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A play for radio by Arnold Yarrow
Servants, tradesmen, and townspeople played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company
Production by Bryan Izzard
The scene is in and around the city of Kwan-Tow, the capital of a remote province in China. The time is the past.

Contributors

Unknown:
Arnold Yarrow
Production By:
Bryan Izzard
Suong:
Jon Rollason
Cho-Sam:
Peter Wilde
Lao-Tai-Tai:
Sheila Grant
Tu-Shan ':
Sylvia Coleridge
General Fang:
Rolf Lefebvre
Taifong:
Leigh Crutchley
Marshal Wen:
James Thomason

from Winchester Cathedral
Introit: If ye love me (Tallis)
Sentence; Confession; Absolution: the Lord's Prayer
Preces and Responses (
William Smith )
Psalm 104
First Lesson: Wisdom of Solomon 9 Magnificat (Purcell in G minor) Second Lesson: 1 Corinthians 3
Nunc dimittis (Purcell in G minor)
Creed: Lesser Litany; the Lord's
Prayer (Robert Stone)
Preces and Responses (William
Smith)
Collects
Anthem: Dum complerentur dies pentecostes (Palestrina)
Intercessions
Organist and Master of the Choristers.
R. Alwyn Surplice

Contributors

Unknown:
William Smith
Unknown:
R. Alwyn Surplice

Advice and entertainment for retired people and older people generally, and a meeting place on the air for those concerned for their welfare
Visitors and Visiting: the result of an advertisement. (BBC recording)
Musical Menagerie: May Watts talks about some musical instruments-mostly mechanical
Presented by Douglas Smith

Contributors

Presented By:
Douglas Smith

' The Globe of Candos
A serial play in six parts by John Darran
4 — ' Jigsaw '
Production by Ifan 0. Williams
5.35 Portuguese Portfolio
A series of talks by John D. Stewart
4 — ' The Lizards of Portugal'
5.50 Children's Hour prayers conducted by the Rev. George Cromey
The eyes and ears of the country

Contributors

Unknown:
John Darran
Unknown:
John D. Stewart
Unknown:
Rev. George Cromey

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.

About this data

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