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RHYTHM AND MELODY
Choir of the Solihull High School for Girls
BBC Midland Light Orchestra - (Leader, Frank Thomas )
Conducted by Harold Gray
(The last three songs arranged and orchestrated by Grace Williams)
11.20 SCIENCE AND THE COMMUNITY. War on Germs. 11—' Reviewing our Defences.' Script by Philip Brown
11.40 INTERMEDIATE GERMAN. Der heilige Abend ist nicht mehr fern. Am ' goldenen Sonntag ' sitzt die Familie Bodenstedt beim Frühstück. Jeder willnochWeihnachtsgeschenkekaufen. Manuskript von Hilde Maria Kraus

Contributors

Leader:
Frank Thomas
Conducted By:
Harold Gray
Script By:
Philip Brown
Unknown:
Manuskript von Hilde Maria Kraus

From a Royal Ordnance Factory at Barnbow
Alfred Marks, Elaine Gilbert
Freddie Sales , Billy ' Uke ' Scott
Jimmy Leach and Fred Harries at the electric organ and piano
Presented by Philip Robinson
(Freddie Sales is appearing in Variety at the Windsor Theatre, Bearwood; Billy ' Uke ' Scott in Variety at the Regent Theatre, Rotherham)

Contributors

Unknown:
Elaine Gilbert
Unknown:
Freddie Sales
Unknown:
Jimmy Leach
Unknown:
Fred Harries
Presented By:
Philip Robinson

NATURE STUDY. Nature Quiz
2.15 THE music Box, by Gordon Reynolds
2.25 HISTORY II. The Marseillaise (1792)': a song is composed which inspires the soldiers of the French Revolution. Script by Louis Levy
2.50 STORIES AND RHYMES... The Cake-Bird ': a Cornish legend adapted for broadcasting by Margaret J. Miller

Contributors

Unknown:
Gordon Reynolds
Script By:
Louis Levy
Broadcasting By:
Margaret J. Miller

by Githa Sowerby
Adapted for broadcasting and produced by Patrick Campbell Introduction by Sir Lewis Casson

Contributors

Unknown:
Githa Sowerby
Produced By:
Patrick Campbell
Unknown:
Sir Lewis Casson
John Rutherford:
Frank Pettingell
Ann, his sister:
Gladys Spencer
Janet, his daughter:
Belle Chrystall
John, his elder son:
Derek Hart
Richard, his younger son:
David Enders
Mary, John's wife:
Yvonne Hills
Martin, John's foreman:
Tom Harrison
Mrs Henderson:
Mildred Dyson

A serial play by Angus MacVicar
The space ship crashes on Hesikos. Luckily no one is hurt, but the ship is badly damaged and it looks as if the party will be marooned among the strange vegetation of the lost planet.

Contributors

Writer:
Angus MacVicar
Producer:
Kathleen Garscadden
Producer:
David P. Walker
Jeremy Grant:
Lesley Fraser
Janet Campbell:
Hilary Paterson
Dr Lachlan McKinnon:
Moultrie R. Kelsall
Professor Lars Bergman:
John Taylor
Madge Smith:
Hilda Case
Spike Stranahan:
Bryden Murdoch
The Voice of Hesikos:
Leonard Maguire

Farming Grass
A series of five discussions
1—Grassland Management
William Davies , D.SC. ,
Director, Grassland Research Station,
Hurley, Berkshire and Professor H. G. Sanders ,
Reading University
This evening the speakers deal with the general principles underlying management.

Contributors

Unknown:
William Davies
Unknown:
D.Sc.
Unknown:
Professor H. G. Sanders

Anona Winn , Joy Adamson
Jack Train , and Richard Dimbleby ask all the questions and Gilbert Harding knows some of the answers
(' Twenty Questions' is broadcast by arrangement with Maurice Winnick )
To be repeated tomorrow at 7.30 (Light); Wednesday at 4.0 (Home)

Contributors

Unknown:
Anona Winn
Unknown:
Joy Adamson
Unknown:
Jack Train
Unknown:
Richard Dimbleby
Unknown:
Gilbert Harding
Arrangement With:
Maurice Winnick

Loyalties and Parliament
Speakers:
Richard Crossman
(Labour) M.P. for Coventry East
George Elliott Dodds
Editor and Director of the Huddersfield Examiner and ex-president of the Liberal Party Organisation
Christopher Hollis
(Conservative) M.P. for Devizes
William Pickles
Lecturer in Politics at the London School of Economics
Chairman:
G. M. Young
Historian
Our political system is based on the existence of two main parties, but during the last century they have changed their programmes, their philosophy, and even their names. What brings about such changes? And are internal splits healthy or harmful to our parliamentary system? These are some of the questions to be discussed tonight.

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Crossman
Unknown:
Christopher Hollis
Unknown:
G. M. Young

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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