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RHYTHM AND MELODY
Choir of Kingsbury County School
Trained and conducted by David Renouf
Frederick Stone (piano)
Introduced by Gladys Whitred
11.20 GEOGRAPHY. Europe. Holland: the struggle against the sea. Script by John Seymour.
11.40 INTERMEDIATE GERMAN: 'Doktor Meyer hat keinen Schnupfen.' Doktor Meyer glaubt, abgehartet zu sein, aber im Laufe der Ereignisse beginnt er an seiner Maxime zu zweifeln. Manuskript von Hilde-Maria Kraus.

Contributors

Conducted By:
David Renouf
Piano:
Frederick Stone
Introduced By:
Gladys Whitred
Script By:
John Seymour.
Unknown:
Doktor Meyer
Unknown:
Doktor Meyer
Unknown:
Hilde-Maria Kraus.

Regional Variations (2)

A Living from the Land.

BBC Home Service Midland

Harry Davidson and his Orchestra
Guest artist,
Denis Catlin (baritone)
Introduced by Ivan Samson
Master of Ceremonies, Arthur Ives
Producer, Eric Arden

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Davidson
Baritone:
Denis Catlin
Introduced By:
Ivan Samson
Unknown:
Arthur Ives
Producer:
Eric Arden

ADVENTURES IN ENGLISH. Poems by Robert Louis Stevenson , including ' Windv Nights.' ' The Lamplighter.' ' The Havloft.' and ' Farewell to the Farm.' Script by Margaret J. Miller
2.20 HISTORY i. The Peasants' Revolt. Script by A. L. Lloyd
2.40 SCIENCE AND THE COMMUNITY. Science and the Doctor. 12-The Storv of an Accident. Script by Alan Hill

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Louis Stevenson
Script By:
Margaret J. Miller
Script By:
A. L. Lloyd
Script By:
Alan Hill

Regional Variations (2)

by H. G. Wells
Dramatised by Lance Sieveking
Produced by Martyn C. Webster
Other parts played by Rita Staines , Jill Nyasa and members of thee
BBC Drama Repertory Company
(The recorded broadcast of March 23)

Contributors

Unknown:
H. G. Wells
Dramatised By:
Lance Sieveking
Produced By:
Martyn C. Webster
Played By:
Rita Staines
Played By:
Jill Nyasa
Alfred Polly:
Geoffrey Matthews
Parsons:
David Spenser
Platt:
Gordon Gardner
Mr Mansfield:
Lockwood West
Mr Garvace:
Hugh Manning
Minnie Larkins:
Ann Totten
Annie Larkins:
Annette Kelly
Miriam Larkins:
Annabel Maule
Aunt Larkins:
Molly Rankin
Mr Johnson:
Trevor Martin
Mrs Johnson:
Peggy Thorpe-Bates
Uncle Pentstemon:
Malcolm Hayes
Christabel:
Beryl Calder
Mrs Rusper:
Kathleen Helme
Aunty Flo, the plump woman of the Potwell Inn:
Vivienne Chatterton
Her little granddaughter:
Ursula Hirst
Uncle Jim:
Brewster Mason

Regional Variations (2)

Children's Hour. Book review by Helen Kerr.

BBC Home Service Scottish

For Older Children
Young People's Forum on Books from Marlborough College
Questions are posed by members of the audience and answered by Lord Elton, Lady Pakenham
Sir John Wolfenden , Ivor Brown
Chairman, Lionel Hale
Programme recorded in the School Hall and arranged in conjunction with W. H. Smith and Son, Ltd.
Edited by Trevor Hill
5.25 For Children of Most Ages
' May We Recommend ...'
' The Wide Wide World ' by Elizabeth Wetherell and ' Martin Rattler ' by R. M. Ballantyne
Scenes from these two books have been chosen and dramatised by Marion MacWilliam and Ian G. Ball
Those taking part include:
Effie Morrison. Joan Fitzpatrick Lesley Fraser , Patricia Leckie
Bryden Murdoch. lain Cuthbertson Leonard Maguire. David Webster and Douglas Murchie
Produced by Kathleen Garscadden

Contributors

Unknown:
Lady Pakenham
Unknown:
Sir John Wolfenden
Unknown:
Ivor Brown
Unknown:
Lionel Hale
Edited By:
Trevor Hill
Unknown:
Elizabeth Wetherell
Unknown:
Martin Rattler
Unknown:
R. M. Ballantyne
Dramatised By:
Marion MacWilliam
Dramatised By:
Ian G. Ball
Unknown:
Effie Morrison.
Unknown:
Joan Fitzpatrick
Unknown:
Lesley Fraser
Unknown:
Patricia Leckie
Unknown:
Bryden Murdoch.
Unknown:
Cuthbertson Leonard Maguire.
Unknown:
David Webster
Unknown:
Douglas Murchie
Produced By:
Kathleen Garscadden

Regional Variations (7)

News, sport.

