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visits Ludlow in Shropshire for a programme of folk songs and dances with Fred Jordan
The Gloster Square Dance Band
Guest Caller, Nibs Matthews who also plays his melodeon Arranged and introduced by Kenneth Clark

Contributors

Unknown:
Fred Jordan
Unknown:
Nibs Matthews
Introduced By:
Kenneth Clark

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
Last Friday's recorded broadcast

Contributors

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

LET'S JOIN IN
' The Kitten Who Wasn't': a light-hearted tale about an unusual present, by Margaret Gore
2.20 ADVENTURES IN MUSIC
St. Nicholas: the second of two talks by John Hosier on the cantata by Benjamin Britten
2.40 MODERN HISTORY
Ramsay MacDonald and the 1931 crisis

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Gore
Unknown:
John Hosier
Unknown:
Benjamin Britten
Unknown:
Ramsay MacDonald

from Leeds Parish Church
Versicles and Responses (Byrd) Psalms 82, 83. 84, 85
First Lesson: Ecclesiastes 4 Magnificat (Bullock in D)
Second Lesson: 1 John 2, vv. 18-29 Nune dimittis (Bullock in D)
Creed; Lesser Litany; Collects 0 living will (Stanford) Prayers: Grace
Organist and choirmaster, Donald Hunt
Assistant Organist. John Moore-Bridger

Contributors

Organist:
John Moore-Bridger

Three talks by Gerald Durrell
3: Tapirs, Peccaries, and Vampire Bats
In contrast to the desolate southern regions of Argentina, there is in the north an area of tropical forest. Here Gerald Durrell was able to collect for his Jersey Zoo a number of strange and attractive animals.
The recorded broadcast of March 10

Contributors

Unknown:
Gerald Durrell

5.0 JUNIOR TIME
A programme for the fives to eights
Spin Me a Story
Records introduced by Claire Chovil
5.15 THE GREY COCKADE
An adventure in six parts by Aubrey Feist
1: The Double Dealer
Produced by David Davis

Contributors

Introduced By:
Claire Chovil
Unknown:
Aubrey Feist
Produced By:
David Davis
Major March:
John Glen
Jan his wife:
Carol Marsh
Jean-Paul Renard:
Lewis Stringer
Cornet Spicer:
Noel Dryden
Colonel Moubray:
Geoffrey Wincott
Julia:
Carol MacReady
Betty:
Norma Griffin

A series of five-round contests between London and the regions
London v. Midlands
Round 4
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:
Thomas Bodkin
Unknown:
H. E. Howard
Unknown:
Gilbert Harding
Arranged By:
Patrick Harvey

Written and compiled by LESLIE BAILY with the voices of: LORD MORRISON OF LAMBETH
LADY VIOLET BONHAM CARTER
CAPTAIN H. G. KENDALL
MR. CLAUDE GRAHAME-WHITE
MR. L. R. WILLDRIDGE
MR. OLIVER DYER with Carleton Hobbs. Gordon Davies , Olive Gregg , John Cameron ,
Helen Clare , Clarence Wright , Anita Prynne , Oliver Burt ,
Leslie Perrins. Ronald Baddiley
Pages turned byFreddy Grisewood Music arranged by Alan Paul
BBC Revue Chorus and Orchestra Conducted by Alan Paul
Production by VERNON HARRIS
The recorded broadcast of May 15

Contributors

Unknown:
Leslie Baily
Unknown:
Lady Violet Bonham Carter
Unknown:
Captain H. G. Kendall
Unknown:
Mr. Claude Grahame-White
Unknown:
Mr. L. R. Willdridge
Unknown:
Mr. Oliver Dyer
Unknown:
Carleton Hobbs.
Unknown:
Gordon Davies
Unknown:
Olive Gregg
Unknown:
John Cameron
Unknown:
Helen Clare
Unknown:
Clarence Wright
Unknown:
Anita Prynne
Unknown:
Oliver Burt
Unknown:
Leslie Perrins.
Unknown:
Ronald Baddiley
Turned By:
Freddy Grisewood
Arranged By:
Alan Paul
Conducted By:
Alan Paul
Production By:
Vernon Harris

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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