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Rhythm and Melody
by Gladys Whitred.
(BBC recording)

11.20 Geography: Canada: The Prairies - Oil
(BBC recording)

11.40 Intermediate German: Ein Gluckstag in der Familie
Walter sagt 'Gluck hat man, wenn man glaubt, Gluck zu haben'.
Manuskript von Milo Sperber.
(BBC recording)

Contributors

Presenter (Rhythm and Melody):
Gladys Whitred
Script (Geography):
Colin Jackson
Script (Intermediate German):
Milo Sperber

Adventures in English: Mikimoto, the Pearl King
A true tale by Kenneth Blakemore.

2.20 Science and the Community: The Fight Against Germs: 6: Clean Water

2.40 Stories from British History: Sir Richard Grenville
A sea-fight.

Contributors

Writer (Adventures in English):
Kenneth Blakemore
Script (Science and the Community):
Alan Hill
Script (Stories from British History):
Henry Marshall

Conducted by Paul Dehn.
Art: Robert Furneaux Jordan
Film: Roger Manvell
Theatre: Philip Hope-Wallace
Radio: H.A.L. Craig
Book: Elspeth Huxley
(Sunday's recorded broadcast)

Contributors

Conductor:
Paul Dehn
Art critic:
Robert Furneaux Jordan
Film critic:
Roger Manvell
Theatre critic:
Philip Hope-Wallace
Radio critic:
H.A.L. Craig
Book critic:
Elspeth Huxley

For Children of Most Ages

A Young People's Forum on Books
from Haileybury and Imperial Service College, Hertford.
The questions are asked by members of the audience and answered by Chairman, Ivor Brown, John Betjeman, Percy Cudlipp, Christopher Hollis, Mary Field.
The programme recorded in the School Hall in conjunction with W. H. Smith and Son, Ltd.
(BBC recording)

5.25 May We Recommend: Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and Quentin Durward by Sir Walter Scott
More excerpts from books chosen and dramatised by Marion MacWilliam and Ian G. Ball.

Contributors

Chairman (A Young People's Forum on Books):
Ivor Brown
Panellist (A Young People's Forum on Books):
John Betjeman
Panellist (A Young People's Forum on Books):
Percy Cudlipp
Panellist (A Young People's Forum on Books):
Christopher Hollis
Panellist (A Young People's Forum on Books):
Mary Field
Editor (A Young People's Forum on Books):
Trevor Hill
Chosen and dramatised by (May We Recommend):
Marion MacWilliam
Chosen and dramatised by (May We Recommend):
Ian G. Ball
Taking part (May We Recommend):
Effie Morrison
Taking part (May We Recommend):
Bryden Murdoch
Taking part (May We Recommend):
Joan Fitzpatrick
Taking part (May We Recommend):
Leonard Maguire
Taking part (May We Recommend):
Douglas Murchie
Taking part (May We Recommend):
Arthur Boland
Taking part (May We Recommend):
Hilary Paterson
Taking part (May We Recommend):
Gordon Jackson
Producer:
Kathleen Garscadden

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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