk give a dramatic entertainment in the Village Hall

Contributors

Unknown:
Tammy Troot
Story By:
Lavinia Derwent
Told By:
Willie Joss
Unknown:
Gordon MacCallum
Produced By:
Kathleen Garscadden
Farmer Scott:
C R M Brookes
Mrs Scott:
Grace McChlery
Tarn:
Robin Grieve
Rev Hector MacLennan:
W. H. D. Joss
Auld Cairnallochy:
W H D Joss
Jessie:
Ann Girdwood
Teenie:
Elsie Payne
Jock Tamson:
Bill Jess
Annie MacLean:
Janette Sclanders
George MacLean:
William Noble
Accordion-player:
Will Starr

First of two programmes showing how post-war crime is being tackled in Great Britain and in America. This programme illustrates British police methods and problems through the reactions of a man-in-the-street who is involved in a police case. Written by Percy Hoskins. Produced by Brigid Maas

Contributors

Unknown:
Percy Hoskins.
Produced By:
Brigid Maas

(Fifth series), with impromptu answers to listeners' questions. Sir William Y. Darling, M.P.; Sir George Dyson; Lieut.-Commander R.T. Gould; Mary Agnes Hamilton; Sir Philip Joubert. Question-Master, Donald McCullough.

Contributors

Panellist:
Sir William Y. Darling
Panellist:
Sir George Dyson
Panellist:
Lieut.-Commander R.T. Gould
Panellist:
Mary Agnes Hamilton
Panellist:
Sir Philip Joubert
Question Master:
Donald McCullough

BBC Theatre Orchestra, with Roderick Jones (baritone), Joan Trimble and Valerie Trimble (two pianos), and the BBC Theatre Chorus, Conductor, Stanford Robinson
Programme includes a selection from ' A Country Girl,' by Lionel Monckton (Roderick Jones broadcasts by permission of the Administrator of Sadler's Wells)

Contributors

Baritone:
Roderick Jones
Baritone:
Joan Trimble
Baritone:
Valerie Trimble
Unknown:
Lionel Monckton
Unknown:
Roderick Jones

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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