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Introduced by MARJORIE ANDERSON
Press Conference: ANNE EDWARDS and LESLIE SMITH talk to
Vicky Letter to Someone's Son: from Joseph Brayshaw
Tricks of the Trade-Hairdressers: an enquiry by MARJORIE BILBOW
Mary Kingsley : extracts from the West African travel journals of the Victorian explorer

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
Anne Edwards
Unknown:
Leslie Smith
Unknown:
Vicky Letter
Unknown:
Marjorie Bilbow
Unknown:
Mary Kingsley

from The Methodist Central Hall, Tonypandy
Conducted by the minister THE REV.
ARTHUR D. CUMMINGS
Lesson: St. John 18, vv. 28-40 Hymns (from Methodist Hymn
Book): Christ, whose glory fills the skies (924 Tune: Heathlands): Break thou the bread of life (309 Tune: Bethsaida); Jesus, these eyes have never seen (111 Tune: Southwell); Give me the faith which can remove (390 Tune: Mount Sion )
Organist,
Dennis G. Button

Contributors

Unknown:
Arthur D. Cummings
Organist:
Mount Sion
Organist:
Dennis G. Button

A weekly review edited by Anna Instone and Julian Herbage
Introduced by JULIAN HERBAGE
Dvorak's Symphonies by ALEC ROBERTSON
Musical Profile:
Stefania Woytowicz by NOEL GOODWIN
The Ecossaise by JEAN MACKIE
Ethelbert Nevin (1862-1901) by MARK LUBBOCK

Contributors

Edited By:
Anna Instone
Introduced By:
Julian Herbage
Unknown:
Alec Robertson
Unknown:
Stefania Woytowicz
Unknown:
Noel Goodwin
Unknown:
Jean MacKie
Unknown:
Ethelbert Nevin

A request programme of gramophone records
Anthem: My beloved spake
(Purceil) Soloists
Ambrosian Singers
Goldsbrough Orchestra Conducted by Arnold Goldsbrough
Oboe Concerto in C major
(K. 314) (Mozart)
Leon Goossens (oboe) Sinfonia of London
Conducted by Colin Davis
Song of Destiny (Brahms)
Beecham Choral Society Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham

Contributors

Conducted By:
Arnold Goldsbrough
Oboe:
Leon Goossens
Conducted By:
Colin Davis
Conducted By:
Sir Thomas Beecham

Chairman,
PHILIP HOPE-WALLACE
Art: BRYAN ROBERTSON
Film: ROBERT ROBINSON
Theatre: BAMBER GASCOIGNE
Broadcasting: CYRIL RAY
Book: KARL MILLER

Contributors

Unknown:
Bryan Robertson
Unknown:
Robert Robinson
Unknown:
Bamber Gascoigne
Unknown:
Cyril Ray
Unknown:
Karl Miller

National Health Service
3: THE OPHTHALMIC SURGEON
From My Postbag:
DOUGLAS HOUGHTON, M.P.
Helpful Publications: reviewed by JANET McLEOD
Money Matters:
RUPERT TOWNSHEND-ROSE has something to say about making out a cheque Introduced by Robin HOLMES

Contributors

Reviewed By:
Janet McLeod
Unknown:
Rupert Townshend-Rose
Introduced By:
Robin Holmes

Colin Horsley (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Leader, Hugh Maguire
Conducted by Sir Adrian Boult

Part 1

3.26* The Interval: Bayreuth Festival
As a Wagner addict Nicolette Devas gives some personal impressions of her pilgrimage to the 1962 production

3.41* Symphony Concert Part 2

Before an invited audience in BBC Studio 1, Maida Vale, London
Tickets may be obtained by applying to [address removed] enclosing a stamped addressed envelope.

Contributors

Piano:
Colin Horsley
Leader:
Hugh Maguire
Conducted By:
Sir Adrian Boult

by HANS BAUMANN translated by Isabel McHugh and Florence McHugh adapted for radio in four parts by FELIX FELTON
This story is set in the fifteenth century when Portuguese navigators were beginning an amazing series of voyages down the west coast of Africa, and eventually round the Cape of Good Hope, and so to India.
1: The Beckoning Sea Produced by DAVID DAVIS
John Slater is in 'Policy for Murder ' at the Duke of York's Theatre. London

Contributors

Unknown:
Hans Baumann
Translated By:
Isabel McHugh
Translated By:
Florence McHugh
Unknown:
Felix Felton
Produced By:
David Davis
Produced By:
John Slater
Manuel:
John Slater
Aires:
David Spenser
Tinoco:
Jeremy Spenser
Luis:
Norman Shelley
Miller's wife:
Josefina Ray
Nuno Tristao:
Geoffrey Wincott
Lanzarote:
Philip Leaver
Padre Martin:
Stephen Jack
Prince Henry the Navigator:
Roger Delgado

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Christians think about their faith and its living expression Let the People Sing
Need music for church be ' churchy Much new music has been written for use in church, some of it in the contemporary idiom-for example, Geoffrey Beaumont 's Folk Mass, and the Gelineau Psalms. Is there a place for music like this in the worship of the Church?
Written by ELIZABETH MCCONVILLE and JUDITH O'DOWD of The Grail
Taking part:
Ruby Head, MICHAEL SPICE WILL LEIGHTON Produced by AGNELLUS ANDREW , O.F.M.

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoffrey Beaumont
Written By:
Elizabeth McConville
Written By:
Judith O'Dowd
Unknown:
Michael Spice
Unknown:
Will Leighton
Produced By:
Agnellus Andrew

This Island Now by G. M. Carstairs
Professor of Psychological Medicine in the University of Edinburgh
3: Vicissitudes of Adolescence
Professor Carstairs speaks on the problems of adolescent behaviour. He sees them as both reflecting and anticipating changes in adult social behaviour.
These lectures are being printed in ' The Listener '

Contributors

Unknown:
G. M. Carstairs

A family jaunt through Eastern Europe, in and out of the Iron Curtain told by IAIN CRAWFORD NORA LAIDLAW and ANDREW FAULDS with music and conversations collected en route
∔ Produced by DOUGLAS CLEVERDON

Contributors

Told By:
Iain Crawford
Unknown:
Andrew Faulds
Produced By:
Douglas Cleverdon

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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