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Introduced by MARJORIE Anderson
Ailsa Garland on budget fashions
Natural Rhythms examined by scientists and doctors
Artists Talking: ANTHONY Ros-SITER and JOHN MILLS
The Distant Goal as seen by those concerned with mental health

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Introduced By:
Ailsa Garland

from the Parish Church of Stratford-upon-Avon
Conducted by The Vicar, THE REV. T. BLAND
Preacher,
THE DEAN OF GLOUCESTER
THE VERY REV. S. J. A. EVANS
Psalm 45
Lessons: Ecclesiasticus 44, vv.
1-15; Philippians 4, vv. 4-9
Hymns (from A. and M. Rev.):
Ye choirs of new Jerusalem (128); For the beauty of the earth (171)
Organist and Choirmaster. John Strickson
Master of the Ringers. V. B. Hunt

Contributors

Choirmaster:
John Strickson
Unknown:
B. Hunt

A weekly review edited by Anna Instone and Julian Herbage Introduced by JULIAN HERBAGE
Frieda Leider and Maggie Teyte :
Two Birthday Tributes by DESMOND SHAWE-TAYLOR
Faure's Chamber Music: by EDWARD LOCKSPEISER
St. Cecilia, Dryden, and Handel: by CHARLES CUDWORTH

Contributors

Edited By:
Anna Instone
Unknown:
Julian Herbage
Introduced By:
Julian Herbage
Introduced By:
Frieda Leider
Introduced By:
Maggie Teyte
Unknown:
Desmond Shawe-Taylor
Music By:
Edward Lockspeiser
Unknown:
Charles Cudworth

A request programme of gramophone records
Overture: Le Roi d'Ys (Lolo)
SUISSE ROMANDE ORCHESTRA Conducted by ERNEST ANSERMET
Songs of the Auvergne
(arr. Canteloube)
Unfortunate is he who has a wife: Shepherd's Song of the Auvergne Hills; The Quail and the Cuckoo
NETANIA DAVRATH (soprano) with Orchestra conducted by Pierre de la Roche
Le Carnaval d'Aix iMilhaud)
CLAUDE HELFFER (piano) with the MONTE-CARLO
OPERA ORCHESTRA
Conducted by Louis FREMAUX

Contributors

Conducted By:
Ernest Ansermet
Soprano:
Netania Davrath
Conducted By:
Pierre De
Piano:
Claude Helffer
Conducted By:
Louis Fremaux

From My Postbag: DOUGLAS HOUGHTON, M.P.
The Rates: L. F. CHEYNEY answers some questions
Buying a Flat: PAMELA DEEDES advises
Household Insurance-2: by TOM WILMOT Introduced by ROBIN HOLMES

Contributors

Unknown:
L. F. Cheyney
Unknown:
Pamela Deedes
Unknown:
Tom Wilmot
Introduced By:
Robin Holmes

The historical novel by STANLEY WEYMAN adapted for broadcasting in six parts by NAN MACDONALD with Jack May and Carleton Hobbs
When Gil de Berault fights yet another duel in Paris in the year 1630 it is not so much King Louis XIII he will have to answer to for his actions, but to a more powerful figure in the realm, the red-robed Cardinal Richelieu. 1: A Duel and its Consequences Produced by TREVOR HILL

Contributors

Novel By:
Stanley Weyman
Unknown:
Nan MacDonald
Unknown:
Jack May
Unknown:
Carleton Hobbs
Produced By:
Trevor Hill
Gil de Berault, the storyteller:
Jack May
Cardinal Richelieu:
Carleton Hobbs
M de Pombal:
Norman Somers
Young Englishman:
Ralph Hallett
Frison, a tailor:
Joseph Holmes
Captain of the Guard:
Geoffrey Hinsllff
The Jailer:
John Broadbent
An innkeeper:
Geoffrey Banks
His wife:
Norma Wilson

Christians think about their faith and its living expression In Search of the Truth
Questions about psychology and religion are put by members of Moseley Road Methodist Church. Birmingham and are answered by THE REV. LESLIE WEATHERHEAD
A Consultant Psychiatrist
The Superintendent of a Mental Hospital
The Warden of a Neurosis Centre
Chairman, NORMAN CRESSWELL
Produced by ERIC BLENNERHASSETT
Comments and criticisms about this programme should be sent to Norman Cresswell , c/o Christian Outlook. BBC. Birmingham A selection of these letters will be broadcast in Christian Outlook on May 2 in Network Three.

Contributors

Unknown:
Rev. Leslie Weatherhead
Unknown:
Norman Cresswell
Produced By:
Eric Blennerhassett
Unknown:
Norman Cresswell

Appeal on behalf of the Children's Country Holidays Fund by THE EARL OF ARRAN
Contributions (preferably by crossed postal order or cheque) will be gratefully acknowledged and should be addressed to [address removed]
The Children's Country Holidays Fund are planning to send 4,000 under-privileged children to sea or country for a fortnight this year. Parents will contribute what money they can, but the Fund must look to public generosity to meet the remainder of the cost.

Contributors

Unknown:
Baker Street

by Charlotte Bronte dramatised in twelve episodes by Helena Wood
The auld acquaintances her god-mother asked Lucy to meet are Mr. Home, now M. de Bassompierre, and his daughter Paulina, the young lady Dr. John rescued, and Polly of the summer ten years ago. Paulina and Dr John are very much attracted. Realising the hopelessness of her love, Lucy decides to bury her letters. Episode 5
Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company
Produced by MARTYN C.WEBSTER

Contributors

Unknown:
Helena Wood
Produced By:
Martyn C.Webster
with:
Sheila Grant
as:
Lucy Snowe
Lucy Snowe:
Sheila Grant
Paulina home:
Ursula Hirst
Ginevra Fanshawe:
Beryl Calder
M Paul:
Rolf Lefebvre
Dr John Graham:
John Rye
Mr Home:
Douglas Storm
Mlle de Malle:
Hilda Kriseman
Rosine:
Peggy Butt

At the age of eighty Lord Attlee recalls his early life as a welfare worker and a Socialist in the East End; he speaks of his army service in Gallipoli and France, and of his subsequent political career which led him to the Premiership in 1945.

Contributors

Speaker:
Lord Attlee [Clement Attlee]
Narrator:
Noel Johnson
Reader:
Hugh Burden
Producer:
Robert Pocock

Beethorcn
Septet in E flat major, Op. 20 played by THE PROMETHEUS ENSEMBLE Jack Brymer (clarinet)
Gwydion Brooke (bassoon) Alan Civil (horn)
Max Salpeter (violin) Kenneth Essex (viola) Raymond Clark (cello)
Stuart Knussen (double-bass) Broadcast on April 8, 1962

Contributors

Clarinet:
Jack Brymer
Bassoon:
Gwydion Brooke
Violin:
Max Salpeter
Cello:
Raymond Clark
Double-Bass:
Stuart Knussen

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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