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RHYTHM AND MELODY CONCERT
Choir from
Hendon and Kingsbury
County Grammar Schools
The Jacques Orchestra
Conducted by Reginald Jacques
King Herod and the Cock
English Carol
Today in Bethlehem. Lithuanian Carol Jesus. Jesus, rest vour head
American Carol
A Merry Christmas
English West-country Carol
Carols arranged and orchestrated by Grace Williams
Introduced by Doris Gould
11.20 SCIENCE AND THE COMMUNITY. Science and Health. ' Reviewing our Defences.' Script by Philip Brown
11.40 INTERMEDIATE GERMAN. ' Das Weihnachtsfest ' : wir wollen heute den Heiligen Abend mit der FamiLie Bodenstedt zusammen verbrdngen

Contributors

Conducted By:
Reginald Jacques
Unknown:
Carol Jesus.
Introduced By:
Doris Gould
Script By:
Philip Brown
Unknown:
Das Weihnachtsfest
Unknown:
Heiligen Abend

Introduced by Leslie Mitchell
This week's edition includes the following recorded items:
'Star at Sport': Jeanne Heal interviews Belita
Micky Wood introduces some of the stunt artists of the screen: John Wadham (car crashes). Paddy Rvan (dare-devil leaps). John Stamp and Peggy Hughes (trick horse-riding), and Arthur Cortez and Yvonne Jose (stunt diving)
'Hello Hollywood p': Deborah Kerr
Excerpts from the sound-track of the Betty E. Box Independent production, 'The Clouded Yellow' starring Jean Simmons, Trevor Howard, and Sonia Dresdel
Script written by Michael Storm
Produced by Pat Osborne

Contributors

Introduced By:
Leslie Mitchell
Introduces:
Belita Micky Wood
Unknown:
John Wadham
Unknown:
Paddy Rvan
Unknown:
John Stamp
Unknown:
Peggy Hughes
Unknown:
Arthur Cortez
Unknown:
Yvonne Jose
Unknown:
Deborah Kerr
Unknown:
Jean Simmons
Unknown:
Trevor Howard.
Written By:
Michael Storm
Produced By:
Pat Osborne

NATURE STUDY. Christmas Tree,' by Scott Kennedy
2.15 HISTORY 11. Samuel Morse (1791-1872): an American artist makes an electric telegraph and invents a code for sending messages by it. Script by Alan Hill 2.40 ENGLISH FOR UNDER-NINES.
' Jack and the Beanstalk': a Christmas pantomime by Rhoda Power , with music by Ann Driver
3.0 PROSE AND VERSE READINGS. - ' Sunday Morning': a passage from ' The Spring of Youth,' by Llewelyn Wyn Griffith

Contributors

Unknown:
Scott Kennedy
Unknown:
Samuel Morse
Script By:
Alan Hill
Unknown:
Rhoda Power
Music By:
Ann Driver
Unknown:
Llewelyn Wyn Griffith

A serial play by Aubrey Feist
3—' Ordeal by Fire ' with Stanley Groome and Alastair Duncan
Prod'uced by David Davis
When Brinstey Bollamore dived into the Thames, his last defiant words ' You'll never find the Firebrand now! ' were taken by Jeremy and Andre to mean that the famous ruby had vanished for ever beneath the waters of the river. Sergeant Buck, however, thought otherwise.

Contributors

Play By:
Aubrey Feist
Unknown:
Stanley Groome
Unknown:
Alastair Duncan
Unknown:
David Davis
Unknown:
Brinstey Bollamore
Jeremy Shafto:
Lewis Stringer
Andre de Marsac:
John Chandos
Mr Calamanco:
Felix Felton
Sergeant Buck:
Richard George
Mrs Jupp:
Janet Bruce

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

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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