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Introduced by Marjorie Anderson
As I See It: views from Cmdr.
Sir Stephen King-Hall
A Choice of Cheeses: Michael Brooke tests the palates of Ruth Drew and Philip Harben
A Classical Snag-ridden Situation: described by Janet Teissier du Cros
Dr. Lynda Grier C.B.E. looks back over her eighty years

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
Sir Stephen King-Hall
Unknown:
Michael Brooke
Unknown:
Ruth Drew
Unknown:
Philip Harben
Unknown:
Janet Teissier du Cros
Unknown:
Dr. Lynda Grier C.B.E.

A request programme of records
Overture. La Finta Giardiniera
(Mozart): Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Rafael Kubelik
. Missa Brevis (Britten): boys of the Westminster Cathedral Choir, with George Malcolm (organ)
Clarinet Concerto in A (K.622) (Mozart): Jack Brymer (clarinet), with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; conductor. Sir Thomas Beecham , Bt.

Contributors

Conducted By:
Rafael Kubelik
Unknown:
George Malcolm
Clarinet:
Jack Brymer
Conductor:
Sir Thomas Beecham

For Children of Most Ages
Sunday at Five
Children Singing
Peggy recalls more highlights of a musical holiday in. Vienna, with the help of gramophone records and For Older Children
Stories of the Saints
' The Golden Legend of St. Clare of Assisi '
Re-told as a radio play by Norman Painting
Produced by Peggy Bacon

Contributors

Produced By:
Peggy Bacon
Saint Clare:
Joan Hart
Favarone her father:
Michael Shaw
Agnes, her sister:
Nona Blair
Francesca her old nurse:
Olwen Brookes
Monaldo, her uncle:
Jack May
The Abbess:
Kay Hudson
Sister Teresa:
Kate Cameron
St Francis of Assist:
Peter Anderson
Paolo:
Hilda Birch

A programme in which
Christians: think about their faith and its living expression
" The Special Messenger * by R. H. Ward
An author, a doctor, a soldier, and a lawyer discuss, in an imaginary conversation, the role of John the Baptist in the New Testament
Produced by Martin Willson

Contributors

Unknown:
R. H. Ward
Produced By:
Martin Willson
The Author:
Charles E Stidwill
The Doctor:
H Lockwood West
The Soldier:
Ronald Russell
The Lawyer:
Dudley Rolph

Appeal on behalf of the Adoption Committee for Aid to Displaced Persons (Registered under the War Charities Act) by Christopher Chataway, M.P.
Contributions (preferably by crossed postal order or cheque) will be gratefully acknowledged and should be addressed to [address removed]
The resettlement of D.P.s who have been living in camps in Germany is in sight-they are the hard core who for twenty long years have waited, forgotten, in the shadow of these official camps. World Refugee Year has given a tremendous stimulus to the work of providing homes, jobs, work tools, and training courses for them, and the additional £ 500,000 it is planned to raise in 1960-61 is needed to ensure that the task is completed.

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Chataway

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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