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RHYTHM AND MELODY, by Doris Gould
11.20 SCIENCE AND THE COMMUNITY.
Materials for the Home : ' Glass.' Script by Philip Brown
11.40 INTERMEDIATE GERMAN. ' Der
Staubsauger.' Der Staubsauger spart der Hausfrau viel Miihe und Arbeit, aber nur wenn man richtig damit umzugehen weiss. Text von Else Johannsen-Wagner

Contributors

Unknown:
Doris Gould
Script By:
Philip Brown
Unknown:
Else Johannsen-Wagner

Introduced by Leslie Mitchell
This week's edition includes:
Olga Edwardes. Peter Bull , and Reed de Rouen in ' Cine Charade': guess the film title.
' Movie Mailbag ' : your questions answered by Jeanne Heal
'Hullo, Hollywood': Milton Berle
Excerpts from the sound-track of the Warner Brothers film ' Always Leave Them Laughing.' starring Milton Berle and Virginia Mayo with Ruth Roman and Bert Lahr
Script written by Michael Storm
Produced by Pat Osborne

Contributors

Introduced By:
Leslie Mitchell
Unknown:
Olga Edwardes.
Unknown:
Peter Bull
Unknown:
Jeanne Heal
Unknown:
Milton Berle
Unknown:
Milton Berle
Unknown:
Virginia Mayo
Unknown:
Ruth Roman
Unknown:
Bert Lahr
Written By:
Michael Storm
Produced By:
Pat Osborne

NATURE STUDY. ' Country Sounds,' by G. D. Fisher
2.15 HISTORY 11. ' A Boy Goes to Work (1839)': a picture of child employment in the 1830s. Script by Phyllis Bentley
2.35 INTERVAL MUSIC played by Josephine Lee
2.40 ENGLISH FOR UNDER-NINES.
' Lazy Lawrence ' by Maria Edge worth, adapted as a two-part serial by Julia Goodey. 2— ' A Wicked Deed '
3.0 PROSE AND VERSE READINGS.
Two Moral Tales: a reading from ' Peace, It's Wonderful,' by William Saroyan

Contributors

Unknown:
G. D. Fisher
Script By:
Phyllis Bentley
Played By:
Josephine Lee
Unknown:
Maria Edge
Unknown:
Julia Goodey.
Unknown:
William Saroyan

for Ascension Day from Durham Cathedral
Antiphon: God the Father, throned on high
Versicles and Responses (William Byrd)
Psalms 24, 47, and 110
First Lesson: Daniel 7, vv. 9-10: 13. vv. 1-4.
Magnificat (Hylton Stewart in D minor)
Second Lesson: Hebrews 1
Nunc dimittis (Hylton Stewart in D minor)
Creed and Collects
Anthem:
Achieved is the glorious work
Our song let be the praise of God Glory to his Name for ever
He sole on high exalted reigns.
Hallelujah (Haydn)
Prayers
Carol: When Jesus Christ was twelve years old (trad.)
Organ Voluntary: Tuba Tune (Norman Cocker)
Organist and Master of the Choristers, Conrad Eden

Contributors

Unknown:
William Byrd
Unknown:
Hylton Stewart
Unknown:
Hylton Stewart
Organist:
Norman Cocker

Twenty-five meaningless minutes in the company of The Nitwits with Sid Millward and Wally Stewart
Cyril Lagey , Biff Byfield
Roger Smith 's Talkfng Guitar
Marian Sanders , Enso Toppano
Script (French chalk) by George Wadmore
Production (under protest) by John Foreman

Contributors

Unknown:
Sid Millward
Unknown:
Wally Stewart
Unknown:
Cyril Lagey
Unknown:
Biff Byfield
Unknown:
Roger Smith
Guitar:
Marian Sanders
Unknown:
Enso Toppano
Unknown:
George Wadmore
Unknown:
John Foreman

Oliver Heaviside
(1850-1925) by Sir Edward Appleton , F.R.S. Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh
Today scientists and radio engineers are celebrating the centenary of the birth of Oliver Heaviside whose researches in the ionosphere made the mysterious Heaviside Layer almost as familiar as the Mi!ky Way.
In this programme Sir Edward Appleton , after whom a layer of the ionosphere was also named, talks about Heaviside's pioneer work and its importance to radio transmission today.

Contributors

Unknown:
Oliver Heaviside
Unknown:
Sir Edward Appleton
Unknown:
Oliver Heaviside
Unknown:
Sir Edward Appleton

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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