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Introduced by Maxwell Knight
FBEAKS, FORMS
AND FREQUENCIES
Striking varieties of butterflies and moths have long been collectors' prizes; variations in bird plumage perplexed the early ornithologists. BERNARD Kettle well 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 Recorded broadcast of Dec. 18

Contributors

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

A spontaneous discussion by John Arlott
Lady Pakenham
The Bishop of Crediton Ted Brown
Travelling Question-Master Freddy Grisewoodi
Arranged by Michael Bowen
From the College of Further Education Chippenham, Wilts
Recording of last Friday's broadcast in the Light Programme

Contributors

Unknown:
John Arlott
Unknown:
Ted Brown
Question-Master:
Freddy Grisewoodi
Arranged By:
Michael Bowen

Interviews with well-known ~ — -'"
George Woodcock who recently took over as General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress
In this programme, recorded at the time of his appointment he answers que&tions from Trevor Evans
Pamela Hansford Johnson
Philip Mason
Recorded broadcast of Sept. 21, 1960

Contributors

Unknown:
George Woodcock
Unknown:
Trevor Evans
Unknown:
Pamela Hansford Johnson
Unknown:
Philip Mason

Regional Variations (2)

Afternoon Concert: Patricia Bird, recorders; Dinah Grant, virginals ; Marjorie Hazlehurst, piano; Mollie Houldsworth, soprano; Elaine Hugh-Jones, piano

BBC Home Service Midland

Cynthia Glover (soprano) Edward Rubach (piano) London Studio Players
Conducted by Bryden Thomson

Contributors

Soprano:
Cynthia Glover
Piano:
Edward Rubach
Conducted By:
Bryden Thomson

Tom Langley ex-policeman
Tom Langley was born in Chasetown, Staffordshire, and he has a great many family connections with the Black Country. He now works as a Security Officer after a career of twenty-five years spent with the Birmingham City Police Force.
In this programme he discusses his life and work with NORMAN CRESSWELL
Produced by David Glencross

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Langley
Unknown:
Tom Langley
Unknown:
Norman Cresswell
Produced By:
David Glencross

Regional Variations (2)

Awr y Plant

BBC Home Service Welsh

5.0 JUNIOR TIME
A programme for the fives to eights ' Tobias and Luke Run Away '
Margaret Lyford-Pike tells another story about her poodle and Nursery rhymes sung by Alice Fleming
5.15 LUCK OF THE DRAW
Vote for the winning discs! played by Graham Gauld
Postcards should be sent to
Children's Hour, BBC, London, W.t
5.25 CHILDREN'S NEWSREEL
January Edition including
This Month in Your Garden by Fred Loads
Young People's Guide to Current Affairs by Robert Reid
Sports News by Kenneth Wolstenholme
London News by Judith Chalmers Here and There
General News by Alan Dixon Edited and introduced by Michael Barton

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Lyford-Pike
Sung By:
Alice Fleming
Played By:
Graham Gauld
Unknown:
Judith Chalmers
Unknown:
Alan Dixon
Introduced By:
Michael Barton

Regional Variations (4)

Scope: people, places, events

BBC Home Service Scottish

Sporting Call: Wilfred Wooller interviews George Edwards

BBC Home Service Welsh

Evening Concert: Susan Longneld, soprano; Courtney Kenny. piano: John and David Gwilt. cello and piano

BBC Home Service West

Hoist and Vaughan Williams
Vaughan Williams
Overture: The Wasps
Romanza (Symphony No. 5, in- D) played by the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult
Fantasia on Greensleeves played by the Londion Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent on gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Sir Adrian Boult
Conducted By:
Sir Malcolm Sargent

Introduced by Robert Irwin
BBC Symphony Orchestra Leader, Paul Beard
Conductor, Rudolf Schwarz
Recorded before an invited audience in the Corn Exchange, Bedford
January 24: BBC Northern Orchestra, conductor George Hurst , with Bndre Wolf (violin), from the Victoria Hall, Bolton

Contributors

Introduced By:
Robert Irwin
Conductor:
Rudolf Schwarz
Conductor:
George Hurst
Violin:
Bndre Wolf

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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