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RHYTHM AND MELODY
A programme of songs and orchestral music for children of nine to eleven
Introduced by Gladys Whitred
11.20 GEOGRAPHY
The Lebanon: a visit to Beirut and a drive over the mountains to the Syrian border
11.40 INTERMEDIATE GERMAN
' Nusskaspar ' : ': a dramatisation of a German folk tale
Script by Milo Sperber

Contributors

Introduced By:
Gladys Whitred
Script By:
Milo Sperber

JASON AND THE GOLDEN FLEECE Script by Sam Langdon
1: The Boyhood of Jason
On Mount Pelion in ancient Greece Jason is trained by the wise centaur Cheiron in all the arts of manhood.
Adventures in English series
2.20 METHODS OF MEDICINE
The story of the discovery and development of Anaesthetics
Script by Richard Palmer
With the development of modern anaesthetics the ' fight against pain ' in surgery is over, but one hundred years ago the situation was very different.
2.40 THE FORTY-FIVE
The story of Prince Charles Stuart from his landing in Scotland in 1745 to his flight a year later Script by Margaret J. Miller

Contributors

Script By:
Sam Langdon
Script By:
Richard Palmer
Unknown:
Prince Charles Stuart
Script By:
Margaret J. Miller

Conducted by Sir Gerald Barry
Art: Bryan Robertson
Film: Charles Marowitz
Theatre: T. C. Worsley
Radio: Jacques Brunius
Book: A. Alvarez

Contributors

Conducted By:
Sir Gerald Barry
Unknown:
Bryan Robertson
Unknown:
Charles Marowitz
Unknown:
Jacques Brunius
Unknown:
A. Alvarez

JUNIOR TIME
A programme for the fives to eights
The Cruise of the ' Toytown Belle
A Toytown Play by S. G. Hulme Beaman
Part 2
Produced by Claire Chovil
5.30 MUSIC CLUB
David Davis introduces a programme for young musicians including the first performance of Piano Concerto No. 2
(The Student) by Thomas Pitfield played by Elizabeth Brown (piano)
BBC Northern Orchestra Leader, Reginald Stead
Conducted by Stanford Robinson
and This month's guests broadcasting for the first time
From Bristol
John Welch (piano)
From London
Julian. Byzantine (guitar)
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Contributors

Play By:
S. G. Hulme Beaman
Produced By:
Claire Chovil
Introduces:
David Davis
Unknown:
Thomas Pitfield
Piano:
Elizabeth Brown
Leader:
Reginald Stead
Conducted By:
Stanford Robinson
Piano:
John Welch
Larry the NarratorLamb:
Derek McCulloch
Ernest the Policeman:
Peter Claughton
Dennis the Dachshund:
Preston Lockwood
The Mayor of Toytown:
Howieson Culff
Mr Growser:
John Glyn-Jones
Captain Higgins:
Norman Shelley
The Magician:
Norman Shelley
The Inventor:
Ivan Samson
A Rough:
Ivan Samson
Letitia the Lambkin:
Sheila Moloney

A monthly programme in which radio is used to link speakers in London and other world centres to exchange views on important issues of common interest.
Chairman in London, Robert McKenzie
The subjects dealt with in Radio Link are highly topical. They, and the names of the speakers, will be announced only shortly before each broadcast.

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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