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RHYTHM AND MELODY, by Gladys Whitred
11.20 SCIENCE AND THE COMMUNITY. S-ience Helps the Doctor. 1-' Percussion and the Stethoscope.' Script written by J. G. Porter
11.40 INTERMEDIATE GERMAN. BunteS Allerlei: Haben Sie bitte Schreibzeug fleich bei der Hand und versuchen S.e. die Fragen zu beantworten. Manuskript von Else Johannsen-Wagner

Contributors

Unknown:
Gladys Whitred
Written By:
J. G. Porter

Regional Variations (4)

Barbara Delano Laing (soprano).

BBC Home Service Scottish

Farming Today: news, market reports, talk by Alfred Hall on the second world food survey.

BBC Home Service North

As North

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

Overseas Farming
An edited version of ' Land and Livestock,' the farming magazine programme broadcast every week in the General Overseas Service

Regional Variations (2)

Announcements.

BBC Home Service North

Introduced by Leslie Mitchell
This week's edition includes the following recorded items:
The Film Alphabet: 0 is for Office ': Jeanne Heal introduces Hal Mason
A visit to the set of ' The Red Beret,' A Warwick Film production at Shepperton Studios, including interviews with Alan Ladd , Susan Stephen , and Lana Morris
Scenes that made them famous-12. Peter Noble relates the turning-point in the career of Richard Attenborough
(Continued in next column)
Excerpts from the sound-track of the Associated British-Marble Arch production1 ' The Yellow Balloon,' star-ring Andrew Ray , Kathleen Ryan , Kenneth More , and William Silvester
Script written by Michael Storm
Produced by Pat Osborne

Contributors

Introduced By:
Leslie Mitchell
Unknown:
Hal Mason
Unknown:
Alan Ladd
Unknown:
Susan Stephen
Unknown:
Lana Morris
Unknown:
Peter Noble
Unknown:
Richard Attenborough
Unknown:
Andrew Ray
Unknown:
Kathleen Ryan
Unknown:
Kenneth More
Unknown:
William Silvester
Written By:
Michael Storm
Produced By:
Pat Osborne

NATURE STUDY. 'Bats.' by Scott Kennedy.
') 15 THE music box, by Gordon Reynolds
2.25 HISTORY II. I I Fought the French': a sergeant in the Guards tells of the war against Napoleon, and what came after it. Script by Lydia Ragosin
2.50 STORIES AND RHYMES. ' Pear-blossom', a folk-tale from Korea, adapted for broadcasting by Leila Davies

Contributors

Unknown:
Scott Kennedy.
Unknown:
Gordon Reynolds
Script By:
Lydia Ragosin
Unknown:
Leila Davies

.byCharlotte Hastings
Adapted for broadcasting by Peggy Wells
Cast in order of speaking:
Production by Ayton Whitaker

Contributors

Unknown:
Charlotte Hastings
Broadcasting By:
Peggy Wells
Production By:
Ayton Whitaker
Nurse Brent:
Betty Lucas
Nurse Phillips:
Janet Morrison
Sister Josephine:
Nell Ballantyne
Willy Pentridge:
John Cazabon
Sister Mary Bonaventure:
Thelma Scott
Doctor Jeffreys:
William Fox
The Mother Superior:
Mabel Terry Lewis
Melling:
Philip Bray
Miss Pierce:
Elizabeth Arnold
sarat Cam:
Bettina Dtckson
Martha Pentridge:
Cicely Walper

Regional Variations (5)

As North

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

Children's Hour. ' Black Banner Players': play."

BBC Home Service North

Children's Hour.

BBC Home Service Scottish

Children's Hour: including Diary of a Hill Farmer.

