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After forty you get the mug you deserve: Janet Teissier du Cros reflects
Visitor to London: Lady Dhanvanthi Rama Rau from India
Report from Moscow: Mollie Lee with some recordings
Voices and Views: from
Woman's Hour

Contributors

Unknown:
Janet Teissier Du Cros
Unknown:
Lady Dhanvanthi Rama Rau
Unknown:
Mollie Lee

A weekly review edited by Anna Instone and Julian Herbage
Introduced by Julian Herbage Roussel and the Orchestra by Norman Demuth Musical Profile :
The Golden Age Singers by Cedric Wallis
The Halle Orchestra's Centenary: book review by Arthur Jacobs
Specific Ornaments in Early Music by Robert Donington

Contributors

Edited By:
Anna Instone
Edited By:
Julian Herbage
Introduced By:
Julian Herbage
Unknown:
Norman Demuth
Unknown:
Cedric Wallis
Music By:
Robert Donington

A request programme of records
Introduced by Jack Brymer
On hearing the first cuckoo in spring (Delius)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham
Dowland lute pieces played by Julian Bream
Ballet Suite: The Perfect Fool (Holst)
London Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Sir Adrian Boult

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jack Brymer
Conducted By:
Sir Thomas Beecham
Played By:
Julian Bream
Conducted By:
Sir Adrian Boult

Conducted by J. W. Lambert
Theatre: Ivor Brown
Radio: Stephen Potter
Book: Walter Allen
Art: J. M. Richards
Film: Dilys Powell
Repeated on Thursday at 3.45

Contributors

Conducted By:
J. W. Lambert
Unknown:
Ivor Brown
Unknown:
Stephen Potter
Unknown:
Walter Allen
Unknown:
J. M. Richards

A monthly programme reflecting life in the country including
Sounds of the month
Reports from the countryside
A Natural History contribution by Eric Simms
Introduced by C. Gordon Glover Produced by Arthur Phillips

Contributors

Unknown:
Eric Simms
Introduced By:
C. Gordon Glover
Produced By:
Arthur Phillips

by CHARLES DICKENS
Adapted for radio in twelve episodes by H. Oldfield Box with Barbara Couper , Norman Shelley and Hugh Dickson as Pip
Episode 11 Produced by ROBIN MIDGLEY

Contributors

Unknown:
H. Oldfield Box
Unknown:
Barbara Couper
Unknown:
Norman Shelley
Unknown:
Hugh Dickson
Produced By:
Robin Midgley
Miss Havisham:
Barbara Couper
Wemmiek:
Wilfred Babbage
Mr Jaggers:
Norman Shelley
O'd Orlick:
Peter Claughton
Herbert Pocket:
Aubrey Woods

Janet Baker (contralto) Ernest Lush (piano)
The Amadeus String Quartet Norbert Brainin (violin) Siegmund Nissel (violin) Peter Schidlof (viola) Martin Lovett (cello) with Cecil Aronowitz (viola)
The Mozart Quintet is a recording of the broadcast on May 11 in the Third Programme

Contributors

Contralto:
Janet Baker
Piano:
Ernest Lush
Violin:
Norbert Brainin
Viola:
Peter Schidlof
Cello:
Martin Lovett
Viola:
Cecil Aronowitz

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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