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MUSIC AND MOVEMENT FOE JUNIORS, by Ann Driver
11.20 CITIZENSHIP. Useful Citizens. 'Samuel Plimsoll fights for laws to protect merchant seamen from danger,' by Honor Wyatt
11.40 TALKS FOR SIXTH FORMS. ' What's the Evidence? ' ' The Historian's Evidence,' by Professor H. Butterfield

Contributors

Unknown:
Ann Driver
Unknown:
Samuel Plimsoll
Unknown:
Professor H. Butterfield

TRAVEL TALKS. How the World Lives: ' Ships in Harbour,' by Ursula Boxer. Singapore, where shipping routes meet and goods from East and West change hands
2.20 let's JOIN IN-an original story by Maud Morin , ' The Tortoise who Wanted to Run,' slightly adapted for broadcasting
2.40 SENIOR ENGLISH I. A short story from Jack London's ' The House of Mapuhi.' from 'South-Sea Tales,' adapted by Ursula Keeble

Contributors

Story By:
Maud Morin
Adapted By:
Ursula Keeble

Richard Lovell Edgeworth
(1744-1817) much-married inventor, politician, educational reformer, landowner, eccentric, and father of the novelist Maria Edgeworth. Programme written by Derek Ewens. Produced by David Thomson
(Extended version of the ' First Hearing' programme broadcast on January 13)

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Lovell Edgeworth
Unknown:
Maria Edgeworth.
Written By:
Derek Ewens.
Duced By:
David Thomson
R L Edgeworth:
Alexander Archdale
Maria:
Elaine MacNamara
Thady:
Harry Hutchinson
Charlotte:
Jane Barrett
Twentieth-century critic:
Michael Gough
Nineteenth-century critic:
Alexander Sarner

with George Melachrino and the Melachrino Strings
Script by Joyce Grenfell and H. F. Ellis. Special music composed by George Melachrino. Produced by Ronald Waldman
(Georre Benson is appearing at the Playhouse)

Contributors

Unknown:
George Melachrino
Script By:
Joyce Grenfell
Script By:
H. F. Ellis.
Composed By:
George Melachrino.
Produced By:
Ronald Waldman
Unknown:
Georre Benson

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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