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Volunteers
SYLVIA MEADER of London, who spent a vacation working in Lower East Side, New York, talks to
ANN KINSOLVING , an American, now helping with a youth club in Euston
Introduced by JACK SINGLETON

Contributors

Unknown:
Sylvia Meader
Unknown:
Ann Kinsolving
Introduced By:
Jack Singleton

Scientists answer listeners' questions on science and technology
In the chair:
Professor G. P. WELLS , F.R.S.
Members of the panel: JAMES BEAMENT
University of Cambridge
A. D. BOOTH
Birkbeck College, London SIR GRAHAM SUTTON, F.B.S. Director-General,
Meteorological Office
GWYNNE VEVERS
Zoological Society of London Arranged by Archie Clow Broadcast on March 29

Contributors

Unknown:
Professor G. P. Wells
Arranged By:
Archie Clow

5: Knole, Sevenoaks, Kent HEATHER HARPER (soprano)
CHARLES SPINKS (harpsichord)
ALLEGRI STRING QUARTET Eli Goren (violin)
James Barton (violin) Patrick Ireland (viola) William Pleeth (cello)
Introduced by Richard Dimbleby and Denis Stevens
Arranged by Denis Stevens and John Harvey BBC Transcription Service
August 21: Eltham Palace, London

Contributors

Soprano:
Kent Heather Harper
Harpsichord:
Charles Spinks
Violin:
Eli Goren
Violin:
James Barton
Viola:
Patrick Ireland
Cello:
William Pleeth
Introduced By:
Richard Dimbleby
Introduced By:
Denis Stevens
Arranged By:
Denis Stevens
Arranged By:
John Harvey

A serial in twelve parts adapted from the novel by R. F. DELDERFIELD EPISODE 7
The Carvers
The Friths
The Hartnells
Other parts played by members of the BBC
Drama Repertory Company Produced by NORMAN WRIGHT Broadcast on November 24,
1959 (Light)

Contributors

Novel By:
R. F. Delderfield
Produced By:
Norman Wright
Miss Baker:
Dorothy Holmes-Gore
Jim:
Malcolm Hayes
Judy:
Sheila Grant
Bernard:
Henry Davies
Boxer:
David Spenser
Archie:
David March
Maria:
Sheila Manahan
Anthony:
Harold Reese
Edgar:
Godfrey Kenton
Esther:
Ella Milne
Elaine:
June Tobin
Sydney:
Trader Faulkner
Ted:
Trevor Martin
Margy:
Betty Baskcomb
Esme:
Fraser Simonlack
Harold Godbeer:
John Bryntng
Louise Strawbridge:
Beryl Calder
Edith Clegg:
Catharine Salkeld
Jackie Gulliver:
Margaret Courtenay
Frances Hopkins:
Eva Stuart
Boydie:
John Bennett

Midland Region's panel game devised by TONY SHRYANE and EDWARD J. MASON
DILYS POWELL and FRANK MUIR challenge
NANCY SPAIN and DENIS NORDEN
Umpire, JACK LONGLAND Sunday's broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Shryane
Unknown:
Edward J. Mason
Unknown:
Dilys Powell
Unknown:
Frank Muir
Unknown:
Nancy Spain
Unknown:
Denis Norden
Unknown:
Jack Longland

MARJORIE THOMAS (contralto)
RONALD DOWD (tenor)
GERALD ENGLISH (tenor)
JOHN SHIRLEY-QUIRK (bass-baritone)
JACQUELINE DU PRE (cello)
BBC CHORUS
BBC CHORAL SOCIETY
LONDON PHILHARMONIC CHOIR
Conductor, Frederic Jackson
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Leader, Paul Beard
Conducted by SIR MALCOLM SARGENT
From the Royal Albert Hall , London
Part 1

Contributors

Bass-Baritone:
John Shirley-Quirk
Conductor:
Frederic Jackson
Conducted By:
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Unknown:
Albert Hall

A short story by ELIZABETH BOWEN read by OLIVE KIRBY
Was it a real apple tree? Or was it the creation of a disturbed mind? Miss Bowen's classic story explores the recesses of a young woman's experience and confronts the nightmare it finds
Postponed from July 13

Contributors

Story By:
Elizabeth Bowen
Read By:
Olive Kirby

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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