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Prayer
At the name of Jesus (BBC Supplement 6; S.P. 392. omitting verses 3. 6. 7; C.H. 178, omitting verse 5: Tune, Evelyns)
Interlude: The feeding of the multitude
Prayers; The Prayer of Thanksgiving: the Lord's Prayer
From thee all skill and science ftow
(BBC Supplement 24; S.P. 285; C.H. 351: Tune, Belmont)
Blessing

TIME AND TUNE by Kay Foster
11.20 HOW THINGS BEGAN 10. Apes and Men
Material compiled by Richard Palmer. Dramatic presentation by Honor Wyatt
11.40 TALKS FOR SIXTH FORMS
The Architectural Tradition in England
2: The Eighteenth Century, by Dorothy Stroud , Assistant Curator of Sir John Soane 's Museum, London

Contributors

Unknown:
Kay Foster
Unknown:
Richard Palmer.
Unknown:
Dorothy Stroud
Unknown:
Sir John Soane

Harry Davidson and his Orchestra with Denis Catlin (baritone)
Introduced by Ivan Samson
Master of Ceremonies, Charles Crathorn
Produced by Fredric Bayco
The dances: Military Twostep; Waltz: Lola Tango ; Inspiration Gavotte: Bradford Barn Dance; Valise Superbe ; Manhattan Blues: Oriental Mazurka; Gay Gordons
The songs: Friend o' mine; Come, landlord, till the flowing bowl
Admission bv ticket on application to [address removed], enclosing stamped addressed envelope

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Davidson
Baritone:
Denis Catlin
Introduced By:
Ivan Samson
Unknown:
Charles Crathorn
Produced By:
Fredric Bayco
Unknown:
Lola Tango
Unknown:
Valise Superbe

TRAVEL TALKS
Life in an Israeli kibbutz
Script by Marie Burg
2.20 THE BIBLE AND LIFE The Kings of Israel 6: King David (ii)
Script by Charles Davey
2.40 SENIOR ENGLISH I ' The Haunted Island ' by Miep Diekmann adapted by Philippa Pearce 1: A Present for Matthew

Contributors

Script By:
Marie Burg
Script By:
Charles Davey
Unknown:
Miep Diekmann
Adapted By:
Philippa Pearce

5.0 JUNIOR TIME
A programme for the fives to eights Alexander Armstrong
A serial dialogue story by John D Stewart ,
5: The School Concert
Introduced by Cicely Mathews
5.15 LUCK OF THE DRAW
Vote for the winning discs! played by Graham Gauld
Postcards to be sent to:
Children's Hour, BBC, London, W.l
5.25 FIRE OVER ENGLAND
The book by A. E. W. Mason adapted for broadcasting by Nan Macdonald. with Carleton Hobbs and Norman Shelley 4: Carlo Manucci
Production by Herbert Smith
Robin Aubrey has contrived to get himself employed as valet to the Spanish Admiral Santa Cruz in Lisbon. All the secrets of the Great Armada are his for the taking. And now, at home in England, Sir Francis Walsingham waits for the final dispatch of the ' news out of Spain ' he needs so desperately.

Contributors

Unknown:
Alexander Armstrong
Story By:
John D Stewart
Introduced By:
Cicely Mathews
Played By:
Graham Gauld
Book By:
A. E. W. Mason
Broadcasting By:
Nan MacDonald.
Unknown:
Carleton Hobbs
Unknown:
Norman Shelley
Production By:
Herbert Smith
Unknown:
Robin Aubrey
Unknown:
Sir Francis Walsingham
Sir Francis Walsingham:
Carleton Hobbs
Robin Aubrey:
Scot Finch
Humphrey Bannet:
Brian Trueman
Mr Stafford:
Leonard Williams
Cynthia Norris:
Valerie Stillwell
Sir Robert Bannet:
Graham Tennant
Mr Gregory of Lyme:
Geoffrey Banks
Admiral Santa Cruz:
Norman Shelley
Christopher Vode:
Barrie Hesketh
Morgan:
Frank Poynter

— by Quentin Keynes
Retracing the line of Dr. Livingstone's six-year exploration in the Zambesi valley, Quentin Keynes discovered the monogram ' D.L.,' cut by the explorer a hundred years earlier, inside the hollow trunk of an enormous baobab tree on the bank of the Lower Zambesi.
Recorded broadcast of Oct. 2

Contributors

Unknown:
Quentin Keynes
Unknown:
Quentin Keynes

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

London Harpsichord Ensemble John Francis (flute)
Trevor Williams (violin)
Raymond Keenlyside (violin) Ambrose Gauntlett (cello)
Millicent Silver (harpsichord)
The recorded broadcast of February 13. 1959. in the Third Programme

Contributors

Flute:
John Francis
Violin:
Trevor Williams
Violin:
Raymond Keenlyside
Cello:
Ambrose Gauntlett
Harpsichord:
Millicent Silver

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