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Prayer
Let us with a gladsome mind (S.P.
12; D.S. 110: P.H. 8. all omitting vv. 4 and 5; C.H. 11, omitting vv. 5 and 6: Tune, Monkland)
Interlude: The story of Zaccheus
Prayers; the Prayer for Pardon; the Lord's Prayer
To mercy, pity, peace, and love
(BBC Supplement 9; S.P. 682: Tune, Epsom)
Blessing

TIME AND TUNE by Kay Foster
11.20 HOW THINGS BEGAN
3: Skilled hunters of the late old stone-age
Script by Rhoda Power
11.40 POETRY AND PERFORMANCE by A. Alvarez
Visiting Professor of English at Brandeis University, U.S.A.
3: W. H. Auden
A group of four talks on the interpretation of poetry, with readings by the poet and another voice, and dealing with poets roughly representative of four generations of modern poetry
Talks for Sixth Forms series

Contributors

Unknown:
Kay Foster
Script By:
Rhoda Power
Unknown:
A. Alvarez
Unknown:
W. H. Auden

From the many broadcasts on BBC sound and television during the past seven days Gale Pedrick selects highlights that listeners may have missed or might like to hear again
Introduced by John Ellison Edited by Gordon Williams

Contributors

Unknown:
Gale Pedrick
Introduced By:
John Ellison
Edited By:
Gordon Williams

TIGER-HUNTING IN THE INDIAN
JUNGLE
Memories from the days of the Ruling Princes by Sir Conrad Corfield , K.c.i.E.
2.20 THE CHURCHES RECEIVE MARK'S GOSPEL
A reconstruction of the way in which copies of the first written Gospel were sent from Rome to other first-century churches Script by Margaret Boys and Robert Walton
2.40 TREASURE ISLAND by Robert Louis Stevenson adapted for broadcasting in five parts by Garry Lyle Part 3: The Attack
Jim Hawkins tells of the attack on the stockade and how he set out on his own to reach the Hispaniola.

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Conrad Corfield
Script By:
Margaret Boys
Script By:
Robert Walton
Unknown:
Robert Louis Stevenson
Unknown:
Garry Lyle
Unknown:
Jim Hawkins

Harry Davidson and his Orchestra
Introduced by Ivan Samson Master of Ceremonies Charles Crathorn
Produced by Fredric Bayco
The dances: Imperial Twostep: The Devonia: Lola Tango ; Ladbroke; Christina Waltz ; On Leave Foxtrot: Mississippi Dip
Tickets may be obtained for the recording of this programme on February I, at
6.45 p.m., on application to [address removed], enclosing stamped addressed envelope.

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Davidson
Introduced By:
Ivan Samson
Unknown:
Charles Crathorn
Produced By:
Fredric Bayco
Unknown:
Lola Tango
Unknown:
Christina Waltz

A weekly exploration of the BBC Sound Archives
LISTEN
A magazine of recordings from the past and the present including
Julian Bream talking to John Amis about the guitar
The Smiths: a collection of SmithS from all walks of life
The Sea-soaked Wallet: an adventure of the First World War told by Sir Leonard Woolley
Edited and introduced by Denys Gueroult

Contributors

Unknown:
Julian Bream
Unknown:
John Amis
Told By:
Sir Leonard Woolley
Introduced By:
Denys Gueroult

5.0 .IlINIOB TIME
A programme for the fives to eights
Alexander Armstrong
A serial dialogue story by John D. Stewart
14: Alexander loses a tooth
Introduced by Cicely Mathews
5.15 I KNOW WHAT I LIKE
Yoko Takata talks to Jameson Clark about Japanese and Western music
5.25 THE WEB OF CAESAR by Howard Jones
3: The Man of Iron
Music composed and arranged by Alan Paul , who is at the piano Harold Smart at the electric organ Produced by Claire Chovil

Contributors

Unknown:
Alexander Armstrong
Story By:
John D. Stewart
Introduced By:
Cicely Mathews
Talks:
Yoko Takata
Unknown:
Jameson Clark
Unknown:
Howard Jones
Arranged By:
Alan Paul
Produced By:
Claire Chovil
Doctor John Haddon:
Frank Duncan
Angus Cochrane:
Alec Ross
Hercules Vaux:
Keith Banks
Mrs Briggs:
Molly Rankin
Jocelyn Maitland:
Catherine Dolan
Harker:
John Hollis
Tom Spenlow:
Peter Wilde
Michael Rorke:
Barry Keegan
Damien:
Rudtolf Offenbach

Tony Hancock with Sidney James
Bill Kerr , Patricia Hayes Joan Frank
Written by Alan Simpson and Ray Galton
Produced by Tom Ronald

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Hancock
Unknown:
Sidney James
Unknown:
Bill Kerr
Unknown:
Patricia Hayes
Unknown:
Joan Frank
Written By:
Alan Simpson
Written By:
Ray Galton
Produced By:
Tom Ronald

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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