Programme Index

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TIME AND TUNE by Kay Foster
11.20 HOW THINGS BEGAN
6: Giant Reptiles Rule the World. Material compiled by Richard Palmer. Dramatic presentation by Honor Wyatt
11.40 TALKS FOR SIXTH FORMS
The Two Cultures. 6: The Scientific Attitude, by D. M. MacKay , Professor of Communication, University College of North Staffordshire

Contributors

Unknown:
Kay Foster
Unknown:
Richard Palmer.
Unknown:
D. M. MacKay

Harry Davidson and his Orchestra with Alfred Swain (baritone)
Introduced by Ivan Samson M.C. , Charles Crathorn
Produced by Fredric Bayco
The dances: Military Twostep; Waltz: La Mascotte; Empress Mazurka: Imperial Waltz: Tango Fascination Music; Fifth Figure of the Lancers; Yearning Saunter; Lilac Waltz
The songs: The fishermen of England: A bachelor gay
Admission by ticket on application to [address removed], enclosing stamped addressed envelope.

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Davidson
Baritone:
Alfred Swain
Introduced By:
Ivan Samson M.C.
Introduced By:
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 Vienna
Script by Peter Arengo-Jones
2.20 THE BIBLE AND LIFE
The Kings of Israel. 1: King Saul Script by Charles Davey
2.40 SENIOR ENGLISH I
' Knight Crusader' by Ronald Welch , adapted by Garry Lyle 1: The March to Tiberias

Contributors

Script By:
Peter Arengo-Jones
Unknown:
King Saul Script
Unknown:
Charles Davey
Unknown:
Ronald Welch
Adapted By:
Garry Lyle

JUNIOR TIME: 5.0-5.15
A programme for the fives to eights Alexander Armstrong
A new serial dialogue story by John D. Stewart
1: Hallowe'en
Presented by Cicely
5.15 LUCK OF THE DRAW
Vote for the winning discs! played by Graham Gauld
Postcards should be sent to Children's Hour, BBC, [address removed]
5.25 THE MAN FROM THE CAPE
A radio dramatisation of the first journey across Africa from the Cape to Cairo, which was made by EWART GROGAN in 1897 to 1900
Written by Norman Wymer based on his book of the same name
With James McKechnie as the narrator Denis Goacher as Grogan
Other parts played by Anne Dalliance, Harry Lockwood West, Harry Quashie and Ali Gandl Produced by David Davis
On this dangerous expedition of nearly 8,000 miles - made largely on foot - Grogan trekked through dense jungle, and over vast, terrifying swamps where no white man had been before.

Contributors

Unknown:
Alexander Armstrong
Story By:
John D. Stewart
Played By:
Graham Gauld
Unknown:
Ewart Grogan
Written By:
Norman Wymer
Unknown:
James McKechnie
Narrator:
Denis Goacher
Played By:
Anne Dalliance
Played By:
Harry Lockwood West
Played By:
Harry Quashie
Produced By:
David Davis

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

Contributors

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

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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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