Programme Index

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Prayer
0 God our help In ages past (A. and M. 165; S.P. 598; C.H. 601: Tune. St. Anne)
Interlude: ' The Temptation of Jesus ' Prayers: the Prayer of St. Richard: the Lord's Prayer
Hark the glad sound! The Saviour comes (A. and M 53: S.P. 62; C.H. 40 (omitting vv. 2, 4, 6): Tune, Bristol)
Blessing
After his baptism, Jesus went into the wilderness to face alone the temptations which would be with him continually throughout his public ministry. The three temptations described in the Gospels are concerned with the wrong ways in which he could have used those unique powers of which he became conscious at his baptism.

TRAVEL TALKS. ' Round the Pacific.' Michael Cox talks about climbing the Columbian Peaks
2.20 LET'S JOIN IN. ' Make Way for Ducklings,' by R. M. McClosky. - The story of a pair of Mallard ducks in a city. Script by Miriam Langdon
2.40 LOOKING AT THINGS. 'Tables and Chairs.' Script by Olive Shapley
A broadcast about design and craftsmanship in furniture making. Listeners are asked to took again at the furniture they use and to think about what they might wish to buy when the time comes for setting up house for themselves.

Contributors

Talks:
Michael Cox
Unknown:
R. M. McClosky.
Script By:
Miriam Langdon
Script By:
Olive Shapley

Overture, Di Ballo (Sullivan): City of Birmingham Orchestra, conducted by George Weidon
Concerto No 2. in G minor (Saint-
Saens): Moura Lympany (piano) with the National Symphony Orchestra. conducted by Warwick Braith waite
Waltz. Tares from the Vienna Woods
(Johann Strauss ): Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Josef Kripa on gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
George Weidon
Piano:
Moura Lympany
Conducted By:
Warwick Braith
Unknown:
Johann Strauss
Conducted By:
Josef Kripa

' The Cerval's Secret Name': story by Geraldine Elliot , told by David Davis
A serial play in four parts by Modwena Sedgwick
4— ' Stand and Deliver'
Production by Derek McCulloch

Contributors

Story By:
Geraldine Elliot
Told By:
David Davis
Unknown:
Modwena Sedgwick
Production By:
Derek McCulloch
Jem (as a man):
Bruce Belfrage
Jem (as a boy):
Harold Reese
Nathaniel Deeth:
Arthur Young
Charles Butler:
Jack Livesey
The Big Man:
Howard Marlon-Crawford
Polly:
Gillian Andrews
Mr Samuel:
Henry Oscar
Miss Valentine:
Joan Henley
The Tinker:
Wilfred Babbage
Rainer:
Charles Leno

Excerpts from
Prince Littler's production at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
' Carousel'
Music by Richard Rodgers
Book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Story narrated by W. Macqueen Pope with Stephen Douglass
Laverne Burden
June Powell , Marion Ross
Eric Mattson , Morgan Davies
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra under the direction of Reginald Burston
Stage production by Jerome Whyte
Produced for radio by Ronnie Hill

Contributors

Music By:
Richard Rodgers
Unknown:
W. MacQueen Pope
Unknown:
Stephen Douglass
Unknown:
Laverne Burden
Unknown:
June Powell
Unknown:
Marion Ross
Unknown:
Eric Mattson
Production By:
Jerome Whyte
Unknown:
Ronnie Hill

A listener, a broadcaster, and a man-on-the-spot, listen to recordings from the shelves of the BBC's Recorded Programmes Library, and tell off-the-record stories behind the broadcast
Chester Wilmot recalls the German surrender at Luneburg In May 1945
Colonel H. M. Llewellyn remembers winning the King George V Challenge Cup at the International Horse Show held at the White City in 1948 William Brown recalls the International Soccer Match, Scotland v. England, at Hampden Park, in 1946 Introduced by Wynford Vaughan Thomas
Produced by Phyllis Robinson

Contributors

Unknown:
Chester Wilmot
Unknown:
Colonel H. M. Llewellyn
Unknown:
William Brown
Introduced By:
Wynford Vaughan
Produced By:
Phyllis Robinson

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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