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† by SIR HERBERT THOMPSON
For many years city magistrate of Peshawar, in India, Sir Herbert Thompson here describes an unusual escapade of his youth-a bit of cloak-and-dagger skulduggery with the ' Al Capone of the North-West Frontier '

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Herbert Thompson
Unknown:
Al Capone

A Charm of Lullabies
A cradle song
The Highland Balou Sephestia 's lullaby A charm
The nurse's song
Come you not from Newcastle?
Little Sir William
Sweet Polly Oliver sung by RUTH LITTLE (contralto) with IAN PARTRIDGE (piano)

Contributors

Unknown:
Balou Sephestia
Sung By:
Ruth Little
Piano:
Ian Partridge

Answers to listeners' questions about science
PROFESSOR G. P. WELLS , F.R.S. puts your questions to
T. E. ALLIBONE
J. W. L. BEAMENT
B. J. MASON
R. H. Nimmo-Smith
Arranged by ARCHIE CLOW
Broadcast on April 18

Contributors

Unknown:
Professor G. P. Wells
Unknown:
T. E. Allibone
Unknown:
J. W. L. Beament
Unknown:
B. J. Mason
Unknown:
R. H. Nimmo-Smith
Arranged By:
Archie Clow

Painting as a Pastime from the book
Thoughts and Adventures by WINSTON S. CHURCHILL arranged by Michael Hardwick
Reader, PATRICK WYMARK
Sir Winston Churchill's celebrated essay on the delights awaiting anyone who takes up paint brush and oils for the first time.
Broadcast on June 3

Contributors

Adventures By:
Winston S. Churchill
Arranged By:
Michael Hardwick
Reader:
Patrick Wymark

Arranged by JOHN ADAMS and PATRICK WHITEHOUSE
Engines on the Romney, Hythe, and Dymchurch Railway
A Metre Gauge Mineral Line
Swan Song of the A4 Pacifies and Spot the Mistake!
Introduced by PEGGY BACON
Produced by SHIRLEY FRANKLIN

Contributors

Arranged By:
John Adams
Arranged By:
Patrick Whitehouse
Introduced By:
Peggy Bacon
Produced By:
Shirley Franklin

A play for radio by Antony Brown
This is a story that happened in Su Yen, which tells how H'Wen Kai , the Emperor's beloved, saved the life of Chou Wang , the lute player.
Music specially composed by WILLIAM BARDWELL and played on the lute by DESMOND DUPRE
Singer, KENNETH BOWEN
Produced by JOHN TYDEMAN

Contributors

Unknown:
Antony Brown
Unknown:
Wen Kai
Unknown:
Chou Wang
Composed By:
William Bardwell
Singer:
Desmond Dupre
Singer:
Kenneth Bowen
Produced By:
John Tydeman
Storyteller:
Denys Hawthorne
Emperor:
Norman Claridge
H'Wen Kai:
Jo Manning Wilson
Phwong:
Michael Spice
H'Siao Che:
Margaret Wolfit
Chou Wang:
Philip Guard
Chung:
James Thomason
Jailer:
Stephen Thorne
Maid:
Kathleen Helme
Ming Su:
Timothy Harley

Sonata in D major
(Carl Stamitz )
EMIL SEILER (viola d'amore) ILSE BRIX-MEINERT (viola)
Cassation in C major (Haydn)
WALTER GERWIG (lute)
ILSE BRIX-MEINERT (violin) JOHANNES KOCH
(viola da gamba) on gramophone records

Contributors

Unknown:
Carl Stamitz
Viola:
Emil Seiler
Viola:
Johannes Koch

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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