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RHYTHM AND MELODY: Gladys Whitred
11.20 SCIENCE AND THE COMMUNITY. Health at Home and at Work. Health in the Factory. 1-The work of the factory inspector.
11.40 INTERMEDIATE GERMAN. Richard Wagner. Wir wprden etwas horen von Richard Wagners Leben und seiner Musik. Manuskript von Else Johannsen-Wagner

Contributors

Unknown:
Gladys Whitred
Unknown:
Richard Wagner.
Unknown:
Richard Wagners Leben

Introduced by Leslie Mitchell

This week's edition includes the following recorded items:
Film Families: Jeanne Heal takes you into the home circle of screen favourites. This week's host, Donald Houston

A visit to the set of 'The Good Beginning,' an Associated British production at Elstree Studios, including interviews with John Fraser, Eileen Moore, and Humphrey Lestocq

'Pick the Player': a game in which you are invited to guess the mystery voice

Excerpts from the sound-track of the Twentieth Century-Fox production 'Titanic,' starring Clifton Webb, Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Wagner, Audrey Dalton, and Thelma Ritter

Contributors

Presenter:
Leslie Mitchell
Unknown:
Jeanne Heal
Unknown:
Donald Houston
Unknown:
John Fraser
Unknown:
Eileen Moore
Unknown:
Humphrey Lestocq
Script:
Michael Storm
Producer:
Pat Osborne

NATURE STUDY. The Cuckoo, by Eric Palmar.
2.15 THE music Box, by Gordon Reynolds
2.25 HISTORY ii. 'China in the 1930s': the division of political ideas in China after 1928 is reflected in the divi&ions and separations that come upon a Chinese family. Script by Anne Chang
2.50 stories AND rhymes. 'Dr. Frog': an old-fashioned story by E. Clement , adapted by Jean Sutcliffe , with music by Grace Williams

Contributors

Unknown:
Eric Palmar.
Unknown:
Gordon Reynolds
Script By:
Anne Chang
Story By:
E. Clement
Adapted By:
Jean Sutcliffe

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

3-0urselves and the Air
Written and produced by Leonard Cottrell
The Queen's people have fought and worked on land, on the sea, and in the air to ma ntain her inheritance. It is thanks to their efforts that. she can now be crowned Queen in a free country. This programme tells the story of those who fought and worked for her in the air.

Contributors

Produced By:
Leonard Cottrell

A contribution by famous American stars to our programmes in Coronation week
Rose Murphy, Burl Ives, Merry Macs, Billie Worth, Wilbur Evans, Sam Wanamaker, Gregory Peck, Bing Crosby
Master of Ceremonies, Ben Lyon
BBC Show Band
Directed by Cyril Stapleton
Produced by Charles Maxwell and Michael North

(BBC recording)

(Wilbur Evans is appearing in "South Pacific" at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane; Billie Worth in 'Call Me Madam' at the Streatham Hill Theatre; Rose Murphy in Variety at the Hippodrome, Bristol; The Merry Macs are appearing in Variety at the Empire Theatre, Glasgow)

Greenwich Time Signal at 11.00

Contributors

Unknown:
Rose Murphy
Unknown:
Burl Ives
Unknown:
Billie Worth
Unknown:
Wilbur Evans
Unknown:
Sam Wanamaker
Unknown:
Gregory Peck
Unknown:
Bing Crosby
Master of Ceremonies:
Ben Lyon
Musicians:
BBC Show Band
Musical Director:
Cyril Stapleton
Producer:
Charles Maxwell
Producer:
Michael North

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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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