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RHYTHM AND MELODY, by Doris Gould
11.20 SCIENCE AND THE COMMUNITY. ' Food in Tins.' Script by F. Le Gros Clark.
A programme about the food-canning industry, which stores perishable food for use when the fresh product is scarce or unobtainable.
11.40 INTERMEDIATE GERMAN.
' Buntes Allerlei.' Heute soil der Horer auch sein Scherflein beitragen. Haben Sie bitte Papier und Bleistift bereit. Text von Magda Kelber

Contributors

Unknown:
Doris Gould
Script By:
F. Le Gros Clark.
Unknown:
Magda Kelber

Introduced by Leslie Mitchell
This week's edition includes :
'Cinequiz' Critics v. Filmgoers Star at Home : Beatrice Campbel
Sound-track excerpts from the Paramount film Dear Wife' starring Joan Caulfield and William Holden
Script written by Michael Storm
Produced by Pat Osborne

Contributors

Introduced By:
Leslie Mitchell
Unknown:
Beatrice Campbel
Unknown:
Joan Caulfield
Unknown:
William Holden
Written By:
Michael Storm
Produced By:
Pat Osborne

NATURE STUDY. Nature Study Quiz
2.15 HISTORY 11. Government by Discussion': Commander Stephen King-Hall , Honorary Director of the Hansard Society, tells something of the story of the House of Commons and its procedure
2.40 ENGLISH FOR UNDER-NINES. ' The Christmas Cuckoo': the second of two stories adapted from Frances Browne 's book, ' Granny's Wonderful Chair'
3.0 PROSE AND VERSE READINGS. ' Snapshot of a Dog': a short story by James Thurber , read by Charles E. Stidwill

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen King-Hall
Unknown:
Frances Browne
Story By:
James Thurber
Read By:
Charles E. Stidwill

A weekly programme about work in the world of science
Southern Astronomy by David S. Evans of the Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria
The Radcliffe Observatory houses the fourth largest telescope in the world and the largest that is available to explore the southern skies. In this talk
Dr. DavtJ Evans describes some of the problems that interest astronomers south of the equator.

Contributors

Unknown:
David S. Evans
Unknown:
Dr. Davtj Evans

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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