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RHYTHM AND MELODY,' by Doris Gould
11.20 SCIENCE AND THE COMMUNITY. From Birth to Maturity. 8—'Health in the Factory (2) ' by Patrick Meredith
11.40 INTERMEDIATE GERMAN. ' Der Zauberlehrling' von Johann Wolf -gang von Goethe: die bekannte Ballade als Hörspiel wiedererzahlt. Text von Rolf Schreiber

Contributors

Unknown:
Doris Gould
Unknown:
Patrick Meredith
Unknown:
Johann Wolf
Unknown:
Rolf Schreiber

NATURE STUDY. Thunder and Lightning ' by A. J. Mee.
2.15 HISTORY II. ' Machines on the Prairies': Cyrus McCormick invents the reaper. Script by Geoffrey Boumphrey
2.40 ENGLISH FOR UNDER NINES. ' Feathertop.' adapted by Silvia Goodall from Nathaniel Hawthorne 's story

Contributors

Unknown:
A. J. Mee.
Unknown:
Cyrus McCormick
Script By:
Geoffrey Boumphrey
Adapted By:
Silvia Goodall
Unknown:
Nathaniel Hawthorne

' The Story of Robin Hood ' by Max Kester with music composed and arranged by Max Saunders
3—' Little John and the Sheriff of Nottingham'
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra and Male Chorus
Conducted by Max Saunders
Produced by Josephine Plummer
5.30 ' The Would-Be-Goods': serial by E. Nesbit , told by David Davis. 8—' The Dragon's Teeth '

Contributors

Unknown:
Robin Hood
Unknown:
Max Kester
Arranged By:
Max Saunders
Conducted By:
Max Saunders
Produced By:
Josephine Plummer
Unknown:
E. Nesbit
Told By:
David Davis.
Robin Hood:
Ivan Brandt
Friar Tuck:
Joseph Farrington
Little John:
Fred Yule
Much the Miller's son:
Horace Kenney
Alan-a-Dale:
Trefor Jones
Sheriff of Nottingham:
Charles Maunsell
Cook:
Charles Leno
Boy:
Cecile Davies
Steward:
Frank Atkinson

Regional Variations (8)

Discussion on agriculture as a career.

BBC Home Service West

Newyddion.

BBC Home Service Welsh

Country Music.

BBC Home Service Scottish

As North

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

Tchaikovsky (records).

BBC Home Service London

Holiday in Broadland.

BBC Home Service Midland

Sportsman's Club.

BBC Home Service North

This listing contains language that some may find offensive.

Regional Variations (3)

Music by E. T. Davies.

BBC Home Service Welsh

Solomon (piano).

BBC Home Service London

Chopin
To celebrate the anniversary of his first London recital in 1848 Fantasy in F minor, Op. 49
Nocturne in D flat. Op. 27 No. 2 Waltz in A flat. Op. 42 Sonata in B minor played by Solomon (piano)
Before an audience in the Concert Hall, Broadcasting House. London

Regional Variations (6)

Horace Fellowes (violin); Wight Henderson (piano).

BBC Home Service Scottish

Welsh poetic feature: Ein Blynyddoedd.'

BBC Home Service Welsh

' The Story of Robin Hood': an old legend.

BBC Home Service Midland

' Elgar's Friends in the Enigma Variations': introduced by Mrs. Richard Powell.

BBC Home Service London

West - Country Variety Orchestra.

BBC Home Service West

in the Enigma Variations
Talk by Mrs. Richard Powell with musical illustrations
Mrs. Powell is the ' Dorabella ' named in the variations, and knew most of the people identified by initials or intimate names in the score

Contributors

Talk By:
Mrs. Richard Powell

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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