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LET'S JOIN IN. Preparation for the Nativity Play to be performed this time next week.
2.20 ADVENTURES IN MUSIC. Messiah ': second of two illustrated talks by Ieuan Rees-Davies on the oratorio by Handel 2.40 HISTORY II. ' Watt and Steam
Engines ': an inventor revolutionises the use of steam-power. Script by Miles Tomaliu

Contributors

Script By:
Miles Tomaliu

by John Linett
Produced by Finlay J. Macdonald

Contributors

Writer:
John Linett
Producer:
Finlay J. MacDonald
Mr Barton:
Henry Donald
Mrs Trump:
Lennox Milne
Roderick Gibbon:
Douglas Storm
Mr Openheim:
Wilson Barrett
Augustus Hopper:
David Steuart
Bert Hopper:
Robert Urquhart
Singer:
Eileen Price
Other parts played by:
Tom Criddle
Other parts played by:
Helena Gloag
Other parts played by:
Michael Elder
Other parts played by:
Ian Catford
Other parts played by:
William Lyon Brown
Other parts played by:
Stanley Budd
Other parts played by:
Joyce Bain
Other parts played by:
Christine Turnbull

from Southwark Cathedral
Conducted by the Rev. C. D. Biddell , Priest Vicar
The Preces (William Smith)
Psalms 6. 7. and 8
First Lesson: Isaiah 8. v. 16, to 9. v. 7
Creator of the stars of night (E.H. 1)
Magnificat (Byrd, Three Minims)
Second Lesson: James 2, v. 14-end
Nunc dimittis (Byrd, Three Minims)
Creed; Suffrages; Collects
Anthem: Hosanna to the Son of David (Orlando Gibbons)
Prayers and the Grace
Organist and Master of the Music, Sidney S. Campbell

Contributors

Organist and Master of the Music:
Sidney S. Campbell

For Younger Listeners
'The New Treasure Seekers'
Six stories from the book by E. Nesbit told by 'David'
2 - 'Archibald the Unpleasant'

5.15 For Older Children
'The Secret of the Lost Planet'
A new serial play in six parts by Angus MacVicar
2 - 'Switch to Jets!'
Produced by Kathleen Garscadden
Asa, the girl from the Lost Planet, has been kidnapped. In return for her safety Otto Schenk demands possession of the Electronome, a mysterious machine by which the people of Hesikos send their thoughts through space. Jeremv and his uncle rescue Asa in time. Schenk now decides to fly to Hesikos to capture the Electronome by force.

5.50 Children's Hour prayers conducted by the Bishop of Croydon the Rt. Rev. C. K. N. Bardsley

Contributors

Book By:
E. Nesbit
Unknown:
Angus MacVicar
Produced By:
Kathleen Garscadden
Unknown:
Rt. Rev. C.K.N. Bardsley
Jeremy:
Lesley Fraser
Dr Lachlan MacKinnon:
Moultrie R. Kelsall
Janet:
Celia Struthers
Asa:
Patricia Leckie
Madge Smith:
Hilda Case
Spike:
Bryden Murdoch
Jock Ferguson:
James Sutherland
Kukelheimer:
James Butler

Part of the first pace of Bach's manuscript of the Mass

Bach: Mass in B minor
at 7.45
Kyrie Gloria
at 9.15 Credo Sanctus Agnus Dei
Jennifer Vyvyan soprano 0 Pamela Bowden contralto Alexander Young Tenor John Carol Case Baritone E George James Bass
Douglas Moore (HORN)
Continuo: Peler Muacant (CELLO) Charles Spinks (ORGAN) George Malcolm (HARPSICHORD) BBC Chorus (Chorus-Master, Leslie Woodgate)
BBC Symphony Orchestra (Leader, Paul Beard)
CONDUCTED BY Boris Ord

BBC Home Service Basic

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