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from St. Mary's
Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh
Let my prayer (Henry Purcell)
Versicles and Responses (Tomkins) Psalms 93. 94
First Lesson: Micah 1, vv. 1, 2, and 5 Magnificat (Purcell in G minor)
Second Lesson: St. Matthew 18. v. 12 Nunc dimittis (Purcell in G minor) Creed. Suffrages, Collects
Anthem: Lord, who hast made us for thine own (Psalm 148) (Gustav Hoist)
Prayers
The Blessing
Organist and Master of the Choristers,
Robert Head

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Head

Regional Variations (3)

Awr y Plant. Teulu Bach Nanioer. Broydd Byd.

BBC Home Service Welsh

Children's Hour

BBC Home Service Midland

For Younger Listeners
A visit to the Children's
Orthopaedic Hospital in Marple where young patients are invited to join in a Nursery Sing-Song withDoris Vi and Trevor and to listen to
' Mr. Horace Hedgehog Disappears': another story written by Margaret Scott and told by Herbert Smith
5.25 For Children of Most Ages
' Butterfly Farming ' : a talk by L. Hugh Newman
(See page 41) followed by Some favourite gramophone records

Contributors

Written By:
Margaret Scott
Told By:
Herbert Smith
Talk By:
L. Hugh Newman

Regional Variations (3)

As North

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

Holiday Night

BBC Home Service North

Seaside entertainment presenting some of the leading artists appearing at holiday resorts
This week the spotlight falls on Bexhill
Bert Platt and William Clothier appearing in Edward Kent 's
' Starlight Rendezvous ' at the De La Warr Pavilion
Eastbourne
Sandy Powell, Norman Meadows and Gwen Overton appearing in Walter Fellows'
' Star Wagon' at the Pier Theatre
Cecil Johnson , Marjorie Wieland and Lorna Lee appearing in Cecil Johnson 's
' Fun in the Air' at the Redoubt Music Garden
At the pianos,
Winifred Tavlor and Kathleen O'Hagan
Presented by John Ellison

Contributors

Unknown:
Bert Platt
Unknown:
William Clothier
Unknown:
Edward Kent
Unknown:
Norman Meadows
Unknown:
Gwen Overton
Unknown:
Cecil Johnson
Unknown:
Marjorie Wieland
Unknown:
Lorna Lee
Unknown:
Cecil Johnson
Pianos:
Winifred Tavlor
Pianos:
Kathleen O'Hagan
Presented By:
John Ellison

Regional Variations (3)

The Victorian at the Seaside

BBC Home Service Midland

Citizens' University: programme by John Wilson to mark fifty years of the Workers' Educational Association.

BBC Home Service Scottish

by Leonard Cottrell
Over half a century ago Sir Arthur Evans began to unearth the Palace of Knossos in Crete, legendary home of King Minos. Following on the work of the German archaeologist, Schliemann, Evans revealed that there had existed in the Eastern Mediterranean a rich and splendid civilisation contemporary with that of Ancient Egypt. This programme retells the story of the discovery and of how the ancient Greek legends were proved to re&t on a basis of fact.
Produced by Leonard Cottrell who writes on page 9
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Contributors

Unknown:
Leonard Cottrell
Unknown:
Sir Arthur Evans
Produced By:
Leonard Cottrell

The New Look in Europe
Talk by Vernon Bartlett
Recent events make it necessary for ut to look again at Western policy and to consider whether any changes may be necessary. Hopes have been revived in some quarters of a changing policy in Moscow. If this should result in the unification of Germany it must affect the policies of all European nations.
Vernon Bartlett-writer and broadcaster on international affairs for many years-examines the new situation in

Contributors

Talk By:
Vernon Bartlett

Regional Variations (4)

BBC Northern Orchestra. conducted by Vilem Tausky. Serenade. Op. 36 (Novak): Symphony No. 39 in E flat (K.543) (Mozart).

BBC Home Service North

Sporting Fanfare: discussion from Eastney Barracks. Southsea.

BBC Home Service West

As North

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

Talk by the Rev. V. A. Demant
Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology, and Canon of Christ Church, Oxford
Under this title, which is the name of Breather Lawrence's devotional classe, Canon Domant will give four talks on the spiritual Me. They will be illustrated from the teachings of St. Paul, St. Bernard, and the author of ' The Cloud of Unknowing.' In this first talk Canon Demant considers the paradox that while God is everywhere, men have to overcome obstacles to find their way to Him.

Contributors

Unknown:
Rev. V. A. Demant

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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