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Prayers
0 worship the King (omitting w. 3 and 5) (A. and M. 167; S.P. 618; C.H. 9: Tune. Hanover)
Interlude: 'Where Love is, God is Prayers; Praver for God's Presence: the Lord's Prayer
Gracious spirit. Holy Ghost (A. and M. 210, vv. 1, 2. 3. 5; S.P. 507, vv. 1. 2. 3, 4: C.H. 484. vv. 1, 4, 5, 6: Tune, Cape Town)
Blessing
Today's interlude on Martin the Cobbler is adapted from Leo Tolstoy 's short story ' Where Love is, God is.' It illustrates Christ's saying: ' Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me ' (St. Matthew 25, v. 40).

Contributors

Unknown:
Leo Tolstoy

TRAVEL TALKS. Man and his Animals: The Swiss and their Cows. Script by Sylvia Clarke
2.20 LET'S JOIN IN. Preparation for the Nativity Play : how to take part In next week's performance
2.40 LOOKING AT THINGS. ' Books, Plain and Coloured ': the story of how a book is made, by Noel Carrington

Contributors

Script By:
Sylvia Clarke
Unknown:
Noel Carrington

' Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm * by Kate Douglas Wiggin
Adapted as a serial play in five parts by H. Oldfield Box
3—' Rebecca Sells Some Soap '.
Production by Josephine Plummer
Rebecca, almost completely recovered from her homesickness and her attempted running away from the Brick House (luckily undiscovered by her aunts), is beginning to settle down and enjoy herself. She has a marvellous scheme to help her friends, the Simpson family, which involves the mysterious selling of some soap.
5.40 ' From my Travel Journal,' by Owen Tweedy. 3—' Paying for the Ride '

Contributors

Unknown:
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Unknown:
H. Oldfield Box
Production By:
Josephine Plummer
Unknown:
Owen Tweedy.
Rebecca Randall:
Molly Weir
Aunt Miranda:
Joan Young
Aunt Jane:
Natalie Lynn
Jeremiah Cobb:
MacDonald Parke
Mrs Cobb:
Gwen Day Burroughs
Adam Ladd:
Lewis Stringer
Miss Dearborn:
Shelagh Fraser
Emma Jane:
Rosamond Barnes
Narrator:
Josephine Dent

introducing
The Folks of Smoky Mountain with Charles Forsythe
Addie Seamon , Charles Richardson
Johnnie Johnston , Doris Nichols
Don Emsley , Alan Dean
Pearl Carr , Ray Webb
Irene King
Music by the Smoky Mountaineers
(Led by Danny Levin )
Devised and produced by Charles Chilton

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Forsythe
Unknown:
Addie Seamon
Unknown:
Charles Richardson
Unknown:
Johnnie Johnston
Unknown:
Doris Nichols
Unknown:
Don Emsley
Unknown:
Alan Dean
Unknown:
Pearl Carr
Unknown:
Ray Webb
Unknown:
Irene King
Unknown:
Danny Levin
Produced By:
Charles Chilton

A lively discussion on subjects on which the sexes may disagree with Kay Hammond , Gladys Young
Joyce Grenfell , Charmian Innes
John Clements , Frank Owen
In the chair : Roy Plomley
Production by Pat Dixon

Contributors

Unknown:
Kay Hammond
Unknown:
Gladys Young
Unknown:
Joyce Grenfell
Unknown:
Charmian Innes
Unknown:
John Clements
Unknown:
Frank Owen
Production By:
Pat Dixon

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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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