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Introduced by MARJORIE ANDERSON
Three Months in China: ROLFE BIRCH worked, climbed, and travelled there
Householder and the Law: PAMELA DEEDES discusses possible action against noisy neighbours
The Lilac Tree: ALAN MELVILLE
Some Twentieth - Century Women: ELLY JANSEN , pioneer in mental after-care

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
Rolfe Birch
Unknown:
Pamela Deedes
Unknown:
Elly Jansen

A request programme of gramophone records
Symphony in D major, Op. 18 No. 4 (J. C. Bach)
LAMOUREUX ORCHESTRA Conducted by PIERRE COLOMBO
Oboe Concerto
(Cimarosa, arr. Benjamin)
G. GALI.ESI (oboe)
ALESSANDRO SCARI. ATTI ORCHESTRA
Conducted by FRANCO CARACCIOLO
Symphony No. 94. in G major (Surprise) (Haydn)
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Conducted bv
SIR THOMAS BEECHAM

Contributors

Oboe:
Pierre Colombo
Oboe:
Alessandro Scari.
Conducted By:
Franco Caracciolo
Unknown:
Sir Thomas Beecham

A fresh look at Operation Noah
DR. BRUCE CAMPBELL and ARMAND DENIS discuss the part played by the Kariba Dam rescue operations in the work of conservation and introduce some recordings made by the Federal Broadcasting Corporation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr. Bruce Campbell
Unknown:
Armand Denis

CHRISTA LUDWIG (mezzo-soprano)
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF NORDDEUTSCHER RUNDFUNK
Conducted by HANS KNAPPERTSBUSCH
Part 1
Siegfried Idyll
Prelude and Liebestod
(Tristan and Isolde)
Prelude to Act 3:
The Mastersingers
This recording of a concert given to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Richard Wagner is a German contribution to the Radio in Europe series.

Contributors

Mezzo-Soprano:
Christa Ludwig
Conducted By:
Hans Knappertsbusch
Unknown:
Richard Wagner

Written by MARGARET POTTER
Being an exciting episode in the life of Lieutenant Philip Bellinger , R.N., in which his nohle fight to restore his family name and fortune is heset by intrigue and robbery on the King's highway.
1: The Homecoming
Produced by TREVOR HILL
† Originally broadcast in 1959

Contributors

Written By:
Margaret Potter
Unknown:
Lieutenant Philip Bellinger
Produced By:
Trevor Hill
Lt Philip Bellinger:
David Peel
Mrs Bellinger:
Valerie Skardon
Colonel Elijah Charnock:
Fred Fairclough
Mark, his son:
Barrie Hesketh
Johanna Drew, the Colonel's ward:
Judith Bradshaw
Dr Reynolds:
Leonard Williams
Coachman:
Joseph Holmes
Woman:
Norma Wilson
Girl:
Vida Paterson
The ' Parson ':
Geoffrey Banks
Jocelyn Bellinger:
Geoffrey Matthews
Mrs Charnock:
Doris Speed

Appeal on behalf of Christian Medical Missions by the Matron of the Middlesex Hospital,
Miss MARJORIE MARRIOTT , O.B.E.
Contributions (preferably by crossed postal order or cheque) will be gratefully acknowledged and should be addressed to [address removed]
This joint appeal is sponsored by the Conference of British Missionary Societies and is for funds to support medical missionary work in Asia and the Pacific. the Near East and Africa, the West Indies, and South America. Fifteen societies and many denominations are represented in this appeal.

Contributors

Unknown:
Miss Marjorie Marriott
Unknown:
Miss M. Marriott

by Smetana
A radio adaptation
Narrator, ROBERT IRWIN
BBC NORTHERN SINGERS Chorus-Master,
Stephen Wilkinson
BBC NORTHERN ORCHESTRA Leader, Reginald Stead
Conducted by STANFORD ROBINSON Produced by PETER RORKE

Contributors

Narrator:
Robert Irwin
Chorus-Master:
Stephen Wilkinson
Leader:
Reginald Stead
Conducted By:
Stanford Robinson
Produced By:
Peter Rorke

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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