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Introduced by MARJORIE ANDERSON
Crossing the Atlantic: ENID BAGNOLD tells of her trip on a luxury liner
A Husband's View of Woman's Hour: as requested in the Woman's Hour Competition
The Right Time to Marry?: personal opinions from people of all ages
Memorable Men: WENDY DEWAR -DURIE on Field-Marshal Earl Wavell

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
Enid Bagnold
Unknown:
Wendy Dewar
Unknown:
Earl Wavell

A request programme of gramophone records
Concerto Grosso No. 19, in C minor (Handel)
THE Boyd NEEL
STRING ORCHESTRA
Conducted by BOYD NEEL with THURSTON DART (harpsichord)
Missa Brevis in D major, Op. 63 (Britten)
THE CHORISTERS OF
NEW COLLEGE, OXFORD
Conducted by DAVID LUMSDEN with JOHN MOREHEN (organ)
Concerto Grosso No. 1 for string orchestra with piano obbligato (Bloch)
EASTMAN-ROCHESTER
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Conducted by HOWARD HANSON

Contributors

Unknown:
Boyd Neel
Conducted By:
Boyd Neel
Conducted By:
David Lumsden
Unknown:
John Morehen
Conducted By:
Howard Hanson

Chairman, WALTER ALLEN
Book: J. G. WEIGHTMAN
Art: BRYAN ROBERTSON
Film: DILYS POWELL
Theatre: LAURENCE KITCHIN
Broadcasting: STEPHEN POTTER

Contributors

Unknown:
Walter Allen
Unknown:
J. G. Weightman
Unknown:
Bryan Robertson
Unknown:
Laurence Kitchin
Unknown:
Stephen Potter

The Witch Family by ELEANOR ESTES abridged by Naomi Lewis in five instalments read by PATRICIA HAYES
1: The Banishment
One day Old Witch, the head of all the witches, was banished. She had to go and live on the top of an awful high lonely bare glass hill.

Contributors

Unknown:
Eleanor Estes
Abridged By:
Naomi Lewis
Read By:
Patricia Hayes

A series of six programmes about men and women who have won the Nobel Prize
6: The Saint in the Jungle
He was famous as a young man: then he turned his back on Europe to find his destiny in the African jungle.
Written and narrated by STEPHEN GRENFELL with OLIVE GREGG, DEREK BIRCH
PETER BARTLETT , DAVID MARCH Produced by DAVID LLOYD JAMES

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Grenfell
Unknown:
Derek Birch
Unknown:
Peter Bartlett
Unknown:
Lloyd James

Appeal on behalf of the Churches' Council of Healing by THE RT. REV.
CUTHBERT BARDSLEY Bishop of Coventry
Contributions (preferably by crossed postal order or cheque) will be gratefully acknowledged and should be addressed to [address removed]
Emotional stress and strain are serious problems of today. The cost to the community in unhappiness, apart from time and money, is incalculable. The Churches' Council of Healing, a joint body of doctors and clergy, aims to set up a Centre in London where these problems can be fully studied. -

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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