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Anona Winn , Joy Adamson
Jack Train , and Richard Dimbleby ask all the questions and Gilbert Harding knows some of the answers
Produced by C. F. Meehan

Contributors

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

LET'S JOIN in. 'The Blue Day': a modern fairv tale from France, adapted from the book by Rene Guillot
2.20 ADVENTURES in MUSIC. Carmen': first of two talks by Walter Drabble on Bizet's opera.
2.40 MODERN HISTORY. Livingstone the Explorer. Script by Norman Wymer The story of Livingstone's second journey through Central Africa, first to the west and then to the east coast, with quotations from his own book.

Contributors

Book By:
Rene Guillot
Unknown:
Walter Drabble
Script By:
Norman Wymer

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Dramatised for radio by Michael Hardwick Other parts played by Janet Morrison
Ian Sadler and John Scott
Produced by Martyn C. Webster
Dr. Watson has to get up early to attend an accident case. Sherlock Holmes takes over when the patient reveals an experience he doubts the police will believe.
(The recorded broadcast of May 17 in the Light Programme)

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Unknown:
Michael Hardwick
Played By:
Janet Morrison
Unknown:
Ian Sadler
Unknown:
John Scott
Produced By:
Martyn C. Webster
Unknown:
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes:
Carleton Hobbs
Dr Watson:
Norman Shelley
Victor Hatherley:
Harold Reese
Colonel Lysander Stark:
Julian Somera
Elise:
Stella Textor
Mr Ferguson:
Geoffrey Wincott
Inspector Bradstreet:
Edgar Norfolk

from Hereford Cathedral
Introduction
Confession: Absolution
The Lord's Prayer Responses (Byrd) Psalms 15, 97, 99
First Lesson: Song of the Three
Children, vv. 29-37
Magnificat (Ireland in F)
Second Lesson: St. Matthew 28, w.
16-20
Nunc dimittis (Ireland in F)
Creed; Lesser Litany; Collects
Anthem: Coelos ascendit hodie (Stanford)
Prayers Grace
Assistant Organist, Michael Burton

Contributors

Organist:
Michael Burton

" The Macdonnell of Ulster'
A serial play in six episodes by Charles Witherspoon and James Boyce
3—' Peril by Sea' with Maurice Taylor. Terence Cromey and Sydney Shaw
Produced by Cicely Mathews
5.30 Talking in School
A series of discussion programmes from schools in Northern Ireland
Dalriada School, Ballymoney
Chairman, Jack McGeagh
Guest speaker, Ronald Rosser
See Junior Radio Times
5.50 Children's Hour prayers
The Undiscovered Country
Four talks by the Rev. Elsie Chamberlain
4-Full Ahead

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Witherspoon
Unknown:
James Boyce
Unknown:
Maurice Taylor.
Unknown:
Terence Cromey
Unknown:
Sydney Shaw
Produced By:
Cicely Mathews
Unknown:
Jack McGeagh
Unknown:
Ronald Rosser
Unknown:
Rev. Elsie Chamberlain
Ludar Macdonnell:
Robin Graham
Humphrey Dexter:
Norman Stevenson
Rose O'Neill:
Kathleen O'Donnell
Meg:
Mina Dornan
Poet:
Alfred Arnold
Simon Noakes:
Alan Roberts
Captain McGreggor:
Archie Douglas

A weekly contest between 143 choirs from all over the United Kingdom
The sixth of ten programmes in the National Competition
MALE VOICE CHOIRS:
Felling Mate Voice Choir
Conductor, Norman Williams
Ipswich Male Voice Choir
Conductor, T. Bates-Wilkinson
SCHOOL CHOIRS:
Grove Park Girls Grammar School
Conductor, Mabel Wilfrid-Jones
Stobswell Girls
Junior Secondary School, Dundee Conductor, Anne S. W. Robertson
Introduced by Leslie Regan
Produced by Charles Beardsall
The finalists in each class will take part in a nation-wide broadcast on June 28.

Contributors

Conductor:
T. Bates-Wilkinson
Conductor:
Anne S. W. Robertson
Introduced By:
Leslie Regan
Produced By:
Charles Beardsall

Schubert
Quintet in A (The Trout) played by The Melos Ensemble: Emanuel Hurwitz (violin)
Cecil Aronowitz (viola)
Terence Weil (cello)
Adrian Beers (double-bass)
Lamar Crowson (piano)

Contributors

Violin:
Emanuel Hurwitz
Viola:
Cecil Aronowitz
Cello:
Terence Weil
Double-Bass:
Adrian Beers
Piano:
Lamar Crowson

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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