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SINGING TOGETHER: Herbert Wiseman
11.20 MUSIC AND MOVEMENT FOR JUNIORS, by Ann Driver
11.40 THE PRACTICE AND SCIENCE OF GARDENING. Outdoor Tomatoes.' by C. F. Lawrence
12 noon BIBLE TALKS FOR SIXTH FORMS. The New Faith and Its Development. ' The Developed Pauline Thought: Justification by Faith,' by the Rev. John Marsh

Contributors

Unknown:
Herbert Wiseman
Unknown:
Ann Driver
Unknown:
C. F. Lawrence
Unknown:
John Marsh

Harry Davidson and his Orchestra play old-time dance music and Parry Jones entertains with old-time ballads. Script written and programme introduced by Patric Curwen. Master of Ceremonies, A. J. Latimer. Producer, Stanton Jefferies. (Recording of last Saturday's broadcast)

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Davidson
Unknown:
Parry Jones
Introduced By:
Patric Curwen.
Unknown:
A. J. Latimer.
Unknown:
Stanton Jefferies.

STORIES FROM WORLD HISTORY. The U.S.A. (ii) ' The Star-Spangled Banner,' by Rhoda Power. 0 say, does the star-spangled banner yet wave o'er the home of the free and the land of the brave? ' The story of Francis Scott Key 's poem, which became the National Anthem of the U.S.A.
2.30 ORCHESTRAL concert SERIES. Josef Haydn : a sketch of his life, with some of the music he lived for. Illustrated talk by Alex Harman
2.50 MUSIC OUT OF SCHOOL, by Roger Fiske.

Contributors

Unknown:
Rhoda Power.
Unknown:
Francis Scott Key
Unknown:
Josef Haydn
Talk By:
Alex Harman
Unknown:
Roger Fiske.

'Said the Cat to the Dog,' by Martin Armstrong , produced by Josephine Plummer. 15—' A Penknife ''
5.25 ' A Visit to Cowleaze Farm.' 13—' The Beekeeper '

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Armstrong
Produced By:
Josephine Plummer.
Narrator:
Lionel Gamlin
Dad:
Wilfred Babbage
Mum:
Mary O'Farrell
Ronnie:
David de Saram
Diana:
Rosamond Barnes
Peckham:
Stephen Jack
Mompty:
Vivienne Chatterton
Elsie:
May Jenkin
Cookie:
Gwen Day Burroughs
Mr Potts:
Ernest Sefton
Mrs Kerry:
Mary O'Farrell

... Over three centuries ago, in Elizabethan England, ... what would have been your daily life, your food, comfort, and surroundings? What security or insecurity? And what would you have believed in? A. L. Rowse , Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, author of ' The English Spirit' and ' Tudor Cornwall ,' talks about life in England in A.D. 1600

Contributors

Unknown:
A. L. Rowse
Talks:
Tudor Cornwall

Produced by Harry S. Pepper and Ronald Waldman
Emmie Joyce , Dennis Arundell , and Jane Grahame in ' Meet Dr. Morelle,' by Ernest Dudley. ' Something Old — Something New.' Cliff Gordon , ' Puzzle Corner.' Sarah Churchill and David Hutcheson in ' The Young Sullivans,' by W. Gordon Duncalf
' Monday Birthday Party': a famous personality whose birthday falls this week is given ' The Freedom of the Air' (Host, Kenneth Home)
Singing introducers, Doreen Lundy and Cyril Grantham. BBC Revue Chorus and augmented Dance Orchestra, conducted by Stanley Black

Contributors

Produced By:
Harry S. Pepper
Produced By:
Ronald Waldman
Unknown:
Emmie Joyce
Unknown:
Dennis Arundell
Unknown:
Jane Grahame
Unknown:
Ernest Dudley.
Unknown:
Cliff Gordon
Unknown:
Sarah Churchill
Unknown:
David Hutcheson
Unknown:
W. Gordon Duncalf
Unknown:
Doreen Lundy
Unknown:
Cyril Grantham.
Conducted By:
Stanley Black

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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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