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For Younger Listeners
Serenade for Children
Scottish nursery rhymes
Country dance tunes and The Story of a Puffer, ' Jamie by John Denton
Reader, Willie Joss
Others taking part are:
Will Starr (accordion)
The Ann.ieslar.d Junior Singers
Conductor, Dora Harrison
Produced by Kathleen Garscadden
5.30 For Older Children
The Home of the Wheel
Four programmes about wheels, how they are made and used
I-Setting the wheels in motion
Eric Tobitt and Jim Pestridge hear the story of the wheel and are introduced to some of the oldest wheels in the Midlands
Nobody knows who made the first wheel but it was at least 5,000 years ago. Now, in the Midlands, millions of wheels turn each day to make more wheels to keep mankind moving forward.

Contributors

Reader:
John Denton
Reader:
Willie Joss
Accordion:
Will Starr
Conductor:
Dora Harrison
Produced By:
Kathleen Garscadden
Unknown:
Eric Tobitt
Unknown:
Jim Pestridge

Told by Keneth Kent with Ivor Brown , Jeanne de Casalis
Gladys Henson , Robert Morley
Bob Hope and the recorded voice of Beatrice Lillie with Harry Dawson
The George Mitchell Singers
BBC Variety Orchestra (Leader, John Jezard ,)
Conductor, Paul Fenoulhet
Writrten by Gale Pedrick
Edited and produced by Michael North
The second of a new series of celebrity programmes

Contributors

Told By:
Keneth Kent
Unknown:
Ivor Brown
Unknown:
Jeanne de Casalis
Unknown:
Gladys Henson
Unknown:
Robert Morley
Unknown:
Bob Hope
Unknown:
Beatrice Lillie
Unknown:
Harry Dawson
Leader:
John Jezard
Conductor:
Paul Fenoulhet
Unknown:
Gale Pedrick
Produced By:
Michael North

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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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More