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COUNTERPOINT
Variations on matters musical arranged ar.d introduced by John Amis
2: Remember the Composer The contributors include:
Sir THOMAS BEECHAM on Dame Ethel Smyth
Dame ETHELSMYTH on Brahms
IGOR STRAVINSKY on Igor Stravinsky ALFRED SWAN on Rachmaninov
Produced by John Powell

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Amis
Unknown:
Sir Thomas Beecham
Unknown:
Dame Ethel Smyth
Unknown:
Igor Stravinsky
Unknown:
Igor Stravinsky
Unknown:
Alfred Swan
Produced By:
John Powell

SINGING TOGETHER by William Appleby
11.20 JUNIOR SCIENCE Science in Nature
Bending Light: what are we really seeing when we look at a rainbow? Today's programme answers this question and others on the bouncing and bending of light
Script by J. R. Stevens
11.40 MARIE CURIE
A short account of the life and work of the discoverer of radium
A programme in the Intermediate French series

Contributors

Unknown:
William Appleby
Script By:
J. R. Stevens
Unknown:
Marie Curie

A radio play by FELIX FELTOX and SUSAN ASHMAN from the novel by MARGERY ALLINGHAM tcith
Richard Hurndall , Mary Wimbush
David March and Peter Claughton
The Chalice has been in the keeping of the Gyrth family for centuries. On his twenty-fifth birthday, the male heir is told the secret of the Chalice, and that a representative of the Crown comes to inspect it every ten years. Production by AUDREY CAMERON

Contributors

Play By:
Felix Feltox
Play By:
Susan Ashman
Novel By:
Margery Allingham
Unknown:
Richard Hurndall
Unknown:
Mary Wimbush
Unknown:
David March
Unknown:
Peter Claughton
Production By:
Audrey Cameron

Advice and entertainment for retired and older people and a meeting place on the. air for those concerned for their welfare
Retirement is Coming: F. S. Leonard speculates
A Matter of Principle: Elizabeth Glanville would certainly give two pins
Presented by John Dunn

Contributors

Unknown:
F. S. Leonard
Unknown:
Elizabeth Glanville
Presented By:
John Dunn

A programme for the fives to eights
Trmiker and Tapp
A new series about the Goings-On of Our Handymen by Muriel Levy
4: Signal at Red
Music written by Frank Barber played by 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
Station Announcer:
Doris Gambell

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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