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SINGING TOGETHER; Ernest Bullock
11.20 HOW THINGS BEGAN... Man the tool-maker shows forethought and skill.' by Rhoda Power. A visit to the local museum to see some pear-shaped flints and to hear about the earliest tools (core and flake), and why prehistorians call the period in which they were made paleolithic (old stone age).
11.40 INTERMEDIATE FRENCH, by Jean-Jacques Oberlin. Programme varie: comprenant plusieurs parties auxquelles les élèves pourront prendre part. Priere d'avoir de quoi ecrire. Chanson: Carillon de Vendome
12.5 p.m. BIBLE TALKS fOR SIXTH FORMS. The Newness of the Old Testament. ' People of the Past: their myths and how they retold them,' by the Rev. Norman Snaith. Tutor in Old Testament, Wesley College, Leeds

Contributors

Unknown:
Ernest Bullock
Unknown:
Rhoda Power.
Unknown:
Jean-Jacques OBErlin.
Unknown:
Norman Snaith.

As Jack Parsons , the landlord, - he keeps open house in the bar parlour of the pub on the edge of the airport. With Barbara Lott as Lily the bar-maid. Erik Chitty as Old Charlie the oldest inhabitant, and a weekly gathering of regular customers and visitors. Script by Jack Lindsay and Jane Cobb. Produced by Roy Speer

Contributors

Unknown:
Jack Parsons
Unknown:
Barbara Lott
Unknown:
Erik Chitty
Unknown:
Old Charlie
Script By:
Jack Lindsay
Produced By:
Roy Speer

Music and song for everybody, featuring British light music of the past and of the present. Augmented BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Rae Jenkins. Singer, Sylvia Cecil (soprano). Instrumentalist. Billy Mayerl (piano). Presented by Henry Reed

Contributors

Conducted By:
Rae Jenkins.
Singer:
Sylvia Cecil
Piano:
Billy Mayerl
Presented By:
Henry Reed

' Said the Cat to the Dog,' by Martin Armstrong. Produced by Josephine Plummer. 19-' Peckham minds his own Business '
5.25 ' Music at Random.' by Helen Henschel. Life stories of the instruments. 3-' The Flute.' with illustrations by Gareth Morris
5.40 ' Going to the Pictures Eric Gillett reviews some current films

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Armstrong.
Produced By:
Josephine Plummer.
Unknown:
Helen Henschel.
Unknown:
Gareth Morris
Unknown:
Eric Gillett

» Winter Series
Wagner
Excerpts from Act 3 of The Mastersingers :
Introduction; Dialogue between Hans Sachs and David: Hans Sachs s Monologue
Quintet: Entry of the Guilda; Dance of the Apprentices; Homage to Hans Sachs
Walter's Prize Song and Finale
BBC Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Leslie Wood gate)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader. Paul Beard )
Conductor, Sir Adrian Boult
From the Royal Albert Hall , London

Contributors

Unknown:
Hans Sachs
Unknown:
Hans Sachs
Chorus-Master:
Leslie Wood
Leader:
Paul Beard
Conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult
Unknown:
Albert Hall
Eva:
Laelia Finneberg
Magdalene:
Gladys Ripley
Walter:
Irrank Titterton
David:
Rene Soames
Hans Sachs:
Tom Williams
Pogner:
Owen Brannigan
Mastersmgers:
Bbc Singers

Produced by Harry S. Pepper and Ronald Waldman
The Four Ramblers. Norman Shellev in ' The Old One-Two.' with Richard Wattis. Musical Alphabet. Ronald Frankati. Puzzle Corner. Mackenzie Ward and Maxine Audley in ' John and Annabella,' by W. Gordon Dtmcalf
Monday Birthday Party. Host, Kenneth Home
Doreen Lundy and Cyril Grantham. BBC Revue Chorus, and the augmented Dance Orchestra, conducted by Stanley Black

Contributors

Produced By:
Harry S. Pepper
Produced By:
Ronald Waldman
Unknown:
Norman Shellev
Unknown:
Richard Wattis.
Unknown:
Ronald Frankati.
Unknown:
Doreen Lundy
Unknown:
Cyril Grantham.

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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