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FOR UNDER-SEVENS. Let's join in' The Sewing Machine,' written for broadcasting by Diana Ross
11.20 IF YOU WERE A CHILD IN THE WEST INDIES Edric Connor talks about the life of a child in Trinidad
11.40 TALKS FOR SIXTH FORMS. This term critics discuss some famous novels which give a picture of social life in Europe during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. ' The Wanderer ' (Le grand Meaulnes), by Alain Fournier. discussed by Naomi Royde-Smith

Contributors

Broadcasting By:
Diana Ross
Unknown:
Alain Fournier.
Unknown:
Naomi Royde-Smith

TRAVEL TALKS. The British Empire. ' The Highlands of Uganda,' by G. C. Turner
2.20 INTERMEDIATE FRENCH, by Jean-Jacques Oberlin and Andree Duranton. ' Chanson a succès: dramatisation d'une chanson p'opulaire moderne '
2.40 SENIOR ENGLISH I. ' Do You Know Mark Tapley ? ' Douglas Allan introduces this character from ' Martin Chuzzlewit ,' by Charles Dickens

Contributors

Unknown:
G. C. Turner
Unknown:
Jacques OBErlin
Unknown:
Andree Duranton.
Unknown:
Mark Tapley
Unknown:
Douglas Allan
Unknown:
Martin Chuzzlewit
Unknown:
Charles Dickens

with Billy Kay , Betty Astell , Leon Cortez and Doreen, George Doonan , Ivor Moreton and Dave Kaye , Collinson and Breen. BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell. Producer, John Sharman.

Contributors

Unknown:
Billy Kay
Unknown:
Betty Astell
Unknown:
Leon Cortez
Unknown:
George Doonan
Unknown:
Ivor Moreton
Unknown:
Dave Kaye
Conducted By:
Charles Shadwell.
Producer:
John Sharman.

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': Clapham and Dwyer, Beryl Orde , Helen Clare , Charmian Innes , Robert Easton , 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:
Robert Easton
Unknown:
Trefor Jones.
Produced By:
Tom Ronald.

Concerto in A minor, for four pianos and orchestra, played by Helene Pignari-Salles , Germaine Leroux Nicole Rolet , and Piero Coppola , with an orchestra conducted by Gustave Bret : on gramophone records

Contributors

Played By:
Helene Pignari-Salles
Played By:
Germaine Leroux
Played By:
Nicole Rolet
Played By:
Piero Coppola
Conducted By:
Gustave Bret

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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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