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Regional Variations (2)

Evelyn Center (soprano); James Kelman (bass-baritone); Marie Sutherlan 1 (piano).

BBC Home Service Scottish

* Insulting Words and Behaviour'
A programme showing the law at work, with scenes to illustrate the various stages of each case
Narrator, James McKechnie
Written and produced by Jenifer Wayne

Contributors

Narrator:
James McKechnie
Produced By:
Jenifer Wayne

Introduced by Leslie Mitchell
This week's edition includes the following recorded items:

Woman's Angle: Jeanne Heal interviews the only cinema manageress in London, Mrs. A. Long

Picture Panel: Peter Noble, Christopher Hodge, and guest artist Googie Withers answer listeners' questions put to them by chairman John Slater

Hullo Hollywood: Gregory Peck discusses his part in 'Captain Hornblower'

Excerpts from the sound-track of Terence Rattigan's 'The Browning Version.' starring Michael Redgrave and Jean Kent, with Nigel Patrick

Script written by Michael Storm
Produced by Pat Osborne

Contributors

Introduced By:
Leslie Mitchell
Unknown:
Jeanne Heal
Unknown:
Peter Noble
Unknown:
John Slater
Unknown:
Gregory Peck
Unknown:
Terence Rattigans
Unknown:
Michael Redgrave
Unknown:
Jean Kent
Unknown:
Nigel Patrick
Written By:
Michael Storm
Produced By:
Pat Osborne

Flora Nielsen (mezzo-soprano)
London Harpsichord Ensemble:
Manoug Parikian (violin)
Hans Geiger (violin)
Bernard Davies (viola)
Ambrose Gauntlett (cello)
Adrian Beers (double-bass)
John Francis (flute)
Millicent Silver (harpsichord)
Programme arranged by Basil Douglas

Contributors

Violin:
Hans Geiger
Viola:
Bernard Davies
Cello:
Ambrose Gauntlett
Flute:
John Francis
Arranged By:
Basil Douglas

Overture. Oberon (Weber): London
Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. Bt.
On Hearing the first Cuckoo in Spring
(Delius): Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. Bt.
Piano Concerto No. 2. in B flat
(Brahms): Solomon (piano) and the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Issay Dobrowen
Scherzo capriccioso (Dvorak): Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Rafael Kubelik on gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Sir Thomas Beecham.
Conducted By:
Sir Thomas Beecham.
Conducted By:
Rafael Kubelik

Regional Variations (2)

Children's Hour: story: talk: competition in Welsh.

BBC Home Service Welsh

'Maddy Alone'
A sequel in three parts to
' The Swish of the Curtain ' by Pamela Brown
1—' Nobody Cares '
Production by Josephine Plummer followed by ' Ajax Again': a new series of stories by Mary Patchett. 1-' Home-Made Circus '

Contributors

Unknown:
Pamela Brown
Production By:
Josephine Plummer
Stories By:
Mary Patchett.
Maddy:
Dorothy Gordon
Sandra:
Mela Brown
Mrs Fayne:
Ann Codrington
The Bishop:
Ronald Simpson
Rodney:
Anthony Newley
Van Velden:
Philip Cunningham
Felicity Warren:
Jeanette Tregarthen

Regional Variations (3)

French lesson.

BBC Home Service Midland

Seeds for Spring Cropping

BBC Home Service West

Are we making the best of our pigs?
Talk by H. R. Davidson
The speaker, who discusses an important matter of policy, has been associated with pig production as University lecturer, agricultural journalist, and pig producer.

Contributors

Talk By:
H. R. Davidson

Regional Variations (6)

Bream Girls' Choir.

BBC Home Service West

Music from the Operas: Welsh National Opera Chorus; BBC Welsh Orchestra: Pamela Petts (soprano): Edgar Evans (tenor): Geraint Evans (bass-baritone).

BBC Home Service Welsh

As North

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

' The Way to Silver Street': play by Leslie Halward.

BBC Home Service Midland

The Thursday Play: Ricroft of Withens.' by Halliwell Sutcliffe. Adapted in two parts by James R. Gregson. 1—' Ricroft Swings a Scythe.'

BBC Home Service North

Another incident in the career of Police - Constable Archibald Berkeley-Willoughby
Script by Alan Stranks
'The Case of the Black Diamonds '
Production by Vernon Harris

Contributors

Script By:
Alan Stranks
Production By:
Vernon Harris
P C 49:
Brian Reece
Joan Carr:
Joy Shelton
Chief Inspector Wilson:
Leslie Perrina
Detective-Sergeant Wright:
Eric Phillips
Janet:
Mary MacKenzie
Angus:
John Laurie
Tom Black:
Gordon Jackson
Jerry:
John Blythe
Tansy Jackson:
Antony Kearey
Ticket checker:
Frederick Buckland
Station master:
Robert Vernon

Regional Variations (3)

BBC Scottish Orchestra. Mozart. Haydn (Symphony No. 101. in D minor). Tchaikovsky. From Alloa.

BBC Home Service Scottish

Sneak Your Mind: from Purton. Wiltshire.

BBC Home Service West

Maria Stader (soprano)
Ernest Lush (accompanist)
Rubbra-Gruenberg-Pleeth Trio:
Erich Gruenberg (violin)
William Pleeth (cello)
Edmund Rubbra (piano)
Before an audience in the Concert Hall. Broadcasting House, London

Contributors

Soprano:
Maria Stader
Accompanist:
Ernest Lush
Violin:
Erich Gruenberg
Cello:
William Pleeth
Piano:
Edmund Rubbra

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 Roy Speer

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:
Roy Speer

Regional Variations (3)

Science Review.

BBC Home Service Scottish

Ulster Commentary,' by John Hewitt

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

Snowfalls and Snowcover in Britain by Gordon Manley , D.Sc. Professor of Geography in the University of London
In this talk Professor Gordon Manley describes some of the meteorological conditions that lead to heavy snowfalls, and the extent of the snowfieids to be found on our highest hills.

Contributors

Unknown:
Gordon Manley
Unknown:
D.Sc.
Unknown:
Professor Gordon Manley

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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