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Introduced by MICHAEL BROOKE
Eccentrics I have known: A. S. RUSSELL, a former Oxford Don
Life with....: MRS. HARRY SECOMBE describes her life with the comedian
Anne Scott-James exercises a Royal prerogative
Why do people emigrate?: an investigation by BARRY CARMAN

Contributors

Introduced By:
Michael Brooke
Unknown:
Barry Carman

A request programme of gramophone records
Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary. 1695 (Purcell)
THE GERAINT JONES SINGERS and ORCHESTRA
Conducted by GERAINT JONES
Cello Concerto in D major (Haydn)
MAURICE GENDRON (cello) with the LAMOUREUX ORCHESTRA
Conducted by PABLO CASALS
Movements from the Incidental Music to The Ruins of Athens (Beethoven)
THE BEECHAM CHORAL SOCIETY and the ROYAL
PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Conducted by SIR THOMAS BEECHAM

Contributors

Singers:
Geraint Jones
Conducted By:
Geraint Jones
Cello:
Maurice Gendron
Conducted By:
Pablo Casals
Conducted By:
Sir Thomas Beecham

Chairman, JOHN METCALF
Broadcasting : LIONEL HALE
Book: RICHARD MAYNE
Art: EDWARD LUCIE-SMITH
Film: EDGAR ANSTEY
Theatre: BARBARA BRAY
Repeated on Thursday at 3.0

Contributors

Unknown:
John Metcalf
Unknown:
Lionel Hale
Unknown:
Edward Lucie-Smith
Unknown:
Barbara Bray

Gardening in Switzerland
A series of five programmes of horticultural reports from Switzerland
3: Roy HAY , ARTHUR BILLITT , and WILL INGWERSEN visit an Alpin-, Garden, the Schynige Platte near Interlaken, and then travel on to Geneva to see the Botanic Garden and Horticultural School
Friday's broadcast in Network
Three

Contributors

Unknown:
Roy Hay
Unknown:
Arthur Billitt

The Witch Family by ELEANOR ESTES abridged by Naomi Lewis in five instalments read by PATRICIA HAYES
5: Amy's splendid idea
The little broomstick took Amy to Old Witch's house at the top of the bare glass hill-so all she could do was to get into Little Witch's bed, and hope she would not be discovered.

Contributors

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

A WAY OF LIFE programme which reports on a Conference held at Downside Abbey
Theology for many people, if not a dead word, is a rather anaemic one, but if lay people are to take their part in Pope John's call to the Church to minister more directly to our society, then they must become more theologically literate. For theology is the science of applying the Gospel message to the world of today.
THE ABBOT OF DOWNSIDE
FATHER LAURENCE BRIGHT, O.P.
DANIEL CALLAHAN
JOHN COULSON
FATHER CHARLES DAVIS
PERE R. P. FRANSEN, S.J.
THE REV. DAVID JENKINS
CANON ALAN RICHARDSON
Produced by COLIN JAMES
See page 11

Contributors

Unknown:
Daniel Callahan
Unknown:
John Coulson
Unknown:
Father Charles Davis
Unknown:
Rev. David Jenkins
Unknown:
Canon Alan Richardson
Produced By:
Colin James

Appeal on behalf of the 4 Lest We Forget ' Association by POLLY ELWES
Contributions (preferably by crossed postal order or cheque) will be gratefully acknowledged and should be addressed to [address removed]
The purpose of this voluntary Association is to provide entertainment for disabled service men and women in hospitals and in their homes. Using specially designed vehicles, it also enables them to visit the seaside and to enjoy sports meetings and other outings. Funds are urgently needed for this work.

Contributors

Unknown:
Polly Elwes

played by the MELOS ENSEMBLE
Peter Graeme (oboe)
Emanuel Hurwitz (violin) Ivor McMahon (violin) Cecil Aronowitz (viola) Terence Weil (cello)
Lamar Crowson (piano)

Contributors

Oboe:
Peter Graeme
Violin:
Emanuel Hurwitz
Violin:
Ivor McMahon
Viola:
Cecil Aronowitz
Cello:
Terence Weil
Piano:
Lamar Crowson

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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