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Prayer
Awake. mv soul (A. and M. Part
1. omitting v. 4: S.P. 25. Part 1. omitting v. 4; C.H. 256. omitting vv. 4 and 5: Tune. Morning Hymn)
Interlude: Gladys Aylward '
Prayers; the Prayer for Friends; the Lord's Prayer
Jesus, good above all other (S.P. 540:
Tune, Quern Pastores)
The interlude tells more about the life of Gladys Aylward , the parlourmaid who became a missionary in China. When the invading Japanese armies reached the town where she was working she was bombed out, but she fearlessly carried on her relief and rescue work. living in caves or in the open air. She tended the sick and wounded, visited prisoners, organised relief for the thousands of refugees, and later, enduring unbelievable hardships. led a hundred Chinese children to safety

Contributors

Unknown:
Gladys Aylward
Unknown:
Gladys Aylward

MUSIC AND MOVEMENT I, by Marjorie Eele.
To be repeated tomorrow at 9.45 a.m.
11.20 HISTORY 1. ' Reform in the Fleet': the Spithead Mutiny of 1797 results in an improvement in conditions on board ship. Script by Philippa Pearce
11.40 PANORAMA. Macbeth,' by William Shakespeare. Part 2. Adapted by Philippa Pearce

Contributors

Unknown:
Marjorie Eele.
Unknown:
William Shakespeare.
Adapted By:
Philippa Pearce

ADVENTURES IN MUSIC. ' Looking Back': a programme of music heard during the term, with a ' quiz ' on orchestral instruments
2.35 SENIOR ENGLISH II. ' Erewhon ': the story of an imaginary journey to an imaginary country, adapted from Samuel Butler 's novel by Eileen Ellenbogen. 2— ' Some of the Erewhonian Customs. The Hero Escapes '

Contributors

Unknown:
Samuel Butler
Novel By:
Eileen Ellenbogen.
Narrator:
John Richmond
Samuel Butler:
Peter Coke

Mary Naylor
Eddie Reindeer
Arnie Kitson
Ian Blair
Peter Cavanagh and featuring John Blythe and his ' Journey into Song '
Augmented BBC Variety Orchestra
Conductor. Rae Jenkins
Introduced by David Jacobs
Produced by John Hooper

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Naylor
Unknown:
Eddie Reindeer
Unknown:
Arnie Kitson
Unknown:
Ian Blair
Unknown:
Peter Cavanagh
Unknown:
John Blythe
Introduced By:
David Jacobs
Produced By:
John Hooper

' Practice with Science '
The story of the Royal Agricultural Society of England from the time of its first show at Oxford in 1839 until its present one, also at Oxford, which opened today
Narrator, A. G. Street
. Written and produced by Edward Livesey based on research by Alec Hobson
(Secretary of the R.A.S.E.)
Norman Painting and Godfrey Baseley

Contributors

Narrator:
A. G. Street
Produced By:
Edward Livesey
Unknown:
Alec Hobson
Unknown:
Norman Painting
Unknown:
Godfrey Baseley

Talk by Field-Marshal Sir William Slim
The first of the National Service men to complete their term of Regular Service are about to join the Territorials or the Supplementary Reserve. In this talk Field-Marshal Sir William Slim, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, describes how the new scheme will work and suggests a number of ways in which the general public can help to make it succeed.

Contributors

Speaker:
Field-Marshal Sir William Slim

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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