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Music and Movement for Infants
by Ann Driver

11.20 History 1: Great People and Events: The Trial and Death of Charles I (1649)
by Desmond Hawkins.
'He nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable scene' (Andrew Marvell)

11.40 Fourth Form Features: The Tempest: Part 3
Scenes from Shakespeare's play, chosen and arranged by Jo Manton.

Contributors

Unknown:
Desmond Hawkins
Arranged By:
Jo Manton

HOW THINGS BEGAN. The First Stew Pots.' by Rhoda Power. The ' BBC Observer from the Past ' visits a neolithic settlement in prehistoric Egypt, watches people making pottery. and sees the uses to which pots are put at a burial.
2.35 SENIOR ENGLISH II. ' A Terribly Strange Bed ': short story by Wilkie Collins. adapted by Silvia Goodall

Contributors

Unknown:
Rhoda Power.
Story By:
Wilkie Collins.
Adapted By:
Silvia Goodall

from the Chapel of King's College. Cambridge
Antiphon: 0 Lord. turn not away
(Dowland)
Versicles and Responses (Byrd) Psalm 67
First Lesson: Genesis 45. w. 1-15
Magnificat (Gibbons. Second Service) Second Lesson: Philippians 2. vv. 1-11 Nunc dimittis (Gibbons, Second Service)
Creed and Collects
Salvator mundi (Blow) Prayers
Organist. Boris Ord

Contributors

Organist:
Boris Ord

on gramophone records
Overture. Prince Igor (Borodin):
Hall6 Orchestra, conducted by Leslie Heward
Polovtsian March (Prince Igor)
(Borodin): London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham
Berceuse (The Tempest) (Sibelius):
Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Leopold Stokowski
Scherzo, L'apprenti sorcier (Dukas):
.Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Leopold Stokowski

Contributors

Conducted By:
Leslie Heward
Conducted By:
Sir Thomas Beecham
Conducted By:
Leopold Stokowski

Topsy-Turvy Nursery Rhymes: guessing game for our youngest listeners, by Barbara Todd. Answers sung by Mary Lake , who also sings a group of songs about birds
' Sam Sealyham in Trouble': story by D. L. Curtis Hayward
5.40 ' Squash Racquets': talk, with recorded illustrations, by F. N. S. Creek , the Children's Hour Sports Coach

Contributors

Unknown:
Barbara Todd.
Sung By:
Mary Lake
Unknown:
Sam Sealyham
Story By:
D. L. Curtis Hayward
Illustrations By:
F. N. S. Creek

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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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More