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MUSIC AND MOVEMENT FOR INFANTS, by Ann Driver
11.20 history 1. Great people and great events. ' Sir John Eliot (1592-1632),' by T. B. Radley. A man who sacrificed his own liberty to defend the liberties of Parliament
11.40 FOURTH-FORM FEATURES. ' The Tempest': scenes from Shakespeare's play, chosen and arranged by Jo Manton. Part 1

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir John Eliot
Unknown:
T. B. Radley.
Arranged By:
Jo Manton.

HOW THINGS BEGAN. ' The First Corn Bins,' by Rhoda Power. The BBC Observer from the Past visits Egypt in the New Stone Age and sees primitive sickles, a threshing-floor, and holes lined with straw for use as granaries.
2.35 SENIOR ENGLISH II. Dramatic biography: ' Tolstoy,' by Morna Stuart. How Tolstoy's interest in people's everyday lives affected his own life and his writings

Contributors

Unknown:
Rhoda Power.
Unknown:
Morna Stuart.

from Lichfield Cathedral
Versjcles and Responses
Psalm 119, vv. 145-160
First Lesson: from Job 31
Magnificat (Byrd, Short Service)
Second Lesson: from Romans 8
Nunc dimittis (Byrd, Short Service)
Creed and Collects
The Lord hath been mindful (Wesley)
Prayers
Guide me, O thou great redeemer (A. and M. 196)

Contributors

Organist and Master of the Choristers:
A. P. Porter

on gramophone records
Overture, Portsmouth Point (Walton): BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Adrian Boult
Eventyr (Delius): London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham
Serenade for Frederick Delius on His Sixtieth Birthday (Warlock): Constant Lambert String Orchestra, conducted by Constant Lambert

Contributors

Conducted By:
Sir Adrian Boult
Unknown:
Thomas Beecham
Unknown:
Frederick Delius

Second of two programmes in which listeners follow British and American families from their homes in the country to the bustle and bright lights of the city. An American family tastes the amusements of the town and shows that country people are not as unsophisticated as their city neighbours sometimes suppose. Written by Alan Sloane. Directed by John Becker. Produced by Robert Heller

Contributors

Written By:
Alan Sloane.
Directed By:
John Becker.
Produced By:
Robert Heller

(Fifth series), with impromptu answers to listeners' questions. Commander A. B. Campbell ; Lord Elton; J. F. Horrabin (press artist and journalist); Professor M. L. E. Oliphant (scientist); Dr. Malcolm Sargent. Question-Master, Donald McCullough.

Contributors

Unknown:
A. B. Campbell
Unknown:
J. F. Horrabin
Unknown:
M. L. E. Oliphant
Unknown:
Dr. Malcolm Sargent.
Question Master:
Donald McCullough.

. Another topical revue written and produced by David Yates Mason and introduced for him by Dennis Arun dell, with Arthur Marshall , Marjorie Westbury , Cliff Gordon , George Melachrino , and Molly Johnson. Music composed by Geoffrey Wright and played by Eugene Pini and his Orchestra

Contributors

Produced By:
David Yates Mason
Unknown:
Dennis Arun
Unknown:
Arthur Marshall
Unknown:
Marjorie Westbury
Unknown:
Cliff Gordon
Unknown:
George Melachrino
Unknown:
Molly Johnson.
Composed By:
Geoffrey Wright
Played By:
Eugene Pini

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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