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ADVENTURES IN ENGLISH. The House of Sixty Fathers': a Chinese story from the book by Meindert DeJong , adapted by Sam Langdon. 1-' Down the River
2.20 SCIENCE AND THE COMMUNITY. 5--The Diesel Engine. Script by John Richmond.
2.40 STORIES PROM BRITISH HISTORY. Lady Jane Grey : the story of a Tudor girl. Script by Jo Manton

Contributors

Book By:
Meindert Dejong
Adapted By:
Sam Langdon.
Script By:
John Richmond.
Unknown:
Lady Jane Grey
Script By:
Jo Manton

For Children of All Ages
Country Dance Party
A programme of traditional songs, games, and dances from Uttoxeter in Staffordshire with the Kay Graham Quartet
Douglas Fowell (melodeon) and the Hutchinson Family Band
Introduced by Sibyl Clark of the English FoJk Dance and Song Society
5.30 For Children of Most Ages
" The Romans came for a season
But the Normans came for good'
A programme of verse arranged and edited by Geoffrey Dearmer with music chosen by David Lloyd James
Readers:
Lydia Sherwood and George Hagan

Contributors

Introduced By:
Sibyl Clark
Edited By:
Geoffrey Dearmer
Readers:
David Lloyd James
Readers:
Lydia Sherwood
Readers:
George Hagan

by Professor W. M. Macmillan formerly Director of Colonial Studies,
University of St. Andrews
Professor Macmillan first went to South Africa before the Boer War, and visited it again recently after an absence of several years. He believes that there is still a great cleavage between the English-speaking and Afrikaans-speaking communities, and gives what in his opinion are the reasons.

Contributors

Unknown:
Professor W. M. MacMillan

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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