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Empire Day
Wynford Vaughan Thomas introduces speakers from the West Indies, Malaya, and Britain who are at present living in a different part of the Commonwealth from that in which they were born
The first and third verses of 'the National Anthem will be sung
11.25 GENERAL SCIENCE. Water. 5 — The Surface Barrier. Script by Hugh David.
11.40 RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY. Archaeology and the Bible. Sir Leonard Woolley speaks about the excavations at Ur of the Chaldees. and the light they have thrown on the Bible story.

Contributors

Script By:
Hugh David.

STORIES AND RHYMES. ' The Feathers of the Chief's Son ': an African folk-ta)e retold tor broadcasting by Nontando Jabavu
2.20 SENIOR ENGLISH II.A Matter of Fact': a story from 'Many Inventions' by Rudyard Kipling
2.40 INTERVAL MUSIC
2.45 EARLY STAGES rN FRENCH- A programme in simple French, in which listeners are invited to take an active part. Scene: Nouvelles de la maison. A letter arrives from Madame Duval's son Lucien in Paris. Script by Emile Harven

A conversation on the formalities and precautions that surround the Election of Members of Parliament, and the principles that lie beneath them between
Commander
Sir Stephen King-Hall ,
Founder and Honorary Director of the Hansard Society
A young man voting for the first time
The Returning Officer of a large provincial city and The Assistant Town Clerk of a town near London

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Stephen King-Hall

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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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More