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RHYTHM AND melody, by Gladys Whitred
11.20 GEOGRAPHY. Canada. The Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seawav. Script by Monica Mugan. (BBC recording)
11.40 INTERMEDIATE GERMAN. Mutter hat Geburtstag.' Unsre Horer werden mit der Familie Schulz Bekanntschaft machen. Manuskript von Rolf Richards.

Contributors

Unknown:
Gladys Whitred
Script By:
Monica Mugan.
Unknown:
Familie Schulz Bekanntschaft
Unknown:
Rolf Richards.

ADVENTURES IN ENGLISH. A Poetry Programme: Collecting Poems, including ' Beech Leaves ' by James Reeves. 'The Squirrel ' by Ian Serraillier. and ' Please to Remember ' by Walter de la Mare. Script by Ian Serraillier
2.20 SCIENCE AND THE COMMUNITY. The Fight Against Germs. 2-Microbes that Cause Disease. Script by Richard Palmer
2.40 STORIES FROM BRITISH HISTORY. William Tyndale : a story of a secret printing-press. Script by A. L. Lloyd

Contributors

Unknown:
James Reeves.
Unknown:
Ian Ser
Unknown:
Walter de la Mare.
Script By:
Ian Serraillier
Script By:
Richard Palmer
Unknown:
William Tyndale
Script By:
A. L. Lloyd

For Listeners of All Ages
, Chi-Chi-Bud-O ' and other songs sung to the guitar by Cy Grant
5.15 Birds, Balloons, Meteors-or Flying Saucers?
Ever since ' Flying Saucers ' first came into the news in 1947 thousands of people all over the world have reported seeing U.F.O.s (Unidentified Flying Objects) moving across the sky.
This programme includes reports of some of these ' sightings' and of the efforts that have been made to find out what lies behind them.
Script and presentation by Nan Macdonald
Produced by Herbert Smith
5.40 Home, Sweet Home
Four light-hearted talks by Owen Tweedy on homes he has made for himself in very different parts of the world
1 — Jerusalem

Contributors

Unknown:
Cy Grant
Presentation By:
Nan MacDonald
Produced By:
Herbert Smith
Unknown:
Owen Tweedy

Adapted by Maurice Horspool
Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company
Produced by Martyn C. Webster

Contributors

Adapted By:
Maurice Horspool
Produced By:
Martyn C. Webster
Myrtle Bagot, refreshment-room manageress:
Sophie Ellis
Beryl, her assistant:
Beryl Calder
Albert Godby, a ticket collector:
John Cazabon
Alec Harvey:
Simon Lack
Laura Jesson:
Annabel Maule
Fred Jesson, her husband:
John Bryning
Dolly Messiter:
Barbara Lott
Stephen:
Rolf Lefebvre
Mary Norton:
Judy Bailey

A monthly programme, the only regular one of its kind, in which radio is used to link speakers in London and other world centres to exchange views on important issues of common interest.
Chairman in London, Alan Bullock
The subjects dealt with in Radio Link are always highly topical. They, and the names of the speakers, are announced only shortly before each broadcast.

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Bullock

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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