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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: Preparation for the Nativity Play
Children are taken through next week's play with suggestions for properties and positions

2.20 Adventures in Music
A concert of Christmas music on gramophone records
The programme includes:
Silent Night (German Carol)
Excerpts from St. Nicolas (Britten)
Excerpts from The Christmas Oratorio (Bach)

2.40 Modern History: Stalin
A dramatised account of the collectivisation of Russian agriculture under Stalin's first five-year plan
Script by John Tully

Contributors

Script (Modern History):
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.
3: Going to the Dogs
Production by John Griffiths
The recorded broadcast of July 21 in the Welsh Home Service
3.30
Remember Tomorrow by BILLY THATCHER and SHELAGH FRASER
A rich stockbroker walks out on one of his wife's boring dinner parties. He wanders round London and meets a working girl with whom he strikes up a friendship.
Production by William Glen-Doepel

Contributors

Unknown:
T. C. Thomas
Unknown:
T. C. Thomas
Production By:
John Griffiths
Unknown:
Billy Thatcher
Unknown:
Shelagh Fraser
Production By:
William Glen-Doepel
The Narrator:
Brinley Jenkins
Anne his wife:
Margaret John
George Lewis:
Jack Walters
Frankie the Wern:
Howell Evans
Tudor Ty Coch T:
H Evans
Danny the Grader:
Hubert Hughson
Sam Swift:
Glanffrwd James
Dai Watkins:
Dewi Richards
Gerald Rogers:
Robert Sansom
Nadia Rogers:
Ella Milne
Pauline:
Eva Stuart
First woman:
Janet Burnell
Second woman:
Gladys Spencer
Ticket collector:
Gareth Morgan
Sally Peters:
Sheila Grant
Cameraman:
Keith Buckley
Barman:
Nigel Anthony
Stall holder:
Julian Somers

from the Chapel of St. Edmund's School, Canterbury
Sentence; Confession; Absolution The Lord's Prayer
Versicles and Responses (Ferial) Psalm 37
First Lesson: Isaiah 29, vv. 1-14 Magnificat (Brough in C minor)
Second Lesson: St. Matthew 20, vv.
20-34
Nunc dimittis (Brough in C minor) Creed: Lesser Litany: Collects'
Anthem: 0 thou the central orb
(Charles Wood)
Prayers: the Grace Lo! he comes with clouds descending (E.H. 7,; Tune, Helmsley)
The Blessing
Director of Music, John Brough Organist, Gwilym Isaac

Contributors

Organist:
Gwilym Isaac

5.0 JUNIOR TIME
A programme for the fives to eights The Ugly Duckling ' Told by Denise Bryer and the Atlas Theatre Company on a gramophone record
Introduced by Shirley Franklin
5.15 THE GREY COCKADE
An adventure in six parts by Aubrey Feist
4: The Shadow
It was at this time last night. I had to have another look. See? Down there: on the edge of the beach. The Shadow!

Contributors

Told By:
Denise Bryer
Introduced By:
Shirley Franklin
Unknown:
Aubrey Feist
Major March:
John Glen
Jan his wife:
Carol Marsh
Jean-Paul Renard:
Lewis Stringer
Tom Barker:
Stephen Jack

A series of five-round contests
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:
Denis Brogan
Unknown:
Cedric Cliffe
Unknown:
Lionel Hale
Unknown:
W. Lyon Blease
Unknown:
Dennis Chapman
Arranged By:
Patrick Harvey

reading five poems by JOHN KEATS
Ode on a Grecian Urn Ode on Melancholy; Ode to Psyche
Ode to a Nightingale; To Autumn Introduced by Derek Birch
The recordings of these poems were made by Robert Donat on various occasions over a number of years.
: originally broadcast on July 31 (Third Programme)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Keats
Introduced By:
Derek Birch
Unknown:
Robert Donat

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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