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Settings by George Butterworth of some of A. E. Housman 's poems
On the idle hill of summer
Loveliest of trees: When I was one-and twenty; Look not in my eyes; Think no more, lad ; The lads in their hundreds; Is my team ploughing sung by John Cameron (baritone) with Gerald Moore (piano) on gramophone records

Contributors

Unknown:
George Butterworth
Unknown:
A. E. Housman
Baritone:
John Cameron
Piano:
Gerald Moore

with James Robertson Justice
Beryl Reid , Ken Piatt
Graham Stark , Ronald Chesney
The Coronets
The Dennis Wilson Quartet
Written by Ronald Wolfe
George Wadmore. and Pat Dunlop
Produced by Roy Speer
(The recorded broadcast of November 25 in the Light Programme)

Contributors

Unknown:
James Robertson Justice
Unknown:
Beryl Reid
Unknown:
Ken Piatt
Unknown:
Graham Stark
Unknown:
Ronald Chesney
Unknown:
Dennis Wilson
Written By:
Ronald Wolfe
Written By:
George Wadmore.
Written By:
Pat Dunlop
Produced By:
Roy Speer

TRAVEL TALKS. A Village in the Japanese Alps.' Script by Canon W. H. Murray Walton. (BBC recording)
2.20 LOOKING AT THINGS. Designing a Poster. Script by Edward Bawden
2.40 SENIOR ENGLISH 1. 'Big Tiger and Christian,' by Fritz Miihlenweg. Translated by Isabel and Florence MacHugh. Adapted for broadcasting by Rhoda Power. 5-' A Meeting with the Venerable Chief.'

Contributors

Script By:
W. H. Murray Walton.
Script By:
Edward Bawden
Unknown:
Fritz Miihlenweg.
Unknown:
Florence MacHugh.
Broadcasting By:
Rhoda Power.

' Tinker and Tapp Inc.'
A general ' knock-up ' with Fred Fairelough on the one side and Herbert Smith on the other, and Doris Gambell in the middle
Script by Muriel Levy
Incidental music written by Ray Martin and played by a section of the BBC Northern Variety Orchestra
Produced by Trevor Hill
5.15 Goodwill Day
Dydd Ewyllys Da
Thirty-fifth annual message of the children of Wales to the world
The programme includes recordings of exchange greetings from countries overseas, and it is hoped that replies will include letters from boys and girls in many European countries, as well as greetings from Malta, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand, Singapore, Pakistan, South Africa, and Southern Rhodesia.

Contributors

Unknown:
Fred Fairelough
Unknown:
Herbert Smith
Unknown:
Doris Gambell
Script By:
Muriel Levy
Written By:
Ray Martin
Produced By:
Trevor Hill

A series of broadcasts examining the problems and developments, political, social, and economic, in the Middle East today
5-Iraq
Reporters:
D. G. Bridson and Maurice Brown
Editor, D. G. Bridson
Narrator, Edward Ward
Producer, Joe Burroughs

Contributors

Reporters:
D. G. Bridson
Reporters:
Maurice Brown
Narrator:
D. G. Bridson
Narrator:
Edward Ward
Producer:
Joe Burroughs

(' Heimkchr ')
Radio Italian Prize Play, 1955 by Peter Hirche with Marjorie Westbury
English translation by A. L. Lloyd
Music by Johannes Aschenbrenner
Characters in order of speaking:
Production by Raymond Raikea

Contributors

Play By:
Peter Hirche
Unknown:
Marjorie Westbury
Translation By:
A. L. Lloyd
Production By:
Raymond Raikea
The Doctor:
Norman Wynne
The Sister:
Belle Chrystall
Ruth:
Marjorie Westbury
Father:
George Merritt
Kruppka:
Leonard Trolley
Basta:
Bethi Boyd
Mother:
Molly Rankin
Manfred:
Peter Neil
The music directed by:
John Churchill

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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