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by Michael Blakemore
A few weeks ago the Queen watched a surf carnival at Bondi Beach, near Sydney. Michael Blakemore, a member of a surf club near Sydney, talks about the art of surfing as it is practised in Australia, about its history, and about the surf clu'bs which have made bathing possible on the Australian beaches and during fifty years have saved more than eight thousand lives.

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Blakemore

RHYTHM AND MELODY
BBC Variety Orchestra
(Leader, George Deason )
Conductor. Paul Fenoulhet
Choir of the County
Grammar School for Girls, Bromley
(Trained by E. Margaret Collins )
Songs arranged and orchestrated by Grace Williams
Programme introduced by Gladys Whitred
11.20 GEOGRAPHY. Life and Work in Asia. Osaka and its Industries. Script by the Rt. Rev. J. C. Mann, D.D., Assistant Bishop of Rochester. (BBC recording)
11.40 INTERMEDIATE GERMAN. Ein Ausflug aufs Land. Dr. Baumann macht
— mit Eva und Walter einen Ausflug.
Sie fahren zuerst mit der Eisenbahn nach Hameln und von da machen sie eine langere Fusswanderung in das Wesergebirge. Manuskript von Hilde Maria Kraus

Contributors

Leader:
George Deason
Conductor:
Paul Fenoulhet
Unknown:
E. Margaret Collins
Introduced By:
Gladys Whitred
Unknown:
Rt. Rev. J. C. Mann, D.D.,

ADVENTURES IN ENGLISH. ' The Tree-Climber a story from 'The Truants ' by J. C. Badcock
2.20 HISTORY i. Dame Alice de Lisle :' a gallant old lady is sentenced by Judge Jeffreys. Script by Rhoda Power
2.40 SCIENCE AND THE COMMUNITY. The Story of Radio. Script by Christine Dudley

Contributors

Unknown:
J. C. Badcock
Unknown:
Dame Alice de Lisle
Unknown:
Judge Jeffreys.
Script By:
Christine Dudley

by John Dighton
Adapted for broadcasting by Geoffrey Bond from the British Lion Film version of the play
Cast in order of speaking...
Production by Audrey Cameron

Contributors

Unknown:
John Dighton
Broadcasting By:
Geoffrey Bond
Production By:
Audrey Cameron
Guide:
Geoffrey Matthews
Child:
Elizabeth London
Sir Hubert Cornwall:
George Thorpe
Alex Cornwall:
Jane Baxter
Miles Cornwall:
Michael Denison
Major Guy Ashley:
Jack Allen
Christina Deed:
Geraldine McEwan
Guardsman Arthur Crisp:
Bryan Forbes
Corporal:
Arthur Lawrence
Sergeant Major:
Trevor Martin

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

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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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