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with Shura Cherkassky (piano)
Fete polonaise (Le roi malgré lul)
(Chabrier)
Slavonic Dance No. 10 (Dvorak)
Scherzo (Concerto Symphonique
No. 4) (Litolff)
The Little Bells (The Wand of Youth Suite No. 2) (Elgar) played' bv the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent on gramophone records

Contributors

Piano:
Shura Cherkassky
Conducted By:
Sir Malcolm Sargent

Recordings from the past and the present
Roy Squires introduces personalities talking strictly In Camera
including Dave BRUBECK, Sir THOMAS BEECHAM, GRACIE FIELDS, GERARD HOFFNUNG, LOTTE LEHMANN, ELISABETH SCHUMANN ,TOMMY STEELE
Compiled by Roy Squires Produced by John Powell

Contributors

Introduces:
Roy Squire
Unknown:
Dave Brubeck
Unknown:
Sir Thomas Beecham
Unknown:
Gracie Fields
Unknown:
Gerard Hoffnung
Unknown:
Lotte Lehmann
Unknown:
Elisabeth Schumann
Unknown:
Tommy Steele
Unknown:
Roy Squires
Produced By:
John Powell

Thf novel by HOWARD MASON
Freely adapted for radio by Norman Edwards
Edward Hurd , a marine insurance assessor, is sent to the French West Indies to investigate the sinking of a ship which was carrying pearls among its cargo. Hilary, the master of the ship, is accused of criminal negligence, but Hurd suspects there is more in this case than meets the eye.
Produced by David H. GODFREY Saturday's recorded broadcast

Contributors

Novel By:
Howard Mason
Unknown:
Norman Edwards
Unknown:
Edward Hurd
Produced By:
David H. Godfrey

Adivice and entertainment for retired) people and older people generally, and a meeting p:ace on the air for those concerned for their welfare
All For Threepence: Ena Young remembers! an early lesson in economics
Piano For Sale: Andrew Douglas describes how a holiday was nearly ruined
Preserved by John Dunn

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Douglas
Unknown:
John Dunn

A programme for the fives to eights
Tinker and Tapp
A new series about the Goings-On of Our Handymen by Muriel Levy
3:Garden ' Fate '
Music written by Frank Barber and played bv a section of the Northern Dance Orchestra
Produced by Trevor Hill

Contributors

Unknown:
Muriel Levy
Written By:
Frank Barber
Produced By:
Trevor Hill
Mr Tinker:
Leonard Williams
Mr Tapp:
Herbert Smith
Peter Parkinson:
Doris Gambell

A monthly science magazine
6: The Sound of the Stars
Gerald Leach talks to
Professor Martin Ryle and Dr. Graham Smith about radio astronomy
Recordings taken at
Lords' Bridge Observatory Cambridge
Produced by Claire Chovil

Contributors

Talks:
Gerald Leach
Unknown:
Professor Martin Ryle
Unknown:
Dr. Graham Smith
Produced By:
Claire Chovil

by HILAIRE BELLOC * abridged by Edward Blishen read by John Westbrook
The first of eleven instalments
This is the famous story of a long walk-about 800 miles-from the valley of the Moselle in Northern France, across the Alps to Rome: a pilgrimage full of adventure, which nearly ended in death.

Contributors

Unknown:
Hilaire Belloc
Abridged By:
Edward Blishen
Read By:
John Westbrook

BBC Home Service Basic

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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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