Programme Index

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Prayer
Come down, 0 Love divine (S.P. 177:
C.H. 191: D.S. 91: P.H. 90, all omitting v. 3: Tune, Down Ampney-S.P. 177)
Interlude: The Gift of the Holy
Spirit
Prayers: the Prayer of Knowledge and Love: the Lord's Prayer
Breathe on me. Breath of God (S.P.
458: C.H. 194: D.S. 88; P.H. 94: S.H. 22: Tune, Carlisle-S.P. 458)
Blessing

BBC Chorus
Conducted by Alan G. Melville
Clifton Helliwell (piano)

Mixed Voices:
Abendstandchen; Vineta; Darthulas

Men's Voices:
Ich schwing' mein Horn ins Jammertal: Marschieren; Jetzt hab ich schon zwei Jahre

Women's voices:
Der Brauligam; Fragen; Die Berge sind spitz; Am Wildbach die Weiden: Und gehest du uber den Kirchhof; Marznacht

Mixed Voices:
Tafellied

Contributors

Singers:
BBC Chorus
Conductor:
Alan G. Melville
Pianist:
Clifton Helliwell

TIME AND TUNE
Songs to sing and music to listen to
Introduced by Kay Foster
11.20 HOW THINGS BEGAN
Egypt 2. The BBC Observer from the Past visits the Punt during the reign of Queen Hatshepsut (c. 1500 B.C.) and sees a funeral on the Nile
Script by Rhoda Power
11.40 LIGHT OPERA IN ENGLAND
Sullivan and Gilbert: an illustrated talk by William Cox-Ife

Contributors

Introduced By:
Kay Foster
Script By:
Rhoda Power
Talk By:
William Cox-Ife

DINKA OF THE SUDAN
Godfrey Lienhardt describes the customs and life of these primitive people of the Southern Sudan
2.20 THE BIBLE AND LIFE
Christian Worship
4: Worship and Life
A programme about Worship and Service, and the need to withdraw from the world and return to it
Script by the Rev. C. Davey
2.40 LORNA DOONE by R. D. Blackmore
Adapted by Garry Lyle
4: A Long Account Settled

Contributors

Unknown:
Rev. C. Davey
Unknown:
Lorna Doone
Unknown:
R. D. Blackmore
Adapted By:
Garry Lyle

A weekly exploration of the BBC Sound Archives
OUT OF LINE
' England is the paradise of individuality, eccentricity, heresy, hobbies and humours.
— George Santayana
MAURICE Hussey considers the character and motives of some men and women whose attitudes and opinions are out of line with the conventions of the time.
Produced by Mary Mitchell

Contributors

Unknown:
George Santayana
Unknown:
Maurice Hussey
Produced By:
Mary Mitchell

A play in six parts by Peter Elliott Hayes
'If I had known, that night, the terrible risk Elizabeth had taken!'
But Clifford knew. He could see the writhing mist - white fur of frost smothering everything - the telephone swinging mutely on its cord.

Contributors

Author:
Peter Elliott Hayes
Dr. Petrie:
Felix Felton
Produced by:
David Davis
Tom Lambert:
David Spenser
Clifford Bowen:
Graydon Gould
Elizabeth Ryder:
Elaine MacNamara
Prof McLaren:
Ian Sadler
Peter Garrick:
Harold Reese
Lord Hetherton:
Charles West

True stories of the search for enemy spies in wartime, based on the memoirs of Lt.-Colonel Oreste Pinto with Bernard Archard as Colonel Pinto
6: The Gentle Gestapo Man
Script by Robert Barr
Production by Charles Maxwell
The recorded broadcast of October 12 in the Light Programme

Contributors

Unknown:
Bernard Archard
Unknown:
Colonel Pinto
Script By:
Robert Barr
Production By:
Charles Maxwell
Ter Huyt:
Lockwood West
Pieters:
John Baker
Von Winderfeldt:
Gerik Schjelderup
Orderly:
Michael Sherwell

Mendelssohn
Fugue in E flat
Quartet in E minor, Op. 44 No. 2 played by the Dartington String Quartet Colin Sauer (violin) Peter Carter (violin) Keith Lovell (viola)
Michael Evans (cello)
The recorded broadcast of Jan. 9

Contributors

Violin:
Colin Sauer
Violin:
Peter Carter
Viola:
Keith Lovell
Cello:
Michael Evans

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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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More