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SINGING TOGETHER, by Ernest Bullock. There was a lad was born in Kyle; Afton Water; Up wi' the caries o' Dysart
11.20 HOW THINGS BEGAN. Near-Man becomes a Cave Dweller,' by Rhoda Power. A visit to the museum to see the model of a skull found in the Neander Valley (Germany), and some flint tools found near Le Monstier (France). The life of the creature who made the tools.
11.40 INTERMEDIATE FRENCH. by Jean-Jacques Oberlin. ' La Boutique de I'Horloger ': une scene assez amusante se déroule dans une boutique, entre l'horloger sourd et ses clients. Chanson : L'horloge
12.5 p.m. BIBLE TALKS FOR SIXTH FORMS. The Newness of the Old Testament: ' People of the Past: their customs and how they reinterpreted them,' by the Rev. Norman Snaith , Tutor in Old Testament, Wesley College , Leeds

Contributors

Unknown:
Ernest Bullock.
Unknown:
Rhoda Power.
Unknown:
Jacques OBErlin.
Unknown:
Rev. Norman Snaith
Unknown:
Wesley College

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

Jack Parsons:
Bernard Miles
Lily the bar-maid:
Barbara Lott
Old Charlie:
Erik Chitty
Script:
Jack Lindsay
Script:
Jane Cobb
Produced by:
Roy Speer

STORIES FROM WORLD HISTORY. ' Brave Horatius,' by Margery Morris
' Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul
With all the speed ye may
I, with two more to help me,
Will hold the foe in play ' .
-MACAULAY
2.30 ORCHESTRAL CONCERT SERIES. ' What happens to the theme?': variation form, with illustrations taken mainly from pieces to be heard in next week's concert. Programme arranged by Grace Williams

Contributors

Unknown:
Margery Morris

Music and song for everybody, featuring British light music of the past and present. Augmented BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Rae Jenkins. Singer, Frederick Harvey (baritone). Instrumentalist, Frank Johnson (saxophone). Presented by Henry Reed

Contributors

Singer:
Rae Jenkins.
Baritone:
Frederick Harvey
Unknown:
Frank Johnson
Presented By:
Henry Reed

' If 'there's to be no coal this winter, let it be British no coal! '
Is this really the attitude of the British miner towards foreign labour? In tonight's Industrial Forum, Arthur Horner. General Secretary of the National Union of Mine Workers, is interviewed by Sam Pollock on the vexed question of ' human imports '

Contributors

Unknown:
Arthur Horner.
Interviewed By:
Sam Pollock

Excerpt from Jack Hylton 's pantomime starring Jimmy Nervo and Teddie Knox
Cast also includes Noele Gordon , Dormonde Brothers, Janet Brown ,
Nor Kiddie. Pamela Foster , Margaret Cooper , Grace Draper , Kathleen Binder , William Thompson. Orchestra directed by Ronnie Munro. Produced by Alec Shanks. Commentator, John Ellison. From the Adelphi Theatre, London

Contributors

Unknown:
Jack Hylton
Unknown:
Jimmy Nervo
Unknown:
Teddie Knox
Unknown:
Noele Gordon
Unknown:
Janet Brown
Unknown:
Pamela Foster
Unknown:
Margaret Cooper
Unknown:
Grace Draper
Unknown:
Kathleen Binder
Unknown:
William Thompson.
Directed By:
Ronnie Munro.
Produced By:
Alec Shanks.
Commentator:
John Ellison.

Produced by Harry S. Pepper and Ronald Waldman
Norman Long. Norman Shelley in ' The Old One-Two,' with Richard Wattis. ' Musical Alphabet.' Frances Day. Puzzle Corner. Mackenzie Ward and Maxine Audley in ' John and Annabella,' by W. Gordon Duncalf ' Monday Birthday Party.' Host Kenneth Home
Singing introducers, 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 Long.
Unknown:
Norman Shelley
Unknown:
Richard Wattis.
Unknown:
W. Gordon Duncalf
Unknown:
Doreen Lundy
Unknown:
Cyril Grantham.
Conducted By:
Stanley Black

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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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