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SINGING TOGETHER, by Ernest Bullock
11.20 how THINGS BEGAN. ' Real-Man becomes a Skilled Hunter,' by Rhoda Power. Paleolithic man, the food collector and skilled hunter, who pursued the swift game of the cold grass lands.
11.40 INTERMEDIATE FRENCH, by Marie Touchard. ' En attendant l'autobus ': ce qui so passe quand on bavarde trop en faisant la queue pour I'autobus. Chanson: L'horloge
12.5 p.m. BIBLE TALKS FOR SIXTH FORMS. The Newness of the Old Testament. ' People of the Past: Their Prophets,' by the Rev. W. A. L. Elmslie, D.o. , Principal of Westminster College. Cambridge

Contributors

Unknown:
Ernest Bullock
Unknown:
Rhoda Power.
Unknown:
Marie Touchard.
Unknown:
Rev. W. A. L. Elmslie, D.O.

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

STORIES FROM WORLD HISTORY. ' 'Coriolanus,' by Jo Manton. How Caius Marcius was given the name Coriolanus; how he fought against Rome with the Volscians but withdrew at the prayer of his mother
2.30 ORCHESTRAL CONCERT SERIES. First Concert: BBC Northern Orchestra, conducted by Charles Groves
Programme introduced by Noel McAdam

Contributors

Unknown:
Jo Manton.
Unknown:
Caius Marcius
Conducted By:
Charles Groves
Introduced By:
Noel McAdam

Music and song for everybody, featuring British light music of the past and present. Augmented BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Rae Jenkins. Singers, Linda Parker (soprano) and Arthur Servent (tenor). Presented by Henry Reed
(Arthur Servent broadcasts by permission of Entile Littler)

Contributors

Conducted By:
Rae Jenkins.
Singers:
Linda Parker
Singers:
Arthur Servent
Presented By:
Henry Reed
Presented By:
Arthur Servent

'The Cat that walked by Himself': a ' Just So ' story by Rudyard Kipling , adapted by Maurice Brown , and produced by Josephine Plummer
An interlude on gramophone records
5.40 ' Birds and Animals on an Indian Tea Garden,' by Major A. R. Ramsden

Contributors

Story By:
Rudyard Kipling
Adapted By:
Maurice Brown
Produced By:
Josephine Plummer
Unknown:
A. R. Ramsden
Cat:
Cecil Trouncer
Dog:
Charles Leno
Man:
Roger Snowdon
Woman:
Mary O'Farrell
Horse:
Bryan Powley
Bat:
Ann Codrington
Story-teller:
Lionel Gamlin

Produced by Harry S. Pepper and Ronald Waldman
Charmian Innes. Norman Shelley in 'The Old One-Two,' with Richard Wattis. Musical Alphabet
Jack Train. Puzzle Corner. Catherine Campbell and John Witty in ' The Young Sullivans,' by W. Gordon Dun -calf. 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:
Charmian Innes.
Unknown:
Norman Shelley
Unknown:
Richard Wattis.
Unknown:
Catherine Campbell
Unknown:
W. Gordon Dun
Unknown:
Doreen Lundy
Unknown:
Cyril Grantham.
Conducted By:
Stanley Black

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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