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music AND MOVEMENT i, by Marjorie Eele
To be repeated tomorrow at 9.45 a.m.
11.20 HISTORY i. ' Stephen and the Empress': the story of the 'robber-baron, Geoffrey de Mandeville, and of :he anarchy caused by civil war. Script by A. L. Lloyd
11.45 EARLY STAGES IN FRENCH. A programme in simple French, in which listeners are invited to take an active part. Script by Emile Harven

Contributors

Unknown:
Marjorie Eele
Script By:
A. L. Lloyd
Script By:
Emile Harven

The Navy League's annual ceremony at the foot of Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square
Address by Admiral Sir Cecil Harcourt K.C.B., C.B.E. ,
Commander-in-Chief, The Nore
Nelson's prayer before Trafalgar read by a sea cadet
Band of H.M. Royal Marines
(Plymouth Division) conducted by Captain R. H. Stoner
Director of Music
Scene described by Henry Riddell

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Cecil Harcourt K.C.B., C.B.E.
Conducted By:
Captain R. H. Stoner
Unknown:
Henry Riddell

from Leicester Cathedral
Versicles and Responses
Psalms 108 and 109 (vv. 1-4 and 20 to end)
First Lesson: Job 31, w. 13-28
Magnificat (Alan Gray in F minor)
Second Lesson: St. Luke 7, vv. 18-28
Nunc dimittis (Alan Gray in F minor)
Creed; the Lord's Prayer; Responses; Collects
Anthem: O bone Jesu, exaudi me (Palestrina)
O good Jesu, have mercy upon us; for thou hast created us, thou hast redeemed us with thy most precious blood.
Prayers
Organist, George C. Gray

Contributors

Organist:
George C. Gray

Talk by Michael Burt
Ram Narayan had left seventeen cows in his will with instructions that one of his sons should have a half share, the other son a third, and his grandson a ninth. This was the problem rhe speaker was asked to solve when he was the youngest Deputy Commissioner in India-and he had never been any good at maths.

Contributors

Talk By:
Michael Burt
Talk By:
Ram Narayan

Four feature programmes based on Chester Wilmot 's book and on contemporary documents
3-From Normandy to Yalta
Written and narrated by Chester Wilmot
Produced by Laurence Gilliam
In rhis series the diplomacy and strategy of the Second World War are re-examined in an attempt to discover why Germany was defeated, and how Russia became the dominant power in Europe.

Contributors

Unknown:
Chester Wilmot
Unknown:
Chester Wilmot
Produced By:
Laurence Gilliam

with Thorley Walters , Norman Shelley and supporting cast
Script by Sid Colin and David Climie
Music composed by Alan Paul and played by Alan Paul and his Music-Makers
(Leader, Max Jaffa )
Production by Audrey Cameron
(Cicely Courtneidge and Thorley Wallers are appearing in ' Gay's the Word ' at the Empire Theatre, Sheffield)

Contributors

Unknown:
Thorley Walters
Unknown:
Norman Shelley
Script By:
Sid Colin
Script By:
David Climie
Composed By:
Alan Paul
Played By:
Alan Paul
Leader:
Max Jaffa
Production By:
Audrey Cameron
Unknown:
Cicely Courtneidge
Unknown:
Thorley Wallers

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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