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BBC Home Service West

by Elizabeth Muntz
The battle of Waterloo was fought on June 18, 1815. When the veterans came home they brought stories of heroism which made a profound impression on a small boy living in the Wiltshire countryside. Elizabeth Muntz tells a true story of that celebration summer.

Contributors

Unknown:
Elizabeth Muntz
Unknown:
Elizabeth Muntz

RHYTHM AND MELODY
A programme of songs and orchestral music for children
Introduced by Gladys Whitred
11.20 EGYPT
Egypt's dependence on the Nile, and hopes for the future symbolised by the High Dam now being built at Aswan, are seen through the eyes of a farming family living near the river.
Script by Yvette Sheringham Geography series
11.40 DIE FAMILIE SCHWARZ Das ganze noch einmal
Hans Schwarz visits a film studio
Script by Marianne Walla
Intermediate German series

Contributors

Introduced By:
Gladys Whitred
Script By:
Yvette Sheringham
Unknown:
Familie Schwarz
Unknown:
Hans Schwarz
Script By:
Marianne Walla

Regional Variations (5)

As North

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

I Ysgolion Cymru

BBC Home Service Welsh

What's On? Coming events

BBC Home Service Midland

The Week Ahead

BBC Home Service North

Six readings from the Letters' of ELizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford edited by Betty Miller ; arranged for broadcasting by Mollie Greenhaigh Reader,
Gwen Ffranigoon-Davies
Part 4
In last week's letters Elizabeth Barrett was in Torquay. She was delighted to receive Flush, the spaniel, sent to her by Miss Mitford. Elizabeth also commented on Bells and Pomegranates by Robert Browning , who was, she declared, a true poet.'

Contributors

Unknown:
Elizabeth Barrett
Unknown:
Mary Russell Mitford
Edited By:
Betty Miller
Broadcasting By:
Mollie Greenhaigh
Unknown:
Robert Browning

KASHTANKA by Anton Chekhov
2: The Circus
Script by Edward Blishen
Adventures in English series
2.20 SCIENCE AND FOOD
Feeding our Livestock
Each year we spend more than £ 200,000,000 on animal foodstuffs from abroad. Can our farmers and scientists working together reduce this bill? Script by 3Ralph Whitlock
Science and the Community series
2.40 SHAFTESBURY AND
CHILDREN IN MINES
An account of the legislation by the future Lord Shaftesbury to improve the working conditions of children in coal mines. The incidents are based on the findings of the Commissioners put before Parliament in 1842. Script by Norman Wymer
Stories from British History series

Contributors

Unknown:
Anton Chekhov
Script By:
Edward Blishen
Script By:
Ralph Whitlock
Script By:
Norman Wymer

A programme for the fives to eights
Come Along and Join Our Song with Phyllis Kinney and Maimie Noel Jones
The musical story: 'The Magic Scissors' written and told by Nesta Crossley
Introduced by Evelyn Williams

Contributors

Unknown:
Phyllis Kinney
Unknown:
Maimie Noel Jones
Told By:
Nesta Crossley
Introduced By:
Evelyn Williams

Regional Variations (3)

' The Silver Tide ': play by William Gavin

BBC Home Service Scottish

'The Sergeant Major': play by Geoffrey Tudor Hughes

BBC Home Service Welsh

Involved in all Mankind by STEPHEN GRENFELL with Robert Stephens as Arthur
Catherine Dolan as Sheila
Arthur Vance is very interested in Youth Club work and he and his wife are living a simple and contented life -both doing a job of work which they feet is important. A series of brutal murders in the neighbourhood disrupts their life completely, and Sheila is forced to make the most difficult decision of her life.
Produced by CEDRic MESSINA

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Grenfell
Unknown:
Robert Stephens
Unknown:
Catherine Dolan
Unknown:
Arthur Vance
Produced By:
Cedric Messina
Sheila Vance:
Catherine Dolan
John Wilkinson:
Charles Simon
Harriet Wilkinson:
Nan Munro
Arthur Vance:
Robert Stephens
Mr Summers:
Hugh Manning
David:
Gareth Morgan
Announcer:
Keith Buckley
Roy Charles:
Haydn Jones
Jean:
Eva Stuart
Slim Morris:
John Bennett
Detective-Inspector Jackson:
Norman Claridge
Detective-Sergeant Warley:
Jon Rollason
Harry:
Nicholas Edmett

Regional Variations (4)

The BBC Midland Singers. conducted by Douglas Guest

BBC Home Service Midland

As North

BBC Home Service Northern Ireland

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor, Eduard Flipse; Daniel Weyenberg. piano

BBC Home Service North

Excerpts from Act 3 of Puccini's opera with I
JUSSI BJÖRLING as Rodolfo
Victoria DE LOS ANGELES as Mimi ROBERT MERRILL as Marcelio LUCINE AMARA as Musetta
RCA Victor Chorus and Orchestra
Conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham Gramophone records introduced by Philip Hope-Wallace

Contributors

Unknown:
Mimi Robert Merrill
Unknown:
Marcelio Lucine Amara
Conducted By:
Sir Thomas Beecham
Introduced By:
Philip Hope-Wallace

Regional Variations (3)

Story and song in Gaelic from members of the Young Crofters' Club. Kilmuir. Skye

BBC Home Service Scottish

Orchestra Da Camera, conductor, Brian Priestman

BBC Home Service Midland

This listing contains language that some may find offensive.

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Conducted by Karl Munchinger
Aria di Corte and Siciliana
(Suite No. 3: Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute) (Respighi)
Ballet : Les petits riens (Mozart) on gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Karl Munchinger
Conducted By:
Aria Di Corte

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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