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The story of Britain's new motorways told by some of the people who are planning, building, and using them
Programme compiled by Nan Macdonald
Produced by Michael Barton
A new version of the programme first broadcast in Children's Hour on June 23

Contributors

Unknown:
Nan MacDonald
Produced By:
Michael Barton

Join in the fun with Jack Armstrong and his Barnstormers
Bill Robinson
Kathleen Moralee
Michael Shields
Master of Ceremonies, Bill Cain
From All Saints' Hall, Fulwell, Sunderland
Arranged by John Musgrave

Contributors

Unknown:
Jack Armstrong
Unknown:
Bill Robinson
Unknown:
Kathleen Moralee
Unknown:
Michael Shields
Unknown:
Bill Cain
Arranged By:
John Musgrave

by Barry Bermange
Fame overnight; that is what Barney dreams of when he is chosen to star in a TV commercial. But his dreams quickly fade when he learns more about the part he has to play.
Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company

Contributors

Writer:
Barry Bermange
Production:
Michael Bakewell
Barney Bucket:
Keith Williams
Solly de Paris:
Malcolm Hayes
Daisy:
Freda Dowie
Corporal Beaver:
Wilfred Babbage
TV Sponsor:
William Eedle
TV Producer:
Douglas Storm
Mrs Scrum:
Kathleen Helme
Barmaid:
June Tobin

From
Magdalen College, Oxford
Introit: We will rejoice (Rose)
Prayers
Responses (Rose)
Psalms 73 and 74
First Lesson: Isaiah 45, vv. 14-45
Magnificat (Collegium Magdalenae, Leighton)
Second Lesson: Revelation 20
Nunc dimittis (Collegium Magdalenae, Leighton)
The Creed;
Responses (Rose)
The Lord's Prayer (Rose)
Collects
Anthem: Bring us, O Lord God (Harris)
Prayers: The Grace

Contributors

Organist and Instructor In Music:
Bernard Rose, D.MUS.
Organ scholar:
Christopher Gower

by Richard Owen

This is the final talk describing a journey across Africa following the route taken 150 years ago by the first of the great African explorers. The journey ends in the 600-mile rapids of the Niger, once the scene of countless attacks by hostile tribes, in which Mungo Park ultimately met his death.

(BBC recording)

Contributors

Speaker:
Richard Owen

5.0 JUNIOR TIME
A programme for the fives to eights
Spin Me a Story
Records introduced by Claire Chovil
5.15 THE GBEY COCKADE
An-adventure in six parts by Aubrey Feist
5: Numcro Dix
'No! Do not move! I have you covered. You see — I am Numéro Dix !
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
Papa Morrel:
Ronald Baddiley
Manon , his daughter:
Ursula Hirst
Casca Dubosc:
Cyril Shaps
Sergeant Bucheron:
Ronald Baddiley

A series of five-round contests
LONDON v. MIDLANDS
Round 2
London:
Denis Brogan , Cedric Cliffe
Quiz-Master, Lionel Hale
North:
W. Lyon Blease
Dennis Chapman
Quiz-Master, Stephen Potter
Arranged by Patrick Harvey

Contributors

Unknown:
Denis Brogan
Unknown:
Cedric Cliffe
Unknown:
Lionel Hale
Unknown:
W. Lyon Blease
Unknown:
Dennis Chapman
Unknown:
Stephen Potter
Arranged By:
Patrick Harvey

A gallery of portraits in close-up
Gosta Kruse elephant trainer
The celebrated Swedish presenter of performing elephants talks, with the assistance of his wife Joan, of his life and work in the circus and of the animals he loves.
Script and narration by Rosemary Davis
Edited and produced by Maurice Brown

Contributors

Unknown:
Gosta Kruse
Unknown:
Rosemary Davis
Produced By:
Maurice Brown

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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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More