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RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY. ' Belief in Christ and the Modern Mind.' ' The Decline of Confidence': Douglas Stewart , Minister of Pinner Free Church, introduces the series and discusses the contribution of modern creative writers to the understanding of contemporary problems. (BBC recording)
10.0 Announcements
10.5 News commentary

Contributors

Unknown:
Douglas Stewart

SINGING TOGETHER, by William Appleby
The British Grenadiers (Old English
Song) 11.20 HOW THINGS BEGAN. I-Man the tool-maker shows forethought and skill. Script by Rhoda Power.
11.40 INTERMEDIATE FRENCH. Programme varie. Aujourd'hui encore les auditeurs doivent travailler avec nous. Done crayons ou plumes a la main! Texte de Jean-Jacques Oberlin

Contributors

Unknown:
William Appleby
Script By:
Rhoda Power.
Unknown:
Jean-Jacques OBErlin

STORIES FROM WORLD HISTORY. ' Balboa.' Script by June Hodge
In 1513 the Spaniard Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Danen and reached the western shore of the American continent. It was he, and not the ' stout Cortes ' of Keats' poem, who discovered the Pacific Ocean.
2.25 SENIOR ENGLISH I. Book Review. ' Dr. Syn,' by Russell Thorndike. An introduction to a tale of Kentish smuggling two hundred years ago. Script by James Reeves
2.50 ORCHESTRAL CONCERT SERIES. ' The Opera Overture ' : an illustrated talk by Boyd Neel
3.10 LET'S HEAR IT AGAIN.

Contributors

Script By:
June Hodge
Unknown:
Russell Thorndike.
Script By:
James Reeves
Talk By:
Boyd Neel

by Dick Cross
A play with music, based on the novel by Tobias Smollett
Music composed by John Buckland and conducted by Clifton Helliwell
Cast in order of speaking:
Other parts played by Margaret Vines , Ronald Sidney. Bryan Powley , Harry Hutchinson , Richard Hurndall , and Malcolm Hayes
Produced by Wilfrid Grantham

Contributors

Unknown:
Dick Cross
Novel By:
Tobias Smollett
Composed By:
John Buckland
Conducted By:
Clifton Helliwell
Played By:
Margaret Vines
Played By:
Ronald Sidney.
Played By:
Bryan Powley
Played By:
Harry Hutchinson
Played By:
Richard Hurndall
Played By:
Malcolm Hayes
Produced By:
Wilfrid Grantham
Sir Peregrine Pickle:
David Peel
Lady Pickle (née Emilia Gauntlett):
Maxine Audley
Sir Steady Steerwell:
Stanley Groome
Captain Jemmy Slasher:
Max Adrian
Moll Twiddle:
Janet Burnell
Commodore Hawser Trunnion:
Norman Shelley
Grizzle Trunnion:
Ella Milne
Betsy:
Susan Richards
Sukey:
Judy Dyson
Lord Swillpott:
Harold Scott
Horrocks:
Peter Creswell
Footmen to Lord Swillpott:Marmaduke:
Ernest Sefton
Footmen to Lord Swillpott:Montague:
Dudley Jones
Footmen to Lord Swillpott:Montmorency:
Charles Leno
Sophia Pickle:
Denise Bryer

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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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