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RHYTHM AND MELODY, by Doris Gould
11.20 GEOGRAPHY. Germany (i): Farmers of the Northern plains provide pork, potatoes, and sugar for the German larder
11.40 ENGLISH FOR UNDER-NINES. ' Feathertop ': a fantastic story, adapted for broadcasting from Nathaniel Hawthorne 's story by Silvia Goodall

Contributors

Unknown:
Doris Gould
Unknown:
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Story By:
Silvia Goodall

NATURE STUDY. ' Shrews,' by Scott Kennedy
2.15 HISTORY OF WALES. A series for children about twelve years old. 3-' The Chartists,' by T. Hughes Jones. Conditions in the Montgomeryshire woollen industry, and in the iron-works and coal-mines of South Wales
2.35 HISTORY II. Introduction to Japan. The outside world forces itself upon Japan; great changes follow inside the country

Contributors

Unknown:
Scott Kennedy
Unknown:
T. Hughes Jones.

' Rabbit Hill,' by Robert Lawson , arranged for broadcasting by Olive Shapley. Produced by Nan Macdonald. Part 1—'New Folks
Coming.' Preceded by an introductory talk by the author, recorded in New York

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Lawson
Broadcasting By:
Olive Shapley.
Produced By:
Nan MacDonald.
Father Rabbit:
Fred Fairclough
Mother Rabbit:
Norma Wilson
Little Georgie:
Violet Carson
Uncle Analdus:
MacDonald Parke
Porky, the woodchuck:
James Dale
Grey Squirrel:
Muriel Levy
Red Buck:
John Atkinson
Phewie, the skunk:
Alec Elliott
Fox:
John Broadbent
Mole:
Herbert Smith
Willie Fieldmouse:
Doris Gambell
Storyteller:
Jessica Dunning

with Jack Train , Clarence Wright , Fred Yule , Jean Capra , Carleton Hobbs , Hugh Morton , Mary O'Farrell , Diana Morrison , and Lind Joyce. Augmented BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Rae Jenkins. Script by Ted Kavanagh. Produced by Francis Worsley

Contributors

Unknown:
Jack Train
Unknown:
Clarence Wright
Unknown:
Fred Yule
Unknown:
Jean Capra
Unknown:
Carleton Hobbs
Unknown:
Hugh Morton
Unknown:
Mary O'Farrell
Unknown:
Diana Morrison
Unknown:
Lind Joyce.
Conducted By:
Rae Jenkins.
Script By:
Ted Kavanagh.
Produced By:
Francis Worsley

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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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