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Lord of all hopefulness (S.P. 565; D.S. 79: BBC Supplement 13; Tune, Slane - S.P. 565)
Interlude: People at Work
Prayers: the Prayer for Today; the Lord's Prayer
Father, hear the prayer we offer (S.P. 487: D.S. 123; P.H. 120; BBC Supplement 11; Tune, Gott will's machen - S.P. 487)
Closing Music: Vivaldi's The Four Seasons

Humphrey Pakington reflects on some of the changes taking place in the pattern of village life and on the problem of reconciling new with old.

The speaker lives in Worcestershire where he is Chairman of the Council for the Preservation of Rural England. Before the war he wrote a book English Villages and Hamlets which has become a standard work on the subject.

Contributors

Speaker:
Humphrey Pakington

A serial play in seven parts by Lance Sieveking based on Jules Verne's famous story

The explorers are now more than 140 miles below sea level. As they feel their way along a rocky tunnel, Axel lingers behind to look at something. Suddenly he realises he has lost his companions. His lamp goes out...

Contributors

Writer:
Lance Sieveking
Based on the story by:
Jules Verne
Producer:
Claire Chovil
Professor Lidenbrock:
Trevor Martin
Axel:
Nigel Anthony
Grauben:
Patricia Bendall
Martha:
Dorothy Holmes-Gore
Hans Bjetke:
Fred Yule
Professor Magenpulver:
Paul Hansard
Mr Fridriksson:
Keith Williams
Herr Wetterhahn:
John Bryning

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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