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FOR RURAL SCHOOLS. Finding Out About Dyisford. ' Members of the Explorers' Club help with the Beet Harvest,' by Honor Wyatt
2.25 GENERAL SCIENCE. Other Worlds. 1-' The Earth from Outside.' by G. P. Meredith. The pilot of an imaginary rocket plane gets a new angle on geography.
2.50 JUNIOR English. The story of Coleridge's ' Ancient Mariner,' with extracts from the ballad. Arranged by Silvia Goodall

Contributors

Unknown:
G. P. Meredith.
Arranged By:
Silvia Goodall

Stanley Riley (bass). BBC Chorus: conductor, Leslie Woodgate. At the piano, Frederick Stone
Begone dull care!; Cockles and Mussels; There is a tavern in the town; My bonnie; Cock Robin arr. Leslie Woodgate
The Farmer's Daughters; Old Folks at Home (From the Daily Express Community Song Book)

Contributors

Bass:
Stanley Riley
Conductor:
Leslie Woodgate.
Unknown:
Cock Robin
Unknown:
Leslie Woodgate

by Showell Styles
4.35 app. ' BOW BELLS ' by Ursula Bloom
Plays produced by Hugh Stewart

Contributors

Produced By:
Hugh Stewart
Wendy Nicholson:
Jane Barratt
Tim Nicholson:
Preston Lockwood
Aubrey Vyse:
Martin Lewis
Cara Vyse:
Megan Latimer
' Van ':
Antony Dawson
Leonard Whittingham:
Basil Jones
Gladys, his wife:
Freda Falconer
Mr Duke:
Arthur Ridley
Mrs Clare:
Vivienne Chatterton
Moira Keen:
Lucille Lisle

' The Trunk without a Key': another play about the boy detectives, Norman and Henry Bones , by Anthony C. Wilson. Produced by Josephine Plummer
5.30 ' The Boy who was afraid of Fire': a story by Olive Dehn , told by Derek McCulloch (' Mac ')
5.50 Children's Hour prayers

Contributors

Unknown:
Henry Bones
Unknown:
Anthony C. Wilson.
Produced By:
Josephine Plummer
Story By:
Olive Dehn
Told By:
Derek McCulloch (' Mac ')
Norman Bones:
Charles Hawtrey
Henry Bones:
Patricia Hayes
Dr Morgan:
Lionel Stevens
Mrs Winton:
Marjorie Westbury
Major Lister:
Richard Williams
Nibby Painton:
Richard George
Inspector Haywood:
Duncan McLntyre

by Edgar Wallace , adapted for broadcasting by H. Oldfield-Box . Produced by John Richmond. With Howard Marion-Crawford as Sanders. Episode 6—'Crime Wave in Isisi'

Contributors

Unknown:
Edgar Wallace
Broadcasting By:
H. Oldfield-Box
Produced By:
John Richmond.
Unknown:
Howard Marion-Crawford
Mr Commissioner Sanders:
Howard Marion-Crawford
Captain Hamilton:
Graham Doody
Ruth Glandynne:
Pauline Wynn
Abiboo:
Charles Leno
The Narrator:
Geoffrey Wincott

Recorded extracts from speeches made today at the Mansion House luncheon held in connection with the Savings Drive for Industrial Workers
Speakers include the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. Hugh Dalton , Andrew McCosh (President of the British Employers Confederation), and Charles Dukes (Chairman of the General Council of the T.U.C.)

Contributors

Unknown:
Hugh Dalton
Unknown:
Andrew McCosh
Unknown:
Charles Dukes

his programme of stars, personalities, songs, and music. This week, Marie Burke , Ian Hay , Sally Rogers , Kyra Vayne , and Walter Midgley , with Vic Oliver conducting the British Concert Orchestra. Script by Ray Sonin. Produced by Eric Spear. (BBC recording)

Contributors

Unknown:
Marie Burke
Unknown:
Ian Hay
Unknown:
Sally Rogers
Unknown:
Kyra Vayne
Unknown:
Walter Midgley
Unknown:
Vic Oliver
Script By:
Ray Sonin.
Produced By:
Eric Spear.

in which leading scientists speak in a programme edited by Professor E. N. da C. Andrade. F.R.S.
This week: ' Cosmic Rays,' by P. M. S. Blackett , F.R.S., Professor of Physics in the University of Manchester; 'The Heart as a Pump,' by C. A. Lovatt Evans , F.R.S., Professor of Physiology in the University of London

Contributors

Unknown:
E. N. Da C. Andrade.
Unknown:
P. M. S. Blackett
Unknown:
C. A. Lovatt Evans

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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