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LET'S JOIN IN. 'Pat Maguire and the Small Creature' by Maud Morin : a modern Irish fairy tale
2.20 ADVENTURES IN Music. Handel: a dramatic programme. Script by Jo Manton and Roger Fiske
2.40 MODERN HISTORY. The Career of Kaiser William II. Script by John Tully

Contributors

Unknown:
Pat Maguire
Unknown:
Maud Morin
Script By:
Jo Manton
Script By:
Roger Fiske
Unknown:
Kaiser William Ii.
Script By:
John Tully

from Llandaff Cathedral
The Lord's Prayer
Responses (Tomkins) Psalm 119, vv. 73-104
First Lesson: Exodus 8, vv. 1-19 Magnificat (Farrant in A minor)
Second Lesson: Colossians 4, w. 2-end Nunc dimittis (Farrant in A minor)
Creed; Lesser Litany; The Lord's Prayer Responses (Tomkins) Collects
Anthem: Remember not, Lord, our offences (Purcell)
Prayers; The Grace
O for a heart to praise my God (A. and M. Rev. 325)
Voluntary: Hilf Gott, dass mir's gelinge (Bach)
Organist and Master of the Choristers, Robert Joyce
Assistant Organist, V. Anthony Lewis

Contributors

Organist:
V. Anthony Lewis

For Children of Most Ages
Old John: 2: All One Family
The book by Mairin Cregan
Adapted as a serial story by Charles Witherspoon
Read by Cicely

5.10 For Older Children

The Vicar of Wakefield: 2: Fresh Mortifications
by Oliver Goldsmith Adapted for broadcasting in six episodes by Mary Cathcart Borer

Produced by Claire Chovil

5.50 Children's Hour Prayers
The Kind Samaritan: 4: The Samaritan Today
Four talks by H. Howard Williams

Contributors

Author (Old John):
Mairin Cregan
Adapted by (Old John):
Charles Witherspoon
Reader (Old John):
null Cicely
Author (The Vicar of Wakefield):
Oliver Goldsmith
Adapted by (The Vicar of Wakefield):
Mary Cathcart Borer
Producer (The Vicar of Wakefield):
Claire Chovil
Speaker (The Kind Samaritan):
H. Howard Williams
Dr Primrose:
Richard Goolden
Mrs Primrose:
Patience Collier
Their family:
Olivia: Mollie Maureen
Their family:
Sophia: Jean England
Their family:
Moses: Glyn Dearman
Squire Thornhill:
Leslie Heritage
Mr Burchell:
Hamilton Dyce
Lady Blarney:
Vivienne Chatterton
Miss Skeggs:
Phoebe Hodgson
Jenkinson:
Peter Claughton

A series of five-round contests between London and the regions
London v. Northern Ireland
ROUND 2
London:
Professor Denis Brogan
Hubert Phillips
Quiz-Master, Lionel Hale
Northern Ireland:
James Boyce Ronald Green
Quiz-Master, Gilbert Harding

Contributors

Unknown:
Professor Denis Brogan
Unknown:
Hubert Phillips
Unknown:
James Boyce
Unknown:
Ronald Green
Unknown:
Gilbert Harding

With the voices of: King George V, The Duke of Windsor, Mr. Stanley Baldwin - Prime Minister in 1936, Mr. Anthony Eden - Foreign Secretary, Mr. Neville Chamberlain - Chancellor of the Exchequer
J. B. PRIESTLEY remembers the dole queues
BILLY BUTLIN talks of his first Holiday Camp
LESLIE THOMAS reporting from Geneva
JEAN BATTEN: her flight to New Zealand
CHARLES CHAPLIN , NOEL COWARD, GERTRUDE LAWRENCE , FRED ASTAIRE, JESSIE MATTHEWS, ELIZABETH COWELL, HELEN McKAY
and Andrew Faulds, David Peel, Dudley Rolph, John Graham
The Tunes of the Year: records of some of the Dance Bands of the Year
The Scrapbook written and compiled by Leslie Baily
The pages turned by Freddy Grisewood
Production by Vernon Harris

Contributors

Talks:
Billy Butlin
Unknown:
Leslie Thomas
Unknown:
New Zealand
Unknown:
Charles Chaplin
Unknown:
Noel Coward
Unknown:
Gertrude Lawrence
Unknown:
Fred Astaire
Unknown:
Jessie Matthews
Unknown:
Elizabeth Cowell
Unknown:
Helen McKay
Unknown:
Andrew Faulds
Unknown:
David Peel
Unknown:
Dudley Rolph
Unknown:
John Graham
Unknown:
Leslie Baily
Unknown:
Vernon Harris

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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