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STORIES FROM WORLD HISTORY. ' Sir Richard Grenville and the Revenge (1591).' Script by L. du Garde Peach
2.20 PROSE AND VERSE READINGS.The Dog that Bit People,' from ' Mv Life and Hard Times ' by James Thurber .
2.30 LET'S JOIN in. The Chinese Bubble Man' by Pauline Pidgeon
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2.50 ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS. ' Etgar's Enigma Variations ': second of two illustrated talks by John Russell
3.10 LET'S HEAR IT AGAIN

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Grenville
Script By:
L. du Garde Peach
Unknown:
James Thurber
Unknown:
Pauline Pidgeon
Unknown:
John Russell
Storyteller:
Charles E Stidwill
Li:
William Strange
Chung Chang:
Charles E Stidwill
Unng Lee:
Alaric Cotter
Wise Man Wang ) o Wong }, O Wong:
Perter Ducrow

Regional Variations (2)

Service from St. Patrick's Memorial Church. Saul, Co. Down: Canon J. G. Pooler-Galbraith

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

A spontaneous discussion by A. G . Street
Lady Megan Lloyd-George
Malcolm Muggeridge
Ritchie Calder
Question-Master,
Freddy Grisewood
From Okehampton, Devon
Produced by Nicholas Crocker

Contributors

Unknown:
A. G Street
Unknown:
Lady Megan Lloyd-George
Unknown:
Malcolm Muggeridge
Question-Master:
Ritchie Calder
Unknown:
Freddy Grisewood
Produced By:
Nicholas Crocker

"The Brown Bear of Norway"
A play by E. Lucia Turnbull with music by lanthe Dalway
Singers:
Helen Carter. Raymond .Marshall
Henry Hinds Mary Johnston
Pianists:
Havelock Nelson May Turtle
Produced by Gethyn Stoodley Thomas
This story tells how Fiona, youngest and prettiest daughter of the High King of Ireland, released the Brown Bear of Norway from a witch's spell and restored him to his handsome princely shape. Because of an insult to the witch the prince was transformed into a bear, condemned to wander the earth until (which seemed highly improbable) there arrived a lady pitiful enough to marry him of her own free will and to endure five years of hardship with him as the spell wore out. The witch, however, had reckoned without the kind heart of the High King's youngest daughter.....

Contributors

Play By:
E. Lucia Turnbull
Music By:
Lanthe Dalway
Singers:
Helen Carter.
Singers:
Raymond Marshall
Singers:
Henry Hinds
Pianists:
Mary Johnston
Pianists:
Havelock Nelson
Pianists:
May Turtle
Produced By:
Gethyn Stoodley Thomas
Paddy Kelly:
Frank Reynolds
First child:
Helen Moran
Second child:
Gemma McCartan
Third child:
Patricia Ringland
King of Ireland:
Peter Goodman
Fiona, as a child:
Helen Carter
Fiona as an adult:
Kathleen O'Donnell
Grania:
Norma Vogan
Norah:
Ann Greene
Brigid:
Nita Hardie
Prince of Norway:
John McCavert
Musical Bird:
Mary Johnston
Egg Wife:
Mina Dornan
Old Grey Lad:
Henry Hinds
Forester:
H J Blaney
His wife:
Mary Morrison
Witch Queen:
Eileen Kennedy
Her daughter:
Barbara Adair
Lady-in-Waiting:
Ann Maguire

Regional Variations (4)

Visit to Sutton Coidfleld for interviews with customers buying new records.

BBC Home Service Midland

Newyddion.

BBC Home Service Welsh

Irish Rhvthms: Light Orchestra; The Ulster Singers

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

(Leader, Reginald Stead )
Conductor, John Hopkins

Contributors

Leader:
Reginald Stead
Conductor:
John Hopkins

Regional Variations (3)

' The Fifty-One Society ' discussion.

BBC Home Service North

As North

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

A series ofsixprogrammes on our standards of living and working, and the crisis that overshadows them
3-Fair Shares in Industry
Would industry function better if its earnings were differently distributed? An employer and an employee discuss with Ronald Hope the relative functions of the wage-earner and the shareholder and the justice of their respective rewards

Contributors

Unknown:
Ronald Hope

Regional Variations (5)

Feature: The Countryside.

BBC Home Service Midland

Cuirm Chiuil.

BBC Home Service Scottish

Byd Natur.

BBC Home Service Welsh

Band Night: Bristol Easton Road Salvation Army Band.

BBC Home Service West

with Sam Costa
Maurice Denham , Diana Morrison
The Dance Orchestra
Conducted by Stanley Black
Script by Richard Murdoch
Kenneth Horne , Anthony Armstrong with additional material by Talbot Rothwell
Produced by Leslie Bridgmont

Contributors

Unknown:
Sam Costa
Unknown:
Maurice Denham
Unknown:
Diana Morrison
Conducted By:
Stanley Black
Script By:
Richard Murdoch
Script By:
Kenneth Horne
Script By:
Anthony Armstrong
Unknown:
Talbot Rothwell
Produced By:
Leslie Bridgmont

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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