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SINGING TOGETHER: Herbert Wiseman. I vow to thee, my country (hymn); Farewell Manchester (English folk song); The Dashing White Sergeant (Scots dance tune)
11.20 MUSIC AND MOVEMENT FOR JUNIORS, by Ann Driver
11.40 THE PRACTICE AND SCIENCE OF GARDENING. ' The Plant from Within,' by Alan Peacock. 2-' The shoot and the work done by the leaves.'
12 noon BIBLE TALKS FOR SIXTH FORMS. The New Faith and Its Development. ' The Developed Pauline Thought: The Church, by the Rev. W. F. Flemington

Contributors

Unknown:
Herbert Wiseman.
Unknown:
Ann Driver
Unknown:
Alan Peacock.
Unknown:
Rev. W. F. Flemington

Harry Davidson and his Orchestra play old-time dance music and Joan Butler 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:
Joan Butler
Introduced By:
Patric Curwen.
Unknown:
A. J. Latimer.
Producer:
Stanton Jefferies.

STORIES FROM WORLD HISTORY. The U.S.A. (iv). ' From Log Cabin to White House,' by Thomas Radley. Famous stories from the life of Abraham Lincoln
2.30 ORCHESTRAL CONCERT SERIES. Wolf-gang Mozart: episodes from his life story and some of his music for keyboard and for orchestra, by Mollie Sands
2.50 MUSIC OUT OF SCHOOL, by Roger Fiske.

Contributors

Unknown:
Thomas Radley.
Unknown:
Abraham Lincoln
Unknown:
Mollie Sands
Unknown:
Roger Fiske.

The Gold Cup Final, 1946
Broadcast of a selected deal in the final of the British Open Championship for Teams of Four, as actually played in both rooms at the British Bridge League's Annual Congress at Cheltenham. Commentator. M. Harrison-Gray. Programme introduced by Stewart MacPherson

Contributors

Commentator:
M. Harrison-Gray.
Introduced By:
Stewart MacPherson

' The Tailor of Gloucester,' by Beatrix Potter , told by Derek McCulloch (' Mac ')
5.25 ' Music at Random.' In the second ' Life-Stories of the Instruments ' Helen Henschel talks about the cello. with illustrations by Anthony Pini
5.40 Dr. Geoffrey Vevers with news from the Zoo

Contributors

Unknown:
Beatrix Potter
Told By:
Derek McCulloch
Talks:
Helen Henschel
Illustrations By:
Anthony Pini
Illustrations By:
Dr. Geoffrey Vevers

Produced by Harry S. Pepper and Ronald Waldman
Donald Peers , Dennis Arundell and Jane Grahame in ' Meet Dr. Morelle,' by Ernest Dudlev. Something Old-Something New. Suzette Tarri. Puzzle Corner '
Sarah Churchill and David Hutcheson in ' The Young Sullivans,' by W. Gordon Duncalf
' Monday Birthday Party ': a famous personality (this week: Binnie Hale ) 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
(Donald Peers broadcasts by permission of Emile Littler )

Contributors

Produced By:
Harry S. Pepper
Produced By:
Ronald Waldman
Unknown:
Donald Peers
Unknown:
Dennis Arundell
Unknown:
Jane Grahame
Unknown:
Ernest Dudlev.
Unknown:
Suzette Tarri.
Unknown:
Sarah Churchill
Unknown:
David Hutcheson
Unknown:
W. Gordon Duncalf
Unknown:
Binnie Hale
Unknown:
Doreen Lundy
Unknown:
Cyril Grantham.
Conducted By:
Stanley Black
Conducted By:
Donald Peers
Unknown:
Emile Littler

by James Bridie. Produced by Gordon Gildard. Music by Cedric Thorpe Davie , played by a section of the BBC Scottish Orchestra, conducted by Robert Irving
Other parts played by J. Smith
Campbell, J. G. Caw , and Douglas Gladdle

Contributors

Unknown:
James Bridie.
Produced By:
Gordon Gildard.
Music By:
Cedric Thorpe Davie
Conducted By:
Robert Irving
Played By:
J. Smith
Unknown:
J. G. Caw
Unknown:
Douglas Gladdle
Maggie Vivaldi:
Lennox Milne
Dr MeGilp:
E J P MacE
Frank Vivaldi:
Marius Goring
Mr Kitchen:
George Davies
Sally Rimmer:
Jean Taylor Smith
Charlotte Appleby:
Jean Evnstone
Johnnie Buller:
W, H D Joss
Sam:
Tom Smith
Annie:
Miriam Owens
Lovatt:
Balfour Brown

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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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