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RHYTHM AND MELODY
A programme of songs and 'orchestral music for children between the ages of nine and eleven
Introduced by Gladys Whitred
11.20 ADEN AND YEMEN
Two children visit their parents in Aden Colony and learn something of the life and trade of this busy port-of-call in South-West Arabia. They also have an opportunity to satisfy their curiosity about the mountainous kingdom of Yemen.
Script by Harold Ingrams
11.40 DIE FAMILIE SCHWARZ
Verbrechergeschichte
2: In which we might never have heard of Mr. Stratton again: conclusion of last week's story
Written for Intermediate German by Milo Sperber

Contributors

Introduced By:
Gladys Whitred
Script By:
Harold Ingrams
Unknown:
Milo Sperber

RED SUN AND BLUE MOON by James Britton
A series of poetry programmes dealing with everyday experiences. 4: Who's Scared?
A poem about a homely comic endearing spirit, and other poems in which fear is shaped and controlled by the poet's insight.
Poems include
' Old Mother Laidinwool ' by Rudyard Kipling. ' Bickers Cottage ' by Frances Cornford , 'Dicky' by Robert Graves , and ' The Adventures of Isabel ' by Ogden Nash
Adventures in English series
2.20 SCIENCE AND FOOD 4: Hormones and Food
Synthetic hormones are now used extensively in agriculture and horticulture. What are hormones, and how do they help us to produce more food?
Script by Ronald Tait and Basil Tait
2.40 THE BOYHOOD OF DICKENS
A story of the youthful experiences that made a great writer become the champion of oppressed childhood Script by Jo Manton

Contributors

Unknown:
James Britton
Unknown:
Mother Laidinwool
Unknown:
Frances Cornford
Unknown:
Robert Graves
Unknown:
Ogden Nash
Script By:
Ronald Tait
Unknown:
Basil Tait
Script By:
Jo Manton

The ending of presentation parties at Buckingham Palace has not discouraged debutantes — or their mothers.
In interviews with debs old and new, with their parents, and with some of the people ' in the business,' WILFRED DE'ATH investigates the rejuvenation of what he calls ' this modern market in fair women.'

A programme for the fives to eights Come Along and Join Our Song with Esime Lewis and Mary Kendall
The story
' Cock-a-Hoop ' by Mollie Chappell StoryteHer. Gwenyth Petty
Introduced by Evelyn Williams

Contributors

Unknown:
Esime Lewis
Unknown:
Mary Kendall
Unknown:
Mollie Chappell
Introduced By:
Evelyn Williams

Handel and Mozart
Organ Concerto No. 10, in D minor (Handel)
Karl Richter (organ) directing the Karl Richter Chamber Orchestra
Divert imento in D (K.136) (Mozart)
Lucerne Festival Strings directed by Rudolf Baumgartner on gramophone records

Contributors

Unknown:
Karl Richter
Unknown:
Karl Richter
Directed By:
Rudolf Baumgartner

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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