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(died October 22,1959)
Harold Child (baritone) Frederick Stone (piano)
Granville Jones (violin)
Carl Pini (violin)
Songs:
An Mignon: Lied der Freude; Zigeunerlied
Duo in D. Op. 67 No. 2 Songs:
Lied der Harfnerin; Bitte, bitte; Sonntag und Montag

Contributors

Piano:
Frederick Stone
Violin:
Granville Jones
Violin:
Carl Pini

Introduced by Robin Holmes
BOOKS WE READ AND READ AGAIN: Maurice Lindsay and Neil Gunn on the works of Sir Walter Scott
LIBRARY LIST: John Morris on some recent books
THE LESSER KNOWN: Naomi Lewis talks about Edward Thomas
SPECIAL NOTICE: Maurice Crans ton reviews Wisdom of the West by Bertrand Russell

Contributors

Introduced By:
Robin Holmes
Unknown:
Maurice Lindsay
Unknown:
Neil Gunn
Unknown:
Sir Walter Scott
Unknown:
John Morris
Talks:
Naomi Lewis
Unknown:
Edward Thomas
Unknown:
Maurice Crans
Unknown:
Bertrand Russell

and introduces
Variety Playhouse Orchestra
(Leader, John Jezard )
Conducted by Vic Oliver
Variety Playhouse
Pocket Theatre starring Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert with Richard Caldicot
Written by Gavin Blakeney
To sing for you:
Barbara Howitt , Rowland Jones
Victoria Elliott
The George Mitchell Choir
To make you laugh:
Cardew Robinson , Ken Platt
Incidental music by Philip Martell
Continuity by Carey Edwards
Produced by Alastair Scott-Johnston

Contributors

Leader:
John Jezard
Conducted By:
Vic Oliver
Unknown:
Cicely Courtneidge
Unknown:
Jack Hulbert
Unknown:
Richard Caldicot
Written By:
Gavin Blakeney
Unknown:
Barbara Howitt
Unknown:
Rowland Jones
Unknown:
Victoria Elliott
Unknown:
George Mitchell
Unknown:
Cardew Robinson
Unknown:
Ken Platt
Music By:
Philip Martell
Unknown:
Carey Edwards
Produced By:
Alastair Scott-Johnston

A play for radio by Lester Powell
Adapted from the novel of the same name by Christianna Brand
Production by Bryan Izzard
Characters in order of speaking:

Contributors

Unknown:
Lester Powell
Production By:
Bryan Izzard
Higgins, from the local A R P and G.P.O:
Leigh Crutchley
Fergus, his right-hand man:
Antony Carrick
Voices on the German Radio:
Godfrey Kenton
Voices on the German Radio:
John Rye
Sergeant McCoy, the hospital porter:
Ronald Baddiley
Nurse Linley:
Ann Walford
Nurse Woods:
June Tobin
Nurse Sanson:
Hilda Schroder
Sister Bates:
Joan Matheson
Major Eden:
Michael Gwynn
Captain Barnes:
Allan McClelland
Inspector Cockrill of the C I D:
Richard Goolden
Sergeant Bray. his Assistant:
James Grout

I for .United Nations Day
FROM MOSCOW
Festive Overture
Shostakovich
U.S.S.R.
State Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Konstantin Ivanov

FROM GENEVA
Piano Concerto in A minor
Schumann
Wilhelm Kempff (piano)
Orchestre de la Suisse
Romande
Conductor, Ernest Ansermet
(Recordings)
Part of a concert given earlier this evening in Moscow, Geneva, and New York. under the auspices of United Nations Radio

Contributors

Conducted By:
Konstantin Ivanov
Piano:
Wilhelm Kempff
Conductor:
Ernest Ansermet

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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