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by Hugh Ross Williamson
2-The Man in the Moon
What with sputniks and all that, the man in the moon may sound horribly outmoded; but according to the speaker there is no knowing how far in the world of imagination, of literature, of anthropology, of psychology the man in the moon can lead you. In fact the sputnik has got nothing on him.

Contributors

Unknown:
Hugh Ross Williamson

RHYTHM AND MELODY, by Gladys Whitred.
11.20 GEOGRAPHY. Underdeveloped Areas: Northern Australia. Script by Garry Lyle.
11.40 INTERMEDIATE GERMAN. ' RUbezahl und der Bauer ': eine deutsche Volkssage. Sie hiven, wie es dem Bauern Veit erging. als er in seiner Not den Berggeist RUbezaht um Hilfe rief. Horspielbearbeitung von Rolf Richards.

Contributors

Unknown:
Gladys Whitred.
Script By:
Garry Lyle.

ADVENTURES IN ENGLISH. ' Emil and the Detectives' by Erich Kastner , adapted for broadcasting by Garry Lyle. I-The Railway Journey
2.20 SCIENCE AND THE COMMUNITY. Man and Machines. 2-Tools and Machines. Script by Alan Hill.
2.40 STORIES FROM BRITISH HISTORY. An Elizabethan Schoolboy: Francis Bond. Script by Margaret J. Miller.

Contributors

Unknown:
Erich Kastner
Broadcasting By:
Garry Lyle.
Script By:
Alan Hill.
Unknown:
Francis Bond.
Script By:
Margaret J. Miller.

Five reminiscent talks by the-Earl of Lytton, O.B.E.
3-Mary, Countess of Lovelace
' Great Aunt Mary had strong notions on health and hygiene. The closets in her house were of earth, the baths of the tea-tray type ... and at tea-time she served no jam.' Lord Lytton explains how some of the high principles of a creative, beneficent woman first appeared to him as a little boy, and how in spite --or even because — of them, he came to love her as a mother.

Famous detection writers select and discuss their favourite fictional and real-life cases
A series edited by John Keir Cross and Frederick Bradnum
The second connoisseur
Edmund Crispin on his first choice
'THE JUDAS WINDOW' by Carter Dickson adapted for broadcasting by John Keir Cross
Produced by Norman Wright

Contributors

Edited By:
John Keir Cross
Edited By:
Frederick Bradnum
Unknown:
Edmund Crispin
Unknown:
Carter Dickson
Broadcasting By:
John Keir Cross
Produced By:
Norman Wright
Sir Henry Merivale:
Norman Shelley
Jimmy Answell:
Peter Wilde
Avory Hume:
Robert Sansom
Dr Spencer Hume:
Robert Sansom
Ken:
Charles Kay
Evelyn:
Sheila Sweet
Sir Walter Storm:
Lockwood West
Amelia Jordan:
Ella Milne
Captain Reginald Answell:
David March
Judge:
Frederick Treves
Randolph Fleming:
Frank Windsor
Mary Hume:
Anne Cullen

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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