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PROSE AND VERSE READINGS. ' Catching a Crocodile,' by Mary Kingsley , from ' The Life of Mary Kingsley ' by Stephen Gwynn
9.45 GENERAL SCIENCE. The Animal Kingdom. 3—Animals with Outside Skeletons.' by D. L. Gunn. (BBC recording)
10.5 NEWS COMMENTARY

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Kingsley
Unknown:
Mary Kingsley
Unknown:
Stephen Gwynn
Unknown:
D. L. Gunn.

TIME AND TUNE, by Doris Gould.

11.20 THE WORLD OF WORK. 'The Embarkation Port.'
Script by John Allen.

11.40 TALKS FOR SIXTH FORMS The Moderns. 2 - 'Drama,'
by Christopher Fry
A modern playwright talks about some ways in which plays have developed in this century. The talk is illustrated by extracts from his own work and that of T. S. Eliot, Charles Williams, and Sean O'Casey.

Contributors

Unknown:
Doris Gould.
Script By:
John Allen.
Unknown:
Christopher Fry

Five experts on films, theatre, books, radio, and art
Conducted by Geoffrey Agnew
Books: Alan Pryce-Jones Radio: Frank Birch Art: Jim Richards
Films: Dilys Powell
Theatre: Harold Hobson

Contributors

Conducted By:
Geoffrey Agnew
Unknown:
Alan Pryce-Jones
Unknown:
Frank Birch
Unknown:
Jim Richards
Unknown:
Dilys Powell
Unknown:
Harold Hobson

Kay Hammond , Joyce Grenfell
Gladys Young , Charmian Innes
John Clements , Gilbert Harding
In the chair, Roy Plomley
Produced by Pat Dixon
(Joyce Grenfell is appearing in ' Penny Plain' at the St. Martin's Theatre, London)

Contributors

Unknown:
Kay Hammond
Unknown:
Joyce Grenfell
Unknown:
Gladys Young
Unknown:
Charmian Innes
Unknown:
John Clements
Unknown:
Gilbert Harding
Unknown:
Roy Plomley
Produced By:
Pat Dixon
Unknown:
Joyce Grenfell

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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