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Desmond Carrington is in STUDIO 53 to recall personalities and events from the world of entertainment
Including :
GERARD HOFFNUNG
FRED PERRY , TOMMY STEELE Russ CONWAY , JULIAN SLADE and WALTER Mac-queen POPE
Written and compiled by Desmond Carrington
Produced by John Powell

Contributors

Unknown:
Desmond Carrington
Unknown:
Gerard Hoffnung
Unknown:
Fred Perry
Unknown:
Tommy Steele
Unknown:
Russ Conway
Unknown:
Julian Slade
Unknown:
Walter Mac-Queen
Unknown:
Desmond Carrington
Produced By:
John Powell

SINGING TOGETHER by William Appleby
11.20 SCIENCE IS EVERYWHERE
Keeping Warm
A programme of simple experiments which show how domestic hot water systems work and how some materials conduct heat more easily than others. Script by Frank Blackwell
Junior Science series
11.40 UN DRAME DANS UN CAFE
Jean-Paul has to take shelter from a storm. He runs into a cafe and there becomes involved in a curious case.
Script by Emile Harven
Intermediate French series

Contributors

Unknown:
William Appleby
Script By:
Frank Blackwell
Script By:
Emile Harven

Regional Variations (2)

I Ysgolion Cymru

BBC Home Service Welsh

PEOPLE, PLACES, AND THINGS Isambard Kingdom Brunei
Three programmes about a great engineer
2: The Great Western Railway
Script by John Merrett
2.0 THE MUSIC BOX
Gordon Reynolds introduces ten minutes of music for six-year-olds
2.10 VIENNESE OPERETTA
A programme introduced by Mark Lubbock
Orchestral Concerts series
2.30 THE JACKSONS
Betty Gets Married
Betty and Johnnie are married at the local church. The reception is held at the Jacksons' home
Script by D. J. Saint
2.50 PROSE AND VERSE
Blowing up a Train from ' Seven Pillars of Wisdom ' by T. E. Lawrence

Contributors

Script By:
John Merrett
Introduced By:
Mark Lubbock
Script By:
D. J. Saint
Unknown:
T. E. Lawrence

by RODNEY ACKLAND adapted by Mollie Greenhalgh with Michael Hordern , Gwen Nelfion Produced by ARCHIE CAMPBELL
The action takes place at the Dvsons' house in North London between early May and late September 1911.
Saturday's recorded broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Rodney Ackland
Adapted By:
Mollie Greenhalgh
Unknown:
Michael Hordern
Unknown:
Gwen Nelfion
Produced By:
Archie Campbell

Advice and entertainment for retired people and older people generally, and a meeting place on the air for those concerned for their welfare
Time My Slave: Frances Gomm finds it difficult to reverse the habits of -a lifetime
Down the Map and Up Again: May Hankey describes some adventures on a holiday journey
Presented by John Dunn

Contributors

Unknown:
Frances Gomm
Presented By:
John Dunn

A programme for the fives to eights
The Big Pond
Four plays by Bertha Lonsdale
2: A Night Watch in the Wood
Music for the flute composed and played by Bernard Herrmann Produced by Herbert Smith

Contributors

Played By:
Bernard Herrmann
Produced By:
Herbert Smith
Storyteller:
Trevor Hill
Nicholas:
Karal Gardner
Gamekeeper George:
Jos Hancock
Mr Albert Fizzle:
Brian Trueman
Miss Julia Dove:
Cynthia Michaelis

Regional Variations (3)

Young Person's Forum on Books from Mansfield Woodhouse Manor County Secondary School, Nottinghamshire

BBC Home Service Midland

Northern Film News

BBC Home Service North

Lionel Gamlin reviews books for older children and introduces Irene Slade
Gerald Durrell is interviewed by Eileen Molony

Contributors

Unknown:
Lionel Gamlin
Unknown:
Irene Slade
Unknown:
Gerald Durrell
Interviewed By:
Eileen Molony

Regional Variations (2)

News of the Month

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

Shane Fenton with the Fentones
Introduced by their leader
Shane Fenton (vocalist) Jerry (guitar) Bonney (bass-guitar) Mick (rhythm guitar) Tony (drums)
(BBC recording)

Contributors

Singer:
Shane Fenton
Guitarist:
Jerry Wilcock
Bass-guitarist:
Bill Bonney
Rhythm guitarist:
Mick Eyre
Drummer:
Tony Hinchcliffe
Producer:
Shirley Franklin

Regional Variations (3)

Cricket Club

BBC Home Service Midland

News in Welsh

BBC Home Service Welsh

AUDREY RUSSELL visits the Headquarters of the Foundation in Euston Road, London, where she is shown the Library with two hundred thousand books dating from 1467 onwards and the two famous medical museums.
Produced by Geoffrey Topping

Contributors

Unknown:
Audrey Russell
Produced By:
Geoffrey Topping

Regional Variations (2)

BBC Scottish Orchestra, conducted by James Lockhart. Brahms, Haydn. Thorpe Davie, Britten

BBC Home Service Scottish

Fifth Year
A weekly contest between choirs from all over the United Kingdom
Eleventh of twelve programmes in the national competition
MALE VOICE CHOIRS
Glasgow Philharmonic Choir Conductor. John Rankin
Seven Towers Male Voice Choir Conductor, William Livingstone
YOUTH CHOIRS
Hull Orpheus Junior Choir Conductor, Winifred Ashton Orpington Junior Singers
Conductor, Sheila Mossman Introduced by John Hobday
Produced by John Fawcett Wilson
The finalists in each class will take part in a nation-wide broadcast on June 27.

