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A series of Sunday morning services. 1-From St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Reading, conducted by the Rev. Keith R. Brymer Preacher, Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr , of Union Theological Seminary, New York Sentences and Invocation
Thy hand, O God, has guided (C.H. 215; A. and M. 604)
Thanksgiving
O Lord, thou art my God (C.H. 783)
Reading
Sermon
Judge eternal (C.H. 636; S.P. 552)
Intercession and the Lord's Prayer
Forth in thy name, O Lord, I go (C.H. 651; S.P. 29)
Blessing
Organist, John Simpson
Introduction by the Rev. Francis House. BBC Director of Religious Broadcasting

Contributors

Unknown:
Rev. Keith R. Brymer
Unknown:
Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr
Organist:
John Simpson
Unknown:
Rev. Francis House.

A guest and five experts on films, theatre, books, radio, and the fine arts. Conducted this week by James Laver
12.11 Films: Dilys Powell
12.20 Theatre: Harold Hobson
12.28 Books: William Plomer
12.37 Radio: L. C. Lloyd
12.45 Art: R. H. Wilenski

Contributors

Guest presenter:
James Laver
Film critic:
Dilys Powell
Theatre critic:
Harold Hobson
Book critic:
William Plomer
Radio critic:
L. C. Lloyd
Art critic:
R. H. Wilenski

Mewton-Wood (piano)
BBC Men's Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Leslie Woodgate )
BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard )
Conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham , Bt.
4.10 app. Interval
During the interval Maurice Jacobson talks about Haydn's ' Drum Roll Symphony

Contributors

Chorus-Master:
Leslie Woodgate
Leader:
Paul Beard
Conducted By:
Sir Thomas Beecham
Talks:
Maurice Jacobson

' Crompton Way'
A play by Mollie Greenhalgh about Samuel Crompton , the inventor of the spinning mule, based on the book by T. Thompson
Narrator, June Pickles Fiddler, Reginald Stead
Produced by Nan Macdonald

Contributors

Play By:
Mollie Greenhalgh
Unknown:
Samuel Crompton
Book By:
T. Thompson
Produced By:
Nan MacDonald
Samuel Crompton,a boy:
Peter Broadbent
Samuel Crompton,a man:
George Hagan
Betty, his mother:
Norma Wilson
Rebecca, his sister:
Anne Phillips
'Uncle Alexander:
Eric Naden
Parson Folds:
Herbert Smith
Dick Arkwright, the barber:
Fred Fairclough
Richmal Naden:
Rosalie Williams
Mary Pimlott:
Joan Sharp
Tommy Martin:
Alan Mitcheson
Peter Ainsworth:
John Broadbent
Bob Greenhalgh:
Herbert Smith
John Pilkington:
John Wardle

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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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