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Three talks by C. Ambrose Lewis
1—' Ordeal by Steam '
The speaker recalls his experience of relief work in Greece after both wars. In 1922, when he was working for the American R:d Cross, he was called to deal with two outbreaks of Typhus among refugees. He knew nothing about typhus except that it had killed a nwllion people in Russia. But in a flurry of steam sterilisation and cloth:ng distribution the outbreaks were brought under control.

Contributors

Unknown:
C. Ambrose Lewis

Questions of the moment put by members of the audience are discussed spontaneously by Ralph Wightman
Lewis Hastings
Anthony Wedgwood Benn ,
M.P. William Deedes , M.P.
Travelling Question-Master,
Freddy Grisewood
From the Michael Herbert Hall ,
Wilton, Wiltshire

Contributors

Unknown:
Ralph Wightman
Unknown:
Lewis Hastings
Unknown:
Anthony Wedgwood Benn
Unknown:
M.P. William Deedes
Unknown:
Michael Herbert Hall

from St. Michael's, Cornhill
Into this world of sorrow (Percy
Buck)
Prayers
Versicles and Responses (Byrd) Psalms 84, 85
First Lesson: Isaiah 40, vv. 1-11 Magnificat (Harwood in A flat)
Second Lesson: 1 John 2. vv. 7-29 Nunc dimittis (Harwood in A flat) Creed, Suffrages, Collects
Anthem: Rejoice in the Lord
(Redford) (words: Philippians 4, vv. 4-7)
Prayers
Organist and Director of Music,
Dr. Harold Darke

A parade of hit songs from the outstanding musical productions of stage and screen
Introduced and sung by Teddy Johnson with Sylvia Robin
Roy Sheran
Littlewood's Girls Choir
Augmented
Northern Variety Orchestra Conducted by Vilem Tausky

Contributors

Sung By:
Teddy Johnson
Unknown:
Sylvia Robin
Unknown:
Roy Sheran
Conducted By:
Vilem Tausky

Written by Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens with the Ray Ellington Quartet
Max Geldray
Announcer, Andrew Timothy
Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott Programme edited by Jimmy Grafton
Produced by Peter Eton

Contributors

Written By:
Spike Milligan
Written By:
Larry Stephens
Unknown:
Ray Ellington
Announcer:
Andrew Timothy
Conducted By:
Wally Stott
Edited By:
Jimmy Grafton
Produced By:
Peter Eton

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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