BBC Home Service West

News. sport.

BBC Home Service Welsh

News, sport

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

News. sport.

BBC Home Service North

News, sport.

BBC Home Service Midland

News, sport.

BBC Home Service Scottish

A programme for listeners in the South-East of England
6.15 Local news followed by Reports and comments
6.37 app. London Stock Market report

Regional Variations (4)

Hedley Ward and his Band; Lynn Cristie.

BBC Home Service Midland

Farm Forum. Topical events in agriculture in Scotland discussed by Ben Coutts. D. H. Fowlie, and R. H. U. Stevenson. Chairman, A. D. C. Main.

BBC Home Service Scottish

Ulster Farm.

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

A weekly programme about work in the world of science
Right and Left in Nature by L. R. B. Elton, Ph.D.
King's College,
University of London
A recent discovery has excited physicists more than anything that has happened since Einstein showed that matter and energy are equivalent. It is that there is some basic right and left handedness about the fundamental particles of which the universe is made. Dr. Elton explains why this discovery is creating so much interest.

Contributors

Unknown:
L. R. B. Elton, Ph.D.

Regional Variations (5)

'The Wool-Gatherer': feature about the people of a Gloucestershire valley. and a young Australian who comes to a village there.

BBC Home Service Midland

As North

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

Merry Neet; Cumbrian entertainment.

BBC Home Service North

A Ballad Concert: soloists: the Gentlemen Songsters: BBC Welsh Orchestra.

BBC Home Service Welsh

Alfred Orda (baritone) Josephine Lee (piano)
The Macgibbon String Quartet:
Margot Macgibbon (violin)
Lorraine du Val (violin)
Anatole Mines (viola) Lilly Phillips (cello)
Before an invited audience in the Concert Hall, Broadcasting House, London. Tickets may be obtained from Ticket Unit, Broadcasting House, London, W.l

Contributors

Baritone:
Alfred Orda
Piano:
Josephine Lee
Violin:
Margot MacGibbon
Violin:
Lorraine du Val
Viola:
Anatole Mines
Cello:
Lilly Phillips

by Patrick Smith
The initial cause of the African bus boycott on the Rand was a penny increase in fares. Patrick Smith , BBC correspondent in South Africa, reports on the development of this protest movement and analyses in particular the changing structure of white public opinion about the whole situation.

Contributors

Unknown:
Patrick Smith
Unknown:
Patrick Smith

with Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe , Spike Milligan
The Ray Ellington Quartet
Max Geldray
Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott
Announcer, Wallace Greenslade
Script by Spike Milligan
Production by Peter Eton
(The recorded broadcast of Oct. 4)

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Sellers
Unknown:
Harry Secombe
Conducted By:
Wally Stott
Announcer:
Wallace Greenslade
Script By:
Spike Milligan
Production By:
Peter Eton

Regional Variations (2)

Encore! highlights of the musical stage. Joyce Gartside: Frederick Harvey: BBC Midland Chorus: BBC Midland Light Orchestra. conductor Gerald Gentry.

BBC Home Service Midland

Some popular evergreens played by the Strings of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Richard Jones on gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Richard Jones

Regional Variations (3)

Praising My Saviour: hymns and talk

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

' Sweetest Nut Hath Sourest Rind talk on Rosalind. Countess of Carlisle. by Osbert Wyndham Hewett.

BBC Home Service North

Four talks for Lent
3—Man's Encounter with God
Ronald Gregor Smith
Professor of Divinity, in the University of Glasgow
In this series Professor Gregor Smith speaks about the plight of Man in the modern world and how the Christian gospel demands of him a responsible decision.

Contributors

Unknown:
Ronald Gregor Smith
Unknown:
Professor Gregor Smith

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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