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RHYTHM AND MELODY, by Doris Gould
11.20 SCIENCE AND THE COMMUNITY. Materials for the Home. ' Building a House': an introductory talk
These broadcasts deal with the contributions of science to the building and equipment of our homes
11.40 INTERMEDIATE GERMAN. ' Hans und Willi als Gartner'
Unsere Freunde verdingen sich als Gartner. Beim Umgraben flnden sie zu ihrer Überraschung — nicht etwa einen Schatz. sondern

Contributors

Unknown:
Doris Gould
Unknown:
Beim Umgraben

Introduced by Leslie Mitchell
This week's edition includes :
Recorded interview with Glynis Johns
Dirk Bogarde , Honor Blackman, and David Tomlinson in ' Cine
Charade': guess the film title.
' Movie Mailbag': your questions answered by Jeanne Heal
Excerpts from the sound-track of the Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat production ' State Secret,' starring Douglas Fairbanks Jnr. , Jack Hawkins , and Glynis Johns
Script written by Michael Storm
Produced by Pat Osborne

Contributors

Introduced By:
Leslie Mitchell
Unknown:
Glynis Johns
Unknown:
Dirk Bogarde
Unknown:
David Tomlinson
Unknown:
Frank Launder
Unknown:
Sidney Gilliat
Unknown:
Douglas Fairbanks Jnr.
Unknown:
Jack Hawkins
Unknown:
Glynis Johns
Written By:
Michael Storm
Produced By:
Pat Osborne

NATURE STUDY.Forest King,' by Scott Kennedy. ' The Oak Tree and its Inhabitants '
2.15 HISTORY II. The Girl Goes to the Green Coat Hospital': the story of life at a charity school in the early eighteenth century. Script by Jo Manton
2.40 ENGLISH FOR UNDER-NINES. ' The Tortoise, the Elephant, and the Hippopotamus': an African folk-tale, adapted for broadcasting by Julia Goodey
3.0 PROSE AND VERSE READINGS. ' The Summer Palace at Shandu from ' Travels ' of Marco Polo; and ' Kubla Khan' by S. T. Coleridge

Contributors

Unknown:
Scott Kennedy.
Script By:
Jo Manton
Unknown:
Julia Goodey
Unknown:
S. T. Coleridge

Questions of the moment put by members of the audience are discussed spontaneously by John Arlott, Ralph Wightman, Lord Elton, and Sir Steuart Wilson
Travelling Question-Master, Freddy Grisewood
From the Winter Gardens, Bournemouth.

Contributors

Panellist:
John Arlott
Panellist:
Ralph Wightman
Panellist:
Lord Elton
Panellist:
Sir Steuart Wilson
Travelling Question-Master:
Freddy Grisewood
Presented by:
Nicholas Crocker

Twenty-five meaningless minutes in the company of The Nitwits with Sid Millward and Wally Stewart
Cyril Lagey , Biff Byfield
Roger Smith 's Talking Guitar
Marion Sanders , Enso Toppano and possibly somebody else
Script (invisible ink) by Sid Colin
Production (reluctantly) by John Foreman

Contributors

Unknown:
Sid Millward
Unknown:
Wally Stewart
Unknown:
Cyril Lagey
Unknown:
Biff Byfield
Unknown:
Roger Smith
Guitar:
Marion Sanders
Guitar:
Enso Toppano
Unknown:
Sid Colin
Unknown:
John Foreman

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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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