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RHYTHM AND MELODY
A programme of songs, and orchestral music for children between, the ages of nine and eleven
11.20 GEOGRAPHY
Iraq
A newspaper man visits the important Kirkuk oilfield in northern Iraq where he describes drilling operations and the pipeline linking Kirkuk to the Mediterranean coast. The programme ends with a visit to a new oil terminal at Fao on the Persian Gulf.
Script by Tom Gaskell
11.40 DIE FAMILIE SCHWARZ ' Ende gut. alles gut '
Inge is depressed; Hans is out. It is for Herr Schwarz to do something to transform a gloomy evening into a cheerful one.
A programme in the series Intermediate German
Script by David Hadda

Contributors

Script By:
Tom Gaskell
Unknown:
Familie Schwarz
Unknown:
Herr Schwarz
Script By:
David Hadda

RED SUN AND BLUE MOON by James Britton
A series of poetry programmes dealing with everyday experiences-' Every morning the red sun rises warm and bright'—and with the fantastic and impossible-' Once in a blue moon.'
1: Any Day Now
Poems in the first programme take a child's-eye view of ordinary happenings, but the poet is not writing down, he is writing for himself.
Poems include ' The Boy Fishing ' by E. J. Scovell , 'Bus to School ' by John Walsh. 'Tableau at Twilight ' by Ogden Nash. and ' A Local Train of Thought ' by Siegfried Sassoon
Adventures in English series
2.20 SCIENCE AND FOOD
1: The Soil
Knowledge of the nature of soil is of great importance in considering how our food supplies are maintained since, in the long run, most of the food we eat comes from the soil.
Script by F. Le Gros Clark
2.40 THE BOYHOOD OF NELSON
How a famous seaman showed his qualities of leadership when young. Script by R. M. Neill-Hall

Contributors

Unknown:
James Britton
Unknown:
E. J. Scovell
Unknown:
John Walsh.
Unknown:
Ogden Nash.
Script By:
F. Le Gros Clark
Script By:
R. M. Neill-Hall

Conducted by Paul Dehn
Radio: Laurence Kitchin
Book: J. G. Weightman
Art: Basil Taylor
Film: Edgar Anstey
Theatre: Philip Hope-Wallace
Sunday's recorded broadcast

Contributors

Conducted By:
Paul Dehn
Unknown:
Laurence Kitchin
Unknown:
J. G. Weightman
Unknown:
Edgar Anstey

A programme for the fives to eights
Come Along and Join Our Song with Phyllis Kinney and Maimie Noel Jones
The musical story
' Looking after Johnnie' written and told by Nesta Crossley Introduced by Evelyn Williams
5.15 I KNOW WHAT I LIKE
A new series of programmes in which well-known personalities are interviewed! and choose some favourite records
5.30 LET'S GET AWAY
A series of six programmes in which C. Gordon Glover invites you to join him on journeys abroad
1: Isles of Greece

Contributors

Unknown:
Phyllis Kinney
Unknown:
Maimie Noel Jones
Told By:
Nesta Crossley
Introduced By:
Evelyn Williams
Unknown:
C. Gordon Glover

Virtuosi di Roma
Conducted by Renato Fasano
Sonata in A, Op. 2 No. 3
(Albinoni, .rev. Giazotto)
Concerto in C. for two oboes, string orchestra, and harpsichord (R.53 No. 1) (Vivaldi) Renato Zanrini and Michele Visai (oboes)
Sonata No. 1, in G (Rossini) on gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Renato Fasano
Unknown:
Renato Zanrini
Oboes:
Michele Visai

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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