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Introduced by MARJORIE ANDERSON
Patients, please: A doctor
Foundations: MARY STOCKS'S childhood
Grown-up Sons: ALLEN ANDREWS talks with some mothers
Holiday Quiz: KENNETH HORNE , FANNY CRADOCK and PETER WHELPTON in the chair

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
Kenneth Horne
Unknown:
Fanny Cradock
Unknown:
Peter Whelpton

from
St. Chad's Parish Church, Far Headingley, Leeds
Conducted by THE REV. W. K. BLACKBURN
Preacher, PROF. JOHN TINSLEY
Hymns (from A. and M. Rev.): 0 Holy Spirit, Lord of Grace (231); Who would true valour see (293); 0 praise ye the Lord (376)
Organist, Wilfred Wightman

Contributors

Unknown:
Rev. W. K. Blackburn
Unknown:
Prof. John Tinsley
Organist:
Wilfred Wightman

A weekly review edited by Anna Instone and Julian Herbage
Introduced by JULIAN HERBAGE
Wagner's Das Rheingold by WILLIAM MANN
Henry Lawes (1596-1662) by ANTHONY LEWIS
Musical Profile: Henryk Szeryng by NEVILLE MARRINER
Liszt's Sacred Music by HUMPHREY SEARLE

Contributors

Edited By:
Anna Instone
Introduced By:
Julian Herbage
Unknown:
Das Rheingold
Unknown:
William Mann
Unknown:
Henry Lawes
Unknown:
Anthony Lewis
Unknown:
Henryk Szeryng
Unknown:
Neville Marriner
Music By:
Humphrey Searle

The Navy League's annual ceremony at the foot of Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square
Address by ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET Sir CASPAR John , G.C.B. First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff
Service conducted by THE REV. AUSTEN WILLIAMS Vicar of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Music by the Band of the Junior Wing, Royal Marines
School of Music under the direction of Capt. P. A. Sumner , r.m.
The scene described by Brian Johnston

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Caspar John
Unknown:
Rev. Austen Williams
Unknown:
Capt. P. A. Sumner
Unknown:
Brian Johnston

† Chairman, WALTER ALLEN
Art: BASIL TAYLOR
Film: ROBERT ROBINSON
Theatre: Richard FINDLATER
Broadcasting: CYRIL RAY
Book: PAMELA HANSFORD JOHNSON

Contributors

Unknown:
Walter Allen
Unknown:
Robert Robinson
Unknown:
Richard Findlater
Unknown:
Cyril Ray
Unknown:
Pamela Hansford Johnson

The Bird Fancyer's Delight
† MAXWELL KNIGHT discusses with STANLEY GODMAN the different attempts that have been made to teach birds to whistle human tunes, particularly those given in a manual, published in 1714, called ' The Bird Fancyer's Delight '

Contributors

Unknown:
Stanley Godman

Helpful decisions on National Insurance: by RUPERT TOWN-SHEND-ROSE
Introducing: an officer of the Public Trustee
What the law says about: a topic of current interest
Money Matters: advice for the small investor-3 by EDWARD LEADER Introduced by ROBIN HOLMES

Contributors

Introduced By:
Robin Holmes

Pat Mullen
Aran Islander , the Irish author and a leading actor in Robert Flaherty 's famous documentary film Man of Aran recalls his childhood and life on Inishmore some seventy years ago

Contributors

Unknown:
Pat Mullen
Unknown:
Aran Islander
Unknown:
Robert Flaherty

from Assembly Hall, Tunbridge Wells
In association with the Borough of Royal Tunbridge Wells
MOURA LYMPANY (piano)
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Leader. Hugh Maguire
Conducted by Michael Gielen
Part 1
3.51* The Interval
APOSTLE OF
THE OPEN HEART tA portrait by Dr. CECIL NORTHCOTT of Father Pire the remarkable Dominican monk who four years ago was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work among refugees
4.6* Symphony Concert
Part 2

Contributors

Unknown:
Tunbridge Wells
Unknown:
Tunbridge Wells
Piano:
Moura Lympany
Leader:
Hugh Maguire
Conducted By:
Michael Gielen
Unknown:
Dr. Cecil Northcott

by MARGOT BENARY adapted for radio by Muriel Levy
4: Moving in Produced by HERBERT SMITH

Contributors

Unknown:
Margot Benary
Unknown:
Muriel Levy
Produced By:
Herbert Smith
Leni Winkelberg:
Sian Davies
' Pippo ':
Geoffrey Matthews
Frau Friderike Rode:
Betty Hardy
Professor Hubertus Rode:
Robert Wallace
Doctor Furchtnit:
Ronald Baddiley
Claus:
Peter Harvey
StefanLangner:
Graham Tennant
Karlheinz Reilingen:
David Mahlowe
Pat:
Frances Brozel
Marlies:
Louise Jervis
Herr Katzelmeik:
Tom Harrison
Gert Bellmer:
Ian Piper

Christians think about their faith and its living expression
In Search of the Truth about Education
Questions put by members of the Parents' Association of Cheadle Hulme School are answered by KENNETH BARNES
CANON C.B.NAYLOR
Fr.GEORGE SONGHURST
Chairman, ALAN GIBSON
Produced by PETER HAMILTON from Cheadle Hulme School
Comments and criticisms about this programme should be sent to Alan Gibson , c/o Christian Outlook. BBC. Plymouth. A selection of these letters will be broadcast in Christian Outlook on November 1 in Network Three

Contributors

Unknown:
Kenneth Barnes
Unknown:
Canon C.B.Naylor
Unknown:
George Songhurst
Unknown:
Alan Gibson
Produced By:
Peter Hamilton
Unknown:
Alan Gibson

Appeal on behalf of the World University Service by DR. J. BRONOWSKI
Contributions (preferably by crossed postal order or cheque) will be gratefully acknowledged and should be addressed to Dr. J. Bronowski[address removed]
World University Service brings together staff and students in universities and colleges in a sense of service to the entire studying community of the world. The organisation channels relief in money and gifts in kind from the more prosperous to those struggling to raise educational standards under great hardship. This aid is given without any discrimination of race or creed and is financed entirely by voluntary contributions and by fund raising.

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr. J. Bronowski
Unknown:
Dr. J. Bronowski.

At the End of the Passage read by STEPHEN MURRAY
One hundred and one degrees of Indian heat-but worse than the heat is the terrible loneliness. Hummil, the engineer in charge of a new Gaudhari State Railway line, knows that madness awaits him if he refuses to leave his post before the rains come. Series arranged by Mollie Hardwick

Contributors

Read By:
Stephen Murray
Arranged By:
Mollie Hardwick

Concerto in D major for two violins, strings, and continuo
DAVID OISTRAKH and ISAAC STERN (violins) with members of the Philadelphia Orchestra
Conducted by Eugene Ormandy on a gramophone record

Contributors

Unknown:
David Oistrakh
Violins:
Isaac Stern
Conducted By:
Eugene Ormandy

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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