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Prayer
Happy are they, they that love God
(BBC Supplement 16: S.P. 509: C.H. 440: D.S. 70: Tune, Binchester S.P. 609)
Interlude: Peter and the lame man Prayers: the Prayer for Protection: the Lord's Prayer
From thee all skill and science flow
(BBC Supplement 24; S.P. 285; C.H. 351: S.H. 47: P.H. 200: Tune, Belmont C.H. 309)
Blessing

A spontaneous discussion by Jack Longland
Christopher Mayhew , M.P. Ted Leather , m.p. Nancy Spain
Question-Master, Freddy Grisewood From Brighton. Sussex
Recording of last Friday's broadcast in the Light Programme
The last in the present series followed by an interlude

Contributors

Unknown:
Jack Longland
Unknown:
Christopher Mayhew
Unknown:
M.P. Ted Leather
Question-Master:
M.P. Nancy Spain

STORIES AND RHYMES
The Children with Green Hair' adapted for broadcasting by Jean Sutcliffe , from an original fairytale by Ruth Ainsworth. Part 1
2.20 POETS AND POETRY Peter Redgrove reads two of his own poems, one of which has not been published, dealing with boyhood activities
Introduced by Robert Gittings
2.40 Interval music
2.45 NATURE STUDY
Chalk: John Sankey talks about the flowers and grasses, trees and animal life that flourish on the chalk downs of Surrey and Sussex

Contributors

Broadcasting By:
Jean Sutcliffe
Unknown:
Ruth Ainsworth.
Unknown:
Peter Redgrove
Introduced By:
Robert Gittings
Talks:
John Sankey

A programme of opera and ballet
BBC Concert Orchestra Leader, William Armon
Conductor, Vilem Tausky with Patricia Kern (soprano)
Patricia Kern broadcasts by permission of the Sadler's Wells Opera Company

Contributors

Leader:
William Armon
Conductor:
Vilem Tausky
Soprano:
Patricia Kern
Unknown:
Patricia Kern

Field-Marshal Earl Haig
June 19, 1961, was the centenary of the birth of Field-Marshal Earl Haig , Commander-in-Chief of the British armies in France and Flanders from December 1915 until the end of the war.
This programme is an attempt at an appreciation of the Field-Marshal made by generals and private soldiers who served under him, by military historians, by friends, and by those who worked with him for the British Legion.
Narrator, Duncan Mclntyre
Produced by David Woodward See page 26

Contributors

Unknown:
Field-Marshal Earl Haig
Unknown:
Earl Haig
Narrator:
Duncan McLntyre
Produced By:
David Woodward

Rameau and Debussy
Les Paladins: second suite (Rameau)
Lamoureux Orchestra
Conducted by Pierre Colombo
Danse sacree; Danse profane
(Debussy)
Nicanor Zabaleta (harp)
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Ferenc Fricsay on gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Pierre Colombo
Conducted By:
Ferenc Fricsay

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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