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Traditional music and songs from a square dance party in Devon,.
Songs from Cyril Tawney Caller, Pat Shaw Music from the Greensleeves Band led by Dennis Darke , M.C.Bernard Fishwick
Produced by Brian Patten From Paignton

Contributors

Unknown:
Pat Shaw
Unknown:
Dennis Darke
Unknown:
Bernard Fishwick
Produced By:
Brian Patten

LET'S JOIN IN
'Anders' New Cap': a Swedish fairy tale adapted by Sam Langdon
2.20 ADVENTURES IN MUSIC
' Lieutpnant Kijé: ': second of two illustrated talks by John Hosier on the suite by Prokofiev
2.40 MODERN HISTORY
Dr. Nansen and the 1921 Russian Famine. Script by Margaret J. Miller
The hot summer of 1921 caused a fatal drought in the Volga river valley. The great Norwegian explorer and philanthropist organised famine relief.

Contributors

Adapted By:
Sam Langdon
Unknown:
John Hosier
Script By:
Margaret J. Miller

DOUBLE BILL
The Enchanted April
A serial in five parts dramatised by Thea Holme from the novel by the author of Elizabeth and her German Garden
PART 5
Produced by Mollie Greenhalgh
The end of the story, showing how the magic of April in Italy can work upon the most hardened of English visitors.

Contributors

Dramatised By:
Thea Holme
Produced By:
Mollie Greenhalgh
Lotty Wilkins:
Janet Burnell
Rose Arbuthnot:
Thea Holme
Lady Caroline Dester:
Penelope Lee
Mrs Fisher:
Kathleen Helme
Francesca:
Gladys Spencer
Domenico:
Lee Fox
Mr Briggs:
Keith Buckley
Frederick:
Philip Morant
Mellersh:
Haydn Jones

from Ely Cathedral
Preces (Marson)
Psalms for the 26th Evening: First Lesson: Zechariah 11
Caeli Deus Sanctissime (E.H. 60) Magnificat (Purcell in G minor) Second Lesson: Hebrews 8
Nunc dimittis (Purcell in G minor)
Creed
Lesser Litany (Westminster 18th
Century)
The Lord's Prayer
Responses (Westminster 18th Century)
Collects
Anthem: By the waters of Babylon
(Boyce)
Prayers
Organist and Master of Choristers Arthur Wills
Assistant Organist Christopher Scarf

JUNIOR TIME:5.0-6.15
A programme for the fives to eights
Hit the Note
Wendy Cooper tells another musical story and asks a violin to help her
5.15 THE GOLDEN CHANCE
A story in three instalments written by Alexandra Mara. and read by David
1: The Ship of Dreams
5.25 THE SPANISH CAVK
The book by Geoffrey Household made into a radio play in three parts by Gilbert Phelps
One stormy dawn Dick Garland's boat was wrecked on the Spanish Asturian coast just off the Cave of Angels, a place which he knew the local fishermen regarded as traditionally unlucky.
1: Lost!
Production by Graham Gauld

Contributors

Unknown:
Wendy Cooper
Written By:
Alexandra Mara.
Book By:
Geoffrey Household
Production By:
Graham Gauld
Dick Garland:
Alaric Cotter
Hal Garland:
Peter Wilde
Paca:
Nan Marriott-Watson
Father Juan:
Alan Wheatley
Lola:
June Spencer
Pablo:
Geoffrey Lewis
Ramon:
Charles Leno
Captain Olazabal:
George Merritt

A series of five-round contests between London and the regions
LONDON V. MIDLANDS
ROUND 1
London
Cedric Cliffe, Hubert Phillips
Quiz-Master,
Lionel Hale Midlands
Thomas Bodkin , H. E. Howard
Quiz-Master, Gilbert Harding
Arranged by Patrick Harvey

Contributors

Unknown:
Hubert Phillips
Unknown:
Lionel Hale Midlands
Unknown:
Thomas Bodkin
Unknown:
H. E. Howard
Unknown:
Gilbert Harding
Arranged By:
Patrick Harvey

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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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More