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Introduced by Marjorie Anderson
Two Generations: reflections on a changing way of life
Frankly Luxurious: F. R. Morrell talks about jewellery
Broken Marriage: Elizabeth Smith describes a mother's point of view
How does your imagination grow?: Audrey Russell, Harry Hardman, and Ann Kingsbury. speaking from separate studios react to sounds and words

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Talks:
F. R. Morrell

A request programme of records
At the castle gate (Incidental music to
Pelleas and Melisande) (Sibelius): Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; conductor. Sir Thomas Beecham , Bt.
Is Cressida a slave? (Troilus and Cressida. Act' 1) (Walton): Richard Lewis (tenor),. Elisabeth Schwarz kopf (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by the composer
Ebony Concerto (Stravinsky) :
Woody Herman (clarinet), and the Woody Herman Orchestra , conducted by the composer
Symphonic Metamorphosis of themes by Carl Maria von Weber (Hindemith: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Rafael Kubelik

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Thomas Beecham
Tenor:
Richard Lewis
Tenor:
Elisabeth Schwarz
Clarinet:
Woody Herman
Unknown:
Woody Herman Orchestra
Unknown:
Carl Maria von Weber
Conducted By:
Rafael Kubelik

Listeners' questions about the countryside answered by Eric Hobbis , Maxwell Knight and Ralph Wightman
Question-Master, Jack Longland
Produced by Bill Coysh

Contributors

Unknown:
Eric Hobbis
Unknown:
Maxwell Knight
Question-Master:
Ralph Wightman
Question-Master:
Jack Longland
Produced By:
Bill Coysh

Sunday at Five
Children's Service for Palm Sunday from Stockport Grammar School; conducted by the Chaplain, the Rev. David Anderson, assisted by members of the school
Bible reading: St. Matthew 21, vv.
1-9
All glory, laud, and honour (S.P. 135, vv. 1, 2, 4. 5, 6)
Bible reading: St. Matthew 20, vv.
18-19
Ride on ! ride on in majesty ! (S.P. 137) Bible reading: St. Matthew 20, vv.
25-28
There is a green hill (S.P. 131) Prayers: Blessing
5.20 The Trumpet-Major *
A tale of Wessex by Thomas Hardy
Dramatised in six episodes by John Keir Cross
5— ' How a sailor went back to sea
(Continued in next column)
Other parts played by Edgar Harrison
Produced by Archie Campbell

Contributors

Played By:
Edgar Harrison
Produced By:
Archie Campbell
Bob Loveday:
John Bennett
John Loveday:
John Drake
Anne Garland:
Angela Brooking
Mrs Garland:
Ruby Luscombe
Festus Derriman:
Hugh David
Miller Loveday:
Basil Jones
Captain Hardy:
Dudley Rolph
Old Jim Cornick:
George Woodbridge
Ned Cornick:
Clivc Batchelor
Sergeant of Marines:
Stephen Jack
The Storyteller:
Harold Reese

by Michel Saint-Denis
On October 21, 1940, Michel Saint -Denis, then head of the BBC French Service, spent the day helping the British Prime Minister to translate his broadcast to the French people in their darkest hour. This is the intimate chronicle of the events of that day, revealing the character and the working methods of the greatest Englishman of our time.
Produced by Laurence Gilliam

Contributors

Unknown:
Michel Saint-Denis
Unknown:
Michel Saint
Produced By:
Laurence Gilliam

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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