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SINGING TOGETHER: Herbert Wiseman
Ho-ro, my nut-brown maiden (Scottish Highland tune)
Annie Laurie
The Wee Cooper o' Fyfe (Scots song)
11.20 HOW THINGS BEGAN. Apes and Men,' by Honor Wyatt. Some experiments on the intelligence of modern apes.
11.40 INTERMEDIATE FRENCH, by Jean-Jacques Oberlin. ' Au Cirque.' La famille Corentin va passer un apresmidi a admirer les prouesses des flompteurs et les tours de force des acrobates. Chanson: Les Scieurs de Long
12.5 p.m. BIBLE TALKS FOR SIXTH FORMS. The Newness of the Old Testament: ' The " Justice " of God.' by the Rev. Norman Snaith. Tutor in Old Testament, Wesley College , Leeds

Contributors

Unknown:
Herbert Wiseman
Unknown:
Annie Laurie
Unknown:
Jacques OBErlin.
Unknown:
Rev. Norman Snaith.
Unknown:
Wesley College

STORIES FROM WORLD HISTORY. 'Alex ander the Great.' Stories of his boyhood and early manhood by Rhoda Power and Honor Wyatt. Part 1-How he tamed Bucephalus, cut the Gordian Knot, and overcame Darius King of the Persians
2.30 ORCHESTRAL CONCERT SERIES. 'The strings played pizzicato, and the harp an illustrated talk by Hubert Clifford

Contributors

Unknown:
Alex Ander
Talk By:
Hubert Clifford

1—'The Honest Pirate'
The true story of how Aaron Smith. detained against his will to navigate a pirate ship. The Golden Fortune, was all but rescued through the love of a Spanish lady. Including an account of the evil lives of the buccaneers in the year 1822. Written by Heather Johnson. Produced by David Thomson

Contributors

Unknown:
Aaron Smith.
Written By:
Heather Johnson.
Produced By:
David Thomson

'Winnie-the-Pooh,' by A. A. Milne , adapted as a dialogue story by W. E. Davis ('David'), with music by H. Fraser-Simson . 7—'The Expotition to the North Pole'
5.25 Songs by 'The Little Singers of the Wooden Cross.' This famous choir is visiting this country under the auspices of the French Government
5.40 ' News from the Zoo, by Geoffrey Vevers

Contributors

Unknown:
A. A. Milne
Story By:
W. E. Davis
Music By:
H. Fraser-Simson
Unknown:
Geoffrey Vevers
Pooh:
Norman Shelley
Christopher Robin:
Donald Barclay
Owl:
Stephen Jack
Piglet:
Wilfred Babbage
Eeyore:
Geoffrey Wineott
Roo:
Sheila Maloney
Kanga:
Dora Gregory
Narrator:
W E Davis

The subject tonight is Interfering with Management?' A team consisting of Evelyn Connison , a young cotton weaver from Bolton; Edward Higgins , an official of the Transport and General Workers Union; and the General Manager of a large electrical works answer questions and put points of view about joint consultation

Contributors

Unknown:
Evelyn Connison
Unknown:
Edward Higgins

Produced by Harry S. Pepper and Ronald Waldman
John Ridley and Anne De Nys. Norman Shelley in ' The Old One-Two,' with Richard Wattis ; and ' Monday Night at Eight's ' telephone challenge, this week to Birmingham Musical Alphabet. Richard Murdoch and Kenneth Home. Puzzle Corner. Mackenzie Ward and Maxine Audley in ' John and Annabella,' by W. Gordon Duncalf
' Monday Birthday Party': 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:
John Ridley
Unknown:
Norman Shelley
Unknown:
Richard Wattis
Unknown:
Richard Murdoch
Unknown:
W. Gordon Duncalf
Unknown:
Doreen Lundy
Unknown:
Cyril Grantham.

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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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