Programme Index

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RHYTHM AND MELODY
Introduced by Gladys Whitred
A programme of songs and orchestral music for children
11.20 ALGERIA : COASTAL AREA
An account of the country's main geographical features, its resources, and the way of life of its people. French and Moslem
Script by Eric Whalpton
Geography series
11.40 DIE FAMILIE SCHWARZ
Schon der Reihe nach!
Inge is the lucky victim of speculators
Script by Milo Sperber
Intermediate German series

Contributors

Introduced By:
Gladys Whitred
Script By:
Eric Whalpton
Script By:
Milo Sperber

THE GENTLE LION
An old legend about a lion who lived and worked in a monastery in Palestine
Script by June Hodge
Adventures in English series
2.20 SCIENCE AND FOOD Fisheries
Scientists help the fisherman by inventing new ways of locating and catching fish and by improving the methods used to keep them fresh from the time they are caught to the time they are eaten.
Script by Henry Marshall
Science and the Community series
2.40 SHACKLETON
The story of the British Antarctic Expedition of 1908-1909 Script by Philip Holland
Stories from British History series

Contributors

Script By:
Henry Marshall
Script By:
Philip Holland

Lawn Tennis Championships
Latest results and commentary by Max Robertson and Maurice Edelston , with summaries and comments by Bea Walter
From the All England Club

Contributors

Commentary By:
Max Robertson
Commentary By:
Maurice Edelston
Unknown:
Bea Walter

Conducted by J. W. Lambert
Theatre: Ivor Brown
Radio: Stephen Potter
Book: Walter Allen
Art: J. M. Richards
Film: Dilys Powell
Sunday's recorded broadcast

Contributors

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

A programme for the fives to eights Come Along and Join Our Song with Phyllis Kinney and Maimie Noel Jones
The musical story:
' Sian's Missing Shoes'
Written and told by Nestla Crossley
Introduced by Sheila Huw Jones
Production by Evelyn. Williams

Contributors

Unknown:
Phyllis Kinney
Unknown:
Maimie Noel Jones
Told By:
Nestla Crossley
Introduced By:
Sheila Huw Jones
Production By:
Evelyn. Williams

A monthly programme in which radio is used to link speakers in London and other world centres to exchange views on important issues of common interest
Chairman in London
Robert McKenzie
The subjects dealt with in Radio Link are always highly topical. They, and the names of the speakers, will be announced only shortly before each broadcast. See page 42

Suite No. 2, in D minor (Johann Rosenmiiller )
Philomusica of London
Directed from the harpsichord by Thurston Dart
Organ Concerto No. 1, in G minor (Handel),
Karl Richter (organ) directing the Karl Richter Chamber Orchestra on gramophone records

Contributors

Unknown:
Johann Rosenmiiller
Unknown:
Karl Richter
Unknown:
Karl Richter

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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