Programme Index

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TIME AND TUNE, by Kay Foster. (BBC recording)
11.20 HOW THINGS BEGAN. 3-Going Ashore. Material compiled by Richard Palmer ; dramatic presentation by Honor Wyatt.
11.40 TALKS FOR SIXTH FORMS. The TWO Cultures. 3—The Newtonian Universe and the Age of Reason, by Gerd Buchdahl , Lecturer in Philosophy of Science in the University of Cambridge.

Contributors

Unknown:
Kay Foster.
Unknown:
Richard Palmer
Unknown:
Gerd Buchdahl

Harry Davidson and his Orchestra
Guest artist,
Helen Clare (soprano)
Introduced by Ivan Samson
Master of Ceremonies,
Charles Crathorn
Produced by Fredric Bayco
The dances: Waltz; La Militaire; Lilani Tango; The Quadrille; Moonlight Saunter; Hesitation Waltz; Dmky Onestep
The songs: To a wild rose; Let the great big world keep turning

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Davidson
Soprano:
Helen Clare
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. A Small French Town. Script by Vivian Rowe. (BBC recording)
2.20 THE BIBLE AND LIFE. Everyday Life in Israel. 3-The King's Court. Script by Jack Shepherd. (BBC recording)
2.40 SENIOR ENGLISH i. ' The Odyssey.' A new version by Rex Warner. 3--The Island of Circe

Contributors

Script By:
Vivian Rowe.
Script By:
Jack Shepherd.

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 serial play in six parts by John Darran
5-Vazumah
Production by Ifan 0. Williams

Contributors

Unknown:
Daniel Defoe
Unknown:
John Darran
Dan Masters:
John Darran
Wyn Rogers:
Wyn Thomas
Susan Brent:
Judy White
Brick Travers:
Dillwyn Owen
Joey:
Glyn Lawson
Kyanga:
Leuan Rhys Williams
'R ':
Ivor Maddox

A programme of news and comment on recent events in the field of science and technology
Introduced by Archie Clow
The programme includes comments on the centenary of the first pure food law passed in Great Britain' An Act for preventing the Adulteration of Food and Drink '

Contributors

Introduced By:
Archie Clow

The News and Comment from at home and abroad
This edition contains a special survey from the Labour Party Conference at Scarborough and includes an eye-witness comment by a Conservative
The Rt. Hon. NIGEL BIRCH , M.P. followed by an interlude

Contributors

Unknown:
Rt. Hon. Nigel Birch

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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