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Traditional music and songs from a square dance party in Somerset
Songs from Pat Shaw
Caller, Nibs Matthews
Music from the Jolly Waggoners Band
Led by Nan Fleming-Williams Master of Ceremonies Bernard Fishwick
Produced by Brian Patten
From Clevedon

Contributors

Unknown:
Nibs Matthews
Unknown:
Nan Fleming-Williams
Unknown:
Bernard Fishwick
Produced By:
Brian Patten

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:
Denis Norden
Unknown:
Jack Longland
Unknown:
Tony Shryane
Unknown:
Edward J. Mason

LET'S JOIN IN
'The Christmas Rocket ' by Anne Molloy : a modern seasonal tale with an Italian setting
2.20 ADVENTURES IN MUSIC
Christmas Oratorio: second of two talks on extracts from Bach's Oratorio
Script by Gwyneth Pattison
2.40 MODERN HISTORY
Hitler: in a dramatised form the evil effects of racialism in the Third Reich are made plain
Script by John Tully

Contributors

Unknown:
Anne Molloy
Script By:
Gwyneth Pattison
Script By:
John Tully

Try Anything Once by T. C. THOMAS
In this series of four radio comedies T. C. Thomas pokes gentle fun at some of the trials and errors of his early career as a schoolmaster in a country village.
2: Fresh Fish
Production by John Griffiths
Recorded broadcast of July 14 in the Welsh Home Service
3.30 Opportunity Corner by ARNOLD YARROW
Will Cawthrup, the village blacksmith, and Sara, his wife, dream of the big world outside their circumscribed existence. Opportunity knocks when a Continental tourist discovers by chance that in their spare time Will makes metal figures and Sara paints.
Produced by William Glen-Doepel

Contributors

Unknown:
T. C. Thomas
Unknown:
T. C. Thomas
Production By:
John Griffiths
Produced By:
William Glen-Doepel
The Narrator:
Brinley Jenkins
Ann his wife:
Margaret John
Geor Lewis:
Jack Walters
Mrs Jenkins:
Harriet Lewis
Dick Jenkins:
D L Davies
Fred Parry:
Dillwyn Owen
Johnny Jones:
Peter French
Powell the Policeman:
W. H. Williams
Frankie the Wern:
Howell Evans
Davies the Porter:
George David
Will:
George Hagan
Sara:
Thea Wells
Ambrose Gluck:
Rudolf Offenbach
Tourist guide:
Ralph Hallett
Louisa:
Ursula Hirst
George:
Philip Morant
Drayman:
Lee Fox

from the Cathedral Church of St. Mary (Scottish Episcopal), Edinburgh
Sentences; Confession: Absolution Preces : Responses (Morley) Psalms 147, 148. 149, 150
First Lesson: Ezekiel 47, vv. 1-12 Magnificat (Byrd's Third Service)
Second Lesson: St. John 12. vv.
20-32
Nunc dimittis (Byrd's Third Service) Creed: Lesser Litany; the Lord's
Prayer
Responses (Morley) Collects
Anthem: 0 how glorious (Harwood) Jesus calls us! o'er the tumult
(English Hymnal No. 205)
Organist and Master of the Choristers, Eric Parsons

Contributors

Unknown:
Eric Parsons

5.0 JUNIOR TIME
A programme for the fives to eights
Animals you see at the Zoo
Songs and tunes introduced by Graham Gauld
5.15 THE GREY COCKADE
An adventure in six parts by Aubrey Feist
3: The Dover Road
Produced by David Davis

Contributors

Introduced By:
Graham Gauld
Unknown:
Aubrey Feist
Produced By:
David Davis
Major March:
John Glen
Jan, his wife:
Carol Marsh
Jean-Paul Renard:
Lewis Stringer
George:
Roy Patrick
Moll:
Vlvienne Chatterton
Pussy:
Ivan Samson

A series of five-round contests between London and the Regions
LONDON v. NOBTH
ROUND 1
London
Denis Brogan, Cedric Cliffe
Quiz-Master, Lionel Hale
North
W. Lyon Blease
Dennis Chapman
Arranged by Patrick Harvey

Contributors

Unknown:
Cedric Cliffe
Unknown:
Lionel Hale
Unknown:
Dennis Chapman
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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