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RHYTHM AND MELODY CONCERT
Bill Bones' Hornpipe (English folk song)
Out in the Garden (Swedish folk song) The Derby Ram (English folk song)
(Songs orchestrated by Grace Williams )
A section of the Birmingham Children's Choir BBC Midland Light Orchestra
Conducted by Gilbert Vinter
Introduced by Doris Gould
11.20 SCIENCE AND THE COMMUNITY. Materials for Clothes. ' Inventing New Materials.' Script by Chris Hanson.
11.40 INTERMEDIATE GERMAN.
Buntes Allerlei. Heute bringen wir ein buntes Programm. Haben Sie bitte Schreibzeug gleich bei der Hand, denn es gibt Ratsel und ahnliche Spiele. Text von Magda Kelber

Contributors

Unknown:
Grace Williams
Conducted By:
Gilbert Vinter
Introduced By:
Doris Gould
Script By:
Chris Hanson.
Unknown:
Magda Kelber

Introduced by Leslie Mitchell
This week's edition includes:
A recorded interview with Jack Hawkins
Excerpts from the sound-track of the RKO Walt Disney British production ' Treasure Island ' starring Bobby Driscoll. Robert Newton , and Basil Sydney
Script written by Michael Storm
Produced by Thurstan Holland

Contributors

Introduced By:
Leslie Mitchell
Unknown:
Jack Hawkins
Unknown:
Bobby Driscoll.
Unknown:
Robert Newton
Unknown:
Basil Sydney
Written By:
Michael Storm
Produced By:
Thurstan Holland

NATURE STUDY. Nature Quiz
2.15 HISTORY II. Social Security in the Twentieth Century: the growth of the Social Services in the last hundred years. Script by Penelope Knox
2.35 INTERVAL MUSIC played by Josephine Lee
2.40 ENGLISH FOR UNDER-NINES. ' The Nightingale': an adaptation by Moira Doolan of the Hans Andersen story
3.0 PROSE AND VERSE READINGS. The Thane's Speech, from Bede's 'Ecclesiastical History of the English People,' translated by J. A. Giles ; and 'The Battle of Maldon,' an Anglo-Saxon poem translated by R. K. Gordon. Read by Carleton Hobbs. (BBC recording)

Contributors

Script By:
Penelope Knox
Played By:
Josephine Lee
Unknown:
Moira Doolan
Unknown:
Hans Andersen
Translated By:
J. A. Giles
Translated By:
R. K. Gordon.
Read By:
Carleton Hobbs.

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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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