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MUSIC AND MOVEMENT I, by Muriel Sandell
11.20 HISTORY i. ' Marco Polo ' : the son of a Venetian merchant reaches the court of Kubla Khan.
Script by Penelope Knox
The story of Marco Polo is known because he wrote it in his famous book of travels. The programme tells how he went with his father and uncle on the long journey to Cathay-the land now known as China; how he lived there for many years; and how he astonished his relations in Venice when he came home again.
11.40 PANORAMA : Law and Order: the law can help me.' Script by Jenifer Wayne
The first five broadcasts in this term's Panorama form a group entitled ' Law and Order.' Today listeners hear about some of the ways in which the law can help the ordinary citizen in his everyday life.

Contributors

Unknown:
Muriel Sandell
Script By:
Penelope Knox
Script By:
Jenifer Wayne

an anthology programme. Script by Ormerod Greenwood
The programme includes Winston Churchill's escape from the Boers from
' My Early Life,' and a passage from ' Ten Years Under the Earth,' by the speleologist, Norbert Casteret. Teachers may also find material in the anthology ' Escape ' edited by Maior Yeats Brown.

Contributors

Script By:
Ormerod Greenwood
Edited By:
Maior Yeats Brown.

from Lincoln Cathedral
Versicles and Responses (Byrd)
Psalm 104
First Lesson: 1 Kings 19. vv. 8-21
Magnificat (Howells in G)
Second Lesson: St Matthew 6. w. 1934
Nunc dimittis (Howells in G)
Creed. Responses. Collects
O praise the Lord. ye saints above (Ferrabosco)
Prayers
O God, thy soldiers' crown and guard (E.H. 181)
Organ Voluntary: Postlude on Gibbons Song 22 (Stanford)
Organist and Master of Choristers. Gordon Slater

Contributors

Unknown:
Gordon Slater

with Kitty Bluett
Fred Yule , Peter Sellers
Patricia Hayes , Leslie Perrins
Bob Pearson and Alf Pearson
The Beaux and the Belles
Stanley Black and the Dance Orchestra
Script by Ronnie Hanbury and Eddie Maguire
Additional material by George Wadmore
Produced by George Inns

Contributors

Unknown:
Kitty Bluett
Unknown:
Fred Yule
Unknown:
Peter Sellers
Unknown:
Patricia Hayes
Unknown:
Leslie Perrins
Unknown:
Bob Pearson
Unknown:
Alf Pearson
Unknown:
Stanley Black
Script By:
Ronnie Hanbury
Script By:
Eddie Maguire
Unknown:
George Wadmore
Produced By:
George Inns

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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