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Introduced by Leslie Mitchell This week's edition includes:
Star at Sport: Jeanne Heal interviews Dennis Price
Lillian Duff reports on the Venice Film Festival
Hullo Hollywood: Montgomery Clift Excerpts from the soundtrack of the Paramount production ' The Heiress,' starring Olivia de Havilland, Ralph Richardson, Montgomery Clift, and Miriam Hopkins
Script written by Michael Storm
Produced by Pat Osborne

Contributors

Introduced By:
Leslie Mitchell
Written By:
Michael Storm
Produced By:
Pat Osborne

NATURE STUDY
'Spiders,' by Scott Kennedy
2.15 HISTORY II. 'Daniel Defoe': the famous writer visits a weaver's house in the West Riding of Yorkshire and attends the cloth market at Halifax. Script by Phyllis Bentley
2.40 ENGLISH FOR THE UNDER-NINES. ' The Twelve Months ': a traditional story adapted for broadcasting by Susanne Hale
3.0 PROSE AND VERSE READINGS. 'Four Pilgrims': from the Prologue to ' The Canterbury Tales,' by Geoffrey Chaucer , in Nevill Coghill's version. Read by Cecil Trouncer

Contributors

Unknown:
Scott Kennedy
Script By:
Phyllis Bentley
Broadcasting By:
Susanne Hale
Unknown:
Geoffrey Chaucer
Read By:
Cecil Trouncer

with Kitty Bluett , Patricia Hayes
Fred Yule , Peter Sellers
Leslie Perrins
Bob Pearson and Alf Pearson
The Beaux and the Belles
Stanley Black and the Dance Orchestra
Script by Eddie Maguire and Ted Ray
Additional material by George Wadmore
Produced by George Inns

Contributors

Unknown:
Kitty Bluett
Unknown:
Patricia Hayes
Unknown:
Fred Yule
Unknown:
Peter Sellers
Unknown:
Leslie Perrins
Unknown:
Bob Pearson
Unknown:
Alf Pearson
Script By:
Eddie Maguire
Script By:
Ted Ray
Unknown:
George Wadmore
Produced By:
George Inns

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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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