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by Julia Greenwood
H. G. Wells, in his autobiography, has told how as a youth he used to explore the great house, Uppark, in Sussex, where his mother was housekeeper. In the attics he found an old telescope through which he used to gaze at the night sky. Four years later he wrote the story subsequently called 'The Time Machine.' Julia Greenwood talks of Uppark and its interesting past.

Contributors

Speaker:
Julia Greenwood

LET'S JOIN IN. The Bear who played the Cymbals': a short story by Ninette Dutton , arranged for broadcasting by Jean Sutcliffe. 2-' Adventure in Vienna.' Music by Ann Driver
2.20 ADVENTURES IN MUSIC. Haydn in London. Script by Roger Fiske
2.40 HISTORY II. ' Hargreaves.' Script by Mervyn Jones

Contributors

Story By:
Ninette Dutton
Unknown:
Jean Sutcliffe.
Music By:
Ann Driver
Script By:
Roger Fiske
Script By:
Mervyn Jones

from Bristol Cathedral
Sentence; Confession; Absolution; the Lord's Prayer
Versicles and Responses (Bristol use) Psalms 53, 54, 65
First Lesson: Job 33
Magnificat (Healey Willan in B flat) Second Lesson: St. Luke 7. vv. 36-end Nunc dimittis (Healey Willan in B flat)
Creed: Suffrages; Collects
Anthem: 0 Lord the Maker (
William Mundy )
Prayers
Organist and Master of the Chorister",
Clifford Harker

Contributors

Unknown:
Healey Willan
Unknown:
Healey Willan
Unknown:
William Mundy
Unknown:
Clifford Harker

Three talks by Elizabeth Bowen
Elizabeth Bowen has chosen three aspects of the novelist's craft--story, people, and time-to exemplify her own beliefs about the art of fiction and what the reader should expect from the novelist. The three talks analyse and define the novelist's ' truth.'
3-Time, Period, and Reality
Time, Elizabeth Bowen claims, is a strong dramatic element in the novel; and she here discusses how novelists of the past and present have used it to communicate the ' reality' of their novels to the reader.
But ' Time' is also the period in which the novel is written. This can be a barrier to later readers: yet a great novel survives the fashions or outlook of its period. What gives survival power to the classics of the past and can our contemporary novels achieve it?
Illustrations read by Robert Sansom and Marjorie Mar ?

Contributors

Unknown:
Elizabeth Bowen
Unknown:
Elizabeth Bowen
Unknown:
Elizabeth Bowen
Read By:
Robert Sansom
Read By:
Marjorie Mar

Are these, as Burke believed, The common disposition of the greatest part of mankind' or is the future of the British people really in the balance? Asa Briggs explores the situation in a series of five broadcasts.
2-How to raise output
Speakers:
Asa Briggs
Professor of Modern History in the University of Leeds
Frank Cousins
General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union
Sir Frederic Hooper
Managing Director of a well-known firm
In the programme last Wednesday Professor Briggs argued that our economic difficulties could only be overcome by expanding output or reducing commitments. Tonight he suggests that among the ways output could be raised are an increase in capital investment and a more spirited attack on restrictive practices on both sides of industry.

Contributors

Unknown:
Asa Briggs
Unknown:
Asa Briggs
Unknown:
Sir Frederic Hooper

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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