Programme Index

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LET'S JOIN IN. ' The Stowaway ' by Margaret Gore : in which Mr. Minter the cat leaves home in search of adventure
2.20 ADVENTURES IN MUSIC. ' 'Sylvia': first of two illustrated talks by Arthur Langford on Delibes's ballet music
2.40 MODERN HISTORY. Lenin: Russian Revolutions of 1917. Script by John Tully

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Gore
Unknown:
Arthur Langford
Script By:
John Tully

The Last of the Centaurs by Gadfan Morris
Produced by Wyn Knowles
The story of an English professor on holiday in Greece, who meets a live centaur and brings it back to England.

Contributors

Unknown:
Gadfan Morris
Produced By:
Wyn Knowles
Professor Mole:
Preston Lockwood
Edward Merrick:
Jeffrey Segal
June Merrick:
Betty Baskcomb
Ix:
David March
Cynthia:
Catherine Salkeld
Helen Jane:
Jordan Rogers
The Dean:
George Merritt
First man:
Ronald Baddiley
Second man:
Anthony Viccars

of Ascension Day from Durham Cathedral
Responses (William Byrd ) Psalms 15, 97 and 99 First Lesson: Song of the Three
Holy Children 29-37
Magnificat (Hutchings in F)
Second Lesson: St. Matthew 28. w.
16-20
Nunc dimlttis (Hutchings in F) Creed
Lesser Litany Collects
Where thou reignest (Schubert) Prayers Grace
Hail the day that sees him rise (A. and M. 147)
Organist and Master of the Choristers:
Conrad Eden
Sub-organist, Cyril Maude

Contributors

Unknown:
William Byrd
Unknown:
Conrad Eden
Unknown:
Cyril Maude

Advice and entertainment for retired people and older people generally, and a meeting place on the air for those concerned for their welfare
Hoto the money goes: Dorothy Cole describes a project of special interest to elderly people
Winter Holiday: Rose Odle looks back to January and February.
Presented by Douglas Smith

Contributors

Unknown:
Dorothy Cole
Presented By:
Douglas Smith

For Older Children
' The Globe of Candos '
A new serial play written for broadcasting in six parts by John Darran
2-1 Background'
Production by Ifan 0. Williams
5.35 For Children of Most Ages
Portuguese Portfolio
A new series of talks by John D. Stewart
2-Lisbon
5.50 Children's Hour prayers conducted by the Rev. George Cromey

Contributors

Unknown:
John Darran
Unknown:
John D. Stewart
Unknown:
Rev. George Cromey
Brad Saunders:
Hugh David
Carole Wright:
Gwenyth Petty
Dai Hopkins:
Ieuan Rhys Williams
Paul Woolf:
Ivor Maddox
Freddie Cross:
Norman Wynne
Inspector Tom Finch:
Edgar Harrison
Nellie Crook:
Joan Hobbs
Mickos:
Dillwyn Owen

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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