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Bartok
Thomas Rajna (piano)
Gyorgy Melis (baritone) Frederick Stone (piano)
Folk songs:
I left my far homeland; I would cross the Tisza; Dry branch; I crossed the High Street; My love is ploughing
Dialogues 2 and 4 (Nine Little
Pieces)
Suite. Op. 14 Folk songs:
9 mother mine; The red cherry is ripening; In Dobos the snow has fallen; Yellow sheaf of corn; Wheat, wheat, wheat
The folk songs are sung in Hungarian

Contributors

Piano:
Thomas Rajna
Baritone:
Gyorgy Melis
Piano:
Frederick Stone

Country Ceili from Newry, Co. Down
St. Peter's Ceili Band
Teresa Clifford (folk singer)
Frank Ritchie
(Eongsr with guitar)
Master of Ceremonies, Jack Sloane
Produced by Sam Denton

Contributors

Unknown:
Teresa Clifford
Singer:
Frank Ritchie
Unknown:
Jack Sloane
Produced By:
Sam Denton

A light-hearted look at the advertising world
Michael Medwin as Michael Lightfoot an account executive
Eleanor Summerfield as Maggie, a TV executive
Fenella Fielding as Janet secretary to Michael Lightfoot
Joan Sims as Mavis, a shorthand typist
Nicholas Phipps as Adrian Beales , a copywriter
Warren Mitchell as most other characters
Script by Myles Rudge and Ronnie Wolfe Produced by Eric Miller
Recorded broadcast of February 13 in the Light Programme

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Medwin
Unknown:
Michael Lightfoot
Unknown:
Eleanor Summerfield
Unknown:
Michael Lightfoot
Unknown:
Joan Sims
Unknown:
Nicholas Phipps
Unknown:
Adrian Beales
Unknown:
Warren Mitchell
Script By:
Myles Rudge
Script By:
Ronnie Wolfe
Produced By:
Eric Miller

Symphony No. 3. in D (Schubert) played by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham
Concert Suite for violin and orchestra
(Taneyev) played by David Oistrakh (violin) Philharmonia Orchestra
Conducted by Nicoilai Ma'ko
Two Rumanian Dances
(Bartok. arr. Weiner) played by the Philharmonia Hungarica
Conducted by Antal Dorati on gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Sir Thomas Beecham
Violin:
David Oistrakh
Conducted By:
Nicoilai Ma'Ko
Conducted By:
Antal Dorati

Luke's Latest by ERNEST KERSHAW
Luke is an enthusiastic amateur. He dabbles in everything from fishing to architecture. When his oil paintings are praised by an art critic he is persuaded to go to an arty gathering; but things don't go as he expects.
Produced by ALFRED BRADLEY

Contributors

Unknown:
Ernest Kershaw
Produced By:
Alfred Bradley
Mrs Cockcroft:
Norma Wilson
Jane:
Rosamund Greenwood
Beatrice:
Anna Cropper
Luke:
John Barrie
Clive Kenning:
Ian Keill
Councillor Thorpe:
Henry Livings
Alderman Mrs Bridger:
Barbara Young
Randolph Blenden:
Paddy Ward

sung by the Royal School of Church Music from the Lady Chapel of Liverpool Cathedral
Sentence; Exhortation Confession; Absolution The Lord's Prayer
Versicles and Responses (Ferial) Psalms 82, 83, 84. and 85 First Lesson: 1 Kings 18, vv. 17-39 Magnificat (Benjamin Cooke in G)
Second Lesson: St. Luke 22. v. 1-22
Nunc dimittis (Benjamin Cooke in G) Creed: Lesser Litany
Versicles and Responses (Ferial) Collects
Anthem: Let us now praise famous men (Leo Sowerby)
Prayers: The Grace
Organist, John Bertalot
Choir directed by Dr. Gerald H. Knight

Contributors

Unknown:
Benjamin Cooke
Unknown:
Benjamin Cooke
Organist:
John Bertalot
Directed By:
Dr. Gerald H. Knight

A new serial thrillier in four parts written by Geoffrey Morgan featuring
Steve Conroy and Penny Paige of the London Courier
3: Jigsaw
Produced by Graham Gauld

Contributors

Written By:
Geoffrey Morgan
Unknown:
Steve Conroy
Produced By:
Graham Gauld
Steve Conroy:
John Bentley
Penny Paige:
June Spencer
Mrs Reeder:
Beatrice Kane
Bates:
Leonard' Henry
Celia James:
Elwyn Stock
John Boland:
Philip Carston-Jones
Alwyn Bland:
Laidman Browne
Walters:
Ronald Baddliley

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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