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Regional Variations (2)

Schools. Welsh first stages.

BBC Home Service Welsh

MUSIC AND MOVEMENT ii by Marjorie Eele
11.20 CURRENT AFFAIRS II
11.40 FRENCH FOR SIXTH FORMS. Episodes dans la vie d'une ville de France. 3-La Resistance a Grenoble et sa liberation par les Forces Franchises de l'Intérieur. Texte de S. K. Laurie.

Contributors

Unknown:
Marjorie Eele
Unknown:
S. K. Laurie.

Regional Variations (5)

For Scottish Farmers.

BBC Home Service Scottish

As North

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

Piano Spotlight: Elaine Rogers.

BBC Home Service West

Farming Today: Cheshire Agricultural Society's County Show.

BBC Home Service North

An agricultural weekly
Topical talks of interest to farmers and country people
News Commentary by Clifford Selly
Introduced by Alastair Dunnett

Contributors

Commentary By:
Clifford Selly
Introduced By:
Alastair Dunnett

LET'S join IN. ' The Town Mouse and The Country Mouse,' a free version of the fable from Aesop, by Gwen Dunn
2.20 ADVENTURES IN MUSIC. Berlioz-I: a radio portrait with material taken from his autobiography. Script by leuan Rees -Davies
2.40 HISTORY ii. The Franco-Prussian War. Script by Mervyn Jones. (BBC recording)

Contributors

Unknown:
Gwen Dunn
Script By:
Leuan Rees
Script By:
Mervyn Jones.

Regional Variations (2)

Spike Jones and his City Slickers (records)

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

by Elizabeth Milne
Produced by Finlay J. Macdonald

Contributors

Unknown:
Elizabeth Milne
Produced By:
Finlay J. MacDonald
Joan Lynne:
Pekoe Ainley
Alicia Lynne:
Lorna Tarbat
Charles Lynne:
Leon Sinden
Frances Spring:
Julia Mark
Gilbert Lynne:
Malcolm Heggie
Dr Marion Dowdells:
Edith MacArthur
William Lynne:
Ian Sadler

from Ely Cathedral
Preces (William Smith of Durham) Psalms 41, 42, 43
First Lesson: Exodus 12, vv. 3-14
Pange Lingua (English Hymnal 326) Magnificat (Blow, dorian)
Second Lesson: St. Mark 14. w. 22-26 Nunc dimittis (Blow, dorian) Creed
Responses (William Smith of Durham) Collects
Anthem: Ave verum corpus (Byrd) Prayers Grace
Organist and Master of the Choristers,
Michael Howard
Assistant Organist, Arthur Wills

Contributors

Unknown:
William Smith
Unknown:
William Smith
Organist:
Arthur Wills

Regional Variations (3)

Janet Cotterill (piano): Brahms.

BBC Home Service North

An Ulsterman in Jersey: talk by Hugh Shearman

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

A new series of programmes offering advice and entertainment for retired people and older people generally, and bringing together on the air those who are concerned for their welfare
Grace Stuart has a comforting answer to a question that has given pain to many people looking back on some piece of their lives: ' Can I ever forgive myself? '
Older people often have falls and hurt themselves badly. A great deal an be done to prevent these accidents. Dr. C. A. Boucher exchanges views with you on this subject of ' Fewer broken bones '

Contributors

Unknown:
Grace Stuart
Unknown:
Dr. C. A. Boucher

Regional Variations (2)

Children's Hour

BBC Home Service Scottish

For Listeners of Most Ages ' Secrets of Old Dame Sea '
More Yarns of a Shellback by Douglas V. Duff
1— ' On Swimming Straight Out'
For Older Listeners Only
‛ The Stallion from the Sea ’
A tale of smuggling and wrecking, adventure, and a beautiful chestnut stallion
Adapted from her own book by Kathleen Fidler
1— ' The Coming of the Glashtln '
Produced by Trevor Hill
The action is set in the Isle of Man in the 1750s
5.50 Children's Hour prayers conducted by the Rev. Edwin Cox
2-The Prayer of Richard of Chichester

Contributors

Book By:
Kathleen Fidler
Produced By:
Trevor Hill
Unknown:
Rev. Edwin Cox
Tom Quilliam:
Brian Trueman
Esther Stevenson, his young cousin:
Judith Gibson
Harry Quilliam, owner of Ballakeayn:
Bryden Murdoch
Bridget Cubbon:
Betty Hardy
Jenny Simon, a wise old woman:
Louise Andrews
Capt John Hackell:
Francis de Wolff

Regional Variations (4)

News in Welsh.

