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Prelude to Act 1:
Khovanshchina Mussorgsky)
CLEVFDON ORCHESTRA
Conducted by GEORGE SZELL
Violin Concerto (Stravinsky)
WOLFGANG SCHNEIDERHAN (violin)
BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Conducted by KAREL ANCERL on gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
George Szell
Violin:
Wolfgang Schneiderhan
Conducted By:
Karel Ancerl

Introduced by Bill HARTLEY Tin Lizzie Days: MAY HANKEY recalls a motoring lifetime
Fog!: Some meteorological implications, by INGRID HOLFORD Driving in Fog: Some advice about methods and equipment from ROBIN RICHARDS
Road Conditions: a review Friday's broadcast in the Third Network

Contributors

Introduced By:
Bill Hartley
Unknown:
Ingrid Holford
Unknown:
Robin Richards

LESLIE CROWTHER RONNIE BARKER and JUNE WHITFIELD engage in an illustrated argument on the fallibility of human nature as revealed by a study of The Value of Tradition with MICKIE MOST and THE MINUTE MEN
At the piano. BERT WHITTAM
Script by George Evans and Derek Collyer Produced by ALASTAIR SCOTT JOHNSTON

Contributors

Unknown:
Leslie Crowther
Unknown:
Ronnie Barker
Unknown:
June Whitfield
Piano:
Bert Whittam
Script By:
George Evans
Script By:
Derek Collyer
Produced By:
Alastair Scott Johnston

The Seventh Wave by Elizabeth Dawson with George Merritt
Jo Manning Wilson and Peter Tuddenham
Fisherman Joe Brent bears a grudge against Peter Miller , whom his daughter wants to marry -but he is forced to take Peter as mate on board his trawler ... Produced by AUDREY CAMERON

Contributors

Unknown:
Elizabeth Dawson
Unknown:
George Merritt
Unknown:
Jo Manning Wilson
Unknown:
Peter Tuddenham
Unknown:
Fisherman Joe Brent
Unknown:
Peter Miller
Produced By:
Audrey Cameron
Harry Dennis:
John Hollis
Peter Miller:
Peter Tuddenham
Sally Brent Jo:
Manning Wilson
Joe Brent:
George Merritt
Fred Johnson:
John Baddeley
Gyp Watson:
Stephen Thorne
Sparks:
Peter Bartlett
Spuddy:
Frank Partington
Tim Foley:
Andrew Sachs
Joyce Johnson:
Eva Stuart

A magazine for everybody
Introduced by GRAHAM GAULD
Lost Civilisations: LEONARD COTTRELL
Dipsy into Fairy Glades: STANLEY UNWIN
Profile: Cliff Richard by IRENE SLADE
I like it, I like it: Your top discs
Hinges of History: F. R. BUCKLEY
Under Your Nose: some strange facts by JOAN PYPFR
Three Men in a Boat to say nothing of the dog! Jerome K. Jerome's book abridged by Honor Wyatt read by CHARLES HODGSON
3: Afloat at last
Postcards should be sent to Five-Fifteen, [address removed]

Contributors

Introduced By:
Graham Gauld
Unknown:
Leonard Cottrell
Unknown:
Stanley Unwin
Unknown:
Cliff Richard
Unknown:
Irene Slade
Unknown:
F. R. Buckley
Unknown:
Joan Pypfr
Unknown:
Jerome K. Jerome
Abridged By:
Honor Wyatt
Read By:
Charles Hodgson

Harry Davidson and his Orchestra with Jean Allister
The dances: Melody Twostep; Waltz; Progressive Barn Dance; La Mascotte: Empress Mazurka; Alexandra Tango; Progressive Saunter; Eva Threestep, Dinkie Onestep
The songs: Danny Boy; Fall in and follow me.

Contributors

Master of ceremonies:
Charles Crathorn
Introduced by:
Rex Palmer
Produced by:
Andrew Gold

The Chequer Board
A play adapted by Stephen Grenfell from the novel by Nevil SHUTE with Maurice Denham
Trader
Faulkner Nigel Anthony
'Tis all a chequer board of Nights and Days
Where Destiny with Men for
Pieces 'plays:
Hither and thither moves, and males, and slays,
And one by one back in the Closer lays
Cast in order of speaking:
Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company Produced by BETTY DAVIES

Contributors

Adapted By:
Stephen Grenfell
Novel By:
Nevil Shute
Unknown:
Maurice Denham
Unknown:
Faulkner Nigel Anthony
Produced By:
Betty Davies
Hughes:
Austin Trevor
Hodder:
Bruce Condell
Jackie Turner:
Maurice Denham
Mollie Turner:
Margaret Wolfit
Al Kovacs:
Stephen Thorne
Jim Dakers:
Donald McKillop
Schultz:
John Baddeley
Frobisher:
Lewis Stringer
Colonel McCulloch:
Guy Kingsley Poynter
Abe Lorimer:
Tommy Eytle
Bessie:
Eva Stuart
Dave Lesurier:
Nigel Anthony
Grace Trefusis:
Elizabeth Morgan
Philip Morgan:
Trader Faulkner
Mrs Morgan:
Molly Rankin
Chang:
John Ruddock
Ma Nay- Htohn:
Delia Paton
Utt Nee:
Andrew Sachs
Thet Shay:
Timothy Harley
Mark Curtis:
Ronald Wilson

News and views of books by JOHN CARSWELL
SIRIOI. HUGH-JONES
KARL MILLER , JOHN COLEMAN and D. L. HOWARD talking to ALAN SILLITOE about
The Ragman's Daughter r Introduced by JOHN HOBDAY

Contributors

Unknown:
John Carswell
Unknown:
Sirioi. Hugh-Jones
Unknown:
Karl Miller
Unknown:
John Coleman
Unknown:
D. L. Howard
Unknown:
Alan Sillitoe
Introduced By:
John Hobday

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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