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RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY. Four Ways of Knowing God. 1—' The Way of Experience 1: Canon S. L. Greenslade of Durham speaks on the life and spiritual experience of St. Augustine of Hippo. His talk is illustrated by extracts from the ' Confessions.' (BBC recording)
10.0 Announcements
10.5 News commentary

Contributors

Unknown:
Canon S. L. Greenslade

SINGING TOGETHER, by William Appleby
11.20 HOW THINGS BEGAN. ' Brain, Eye, and Hand.' Script by Honor Wyatt
How they helped each other in the evolution of monkeys and apes
11.40 INTERMEDIATE FRENCH. Dramatisation de la vieille chanson de compagnons: Depuis Paris jusqu'a Valence.' Texte de Marcel Stellman

Contributors

Unknown:
William Appleby
Script By:
Honor Wyatt
Unknown:
Marcel Stellman

STORIES FROM WORLD HISTORY. ' Llewelyn.' Script by A. J. Roderick
Llewelyn (reigned 1246-1282) was the grandson of Llewelyn the Great and the last Welsh Prince of Wales. Soon after his death Edward I completed his conquest of the country, and the story is told that in I2S4 he gave the title Prince of Wales to his infant son because the Welsh had demanded to live under the rule of ' a prince who could speak no English.'
2.25 SENIOR ENGLISH 1. ' The Wooden Horse ' by Eric Williams. Adapted as a three-part serial by Christine Dudley. Part 1
With Wyndham Milligan , Peter Hoar
This is the story of one of the most daring escapes from a German prison camp during the last war. The first part describes the camp, and how the escapers, remembering the story of the Greek invaders who entered Troy hidden in a wooden horse, made plans to foil the Germans.

Contributors

Script By:
A. J. Roderick
Unknown:
Eric Williams.
Unknown:
Christine Dudley.
Unknown:
Wyndham Milligan
Unknown:
Peter Hoar
Narrator:
Lockwood West
Peter Howard:
Desmond Carrington
John Clinton:
Richard Burton

by Godfrey Harrison and Alec Harrison
Incidental music written and arranged by Frank Cordell
BBC Variety Orchestra
Conducted by Rae Jenkins
Produced by Audrey Cameron

Contributors

Unknown:
Godfrey Harrison
Unknown:
Alec Harrison
Arranged By:
Frank Cordell
Conducted By:
Rae Jenkins
Produced By:
Audrey Cameron
Bill Freeman, an agent:
Hugh Morton
Nelly, his secretary:
Cynthia Teall
Snarl, a newspaper man:
Charles E Stidwill
Mrs Hardcastle:
Christine Lindsay
Landlady:
Doris Rogers
Mr Blunt:
Deryck Guyler
Jimmy Duff:
Ernest Jay
Johnnie Duff:
John Stevens
Pat Duff:
Patricia Burke

An Elysian comedy
Adapted for radio from the play by Eric Linklater with music by John Hotchkis
Orchestra conducted by Cyril Gell
Production by Raymond Raikes

Contributors

Play By:
Eric Linklater
Music By:
John Hotchkis
Conducted By:
Cyril Gell
Production By:
Raymond Raikes
Mr Brilling:
Richard Hurndall
Florence Nightingale:
Vivienne Chatterton
Aristophanes:
Milton Rosmer
Voltaire:
Carleton Hobbs
Abraham Lincoln:
Finlay Currie
Helen of Troy:
Marjorie Mars
Rhodope:
Catherine Campbell
PUshkin:
Malcolm Hayes
An English soldier:
Jonathan Field
A nursing sister:
Dorothy Summers
Galen:
Franklyn Bellamy
Irene:
Marjorie Westbury

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