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NATURE STUDY. 'Ants as Pets,' by G. D. Fisher
2.15 HISTORY II. A Series on India: 4 - ' The Struggle of "John Company," by C. H. Philips
2.40 ENGLISH FOR UNDER-NINES. 'The Story of Pinocchio.' Adapted for broadcasting by Silvia Goodall. Part 2 - 'His adventures with the villainous fox and cat'

Contributors

Unknown:
G. D. Fisher
Broadcasting By:
Silvia Goodall.

'Badger's Bath': a story by Modwena Sedgwick, told by W. E. Davis (' David ')
Songs by the choir of the Tolworth County Secondary School for Girls. Surbiton: conductor. Helen Grant
' A Poaching Adventure in the New Forest,' by Bertha Maud Drayson , told" by Derek McCulloch (' Mac ') Piano solos by June Symonds

Contributors

Told By:
W. E. Davis
Conductor:
Helen Grant
Unknown:
Bertha Maud Drayson
Told By:
Derek McCulloch
Solos By:
June Symonds

A poetry notebook, edited by Patric Dickinson. A series of four programmes of narrative poems
4 — ' Flannan Isle ' by Wilfred Gibson ; ' The Ballad of Sir Patrick Spens ' and ' The Yarn of the Nancy Bell ' by W. S. Gilbert : and 'The Bonny Earl of Murray.' Readers, Kelty MacLeod and Arthur Bush

Contributors

Edited By:
Patric Dickinson.
Unknown:
Wilfred Gibson
Unknown:
Sir Patrick Spens
Unknown:
W. S. Gilbert
Readers:
Kelty MacLeod
Readers:
Arthur Bush

with Jack Train , Hugh Morton , Fred Yule , Lind Joyce , Diana Morrison , Deryck Guyler , Molly Weir , and Joan Harben. Augmented BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Rae Jenkins. Script by Ted Kavanagh. Produced by Francis Worsley

Contributors

Unknown:
Jack Train
Unknown:
Hugh Morton
Unknown:
Fred Yule
Unknown:
Lind Joyce
Unknown:
Diana Morrison
Unknown:
Deryck Guyler
Unknown:
Molly Weir
Unknown:
Joan Harben.
Conducted By:
Rae Jenkins.
Script By:
Ted Kavanagh.
Produced By:
Francis Worsley

' Ways and Means '
6 — ' How does Britain compare with America? ' A discussion between Sir Thomas G. Spencer , Managing Director of a British firm making telecommunications equipment; David Williams , London correspondent of an American Trades Union Press Agency; and Lewis Ord , Canadian business consultant, who has worked in British and American industry. In the chair, Sir George Schuster

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Thomas G. Spencer
Unknown:
David Williams
Unknown:
Lewis Ord
Unknown:
Sir George Schuster

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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