Programme Index

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SINGING together: Herbert Wiseman.
11.20 HOW THINGS BEGAN. Dating the Rocks,' by Honor Wyatt.
11.40 INTERMEDIATE FRENCH, by Jean-Jacques Oberlin. Programme varie
12.5 p.m. BIBLE TALKS FOR SIXTH FORMS. The Newness of the Old Testament. ' God is Spirit.' by the Rev. George W. Anderson , tutor in Old Testament, Handsworth College, Birmingham

Contributors

Unknown:
Herbert Wiseman.
Unknown:
Jacques OBErlin.
Unknown:
Rev. George W. Anderson

STORIES FROM WORLD HISTORY. 'Pheidias, the Sculptor ' by Rhoda Power. How Pheidias (500 to 432 B.C.), appointed by Pericles to help adorn the city of Athens, was accused of impiety and sent to prison
2.30 ORCHESTRAL CONCERT SERIES. 3-BBC Orchestra, conducted by Reginald Jacques , who introduces the music

Contributors

Unknown:
Rhoda Power.
Conducted By:
Reginald Jacques

America v. Britain: a contest to find out who knows more about the other's country
London: Professor D. W. Brogan , Jan Struther. Quiz-Master, New YorkLionel Hale.: Christopher Morley ,
John Mason Brown. Quiz-Master, Alistair Cooke
Weekly programme originating in London and New York.

Contributors

Unknown:
Professor D. W. Brogan
Unknown:
Jan Struther.
Unknown:
Christopher Morley
Unknown:
John Mason Brown.
Unknown:
Alistair Cooke

' Winnie-the-Pooh,' by A. A. Milne , adapted as a dialogue story by W. E. Davis ('David'), with music by H. Fraser-Simson . 5-' Eeyore has a birthday '
5.25 ' Music at Random,' by Helen Henschel
5.40 ' Going to the Pictures Eric Gillett discusses current films

Contributors

Unknown:
A. A. Milne
Story By:
W. E. Davis
Music By:
H. Fraser-Simson
Unknown:
Helen Henschel
Unknown:
Eric Gillett

Produced by Harry S. Pepper and Ronald Waldman
Emmie Joyce. Norman Shelley in 'The Old One-Two,' with Richard Wattis ; and Monday Night at Eight's' telephone challenge, this week to Chatham, Kent
Musical Alphabet. Peter Cavanagh. Puzzle Corner. Mackenzie Ward and Maxine Audley in ' John and Anna bella ,' by W. Gordon Duncalf
' Monday Birthday Party a 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:
Norman Shelley
Unknown:
Richard Wattis
Unknown:
Peter Cavanagh.
Unknown:
Anna Bella
Unknown:
W. Gordon Duncalf
Unknown:
Doreen Lundy
Unknown:
Cyril Grantham.
Conducted By:
Stanley Black

by John Masefield. Produced by Peter Watts

Contributors

Unknown:
John Masefield.
Produced By:
Peter Watts
Antistia:
Ann Codrington
Philip:
Arthur Ridley
Cornelia:
Grizelda Hervey
Julia:
Joan Clement Scott
Q Metellus Scipio:
Laidman Browne
Cn Pompeius Magnus:
D. A. Clarke-Smith
Cn Pompeius Theophanes:
John Witty
Marcus Porcius Cato:
Cyril Gardiner
Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus:
Valentine Dyall
P Lentulus Spinther:
Bryan Spielman
Cotta:
Charles Leno
Acilius:
Malcolm Graeme
Lucius Lucceius:
William Trent
Achillas Egyptian:
Preston Lockwood
Lucius Septimius:
Kenneth Saunders

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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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