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HOW THINGS BEGAN. Metal-Smiths at Work.' by Rhoda Power. The BBC ' Observer from the Past' visits a Sumerian city in the Bronze Age and is present when Queen Shubad pays an official visit to her goldsmith.
2.35 SENIOR ENGLISH 11. Dramatic reading: ' The Taming of the Shrew,' by Shakespeare. Act 2, Scene 1; Act 3, Scene 2. Adapted by Silvia Goodall

Contributors

Unknown:
Rhoda Power.
Adapted By:
Silvia Goodall

from Winchester Cathedral
Introit: O how amiable are thy dwellings
Versicles and Responses
Psalm 124
First Lesson: Isaiah 25. vv. 1-9
Magnificat (Wood, in D)
Second Lesson: St. Matthew 28, vv. 1-10
Nunc dimittis (Wood, in D)
Creed and Collects
The strife is o'er (Vulpius, arr. Henry Ley )
Prayers
Organist. Cyril Fogwell (Assistant Organist, Winchester Cathedral)

Contributors

Organist:
Cyril Fogwell

(Fifth series), with impromptu answers to listeners' questions. Michael Ayrton (painter and critic); Lord Elton; Margery Fry ; Dr. A. J. F. James (High Master of Manchester Grammar School); Lord Samuel. Question-Master, Donald McCullough.

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Ayrton
Unknown:
Margery Fry
Unknown:
Dr. A. J. F. James
Question-Master:
Donald McCullough.

Pages from a volume of well-loved music. Produced by Gwen Williams and Harold Neden ,' with Doris Gambell (soprano), Frederick Harvey (baritone), BBC Theatre Chorus and BBC Theatre Orchestra, conducted by John Clements. Introduced by Frederick Grisewood

Contributors

Produced By:
Gwen Williams
Produced By:
Harold Neden
Soprano:
Doris Gambell
Baritone:
Frederick Harvey
Conducted By:
John Clements.
Introduced By:
Frederick Grisewood

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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