Programme Index

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RHYTHM AND MELODY, by Gladys Whitred
11.20 GEOGRAPHY. The British Isles: New Industries in South Wales. Script by W. John Morgan.
11.40 INTERMEDIATE GERMAN. ' Goethe in Sesenheim.' Erster Besuch im Pfarrhaus und Begegnung mit Friederike Brion. Diese Episode, die der deutschen Lyrik einige seiner schBnsten Gedichte gab, wird in unsrer heutigen Sendung geschildert. Manuskript von Rolf Richards. (BBC recording)

Contributors

Unknown:
Gladys Whitred
Unknown:
Rolf Richards.

ADVENTURES IN ENGLISH. ' John Jewitt , Castaway ': a story of a boy captured by Red Indians. Part 3. Script by Michael Hyde
2.20 HISTORY i. America-Sixteenth to Eighteenth Century: 5-The Hudson's Bay Company. Script by A. L. Lloyd
2.40 SCIENCE AND THE COMMUNITY. Science and the Larder. 5-Protecting our Crops. Script by H. E. Harbour

Contributors

Unknown:
John Jewitt
Script By:
Michael Hyde
Script By:
A. L. Lloyd
Script By:
H. E. Harbour

at Newmarket
The Payne Stakes
A race for three-year-olds, run over a distance of one mile and a half.
Commentary by Peter O'Sullevan from the Grand Stand, and by Harry Middleton , assisted by Roger Mortimer as race-reader, from a point down the course
From Newmarket Heath

Contributors

Commentary By:
Peter O'Sullevan
Unknown:
Harry Middleton
Assisted By:
Roger Mortimer

A play for broadcasting by Russell Purchase
Time: June 1945. Place: The Ruhr
Followed by an interlude at 4.65

Contributors

Writer:
Russell Purchase
Producer:
David H. Godfrey
Major Frank Green:
Richard Williams
Captain John Carter:
David Garth
Major Bateman:
Richard Bebb
Sergeant Rawson:
Douglas Hayes
Captain Bruce Cansdale:
Geoffrey Matthews
The Brigadier:
Wensley Pithey
Major Greenfield:
Garard Green
Lt -Col Richard Hunter:
William Fox
RSM Harris:
Olaf Pooley
Subaltern:
Andrew Sachs
Private James:
Alan Reid
Corporal Linton:
Douglas Hayes
Sergeant, CMP:
Garard Green
The Medical Officer:
Hamilton Dyce

A weekly programme about work in the world of science
AC and DC by G. H. Rawcliffe
Professor of Electrical Engineering in the University of Bristol
It was announced recently that in future railway electrifications in this country AC will be used instead of DC. Professor Rawcliffe describes what is implied by this change of policy.

Contributors

Unknown:
G. H. Rawcliffe

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.

About this data

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