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STORIES AND RHYMES. 'The Blue Bird'. the French fairy tale by Mme. D'Aulnoy adapted as a three-part serial by Elizabeth A. Taylor. Part 3
2.20 SENIOR ENGLISH ii. ' The Lost Sea ' by Jan de Hartog , adapted for broadcasting by Edward Blishen. Part 2
2.40 Interval Music
2.46 NATURE STUDY. 9—Voles, by Professor H. R. Hewer.

Contributors

Unknown:
Elizabeth A. Taylor.
Unknown:
Jan de Hartog
Unknown:
Edward Blishen.
Unknown:
Professor H. R. Hewer.

A weekly contest between 140 choirs from all over the United Kingdom
The second of eight programmes in the national contest
MIXED VOICE CHOIRS
Greenside Choir
Conductor, Margaret Hine
Glasgow Phoenix Choir
Conductor, Peter Mooney
CHILDREN'S CHOIRS
Scottish Junior Singers
Conductor, Agnes Duncan
Harding Memorial Girls' Choir
Conductor, Elizabeth Griffin
Stonar School Choir
Conductor, Gwen Hanvey
LADIES' CHOIRS
Ipswich Co-operative Girls' Choir
Conductor. Valda Plucknett
Plymouth Ladies' Choir
Conductor, Dorothy Blagdon
Programme introduced by John Hobday
Produced by Charles Beardsall
The winner in each class of the national contest will be invited to take part in a final concert at the Royal Festival Ha!l, London, on June 20.

Contributors

Conductor:
Margaret Hine
Conductor:
Peter Mooney
Conductor:
Agnes Duncan
Conductor:
Elizabeth Griffin
Conductor:
Gwen Hanvey
Conductor:
Valda Plucknett
Conductor:
Dorothy Blagdon
Introduced By:
John Hobday
Produced By:
Charles Beardsall

A musical satire based on the book by C. Northcote Parkinson
Written for radio by Nesta Pain
Lyrics by David Heneker and Monty Norman
Music composed and conducted by Antony Hopkins
Produced by Nesta Pain

Contributors

Book By:
C. Northcote Parkinson
Radio By:
Nesta Pain
Unknown:
David Heneker
Unknown:
Monty Norman
Conducted By:
Antony Hopkins
Produced By:
Nesta Pain
Miss Trigger:
Molly Rankin
The Professor:
Michael Hordern
Aunt Adela:
Nora Nicholson
Exhausted Civil Servant:
Denys Blakelock
First Assistant:
Alan Edwards
Second Assistant:
Eric Shilling
Desirable Candidate:
John Boddington
Finance Committee Chairman:
Rolf Lefebvre
Frustrated Successor:
Duncan Carse
The Next-in-Line:
Carleton Hobbs
Sir Robert:
Lionel 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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