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Prayer
The strife is o'er (S.P. 147; C.H.
122, S.H. 172, both omitting v. 4; D.S. 64; P.H. 73: Tune, Victory— S.P. 147)
Interlude: Jesus appears in Galilee Prayers; the Prayer of Dedication; the Lord's Prayer
All creatures of our God and King
(S.P. 439, C.H. 13. P.H. 10, S.H. 3. all omitting vv. 4, 5, 6; D.S. 16. omitting v. 4: Tune, Lasst tins erfreuen-C.H. 13)
Blessing

BBC Chorus
Conducted by Alan G. Melville
Josephine Lee (piano)
MEN'S VOICES:
Jünglingswonne
Liebe rauscht der Silberbach Die Nacht
Der Gondelfahrer
WOMEN'S VOICES:
Gott in der Natur
MEN'S VOICES:
Sehnsucht
MIXED VOICES: Gott im Ungewitter
Gott der Weltschopfer

Contributors

Conducted By:
Alan G. Melville
Piano:
Josephine Lee

TIME AND TUNE
Songs to sing and music to listen to Introduced by Kay Foster
11.20 HOW THINGS BEGAN
Mesopotamia II: a visit to a Sumerian school (3000 B.C.) and to a Babylonian law count in the time of Hammurabi (c. 1750 B.C.)
Script by Rhoda Power
11.40 LIGHT OPERA IN ENGLAND
2: Roger Fiske talks about 'The Beggar's Opera' and its fellow ballad operas

Contributors

Introduced By:
Kay Foster
Script By:
Rhoda Power
Talks:
Roger Fiske

FIJI
Christopher Venning describes a holiday he once took while working in Fiji. He had hoped to lie in the blazing sun on a white sandy beach, beneath a coconut palm, but had forgotten that it was the hurricane season
2.20 THE BIBLE AND LIFE
Christian Worship
2: The Parts of the Service
Illustrated talk by the Rev. Dr. Erik Routley
2.40 LORNA DOONE by R. D. Blackmore adapted by Garry Lyle
2: A Very Desperate Venture
John visits the Doone Valley again and finds Lorna in a desperate situation. He takes matters into his own hand* and carries her away.

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Venning
Unknown:
Rev. Dr. Erik Routley
Unknown:
Lorna Doone
Unknown:
R. D. Blackmore
Adapted By:
Garry Lyle

Harry Davidson and his Orchestra
Introduced by Ivan Samson M.C. , Charles Crathonn
Produced by Fredric Bayco
The dances: Boston Twostep: Freesia Waltz; White Rose Tango; Victorian Gavotte: Yearning Saunter; Destiny Waltz; May Fair Quicksitep

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Davidson
Introduced By:
Ivan Samson M.C.
Introduced By:
Charles Crathonn
Produced By:
Fredric Bayco

True stories based on the memoirs of Lt.-Col. Oreste Pinto with Bernard Archard as Colonel Pinto

(Recorded broadcast of Sept. 14 in the Light Programme)

Contributors

Based on the memoirs of:
Lt.-Col. Oreste Pinto
Script:
Robert Barr
Production:
Charles Maxwell
Colonel Pinto:
Bernard Archard
Captain:
John Graham
Orderly:
Michael Sherwell
Eugene Timmermanns:
Barry Letts
Hans Helvig:
Ian Sadler
Jules Varaerta:
Frederick Treves

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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