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MUSIC AND MOVEMENT FOR INFANTS, by Ann Driver
11.20 HISTORY I. Great People and their Times: 'The Grand Tour,' by Sam Langdon. A young man and his tutor tour Europe ' to see the world '
11.40 OFF THE SYLLABUS. ' The way we used to speak ': changes and developments in spoken English. Script by John Reed

Contributors

Unknown:
Ann Driver
Unknown:
Sam Langdon.
Script By:
John Reed

from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge
Antiphon: Let thy merciful ears (Weelkes)
Versicles and Responses (William Smith)
Psalm 70
First Leson: 1 Kings 8, vv. 22-30
Magnificat (Darke, in F)
Second Lesson: James 5, vv. 7-16
Nunc dimittis (Darke, in F)
Creed
The Lord's Prayer (Stones)
Versicles and Responses (William Smith)
Collects
O Lord, the maker of all things (Mundy)
Prayers

Contributors

Organist:
David Willcocks

' Orlando, the Marmalade Cat' by Kathleen Hale. Its adventures told by W. E. Davis (' David '), with music specially composed by Henry Reed and played by a section of the BBC Revue Orchestra, conducted by Frank Cantell. 5 — ' Orlando's Evening Out'
5.20 ' Practical Cats': Mary O'Farrell reads some of T. S. Eliot 's cat poems
5.40 F. N. S. Creek , the Children's Hour sports coach, and Captain A. J. Keen talk about the A.T.C. National Boxing Championships recently held at the Royal Albert Hall, London

Contributors

Unknown:
Kathleen Hale.
Told By:
W. E. Davis
Composed By:
Henry Reed
Conducted By:
Frank Cantell.
Unknown:
Mary O'Farrell
Unknown:
T. S. Eliot
Unknown:
F. N. S. Creek
Unknown:
Captain A. J. Keen

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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