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Prayer
Let us with a gladsome mind (S.P. 12,
D.S. 110, P.H. 8. all omitting vv. 4. 5: C.H. 11, omitting vv. 5, 6: Tune, Monkland)
Interlude: The Temptation of Jesus
Prayers; the Prayer for Protection; the Lord's Prayer
Be thou my guardian (BBC Supplement S; S.P. 100: Tune, Abridge)
Blessing

TIME AND TUNE, by Kay Foster. (BBC recording)
11.20 HOW THINGS BEGAN. 2-Why Fossils are Found on Land. Material compiled by Richard Palmer ; dramatic presentation by Honor Wyatt.
11.40 TALKS FOR SIXTH FORMS. The Two Cultures. 2-The Royal Society in the Seventeenth Century: by M. A. Hoskin. Ph.D., Lecturer in History of Science in the University of Cambridge.

Contributors

Unknown:
Kay Foster.
Unknown:
Richard Palmer
Unknown:
M. A. Hoskin.

Harry Davidson and his Orchestra
Guest artist,
Stephen Manton (tenor)
Introduced by Ivan Samson
Master of Ceremonies,
Charles Crathorn
Produced by Fredric Bayco
The dances: Naval Threestep; Waltz; Third and Fourth Figures of the Quadrille; Britannia Saunter; Ideal Schottische: The Allandale Waltz: Melody Twostep: Idaho Foxtrot: The Marine Fourstep; Progressive Waltz The songs: I hear you calling me; Camptown races
Tickets for this broadcast may be obtained on application to [address removed], enclosing stamped addressed envelope.

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Davidson
Tenor:
Stephen Manton
Introduced By:
Ivan Samson
Unknown:
Charles Crathorn
Produced By:
Fredric Bayco

From the many broadcasts on BBC sound and television during the past seven days Gale Pedrick selects highlights that listeners may have missed or might like to hear again
Introduced by John Ellison
Edited by John Haslam

Contributors

Unknown:
Gale Pedrick
Introduced By:
John Ellison
Edited By:
John Haslam

TRAVEL TALKS. Holland's Fight Against the Sea. Script by John Seymour.
2.20 THE bible AND life. Everyday Life in Israel. 2-Danger from the Philistines. Script by Jack Shepherd. (BBC recording)
2.40 SENIOR ENGLISH i. The Odyssey ': a new version by Rex Warner. 2—The Cyclops

Contributors

Script By:
John Seymour.
Script By:
Jack Shepherd.

A weekly exploration of the BBC Sound Archives

Jamila Singh was born in the foothills of the Himalayas but has spent the last seven years in Europe studying music. Some months ago she returned to India and travelled from Delhi to Shillong visiting her family and rediscovering the music and customs of this rapidly changing continent.

Contributors

Presenter:
Jamila Singh
Producer:
Denys Gueroult

For Children of Most Ages
' The Life and Strange
Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner' by Daniel Defoe
(1660-1731) told in six readings by David
4-' Crusoe Makes a Voyage '
5.15 For Older Children
' Special Courier '
A new serial play in six parts by John Darran
4-' Zone of Fear'
Production by Ifan 0. Williams
The island of Orawa has become the magnet of danger in the troubled waters of the Pacific. Dan Masters and Brick Travers set a course for the island, and Dr. Wyn Rogers undergoes a strange experience as the ship sails into the perilous ' fraught zone.'

Contributors

Unknown:
Daniel Defoe
Unknown:
John Darran
Dan Masters:
John Darran
Brick Travers:
Dillwyn Owen
Susan Brent:
Judy White
Wyn Rogers:
Wyn Thomas
Kyanga Ieuan:
Rhys Williams
Tony Martelli:
Ian Sadler
Mike:
Keith Buckley
Madame Kellino:
Gwenyth Petty
Joey:
Glyn Lawson
'R ':
Ivor Maddox

Midland Region's panel game devised by Tony Shryane and Edward J. Mason
E. Arnot Robertson and Frank Muir challenge
Nancy Spain and Denis Norden
Umpire, Jack Longland

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Shryane
Unknown:
Edward J. Mason
Unknown:
E. Arnot Robertson
Unknown:
Frank Muir
Unknown:
Denis Norden
Unknown:
Jack Longland

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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