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LET'S JOIN IN. A Spring programme compiled by Jean Sutcliffe , to include ' Morag and the Kelpie,' a story from the Highlands by Robina M. Eagles
2.20 ADVENTURES IN music. The Guitar: an illustrated talk by Matthew Smith.
2.40 MODERN HISTORY. Sail and Steam in Competition. Script by Stephen Murphy

Contributors

Unknown:
Jean Sutcliffe
Unknown:
Robina M. Eagles
Talk By:
Matthew Smith.
Script By:
Stephen Murphy

by Phyllis Bentley adapted for broadcasting by Muriel Levy
Plays produced by Norman Wright

Contributors

Unknown:
Phyllis Bentley
Broadcasting By:
Muriel Levy
Produced By:
Norman Wright
Michael Dyer:
Anthony Viccara
Miss Phipps:
Janet Burnell
Ruth Dyer:
June Tobin
Mrs Hoyle:
Hilda Schroder
Ted Hoyle:
William Eedle
Mr Langland:
Philip Cunningham
Sir George Hawthorne:
Arthur Young
Doris Earnshaw:
Joan Matheson
The Producer:
John Scott
Joan Ingram:
Betty Baskcomb
Police Superintendent:
Peter Wilde
Simon Caracass:
John Bryning

from Jesus College Chapel,
Cambridge
Introit: Saviour, blessed Saviour
(French Carol)
Confession; Absolution; The Lord's
Prayer
Versicles and Responses (Smith) Psalms 147, 148. 149, 150
First Lesson: Isaiah 30, vv. 15-21
Magnificat (Gibbons, Short Service) Second Lesson: St. John 1, vv. 43-51
Nunc dimittis (Gibbons, Short Service) Creed, Suffrages, Responses (Smith) Collects
Anthem: Almighty and Everlasting
God (Gibbons)
Prayers and Grace
Organ Voluntary: Fantasia in G minor (Gibbons)
Organist and Choirmaster,
Peter Fletcher
Assistant Organist, John Turner

Contributors

Choirmaster:
Peter Fletcher
Organist:
John Turner

For Older Children
'Satellite Seven
A serial play in four parts by Angus MacVicar
1—' The Whispering Voices '
Tony's songs recorded by Leonard Thomson (baritone)
See page 5
5.35 For Children of Most Ages
The Island at the Edge of the World
A series of six talks by John Merrett
1—' Valentia'
Valentia is off the coast of County Kerry in the extreme west of Ireland and for centuries it was the last place in the known world.
5.50 Children's Hour prayers
Conducted by. the Rev. Clifford Smith

Contributors

Unknown:
Angus MacVicar
Baritone:
Leonard Thomson
Unknown:
John Merrett
Unknown:
Rev. Clifford Smith
Tony Thomson:
Arthur Boland
Jake his brother:
Bryden Murdoch
Fergus O'Neill, an author:
Michael O'Halloran
Bridie, his daughter:
Mary Riggans
Granny Stewart:
Effie Morrison
Professor Max Walters:
John Young
Flight-Lieutenant Harry Carmichael:
Henry Donald
Roderick Mclntyré, the chief engineer:
Gerard Slevin
Billy Hackett, a fitter:
Frank Eynstone

A panel game devised by Tony Shryane and Edward J. Mason
E. Arnot Robertson and Frank Muir challenge
Nancy Spain and Denis Norden
Umpire, Jack Longland
Recorded before an invited audience at the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Shryane
Unknown:
Edward J. Mason
Unknown:
E. Arnot Robertson
Unknown:
Frank Muir
Unknown:
Denis Norden
Unknown:
Jack Longland

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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