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from Gloucester Cathedral
Antiphon: Jesu. the very thought of thee (Wood)
Responses (Byrd) Psalm 19
First Lesson: Isaiah 35
Magnificat (Tomkins in F minor)
Second Lesson: Romans 8, vv. 18-23 Nunc dimittis (Tomkins in F minor) Creed; Lesser Litany The Lord's Prayer Responses (Byrd) Collects
Anthem: The Lord is my shepherd
(Stanford)
Creator of the earth and sky (E.H.
49, vv. 1, 2. 3, 8)
Blessing
Organist and Master of the Choristers,
Herbert Sumsion
Assistant Organist. John Sanders

Contributors

Organist:
John Sanders

Advice and entertainment for retired people and older people generally, and a meeting place on the air for those concerned for their welfare
Getting On Together: Ruth Maclnnes describes an experiment in sharing a house
So Much To Do: Meg Sangar lives alone but she never has a minute to spare.
Presented by Douglas Smith

Contributors

Unknown:
Ruth MacLnnes
Unknown:
Meg Sangar
Presented By:
Douglas Smith

' The Log of the Ark ' by Kenneth Walker and Geoffrey Boumphrey
Told by Norman Shelley
6 (and last)-' Land in Sight at Last '
5.15 For Older Children
' The Long Journey *
The last episode of the historical play by Constance Teear
6 — ' The Outlaws Ride Again '
Other parts: Prysor Williams
D. L. Davies , and Michael Forrest
Production by Ifan O. Williams
5.50 Children's Hour Prayers
' The Kind Samaritan '
Four talks by H. Howard Williams
1-The Story
5.55 The Weather
Forecast for land areas, followed by a detailed forecast for the South-East region

Contributors

Unknown:
Kenneth Walker
Unknown:
Geoffrey Boumphrey
Told By:
Norman Shelley
Play By:
Constance Teear
Unknown:
Prysor Williams
Unknown:
D. L. Davies
Unknown:
Michael Forrest
Production By:
Ifan O. Williams
Unknown:
H. Howard Williams
Lay-brothers at the Abbey of Dolfa:David:
Brinley Jenkins
Lay-brothers at the Abbey of Dolfa:Paul:
John Darran
Hugo Crop-Ears:
Dillwyn Owen
Mari Williams:
Margaret Leigh
Matt Fowler:
Bryn Calvin Thomas
Blodwen:
Dilys Davies
Bishop Rowland Lee:
Norman Wynne
Francis Povey, Lord of Brackfell:
Nicholas Selby
Luke Warren:
Leonard Mayo
Outlaws:Rhys:
Charles Williams
Outlaws:Owain:
Dic Hughes

Billy Miller and his Cheviot Ranters
Denis Weatherley sings
Billy Pigg plays the Northumbrian pipes
Master of Ceremonies, Wilf Ashman
From St. James' Church Hall,
Alnwick, Northumberland
Arranged by Richard Kelly

Contributors

Unknown:
Billy Miller
Unknown:
Denis Weatherley
Unknown:
Billy Pigg
Unknown:
Wilf Ashman
Arranged By:
Richard Kelly

(' Der Zigeunerbaron ')
A radio version of the operetta by Johann Strauss
Text by J. Schnitzer
Adapted from a libretto by M. Jokai based on his story ' Saffi '
English translation by Henrik Ege
Other parts played by Philip Russell and Horace Wale
BBC Midland Chorus
BBC Midland Orchestra
(Leader. James Hutcheon )
Conducted by LEO WURMSER
Narrator, Victor Hallam
Produced by Mark Lubbock
The action takes place on the outskirts of a village in Hungary and in Vienna, in the middle of the eighteenth century.

Contributors

Unknown:
Johann Strauss
Unknown:
J. Schnitzer
Unknown:
M. Jokai
Translation By:
Henrik Ege
Played By:
Philip Russell
Leader:
James Hutcheon
Conducted By:
Leo Wurmser
Narrator:
Victor Hallam
Produced By:
Mark Lubbock
Kalman Zsupan, a pig-farmer:
Dennis Noble
Arsena, his daughter:
Ellen Dales
Czipra, an old gypsy:
Janet Howe
Saffl, her foster-daughter:
Victoria Elliott
Sandor Barinkay:
Alexander Young
Count Peter Homonay:
Frederick Sharp

A monthly programme of report and comment on some of the events of the past month in the world of science and technology
This programme includes a tribute to the work of Emeritus Professor C. T. R. Wilson, f.r.s. , whose ' cloud chamber ' is one of the key instruments in the history of nuclear research. (His ninetieth birthday falls this month.) The tribute is given by one of his former students, P. M. S. Blackett, f.r.s. . Professor of Physics in the University of London

Contributors

Unknown:
C. T. R. Wilson, F.R.S.
Unknown:
P. M. S. Blackett, F.R.S.

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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