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LET'S JOIN IN. "The Little House That Wouldn't Budge" by Sonia Castoni: about a cottage and a skyscraper in New York

2.20 ADVENTURES IN MUSIC. "L'Arlesienne": first of two talks by Roger Fiske on Bizet's incidental music to Daudet's play. (BBC recording)

2.40 MODERN HISTORY. The Congress of Vienna and the Concert of Europe.

Contributors

Author (The Little House That Wouldn't Budge):
Sonia Castoni
Presenter (Adventures in Music):
Roger Fiske
Writer:
Adrian Alington

A new play for radio by Caryl Brahms and Ned Sherrin
Cast in order of speaking:
Produced by Charles Lefeaux

Contributors

Unknown:
Caryl Brahms
Unknown:
Ned Sherrin
Produced By:
Charles Lefeaux
A A Smith:
Eric Anderson
Julia:
Una Venning
Amy:
Ella Milne
Sheree:
Caroline Leigh
Dorothea:
Nora Nicholson
Ruby Pearl:
Jessie Evans
Trudi Tritsch:
Mary Wimbush
Bubbles:
Athene Seyler
Matron:
Joan Sanderson
Inspector Humble:
Robert Sansom
Sergeant Stoutboot:
Frank Windsor
Sir Christopher (Toto):
Godfrey Kenton

from Llandaff Cathedral
Versicles and Responses (Byrd) Psalm 119, vv. 145-176
First Lesson: Genesis 46, v. 26, to
47, v. 12
Magnificat (Gibbons-Short Service) Second Lesson: Philippians 3
Nunc dimittis (Gibbons - Short
Service) .
Creed. Suffrages, and Responses
(Byrd)
Collects
Anthem: Why art thou so heavy, 0 my soul (Gibbons)
Prayers
Lord, pour thy Spirit from on high
(A. and M. Rev. 473)
Organ Voluntary: Voluntary for a double organ (Gibbons)
Organist and Master of the Music,
Eric Fletcher

Contributors

Unknown:
Eric Fletcher

For Children of Most Ages
' Inishbahn and the Silver Lady '
Another serial play about the Donnelly family by Charles Witherspoon
3-'The Rumbunctious Prodigal '
Produced by Cicely Mathews
5.35 All About Andalusia
A new series of talks by John D. Stewart
3—' Gypsies, Policemen and Ordinary People '
5.50 Children's Hour prayers
Last of four talks by the Rev. Gwilym ap Robert
Congregational Minister, Glyn Neath

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Witherspoon
Produced By:
Cicely Mathews
Unknown:
John D. Stewart
Unknown:
Glyn Neath
Brian Donnelly:
Robin Graham
Paddy Donnelly:
Patricia Ringland
Ricky Donnelly:
Terence Cromey
Mrs Donnelly:
Ann Maguire
Terry Bishop:
Charles Witherspoon
Big Jim McClenaghan:
John F Tyrone
Alec McClenaghan:
Denys Hawthorne
Bruce Donovan:
James Boyce

A series of five-round contests between London and the Regions
London v. Northern Ireland
Round 2
London:
Professor Denis Brogan
Cedric Cliffe
Quiz-Master, Lionel Hale
Northern Ireland:
James Boyce Ronald Green
Quiz-Master, Gilbert Harding

Contributors

Unknown:
Professor Denis Brogan
Unknown:
Cedric Cliffe
Unknown:
James Boyce
Unknown:
Ronald Green
Unknown:
Gilbert Harding

An impression of the world of personal isolation that lies in wait for many people, especially in large cities, when their lives take an unexpected or unhappy turning
Recordings made by Ronald Lloyd
Production by Stanley Williamson
' But little do men perceive what solitude is, or how far it extendeth. For a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk- but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love'
(FRANCIS BACON , 1607)

Contributors

Unknown:
Ronald Lloyd
Production By:
Stanley Williamson
Unknown:
Francis Bacon

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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