BBC Home Service Welsh

Munn and Felton's Works Band. March: With Sword and Lance (Starke); Severn Suit. (Elgar).

BBC Home Service Midland

Cricket. Ireland v. Yorkshire: commentaries by Ronald Rosser and Charles McCreight during first day's play. From Ormeau, Belfast

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

Music and songs, country style, from a West-Country Square Dance Party
Dancing to the Jolly Waggoners
Square Dance Band
Callers:
Nibs Matthews and Pat Shaw
Interludes from Pat Shaw (songs)
Michael Watson (guitar)
Master of Ceremonies:
Bernard Fishwick

Contributors

Unknown:
Nibs Matthews
Unknown:
Pat Shaw
Unknown:
Pat Shaw
Guitar:
Michael Watson
Unknown:
Bernard Fishwick

Regional Variations (3)

William Noble (baritone): Scots songs.

BBC Home Service Scottish

Air Space: correspondence.

BBC Home Service West

with Leslie Dwyer
A series of comedies by Len Fincham and Laurie Wyman
' A Matter of Confidence'
Production by Vernon Harris

Contributors

Unknown:
Leslie Dwyer
Unknown:
Len Fincham
Unknown:
Laurie Wyman
Production By:
Vernon Harris
Amelia Grimly-Bracewell:
Athene Seyler
Charles Todmarsh:
Hubert Gregg
Pamela Scott:
Mary MacKenzie
Bert Crocker:
Leslie Dwyer
Mr Duncan:
Alastair Hunter
Mr Matthews:
Geoffrey Lewis
Mr Donovan:
Tony Quinn
Porter:
Philip Ray

Regional Variations (5)

Midland Console: Charles Smitton at the organ of the Gaumont. Birmingham.

BBC Home Service Midland

Topical magazine programme (in Welsh).

BBC Home Service Welsh

As North

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

Summer Outing: Alfred Hall invites you to join him on a visit to Wetherby. Yorkshire.

BBC Home Service North

request the pleasure of your company at
2-The Films

A series of four Outside Broadcasts
2-Fire
Raymond Baxter , Jean Metcalfe , Brian Johnston , and Max Robertson investigate the possibilities of escape from fire in an eight-storey building
Programme arranged with the assistance of the London Fire Brigade
From London Fire Brigade
Headquarters, Lambeth

Contributors

Unknown:
Raymond Baxter
Unknown:
Jean Metcalfe
Unknown:
Brian Johnston
Unknown:
Max Robertson

two programmes surveying post-war Western Europe
Written and narrated by Alan Bullock
Part 2: From the Korean War to the present day
Alan Bullock , the Oxford historian, continues his account of the important occasions in the progress of Western Europe from 1945 to 1955 and attempu to draw out the themes which, in his view, characterise the history of this first post-war European decade.
The programme presents the following themes:
The building up of Western security and unity, stimulated by the outbreak of war in Korea
The continuing economic recovery of Western Europe
Doubts and opposition in Western .Europe. The breakdown and deadlock of the autumn of 1954 The rally. Autumn and winter of 1964-55. The present situation
Produced by Laurence Gilliam and Joe Burroughs

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Bullock
Unknown:
Alan Bullock
Produced By:
Laurence Gilliam

Regional Variations (6)

Ivey Dickson (piano): Sonata. Op. 31 No. 2 (Beethoven); Barcarolle. Op. 60 (Chopin).

BBC Home Service West

Norah Morrison (contralto): Gaelic songs.

BBC Home Service Scottish

Midlands Miscellany.

BBC Home Service Midland

Mftrical Psalms sung by The Assembly Hall Choir

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

Show Music by Rodgers and Hammerstein (records).

BBC Home Service Welsh

Nomads of the Alps
A narrative, with music and songs, devised and presented by Derek McCulloch
This is a glimpse of the Val D'Annl viers, Canton Valais , in the vicinity of which one of the few remaining nomadic peoples of Central Europe is still to be found. The story is illustrated by recordings (made available by the Société Suisse de Radiodiffusion Lausanne) of unusual music and songs by Jean Daetwyler.

Contributors

Presented By:
Derek McCulloch
Unknown:
Val D'Annl
Unknown:
Canton Valais
Songs By:
Jean Daetwyler.

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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