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Introduced by Marjorie Anderson
As I See It: personal comment from Sir Stephen King-Hall
Childhood Asthma: by a doctor 2: Nervous asthma
Nancy Spain on Mrs. Beeton
Behind the Scenes: Gordon Gow at a fashion show

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
Gordon Gow

A request programme of records
Introduced by Charles Mackerras
Overture and Finale: Prometheus
(Beethoven): London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Eduard van Beinum
Violin Concerto (Berg): Andre Gertler (violin), with the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Paul Kletzki
Finlandia (Sibelius) : New Symphony
Orchestra of London, conducted by Charles Mackerras

Contributors

Introduced by:
Charles Maekerras
Conducted by:
Eduard van Beinum
Conducted by:
Paul Kletzki
Conducted by:
Charles MacKerras

Conducted by Philip Hope-Wallace
Radio: Stephen Potter
Book: Margaret Lane
Art: Eric Newton
Film: Paul Dehn
Theatre: Eric Keown

Contributors

Conducted By:
Philip Hope-Wallace
Unknown:
Stephen Potter
Unknown:
Margaret Lane
Unknown:
Eric Newton
Unknown:
Paul Dehn
Unknown:
Eric Keown

Introduced by Maxwell Knight
HEDGEROWS
We accept hedges as part of the British scene, but they are at once teeming cities and highways for creatures of all kinds.
DAVID McCLINTOCK and C. A. NORRIS discuss the shrubs and other plants that make our hedges and the animals that inhabit them.
In a field recording David McClintock takes MAXWELL KNIGHT for a walk along a favourite hedgerow near his home in Kent.
Produced by Bruce Campbell

Contributors

Introduced By:
Maxwell Knight
Unknown:
David McClintock
Unknown:
C. A. Norris
Produced By:
Bruce Campbell

A play in six episodes
PHRA THE PHOENICIAN by Michael Kelly based on the book by Edwin Lester Arnold with Norman Wooland as Phra EPISODE 2
Production by Claire Chovil
6.45 PRAYERS
Questions People Ask
Third of four talks by the Very Rev. George Reindorp
3: Why all this suffering?

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Kelly
Book By:
Edwin Lester Arnold
Unknown:
Norman Wooland
Production By:
Claire Chovil
Unknown:
Very Rev. George Reindorp
Hanno:
Jeffrey Segal
Doctor:
William Fox
First Briton:
William Fox
Electra:
Judith Whale
Second Briton:
John Hollis

A discussion between
Geoffrey Cox who served in North Africa as Intelligence Officer with the 2nd New Zealand Division, and is now Editor, Independent Television News and Correlli Barnett author of the controversial book The Desert Generals
The world knows October 23, 1942, as the date of the battle of Alamein. Was this battle a real turning-point or should it be regarded as just part of the whole desert campaign?

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoffrey Cox
Unknown:
Correlli Barnett

shall beleavingyuu now,sir
An enquiry into the attitudes in this country towards
TIPPING
Tips of threepence up to tips of hundreds of pounds
The enquiry conducted by Rene Cutforth
Produced by Francis Dillon
An augmented version of the programme first broadcast on July 31

Contributors

Conducted By:
Rene Cutforth
Produced By:
Francis Dillon

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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