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NATURE STUDY. ' Snow and Ice,' by A. J. Mee
2.15 HISTORY II. ' The Penny Post (1840),' by Desmond Hawkins. Rowland Hill revolutionises a government department
2.40 ENGLISH FOR UNDER-NINES. ' The Hens of Hen Castle': a story by Mrs. J. H. Ewing, adapted by Silvia Goodall. 1-' The Hens go out into the World '

Contributors

Unknown:
A. J. Mee
Unknown:
Desmond Hawkins.
Unknown:
Rowland Hill
Story By:
Mrs. J. H. Ewing
Adapted By:
Silvia Goodall.

"The Crocodile Men''
A serial play by Angus MacVicar
1: 'The Wreck of the Laurentis'
Produced by Kathleen Garscadden

followed by
Children Singing
(BBC recording)

5.35 "Swallows and Amazons," by Arthur Ransome, told as a serial story by Derek McCulloch (Uncle Mac). 16: 'The Treasure on Cormorant Island'

Contributors

Writer (The Crocodile Men):
Angus MacVicar
Producer (The Crocodile Men):
Kathleen Garscadden
Peter Nicholson:
Andrew Armstrong
John Nicholson, his father, an aircraft designer and test pilot:
Archie Henry
Marcel Daudet:
Marcel Stellman
Professor Daudet, his father, a famous French explorer:
Jean-Jacques Oberlin
Clarence Molyneux, Marcel's tutor:
Bryden Murdoch
Trabonjy:
Eddie Fraser
Officer in charge of lifeboat, and radio news-reader:
Rikki Fulton
Author (Swallows and Amazons):
Arthur Ransome
Storyteller (Swallows and Amazons):
Derek McCulloch

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

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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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