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RHYTHM AND MELODY, by Gladys Whitred.
11.20 GEOGRAPHY. North America. John Skeaping , Professor of Sculpture at the Royal College of Art, talks about village life in Mexico.
11.40 INTERMEDIATE GERMAN. ' 0 du lieber Augustin.' Die grosse Pest in Wien (1679). Die Zeit war traurig, das Lied war lustig. Ein Horspiel von Milo Sperber

Contributors

Unknown:
Gladys Whitred.
Unknown:
John Skeaping
Unknown:
Ein Horspiel
Unknown:
von Milo Sperber

ADVENTURES IN ENGLISH. A Poetry Programme: ' Surprises,' by Vicars Bell, including ' The Song of Wandering Aengus ' by W. B. Yeats , 'Tyger' bv William Blake , A Dead Mole ' by Andrew Young , and ' The Song of the Mad Prince ' by Walter de la Mare
2.20 HISTORY 1. ' Piers the Apprentice an account of guild activities set in an imaginary town in the North ot England in the fourteenth century. Script by John Allen
2.40 SCIENCE AND THE COMMUNITY. Science and the Doctor. 3-' Your Temperature and Your Pulse '

Contributors

Unknown:
W. B. Yeats
Unknown:
William Blake
Unknown:
Andrew Young
Script By:
John Allen

A radio play by Stafford Byrne
Adapted from the novel by Ian Hay
Characters in order of speaking:
Production by Martyn C. Webster

Contributors

Play By:
Stafford Byrne
Novel By:
Ian Hay
Production By:
Martyn C. Webster
Colonel Joseph Meldrum:
John Gabriel
Philip Meldrum:
Geoffrey Matthews
James Nimmo:
Duncan McLntyre
Peggy Falconer:
Marjorie Westbury
Lady Broadhurst:
Catherine Salkeld
Montague Falconer:
Richard Williams
Mrs Falconer:
Joan Hart
Julius Mablethorpe:
Ivan Samson
Sylvia Mablethorpe:
Annabel Maule
Miss Jennings:
Barbara Lott
Alfred:
Richard Waring
Bob Brand:
Hugh David
Timothy Rendle:
Denis Goacher
Rose ,:
Jill Nyasa
Jean Leslie:
Janet Burnell
Mrs Grice:
Courtney Hope

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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