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SINGING TOGETHER by William Appleby Boney was a warrior (Shanty)
The Barley Mow (English trad. song) Hey ho, the morning dew (Irish song)
11.20 THE WORLD OF WORK. Choosing a Career, by Alec Rodger , Director of the Vocational Guidance Centre, Birkbeck College, London (BBC recording)
11.40 INTERMEDIATE FRENCH. Programme varie. Questions, devinettes, problèmes. Preparez de quoi écrire. Texte de Jean-Jacques Oberlin (BBC recording)

Contributors

Unknown:
William Appleby
Unknown:
Alec Rodger

The Coronets, John Forde
A Note or Two from George Swift
Jack Bradley
Something to Sing About
- Bob Harvey
Johnny Lockwood
Top of the Bill Jessie Matthews
Compere, Bill Gates
Augmented BBC Variety Orchestra
Conductor, Paul Fenoulhet
Produced by John Simmonds

Contributors

Unknown:
John Forde
Unknown:
George Swift
Unknown:
Jack Bradley
Unknown:
Bob Harvey
Unknown:
Johnny Lockwood
Unknown:
Bill Jessie Matthews
Unknown:
Bill Gates
Conductor:
Paul Fenoulhet
Produced By:
John Simmonds

C. Gordon Glover and Eric Simms visit the Royal Park of Richmond in Surrey
They tell you something of its story and natural history. The programme also includes the voices of people, birds, and animals closely connected with this part of the Londoner's countryside.
Produced by Harold Rogers

Contributors

Unknown:
Gordon Glover
Unknown:
Eric Simms
Produced By:
Harold Rogers

(Leader, Reginald Stead )
Conductor, John Hopkins
Alberto Ginastera, who was born in 1916, is one of Argentina's leading composers; he is at present Professor of Composition at the National Conservatoire of Buenos Aires. His Variaciones Concertantes for chamber orchestra were written last year: there are eleven Variations, each of which sets off a solo instrument or instruments, or a section of the orchestra.
Deryck Cooke

Contributors

Leader:
Reginald Stead
Conductor:
John Hopkins
Unknown:
Deryck Cooke

' Orlando the Marmalade Cat ' from the story by Kathleen Hale
Told by Olive Shapley
Illustrated with music composed by Henry Reed who conducts a section of the BBC Northern Orchestra
3—' Orlando Buys a Farm '
Produced by Trevor Hill
5.30 For Older Children
' Music at Random '
Helen Henschel continues her Musical Alphabet
' Q for Queen's Hall'
5.50 The week's programmes

Contributors

Story By:
Kathleen Hale
Told By:
Olive Shapley
Composed By:
Henry Reed
Produced By:
Trevor Hill
Unknown:
Helen Henschel

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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