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LET'S JOIN IN. ' The Pretty Little Hen and Bad Mr. Wolf,' from ' Nursery Tales' by Diana Ross
2.20 ADVENTURES IN MUSIC. ' CaSSe-Noisette ': last of three illustrated talks by Charles Mackerras on music for the ballet
2.40 HISTORY 11. Robert Bakewell: a scientific breeder changes the shape and size of Britain's sheep and cattle. Script by R. J. White

Contributors

Unknown:
Diana Ross
Unknown:
Charles MacKerras
Script By:
R. J. White

from Worcester Cathedral
0 God of Bethel (Tye)
Versicles and Responses Psalms 73 and 74 First Lesson: Job 33
Magnificant (Tallis fauxbourdons)
Second Lesson: St. Luke 7. vv. 36-end Nunc dimituis (Tallis, fauxbourdons) Creed, Suffrages, and Collects
Anthem: Hear my. prayer (Batten) Prayers and Grace
Organist and Master of the Choristers.
David Willcocks

Contributors

Unknown:
David Willcocks

'Jasper, the All-Excellent'
A play by Lilian Douglas-Stewart from the short story 'The Old Lion' by Walter de la Mare
Music played by Ann Driver
Production by Josephine Plummer
There was once a sailor of the name of John Bumps. He had bright blue eyes and wore gold rings in his ears, and he had often been round the world. He had sailed into most of its ports in all kinds of weather; and one day, a little the right side of the rainy season, he came again to the west coast of Africa. His ship, The Old Lion (and he was her second mate), had been sailing down that great coast, past the Canaries and the Green Islands, past the Ivory and the Gold and the Slave Coasts to Banana and the noble Congo: and not long after that Mr. Bumps went ashore, and he bought a monkey ...

5.50 Children's Hour prayers conducted by the Rev. R. T. Brooks

Contributors

Play By:
Lilian Douglas-Stewart
Unknown:
Walter de la Mare
Played By:
Ann Driver
Production By:
Josephine Plummer
Unknown:
Rev. R. T. Brooks
John Bumps:
Preston Lockwood
Mrs Bumps:
Vivienne Chatterton
Chief Mlango-Nlango:
Stephen Jack
Moss:
Ernest Jay
Mr Smith:
Jonathan Field
Mrs Smith:
Janet Morrison
The King:
John Moffatt
Topsy:
Elizabeth Saunders
Emmanuel:
Sheila Moloney
Japer:
Wilfred Babbage
Narrator:
Ivan Samson

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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