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SINGING TOGETHER, by Ernest Bullock
11.20 now THINOS BEGAN. 'The First Stew Pots,' by Rhoda Power. How people. of the New Stone Age had earned to coil. shape, and fire clay.
11.40 INTERMEDIATE French, by Andree Duranton. Chanson a success. 'Madame la Marquise': dramatisation de la chanson moderne
12.5 p.m. BIBLE TALKS FOR SIXTH FORMS

Contributors

Unknown:
Ernest Bullock
Unknown:
Rhoda Power.
Unknown:
Andree Duranton.

STORIES FROM WORLD HISTORY. Pliny at Pompeii,' by Rhoda Power. The eruption of Vesuvius and the destruction of Pompeii, a Roman city. based on the accounts written by Pliny the Younger
2.30 ORCHESTRAL concert SERIES. Recital by Jack Kessler (violin), Bernard Davis (viola), George Roth (cello). Charles Gray (double bass), and Millicent Silver (piano). Introduced by John Horton.

Contributors

Unknown:
Rhoda Power.
Violin:
Jack Kessler
Violin:
Bernard Davis
Viola:
George Roth
Cello:
Charles Gray
Piano:
Millicent Silver
Introduced By:
John Horton.

Two ' Just So ' stones by Rudyard Kipling
1—' How the Rhinoceros got his Skin,' told by Lionel Gamlin
2 — 'The Elephant's Child,' adapted by Maurice Brown. Produced by Josephine Plummer
(Cecil Trouncer broadcasts by permission of H. M. Tennent , Ltd.; Lionet Gamlin , of British Movietonews, Ltd.)
5.25 ' Music at Random': Helen Henschel tells you more about Elizabethan keyboard music
5.40 ' Going to the Pictures': Eric Gillett reviews current films

Contributors

Unknown:
Rudyard Kipling
Told By:
Lionel Gamlin
Unknown:
Maurice Brown.
Produced By:
Josephine Plummer
Unknown:
Cecil Trouncer
Unknown:
H. M. Tennent
Unknown:
Lionet Gamlin
Unknown:
Eric Gillett
Elephant's Child:
Ivor Barnard
Rocksnake:
Cecil Trouncer
Crocodile:
Alexander Sarner
Storyteller:
Lionel Gamlin

The famous Eighth Army show from Egypt, Italy, Palestine, Iraq, Persia, and Austria
Among those taking part are Adam Aston , J. Wtorzecka. Veronica Igna towicz, and Nina Olenska. The Parade Orchestra under the direction of I. Rozengart. Master of Ceremonies, Philip Ridgeway. Jnr. Produced by Tom Ronald. From the Granville Theatre, Walhani Green

Contributors

Unknown:
Adam Aston
Unknown:
J. Wtorzecka.
Unknown:
Veronica Igna
Unknown:
Nina Olenska.
Unknown:
I. Rozengart.
Unknown:
Philip Ridgeway.
Produced By:
Tom Ronald.
Unknown:
Walhani Green

Why do we work? For love, or money? What is the best incentive to increased production?
What's to be done about the 'unattractive' jobs? Where does 'status' come in? On four successive Mondays a representative speaker, introduced by Sam Pollock, will come to the industrial forum to give his views on this highly topical subject of incentives. Tonight's speaker is F.C. Hooper, who has had wide experience as a business executive

Contributors

Presenter:
Sam Pollock
Speaker:
F.C. Hooper

by William Shakespeare
[Starring] Leslie French, Peggy Ashcroft, and Thea Holme

Part 1: 7.40-9.0 Part 2: 9.15-10.5
(BBC recording)

Contributors

Author:
William Shakespeare
Producer:
Howard Rose
Music arranged by:
Elizabeth Poston
Music played by:
The Aeolian String Quartet
Orsino, Duke of Illyria:
Allan McClelland
Sebastian, brother to Viola:
John Warrington
Antonio,, a sea-captain:
Richard Hurndall
Valentine:
Hugh Moxey
Curio:
Ernest Brightmore
Sir Toby Belch, kinsman to Olivia:
Howard Marion-Crawford
Sir Andrew Aguecheek:
Donald Layne-Smith
Malvolio, steward to Olivia:
James Dale
Fabian:
Philip Dale
Feste, fool to Olivia:
Leslie French
Olivia, a rich countess:
Thea Holme
Viola, in love with the Duke:
Peggy Ashcroft
Maria, Olivia's gentlewoman:
Betty Hardy
A Priest:
Michael Godfrey
Chorus:
Anthony Hulme

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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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