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NATURE STUDY. Scott Kennedy and Tom visit Castle Wood. Leaf-fall and seed dispersal; bird migration. Script by Scott Kennedy
2.15 HISTORY II. ' French Canada,' by Elisabeth Rowley. The story of Quebec, where, the French first settled
2.40 ENGLISH FOR UNDER-NINES. Two poems: 'Crab-Apple' by Ethel Talbot , and ' Dame Duck.' Followed by a ten-minute tale from Scotland: ' Whuppitystoorie '

Contributors

Unknown:
Scott Kennedy
Script By:
Scott Kennedy
Unknown:
Elisabeth Rowley.
Unknown:
Ethel Talbot

'Four Plus Bunkle' by M. Pardoe
Adapted by Bertha Lonsdale
Produced by Nan Macdonald
Part 4—' Hue and Cry '

Contributors

Unknown:
M. Pardoe
Adapted By:
Bertha Lonsdale
Produced By:
Nan MacDonald
Major de Salis:
Robert Marsden
Mrs de Salis:
Rosemary Horstmann
Robin:
Peter Johnson
Jill:
Shirley King
Bunkle:
Billie Whitelaw
Dick Fraser:
Jimmy Rossall-Evans
Jean Fraser:
Gillian Andrews
Madame Delpierre:
Doris Speed
Passport Inspector:
Herbert Smith
Narrator:
Michael Acton-Bond

Regional Variations (6)

News in Welsh.

BBC Home Service Welsh

Listeners' requests.

BBC Home Service West

' Who is the False Witness? ' .

BBC Home Service London

' Prairie Schooner': folk tunes and dances from Western Canada.

BBC Home Service Scottish

' Theatre-land Memories.'

BBC Home Service Midland

A programme to sharpen your wits. With Lionel Gamlin and Peter Watson. Crime sketch written by Bertie Chapman. Devised by Cleland Finn. Produced by Pat Dixon. (BBC recording)

Contributors

Unknown:
Lionel Gamlin
Unknown:
Peter Watson.
Written By:
Bertie Chapman.
Unknown:
Cleland Finn.
Duced By:
Pat Dixon.

Regional Variations (6)

' Farm Visit.'

BBC Home Service Midland

' Farm Management': talk by A. D. C. Main.

BBC Home Service Scottish

Rhyl Silver Band; Henryd Jones (baritone).

BBC Home Service Welsh

Ulster Magazine

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

Band of the Royal Military School of Music.

BBC Home Service London

A panorama of songs and marches of the British Army
With the Band of the Royal Military School of Music (by permission of the Commandant), conducted by Captain Meredith Roberts. Director or Music
Programme produced by Harry Mortimer

Contributors

Unknown:
Meredith Roberts.
Produced By:
Harry Mortimer

Regional Variations (3)

' Grade's Working Party ' .

BBC Home Service London

West-Country Studio Orchestra.

BBC Home Service West

in Burslem
Gracie Fields greets friends in the Potteries and all over the country at her weekly party
With workers from local industry accompanied bv Bill Cartlidge ; Stoke-on-Trent Amateur Operatic Society. Richard Valery and his Concert Orchestra. At the piano, Leslie Paul. Produced by Bowker Andrews in association with H Saunders-Jacobs From the Queen's Hall, Burslem

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill Cartlidge
Unknown:
Richard Valery
Piano:
Leslie Paul.
Produced By:
Bowker Andrews

with Jack Train , Hugh Morton
Fred Yule , Lind Joyce
Diana Morrison , Deryck Guyler
Joan Harben , and Hattie Jacques
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:
Joan Harben
Unknown:
Hattie Jacques
Conducted By:
Rae Jenkins
Script By:
Ted Kavanagh
Produced By:
Francis Worsley

Regional Variations (5)

' Anna Karenina ' (final episode) .

BBC Home Service London

As Wales.

BBC Home Service Scottish

Feature: 'The Annesley Case.'

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

Welsh concert.

BBC Home Service Welsh

by Leo Tolstoy. Adapted for broadcasting by H. Oldfield Box from the translation by Constance Garnett. Produced by Wilfrid Grantham. Final episode

Contributors

Unknown:
Leo Tolstoy.
Broadcasting By:
H. Oldfield Box
Translation By:
Constance Garnett.
Produced By:
Wilfrid Grantham.
Anna:
Vivienne Bennett
Vronsky:
Sebastian Shaw
Dolly:
Mary Waterman
Kitty:
Peggy Bryan
Annushka:
Josephine Shand
Sergey:
Martin Lewis
Countess Vronsky:
Mary Jerrold
Levin:
Torin Thatcher
Fyodor:
Andrew Churchman
Mihail:
Ronald Sidney
Narrator:
Edmund Willard

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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