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MUSIC AND MOVEMENT FOR INFANTS, by Ann Driver
11.20 HISTORY I. Great People and their Times. ' Christopher Columbus (c. 1446-1506),' by Silvia Goodall. A
Genoese sea-captain sails West, looking for Marco Polo 's Eastern riches
11.40 OFF THE SYLLABUS. A series of feature programmes on careers. 9— ' Welfare Officer'

Contributors

Unknown:
Ann Driver
Unknown:
Silvia Goodall.
Unknown:
Marco Polo

Invites you to visit Waterlogged Spa at Sinking-in-the-Ooze. now a laughter resort for all, to meet Pearl Hackney, Jon Pertwee , Barbara Sumner , Richard Gray. Humphrey Lestocq , and George Crow and his ' Blue Mariners ' Dance Band. ' Double or Quits' cash quiz, conducted by Bill Gates. Script by Eric Barker. Produced by Leslie Bridgmont. (Repeat of last Friday's recorded broadcast in the Light Programme)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jon Pertwee
Unknown:
Barbara Sumner
Unknown:
Richard Gray.
Unknown:
Humphrey Lestocq
Unknown:
George Crow
Conducted By:
Bill Gates.
Script By:
Eric Barker.
Duced By:
Leslie Bridgmont.

ADVENTURES IN music, by Roger Fiske.
' The Wand of Youth ' : how the British composer. Edward Elgar , wrote music in his boyhood for a children's play
2.35 SENIOR English II. ' Moby Dick ,' by Herman Melville , adapted by Becky Cocking. 1—' Ishmael and Queequeg join the whaler Pequod'

Contributors

Music By:
Roger Fiske.
Unknown:
Edward Elgar
Unknown:
Moby Dick
Unknown:
Herman Melville
Adapted By:
Becky Cocking.

from Bristol Cathedral
Versicles and Responses
Psalms Nos. 98, 99, 100, and 101 Lesson: Ecclesiastes 3, v. 16 to 4, v. 6
Magnificat (Richard Farrant , in A minor)
Lesson: St. Luke. 20. v. 27 to 21, v. 4 Nunc dimittis (Richard Farrant , in A minor)
Creed
Versicles and Responses Collects
Anthem: This sanctuary of my soul
(Charles Wood)
Prayers
Holy Father, cheer our way (A. and M.22)
Organist and Master of Choristers,
R. Alwyn Surplice

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Farrant
Unknown:
Richard Farrant
Unknown:
R. Alwyn

(Anniversary programme). A musical entertainment given by Jan Smeterlin (piano), Pierre Bernac (baritone), J. Calvet and J. Champeil (violins), M. Husson (viola), and M. Recasens (cello). Programme arranged by Basil Douglas.

Contributors

Piano:
Jan Smeterlin
Piano:
Pierre Bernac
Baritone:
J. Calvet
Baritone:
J. Champeil
Viola:
M. Husson
Viola:
M. Recasens
Arranged By:
Basil Douglas.

' Mollie Whuppie '
A West-country fantasy, dramatised by Lucia Turnbull. Special music by lanthe Dalway, played by the string section of the West-Country Studio Orchestra, conducted by Reginald Redman. Produced by Rosemary Colley
5.40 F. N. S. Creek , the Children's Hour sports coach, talks about ' The Coming Fight for the Ashes,' with Charlie Barnett

Contributors

Unknown:
Mollie Whuppie
Unknown:
Lucia Turnbull.
Unknown:
Reginald Redman.
Duced By:
Rosemary Colley
Unknown:
F. N. S. Creek
Unknown:
Charlie Barnett
Jan, the tinker:
Hedley Goodall
Cherry:
Ann Harle
Duffy:
Clive Smith
Tom:
Christopher Mallott
Mollie Whuppie:
Jenifer Davis
Poll:
Brenda Brewer
Doll:
Marlene Morris
Giant Bolster:
Kenneth Ellis
Jane, his wife:
Phyllis Smale
Pixie:
Mary Hall
Sprig:
Shirley Berry
Beckles:
Desiree Fardon

BBC Home Service Basic

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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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