Contributors

Conductor:
William Livingstone
Conductor:
Winifred Ashton
Conductor:
Sheila Mossman
Introduced By:
John Hobday
Produced By:
John Fawcett Wilson

Regional Variations (2)

Byd Natur: Brains Trust

BBC Home Service Welsh

A selection of recorded wit, music, and humour
Introduced by Basil Boothroyd of * Punch ' including
CHARLES RICHARDSON
' The Scottie who knew too much by James Thurber
John BRYNING , DEREK BIRCH ROLF LEFEBVRE
' Who's got time for reading? ' by Gerald Holgate
FREDA DOWIE
' Spiral Staircase ' by Dim Pares
NIGEL ANTHONY and KEITH BUCKLEY ' She was bald, but ' by Derek Lowe
HERMIONE GINGOLD mehitabel finds a home by don marquis
BRYAN KENDRICK
' The Chair' by Peter Elliot
ROLF LEFEBVRE , WILFRED BABBAGE DEREK BIRCH
' Hold my briefcase ' by Donald Webster
MAIRHI RUSSELL
' Nature is Wonderful by Nesta Pain
CHARLES SIMON and DEREK BIRCH
' Have a pinch ' by Geoffrey Stephens
KEITH WILLIAMS and HAYDN JONES ' Spriggs ' by Kenneth Campbell Musical interludes on records chosen by Robert Irwin Edited and produced by John Bridges and Richard Thomas

Contributors

Introduced By:
Basil Boothroyd
Unknown:
Charles Richardson
Unknown:
James Thurber
Unknown:
John Bryning
Unknown:
Derek Birch
Unknown:
Rolf Lefebvre
Reading By:
Gerald Holgate
Reading By:
Freda Dowie
Unknown:
Nigel Anthony
Unknown:
Keith Buckley
Unknown:
Derek Lowe
Unknown:
Hermione Gingold
Unknown:
Don Marquis
Unknown:
Bryan Kendrick
Unknown:
Peter Elliot
Unknown:
Rolf Lefebvre
Unknown:
Wilfred Babbage
Unknown:
Derek Birch
Unknown:
Donald Webster
Unknown:
Mairhi Russell
Unknown:
Nesta Pain
Unknown:
Charles Simon
Unknown:
Derek Birch
Unknown:
Geoffrey Stephens
Unknown:
Keith Williams
Unknown:
Haydn Jones
Unknown:
Robert Irwin
Produced By:
John Bridges
Produced By:
Richard Thomas

Regional Variations (3)

Gerard Souzay, baritone; Dalton Baldwin, piano: Schumann; Villa-Lobos

BBC Home Service North

As North

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

A public audience in Bury St. Edmunds questions
Umberto Morra formerly Director of the Italian Institute in London
IN ROME
Meyer Sluyser writer and broadcaster
IN HILVERSUM
John Crider author and journalist IN NEW YORK and Laurens van der Post writer and traveller who is with Mary Stocks
IN BURY ST. EDMUNDS
Arranged by Norman Macdonald

Contributors

Arranged By:
Norman MacDonald

by TYRONE GUTHRIE with Denys Hawthorne
Sebastian Shaw
It is said that their past lives float before the eyes of drowning men. From a ship, bound for China, a young clergyman has fallen overboard..... As he struggles for life in the water, pictures float before his eyes and voices sound in his ears, voices of his past life.
Edward, as a boy....Robert Langley Edward, as a man.Denys Hawthorne
Produced by JOHN GIBSON

Contributors

Unknown:
Tyrone Guthrie
Unknown:
Denys Hawthorne
Unknown:
Sebastian Shaw
Unknown:
Robert Langley
Unknown:
Denys Hawthorne
Produced By:
John Gibson
Fanny:
Gudrun Ure
Father:
Sebastian Shaw
Mother:
Dorothy Holmes-Gore
Vanessa:
Clare Austin
Mrs Dolan:
Betty Hardy
Rector:
Philip Leaver
Mrs MacAleenan:
Sally Travers
The Nurse:
Barbara Mullen
Sadie MacAleenan:
Patricia Leventon
Second child:
Patricia Leventon
Boy:
Robin Stewart
Second boy:
James Langley

Benthien String Quartet Ulrich Benthien (violin)
Rudolf Maria Miiller (violin) Martin Ledig (viola)
Wolfram Hentschel (cello)
Recording of part of the Thursday Invitation Concert of March 2, in the Third Programme

Contributors

Violin:
Ulrich Benthien
Violin:
Rudolf Maria Miiller
Viola:
Martin Ledig
Cello:
Wolfram Hentschel

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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