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NOW AND THEN
Marjorie and Antony Bilbow present, on records, a selection of memories, musical moments, comments, and conversations of today and yesterday
Produced by Brian Willey

Contributors

Unknown:
Antony Bilbow
Produced By:
Brian Willey

SINGING TOGETHER by William Appleby
11.20 GERMAN FOR SIXTH FORMS
' Die Gretchentragodie '
Scenes from Goethe's ' Faust ' specially performed by members of the Schiller-Theater, Berlin
Radio adaptation by Milo Sperber
Recording by Sender Freies Berlin
11.40 INTERMEDIATE FRENCH
Madame Duval a Paris
Script by Charlotte Crozet
For her birthday Madame Duval leaves a friend in charge of her shop and goes to see Gisele and Jean-Pierre in Paris.

Contributors

Unknown:
William Appleby
Unknown:
Milo Sperber
Script By:
Charlotte Crozet

by EUGENE LABICHE and HENRI MARTIN
Translated by Jimmy Wax
A satire on social snobbery, in which two families proceed to impress each other with their pretended wealth and position.
Adapted and produced by WILLIAM GLEN-DOEPEL

Contributors

Unknown:
Eugene Labiche
Unknown:
Henri Martin
Translated By:
Jimmy Wax
Produced By:
William Glen-Doepel

Advice and entertainment for retired and older people, and a meeting-place on the air for those concerned for their welfare
Letter on the Wall: Robert Thomson sought, and found, documentary evidence of his parents' courting days
London Amusements in the Eighties and Nineties: Frederick Canham contrasts today and yesterday s
Presented by John Dunn

Contributors

Presented By:
John Dunn

JUNIOR TIME
A programme for the fives to eights
Badger's Beech
An adventure of The Deep Woodlanders by Elleston Trevor
1:
Production by Trevor Hill
5.t5 MOSTLY JAZZ
The Don Georgeson Quintet
Introduced by their leader, Don Georgeson (alto sax)
Colin Willetts (vibraphone) Harry Wilkes (piano)
Johnny Clelford (drums) Les Rudge (double-bass)
Produced by Shirley Franklin
5.30 HOW?
A monthly science magazine
3: Faster Than Sound
Designers are now working on airliners that will fly the Atlantic in under two hours. How can this be done? How can they be prevented from burning up like shooting stars? Are there engines powerful enough to drive them? What are the real advantages of flying faster than sound? How do you set about designing such 'planes?
ARTHUR GARRATT goes to research laboratories and aeroplane manufacturers to find out
5.50 Presenting this Week
Review of forthcoming programmes

Contributors

Unknown:
Elleston Trevor
Production By:
Trevor Hill
Leader:
Don Georgeson
Unknown:
Colin Willetts
Piano:
Harry Wilkes
Piano:
Johnny Clelford
Double-Bass:
Les Rudge
Produced By:
Shirley Franklin
Old Stripe, the badger:
Leonard Williams
Potter, the otter:
Norman Somers
Woo Owl:
Tom Harrison
Digger Mole:
Herbert Smith
Ancient Stripe:
Graham Tennant

The Antigone of SOPHOCLES translated by C. A. Trypanis with Joan Plowright
Hugh Manning , Robert Sansom
Charles Simon , David Steuart
Music specially composed and conducted by John Hotchkis
Chorus directed by Colette King Production by VAL Gieloud

Contributors

Translated By:
C. A. Trypanis
Unknown:
Joan Plowright
Unknown:
Hugh Manning
Unknown:
Robert Sansom
Unknown:
Charles Simon
Unknown:
David Steuart
Conducted By:
John Hotchkis
Directed By:
Colette King
Production By:
Val Gieloud
Antigone:
Joan Plowright
Ismene:
Judy Bailey
Creon:
Brewster Mason
Guard:
Derek Smith
Haemon:
Gabriel Woolf
Teiresias:
Leon Quartermaine
Messenger:
Ronald Wallace
Eurydice:
Joan Matheson
Second Messenger:
Frederick Treves
Chorus Leader:
Carleton Hobbs
Chorus:
Peter Claughton

BBC Home Service Basic

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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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