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LET'S join IN. The Marzipan Cottage ': the storv of Hansel and Gretel retold by Charles K. Offer. (BBC recording)
2.20 ADVENTURESIN music. Going to the Opera: an introduction by Roger Fiske.
2.40 MODERN HISTORY. The Canadian Pacific Railway. Script by Maurice Whitbread
Work on this trans-continental line went on in the Prairies and the Rockies simultaneously. The programme describes how the difficulties were overcome and all sections finally joined up.

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles K. Offer.
Unknown:
Roger Fiske.

by Michael Brett
Another chapter in the story of the County Gazette
Characters in order of speaking:
Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company
George Maxwell , wanting to stir things up a bit, writes a letter (purporting to come from a Mr. Pimpleton) to the County Gazette, strongly criticising the amenities of the city. This leads to trouble, especially when the City Council challenges ' Mr. Pimpleton' to visit the city and take part in a public debate.

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Brett
Unknown:
George Maxwell
Frederick Elton:
George Hagan
Stella:
Judy Bailey
George Maxwell:
Frederick Treves
Bertie Andrews:
John Bryning
Leader of the City Council:
Jon Rollason
The Lord Mayor:
George Merritt

The short story by W. W. Jacobs dramatised for radio by Lionel Brown
Characters in order of speaking:
Silvanus Key suffers from rheumatism. The fun begins when the reluctant Silvanus is subjected to the peculiar brand of healing practised by a Mr. Punshon, at whose hands he loses his physical symptoms but develops a neurosis....
(The recorded broadcast of May 10 In the Light Programme)
Plays produced by David H. Godfrey

Contributors

Story By:
W. W. Jacobs
Unknown:
Lionel Brown
Produced By:
David H. Godfrey
Mrs Key:
Barbara Lott
Silvanus Key:
Eric Anderson
Mr Daviot:
Keith Williams
Mrs Daviot:
Eva Stuart
Dr Johnson:
Wilfred Babbage
Mr Punshon:
Hamilton Dyce

from Salisbury Cathedral
Preces and Responses (Morley) Psalms 93 and 94 First Lesson: Joshua 7
Magnificat (Weelkes, Short Service) Second Lesson: Acts 24. vv. 1-23
Nunc dimittis (Weelkes, Short Service)
Creed; Lesser Litany
The Lord's Prayer (Stone) Responses (Morley)
Anthem: O pray for the peace of Jerusalem (John Blow)
Blessing
Organist and Master of the Choristers, Christopher Dearnley
Assistant organist, Richard Lloyd

Contributors

Unknown:
Short Ser
Organist:
Richard Lloyd

For Older Listeners
' The Macdonnell of Ulster'
A serial p!ay in six episodes by Charles Witherspoon and James Boyce
2—' Hue and Cry ' with Charles Witherspoon , Denis Scott and Dawson Manning
Produced by Cicely Mathews
5.30 Goodwill Day
Dydd Ewyllys Da
The thirty-ninth annual message of the children of Wales to the world
The programme includes recordings of exchange greetings from countries overseas. It is hoped that replies will include letters from boys and girls in Holland, Austria, Switzerland, and France, and, from further overseas, messages from the Lebanon, Hong Kong, India, Pakistan.
Programme edited and introduced by Ifan O. Williams
5.50 Children's Hour prayers
The Undiscovered Country
Four talks by the Rev. Elsie Chamberlain
3-Divided Loyalties

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Witherspoon
Unknown:
James Boyce
Unknown:
Charles Witherspoon
Unknown:
Denis Scott
Unknown:
Dawson Manning
Produced By:
Cicely Mathews
Introduced By:
Ifan O. Williams
Unknown:
Rev. Elsie Chamberlain
Ludar Macdonnell:
Robin Graham
Humphrey Dexter:
Norman Stevenson
Rose O'Neill:
Kathleen O'Donnell
Meg:
Mina Dornan
Captain Merriman:
James Boyce
Sergeant Markham:
James Parr
Sir William Carleton:
Harold Goldblatt

The fifth of ten programmes in the National Competition
YOUTH CHOIRS:
Eskdale Singers
Conductor, Morton Robertson
Orpington Junior Singers
Conductor. Sheila Mossman
MIXED VOICE CHOIRS:
Fenland Singers
Conductor. Catherine M. Baxter
Silver Ring Choir
Conductor. Kelvin Thomas
I.ADIKS CHOIRS:
The Freda Parry Choir Conductor,
Freda Parry Oberon Ladies' Choir. Hull
Conductor. Audrey Hayes
Introduced by Leslie Regan
Produced by Charles Beardsall
The finalists in each class will take part in a nation-wide broadcast on Tuesday, June 28.

Contributors

Conductor:
Morton Robertson
Conductor:
Sheila Mossman
Conductor:
Catherine M. Baxter
Conductor:
Kelvin Thomas
Unknown:
Freda Parry
Conductor:
Freda Parry OBEron
Conductor:
Audrey Hayes
Introduced By:
Leslie Regan
Produced By:
Charles Beardsall

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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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