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Helen Bailey , Joy Adamson
Jack Train , and Richard Dimbleby ask all the questions and Gilbert Harding knows some of the answers
Produced by C. F. Meehan
Special edition from the Commonwealth Exhibition at Norwich

Contributors

Unknown:
Helen Bailey
Unknown:
Joy Adamson
Unknown:
Jack Train
Unknown:
Richard Dimbleby
Unknown:
Gilbert Harding
Produced By:
C. F. Meehan

LET'S JOIN IN. ' The Three Copper Pieces ': folk tale from China
2.20 ADVENTURES IN MUSIC. Bach: second of two talks by Walter Drabble.
2.40 MODERN HISTORY. Richard Cobden : the story of the ' Hungry Forties' and the Anti-Corn Law League agitation. Script by Margaret J. Miller

Contributors

Unknown:
Walter Drabble.
Unknown:
Richard Cobden
Script By:
Margaret J. Miller

by Walter Jens
Translated by Michael Bullock
Adapted for radio by Dennis McEldowney
Other parts played by members of the cast

A man who has just lost his sight is given a box of wooden bricks with which he plays, reconstructing his past life. Through the mediation of the people around him, he finally acquires new faith in himself and in life.

Contributors

Author:
Walter Jens
Translated by:
Michael Bullock
Adapted by:
Dennis McEldowney
Production:
William Glen-Doepel
Heinrich Mittenhaufen:
Peter Howell
Nurse Katharina:
Freda Dowie
Inge Mittenhaufen:
June Tobin
Birgitt Mittenhaufen:
Kathleen Helme
Nurse Annelisa:
Dorothy Holmes-Gore
Dr Naugebauer:
Philip Cunningham
Moses Matthaus:
Michael Turner
Tram conductor:
Kenneth Dight
Joseph Freiburger:
Hugh Manning

from the Priory Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Great,
Smithfield, London
Introit
Responses (William Smith of Durham) Psalms 147. 148. 149. 150 First Lesson: Exodus 33 Magnificat (Watson in B)
Second Lesson: 1 Timothy 3 Nunc dimittls (Watson, in E) Creed; Lesser Litany The Lord's Prayer
Responses (William Smith of Durham) Anthem: Call to remembrance, 0
Lord (Richard Farrant )
Prayers
Ail ye who seek for sure relief (A. and M. 112: Tune, St. Bernard)
Blessing and Amen
Organ Voluntary: Chorale Prelude on ' Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund '
Organist and Choirmaster:
Paul Steinitz

Contributors

Unknown:
William Smith
Unknown:
William Smith
Unknown:
Richard Farrant
Choirmaster:
Paul Steinitz

Advice and entertainment for retired people and older people generally, and a meeting place on the air for those concerned for their welfare
Keeping Tropical Fish: Josephine Hunter recommends a source of restful pleasure
The Old House: C. Gordon Glover draws another ' picture in the fire '
Presented by John Dunn

Contributors

Unknown:
Josephine Hunter
Unknown:
C. Gordon Glover
Presented By:
John Dunn

A series of five-round contests between London and the Regions
London v. Scotland
ROUND 3
London:
Cedric Cliffe , Hubert Phillips
Quiz-Master,
Lionel Hale Scotland:
Sir James Fergusson , Jack House
Quiz-Master, Gilbert Harding
Arranged by Robert Gladwell

Contributors

Unknown:
Cedric Cliffe
Unknown:
Hubert Phillips
Unknown:
Lionel Hale
Unknown:
Sir James Fergusson
Unknown:
Jack House
Arranged By:
Robert Gladwell

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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