Programme Index

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Augmented
BBC Variety Orchestra
(Leader, George Deason )
Conductor, Paul Fenoulhet
Variety: Douglas Maynard
Radio: The Radio Revellers
Theatre: Lizbeth Webb
In Town Today:
Tony Fayne and David Evans
Presented by Bill Worsley

Contributors

Leader:
George Deason
Conductor:
Paul Fenoulhet
Unknown:
Douglas Maynard
Unknown:
Lizbeth Webb
Unknown:
Tony Fayne
Unknown:
David Evans
Presented By:
Bill Worsley

A challenger from one of the counties of Britain is invited to test a panel's knowledge of his county and its customs
The Panel:
James Laver , Ivor Machin
Christopher Rhodes
John Stevens
Chairman, Victor Bonham-Carter
Programme devised and compiled by Alan White
Produced by Joan Clark

Contributors

Unknown:
James Laver
Unknown:
Ivor MacHin
Unknown:
Christopher Rhodes
Unknown:
John Stevens
Unknown:
Victor Bonham-Carter
Unknown:
Alan White
Produced By:
Joan Clark

TRAVEL TAI.KS. Village Life in Mexico. Script by Marjorie Gallop. (BBC recording)
2.20 LOOKING AT THINGS. The Story of Stradivari, the violin maker of Cremona. Script by Philippa Pearce
2.40 SENIOR ENGLISH I. ' Egil at York ': an episode from the Icelandic Saga of Egil Skallagrimsson telling how the poet Egil met King Erik Blood-Axe and Queen Gunnhild, and was helped by Arinbjorn. Translated from the Icelandic and adapted for broadcasting by Alan Boucher

Contributors

Script By:
Marjorie Gallop.
Script By:
Philippa Pearce
Unknown:
King Erik Blood-Axe
Broadcasting By:
Alan Boucher

A story of the life and work of the educational pioneer
Dr. Maria Montessori
The programme includes reminiscences of Dr. Montessori by those who knew her, and recordings made during lessons in London nursery and primary schools
Script by Kate Derrington
Narrator, Hugh Burden
Dr. Maria Montessori played by Molly Rankin
Production by Eileen Capel
(The recorded broadcast of Sept. 6)

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr. Maria Montessori
Script By:
Kate Derrington
Narrator:
Hugh Burden
Narrator:
Dr. Maria Montessori
Played By:
Molly Rankin
Production By:
Eileen Capel

' Operation Sea-Beast '
A three-part serial by J. Allan Rennie
1-' Raiders from the Sea '
Produced by Finlay J. Macdonald

Contributors

Unknown:
J. Allan Rennie
Produced By:
Finlay J. MacDonald
Frank Goodfellow:
Arthur Boland
Ned Verney:
Clive Vale
'Tiny' Rogers:
Michael Elder
Jock MacKenzie:
John Carlin
Harry Blythe:
Richard Statman
Flight Sergeant:
John Lancaster
Flight Lieutenant Halsey:
Douglas Robin
Sergeant:
Earle Douglas
Squadron-Leader Greenwood:
Bill Hill
Constable Tim Ryan:
Callum Mill

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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