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Introduced by Marjorie Anderson
As I See It: personal comment from Commander Sir Stephen King-Hall
Behind the Scenes: Gordon Gow visits a fire station
Party Dish: Fanny Cradock 's first favourite
Togetherness? E. Arnot Robert son and her son face the separate studio test

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
Sir Stephen King-Hall
Unknown:
Gordon Gow
Unknown:
Fanny Cradock
Unknown:
E. Arnot Robert

Regional Variations (2)

He Comes. 3: As Lord. Last of three Advent Services from Trinity College Chapel. Glasgow

BBC Home Service Scottish

from St. Michael's Church, Cornhill, in the City of London conducted by the Rector, the Rev. Norman Motley
Human Judgment
Four sermons for Advent by the Rev. Howard Williams
4: The Judgment
Sentences
General Confession; Absolution The Lord's Prayer
Versicles and Responses (Smith) Psalm 93
First Lesson : Isaiah 68. vv. 1-8 Te Deum (Boyce in C)
Second Lesson: St. Matthew 26, vv.
31-46
Jubilate (Boyce in C) Creed ; Lesser Litany Th<- Lord's Prayer
Versicles and Response: Collects
0 come. 0 come, Emmanuel (A. and M. Rev. 49)
Sermon Lo, he comes with clouds descending- (A. and' M. Rev. 51)
Prayers; Blessing
Orgatwst,
Harold Darke , D.MUS., F.R.C.O.

Contributors

Unknown:
Rev. Norman Motley
Unknown:
Rev. Howard Williams
Unknown:
Harold Darke

Regional Variations (2)

Galw Heibio: record requests for hospital patients

BBC Home Service Welsh

A weekly review edited by Anna Instone and Julian Herbage
Introduced by Julian Herbage
Record Review
Contributed by Edward Greenfield
Alec Robertson and John Warrack

Contributors

Edited By:
Anna Instone
Introduced By:
Julian Herbage
Unknown:
Edward Greenfield
Unknown:
Alec Robertson
Unknown:
John Warrack

A request programme of gramophone records
Introduced by Jan van der Gucht
Beethoven
Mass in C sung by Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano) Monica Sinclair (contralto) Richard Lewis (tenor)
Marian Nowakowski (bass)
Beecham Choral Society
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor.
Sir Thomas Beecham , Bt.

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jan van Der Gucht
Soprano:
Jennifer Vyvyan
Contralto:
Monica Sinclair
Tenor:
Richard Lewis
Bass:
Marian Nowakowski
Conductor:
Sir Thomas Beecham

Conducted by Walter Allen
Film: Freda Bruce Lockhart
Theatre: J. W. Lambert
Radio: H. A. L. Craig
Book: John Metcalf
Art: Andrew Forge

Contributors

Conducted By:
Walter Allen
Unknown:
Freda Bruce Lockhart
Unknown:
H. A. L. Craig
Unknown:
John Metcalf
Unknown:
Andrew Forge

Introduced by Maxwell Knight
Freaks, Forms, and Frequencies
Striking varieties of butterflies and moths have long been collectors' prizes; variations in bird plumage perplexed the early ornithologists. BERNARD KETTLEWELL , L. HUGH NEWMAN , and PETER SCOTT discuss these curiosities and their importance to the scientist studying the principles of inheritance and natural selection.
Produced by Bruce Campbell

Contributors

Introduced By:
Maxwell Knight
Unknown:
Bernard Kettlewell
Unknown:
L. Hugh Newman
Unknown:
Peter Scott
Produced By:
Bruce Campbell

Regional Variations (2)

The Scottish Garden

BBC Home Service Scottish

visits Staffordshire
Members of the Maer and District Garden Guild put their problems to
Fred Loads. Bill Sowerbutts Alan Gemmell
Question-Master,
Freddy Grisewood
Arranged by Peter Anderson

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill Sowerbutts
Question-Master:
Alan Gemmell
Question-Master:
Freddy Grisewood
Arranged By:
Peter Anderson

The Story of the Birth of Jesus Christ retold by Eleanor Graham in her book
' The Story of Jesus '
Arranged for broadcasting by David Davis
Readers :
Jill Balcon and Alec Clunes with the Tudor Singers Conductor, Brian Judge

Contributors

Unknown:
Eleanor Graham
Broadcasting By:
David Davis
Readers:
Jill Balcon
Readers:
Alec Clunes
Conductor:
Brian Judge

Regional Variations (3)

As Midland

BBC Home Service West

Service from Moseley Presbyterian Church. Birmingham: the Rev. J. Paton Fox

BBC Home Service Midland

THE COMING OF CHRIST
A series of programmes for Advent 1960, portraying the Coming of Christ in the language of music, poetry, and scripture
3: The Bible
The passages are. selected and read by Tom Fleming

Contributors

Read By:
Tom Fleming

Appeal on behalf of the Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen by Hugh Redwood , O.B.E.
Contributions (preferably by crossed postal order or cheque) will be gratefully acknowledged and should be addressed to [address removed]
The warmest of welcomes awaits any fisherman, irrespective of creed, colour, or nationality, who makes his way to any of the Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen's hostels and institutes in many of the ports of the British Isles. All forms of social and personal services are provided for fishermen working away from their home ports. In addition, the Mission cares for sick and aged fishermen and their dependants.

Contributors

Unknown:
Hugh Redwood
Unknown:
Hugh Redwood

by JOHN GALSWORTHY
Dramatised as a serial in ten parts by Muriel Levy with Rachel Gurney and Carleton Hobbs
Clare Corven , Dinny's sister, has come home from Ceylon, swearing that she will never return to her sadistic husband, Gerry. But he follows her to England and urges her to forget what has happened and go back to him. She refuses. Dinny gets her the job of secretary to Eustace Dornford , the newly elected M.P., for whom she has been canvassing.
Part Three
Production by Robin Midgley and Val Gielgud

Contributors

Unknown:
John Galsworthy
Unknown:
Muriel Levy
Unknown:
Rachel Gurney
Unknown:
Carleton Hobbs
Unknown:
Clare Corven
Unknown:
Eustace Dornford
Production By:
Robin Midgley
Production By:
Val Gielgud
Dinny Charwell:
Rachel Gurney
Adrian Charwell:
Carleton Hobbs
Clare:
Jennifer Wright
Lady Charwell:
Sylvia Coleridge
General Sir Conway Charwell:
Norman Claridge
Aunt Em:
Hester Paton Brown
Tony Croom:
Lewis Stringer
Sir Lawrence Mont:
Martin Lewis
Eustace Dornford:
Robert Sansom
Blore:
Geoffrey Staines
Sir Gerald Corven:
Malcolm Hayes
Porter:
Ronald Sidney

Art and Anarchy by Edgar Wind
Professor of the History of Art in the University of Oxford and Fellow of Trinity College 6: Art and the Will
Professor Wind discusses the creative role which the will of the patron has played in the art of the past. He raises the question whether a more active patronage might benefit the art of the present.

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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