BBC Home Service Welsh

' More Tales of Pebblings Village ' : a new series of stories by Modwena Sedgwick , told by David. 3—' The Stolen Sledge'
5.15 'Who Killed Cock Robin ?' and other songs sung by the BBC Men's Chorus
Conductor, Leslie Woodgate with Stanley Riley (baritone)
At the piano, Frederick Stone
'Winter Cycling': a talk by Ronald English

Contributors

Stories By:
Modwena Sedgwick
Unknown:
Cock Robin
Conductor:
Leslie Woodgate
Baritone:
Stanley Riley
Piano:
Frederick Stone
Talk By:
Ronald English

The World's Food and Ours
Sir James Scott Watson ,
C.B.E., M.C.
Chief Scientific Adviser to the Ministry of Agriculture introduces
Frank McDougall , c.m.g. of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations The argument continues as to whether the world is facing famine or whether farmers can produce food for all. Mr. McDougall, who has been connected with F.A.O. since it began, speaks of the world outlook; and Sir James Scott Watson examines the problem from the point of view of the United Kingdom, which is the world's largest food importer.

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir James Scott Watson
Unknown:
Frank McDougall
Unknown:
Sir James Scott Watson

Regional Variations (6)

As North.

BBC Home Service Midland

Make Up Your Minds.

BBC Home Service Scottish

Speak your Mind: People from South Molton in Devon comment on listeners' questions.

BBC Home Service West

Story of Royal Ulster Rifles

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

Legal Aid was Granted

BBC Home Service North

A further series of adventures from the exciting early days of the famous Force with Alan Tilvern , Barry Lowe John Glen , George Cross
Written by Max Kester
Produced by Jacques Brown

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Tilvern
Unknown:
Barry Lowe
Unknown:
John Glen
Unknown:
George Cross
Written By:
Max Kester
Produced By:
Jacques Brown
Serjeant Cochrane:
Russell Napier
Constable ' Hairpin Harris:
Harry Fowler
Constable Kelly:
Joe Linnane
Constable Rogers:
Arthur Hill

Regional Variations (3)

Sybil Jones (piano).

BBC Home Service Welsh

Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra; Iris Loveridge (piano). Wagner; Haydn; Delius.

BBC Home Service West

The Golden Age Singers :
Margaret Field-Hyde (soprano) John Whitworth (counter-tenor)
René Soames (tenor)
Gordon Clinton (baritone) with Elsie Suddaby (soprano)
Directed by Margaret Field-Hyde
Before an audience in the Concert Hall. Broadcasting House, London

Contributors

Soprano:
Margaret Field-Hyde
Soprano:
John Whitworth
Tenor:
René Soames
Baritone:
Gordon Clinton
Soprano:
Elsie Suddaby
Directed By:
Margaret Field-Hyde

with Kitty Bluett
Peter Sellers , Patricia Hayes
Patricia Gilbert , Charles Hawtrey
BBC Variety Orchestra
Conductor, Paul Fenoulhet
Script by Eddie Maguire
George Wadmore and Ted Ray
Produced by George Inns

Contributors

Unknown:
Kitty Bluett
Unknown:
Peter Sellers
Unknown:
Patricia Hayes
Unknown:
Patricia Gilbert
Unknown:
Charles Hawtrey
Conductor:
Paul Fenoulhet
Script By:
Eddie Maguire
Script By:
George Wadmore
Script By:
Ted Ray
Produced By:
George Inns

Regional Variations (2)

How Right is the Customer? discussion: L. Howies; H. Lyn Jones; R. S. Snellimg. Chairman, Hywel Davies.

BBC Home Service Welsh

What is Work?
A discussion
Taking part are:
John Mogey (in the Chair)
Professor Adam Curle
Denys Bullard M.P. ,
Clifford Slaughter
Ruth Sinker
The speakers try to define, in the light of their own experience, the meaning of work, and ask whether our attitudes to it are largely personal or whether they are affected by the structure of society.
See page 3

Contributors

Unknown:
John Mogey
Unknown:
Professor Adam Curle
Unknown:
Denys Bullard M.P.
Unknown:
Clifford Slaughter
Unknown:
Ruth Sinker

Regional Variations (2)

Science Review: ' Rest and Sleep,' by Philip Eggleton, D.SC.

BBC Home Service Scottish

Making Germs Work by F. E. Warner , A.M.i.chem.E.
Historic examples of making germs work are bread-making and brewing by the use of yeasts; more recent examples, the production of penicillin and othsr antibiotics. In this talk the speaker, a chemical engineer, reviews the situation today and indicates what he thinks will be the direction of future developments.

Contributors

Unknown:
F. E. Warner

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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