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NATURE STUDY. 'Seals,' by F. Fraser Darling. The Atlantic grey seal: its food and habits
2.15 HISTORY II ' Farmers on the Prairie,' by Penelope Knox. The Canadian Pacific Railway (1885) opens up the great Western plains
2.40 ENGLISH FOR UNDER-NINES. 'The Swiss Family Robinson': dramatic scenes from the book. arranged for broadcasting by Julia Goodey. 1— ' Shipwrecked on a Desert Island '

Contributors

Unknown:
F. Fraser
Unknown:
Penelope Knox.
Broadcasting By:
Julia Goodey.

Another programme in the series about boys and girls starting work in different jobs
Today you can hear how Ellen Standish becomes a kennel-maid, ot her training in handling, grooming, and nursing In a pets' hospital. Programme written by Herbert Smith
Produced by Nan Macdonald

Contributors

Unknown:
Ellen Standish
Written By:
Herbert Smith
Produced By:
Nan MacDonald

Regional Variations (8)

As West.

BBC Home Service Midland

Scottish Variety Orchestra

BBC Home Service Scottish

'This Week's Composer ' (records).

BBC Home Service London

News in Welsh.

BBC Home Service Welsh

Elsie Suddaby (soprano).

BBC Home Service North

Wessex Light Orchestra.

BBC Home Service West

Bob Robinson and his Band

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

HAYDN
Extracts from ' The Seasons ' and ' The Creation 1: on records

Regional Variations (4)

Who is the 'False Witness'? .

BBC Home Service London

City of Birmingham Orchestra-Thelma Reiss (cello).

BBC Home Service Midland

' Farm Forum.'

BBC Home Service Scottish

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

Contributors

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

with Jack Train , Hugh Morton
Fred Yule , Lind Joyce
Diana Morrison , Deryck Guyler
Joan Harben , 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 (6)

As North

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

' The Common Story': play by Judith Gick.

BBC Home Service North

'The Memoirs of the Dog Berganza' by Miguel de Cervantes.

BBC Home Service London

' Difficult Children': 1. ' The Happiness Doctor.'

BBC Home Service Midland

The Misty Isle': recorded impressions of Skye.

BBC Home Service Welsh

Extracted from 'The Dogs' Colloquy' by Miguel de Cervantes. Read by Dylan Thomas and John Chandos , as the dogs Berganza and Cipion

Contributors

Unknown:
Miguel de Cervantes.
Read By:
Dylan Thomas
Read By:
John Chandos

Regional Variations (2)

' Science Survey.'

BBC Home Service London

A weekly programme about work in the world of science
Radio-therapy Today
This week's speaker, who is one of Britain's leading radio-therapists, surveys the effect of recent advances in nuclear physics on radio-therapy. What hehas to say about the new and powerful tools that are now available for biological research, and about the agents-radio-phosphorus and radio-Iodine-with therapeutic possibilities is of special interest at the present time

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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