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FOR UNDER-SEVENS: Let's join in' The Dinner Bell,' adapted by Miriam Langdon from the story by Helen Fuller Orton in ' Told Under the Blue Umbrella'
11.20 IF YOU WERE A CHILD IN WEST AFRICA. Kemi Morgan talks about life in Agege, a village near Lagos
11.40 TALKS FOR SIXTH FORMS. ' The Hidden Child (Barbara),' by Franz Werfel , discussed by Stephen Spender

Contributors

Adapted By:
Miriam Langdon
Story By:
Helen Fuller Orton
Talks:
Kemi Morgan
Unknown:
Franz Werfel
Unknown:
Stephen Spender

TRAVEL TALKS. The British Empire. ' The Smoke that Thunders ': Marjorie Juta tells of her first visit to the Victoria Falls
2.20 INTERMEDIATE FRENCH, by Jean-Jacques and Yvonne Oberlin. Programme varie: comprenant un exercice sur les nombres et un concours ' Ou cela se passe-t-il? '
2.40 SENIOR ENGLISH I. ' The Truth about Pyecraft,' by H. G. Wells , dramatised by Penelope Knox

Contributors

Unknown:
Yvonne OBErlin.
Unknown:
H. G. Wells
Dramatised By:
Penelope Knox

' The Gay Dolphin Adventure,' by Malcolm Saville , adapted as a radio serial by Muriel Levy. Produced by May Jenkin . Part 6
5.45 Songs by Trevor Ling

Contributors

Unknown:
Malcolm Saville
Unknown:
Muriel Levy.
Duced By:
May Jenkin
Songs By:
Trevor Ling
Jon:
John Gilpin
Penny:
Ursula Hirst
David:
Peter Mullins
Mary:
Patricia Fox
Dickie:
Elaine MacNamara
Valerie:
Freda Falconer
Miss Ballinger:
Betty Hardy
Mr Morton:
Eric Lugg
Fred Vasson:
Stephen Jack
Mrs Warrender:
Hilda Bayley

An unscripted argument between Sir William Beveridge and K. Zilliacus , formerly member of the League of Nations
Secretariat and now Member of Parliament for Gateshead. (BBC recording)
The Veto is the right of any of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council to veto coercive action in certain disputes

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir William Beveridge
Unknown:
K. Zilliacus

B. C. Hilliam (' Flotsam '), with Ivor Dennis , Clapham and Dwyer, Beryl Orde , Helen Clare , Charmian Innes (by permission of the Windmill Theatre), George James , and Trefor Jones. Produced by Tom Ronald.

Contributors

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

A dramatised study of the great French writer, written by Audrey Lucas and produced by Louis MacNeice. Special music by Lennox Berkeley. The orchestra conducted by Walter Goehr
Guy de Maupassant , who had one of the most astonishing careers in the history of letters, was born in Normandy in 1850 and died in a lunatic asylum in 1893

Contributors

Written By:
Audrey Lucas
Produced By:
Louis MacNeice.
Music By:
Lennox Berkeley.
Conducted By:
Walter Goehr
Conducted By:
Guy de Maupassant

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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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