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THE PRACTICE AND SCIENCE OF GARDENING. ' Potatoes,' by Alan Peacock and J. G. Hawkes. The potato as grown in Britain today and its cousins in South America.
11.20 CURRENT AFFAIRS
11.40 FRENCH FOR SIXTH FORMS. Panorama de la littérature franqaise contemporaine: L'eminent critique littéraire, Ren6 Lalou , interviewé par Ignace Legrand

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Peacock
Unknown:
J. G. Hawkes.
Unknown:
Ren6 Lalou
Unknown:
Ignace Legrand

A musical entertainment given by Clifford Curzon (piano), Harold Williams (baritone). Natalie James and Joy Boughton (oboes), Cecil James (bassoon), Andre Gertler and Frederic Ghigo (violins), Robert Courte (viola), and Marcel Louon (cello). Programme arranged by Basil Douglas.

Contributors

Piano:
Clifford Curzon
Piano:
Harold Williams
Baritone:
Natalie James
Baritone:
Joy Boughton
Oboes:
Cecil James
Bassoon:
Andre Gertler
Violins:
Frederic Ghigo
Violins:
Robert Courte
Violins:
Marcel Louon
Arranged By:
Basil Douglas.

based on ' Jimmy Lethbridge 's Temptation,' by 'Sapper.' Adapted for broadcasting by Brian A. Stuart
Plays produced by Hugh Stewart

Contributors

Unknown:
Jimmy Lethbridge
Broadcasting By:
Brian A. Stuart
Produced By:
Hugh Stewart
Captain Jimmy Lethbridge:
Deryck Guyler
Molly Nicholls:
Lucille Lisle
Captain Sir Peter Staunton, Bt.:
Ivan Brandt
Lizzie:
Jenny Lovelace
Dr Robert Martin:
Martin Lewis

by Charles Dickens. A serial for broadcasting in twelve parts by V. C. Clinton-Baddeley . Incidental music composed by Denys Dar low. Produced by Wilfrid Grantham.
Other parts played by Freda Falconer , Antony Verney , Eddy Reed , Victor Fairley , and Vernon Fortescue

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Dickens.
Unknown:
V. C. Clinton-Baddeley
Composed By:
Denys Dar
Produced By:
Wilfrid Gran
Played By:
Freda Falconer
Played By:
Antony Verney
Played By:
Eddy Reed
Played By:
Victor Fairley
Played By:
Vernon Fortescue
Narrator:
V.C. Clinton-Baddeley
Mr Lorry:
H.R. Hignett
Defarge:
Ralph Truman
Lucie Manette:
Elaine MacNamara
Madame Defarge:
Gladys Young
Wood Sawyer:
Neville Hartley
Charles Darnay:
Godfrey Kenton
Dr Manette:
Harcourt Williams
Miss Pross:
May Hallat

' Workers' Playtime ' Unit presents an entertainment for the staff of Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, Carshalton, Surrey With Arthur Marshall as ' Nurse Dugdale' and Marjorie Westburv , Robert Help mann. and Robert Easton. At the piano, George Myddleton. Script by Arthur Marshall and David Yates Mason. Produced by Bryan Sears and Jack Inglis.

Contributors

Unknown:
Arthur Marshall
Unknown:
Marjorie Westburv
Unknown:
Robert Help
Unknown:
Robert Easton.
Piano:
George Myddleton.
Script By:
Arthur Marshall
Script By:
David Yates
Produced By:
Bryan Sears
Produced By:
Jack Inglis.

A weekly programme about work in the world of science
' Lactation and the Endocrinologist S. J. Folley, Ph.D. , d.sc, of the National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfleld. Reading, talks about researches into the secretion of milk
Polymers': John C. Swallow, Ph.D ., Research Manager of the Plastics Department of a large chemical organisation, talks about the arrangement of atoms and molecules that go to give plastic properties

Contributors

Unknown:
J. Folley, Ph.D.
Unknown:
John C. Swallow, Ph.D

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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