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Introduced by MARJORIE ANDERSON
The Age of Maturity?: Thoughts from CLAUD MULLINS and others on the age of marriage, of acquiring a driving licence, and of getting the vote
Animal Romance: GERALD DURRELL considers the love life of spiders, snails, and seals
School for Opera: ARTHUR JACOBS visits the London Opera Centre
Some twentieth-century women: JANET LACEY , c.b.e.

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
Claud Mullins
Unknown:
Gerald Durrell
Unknown:
Arthur Jacobs
Unknown:
Janet Lacey

A request programme of gramophone records
Overture: The Faithful Music Master Welemann)
E. POWER BIGGS (organ) and the NEW ENGLAND BRASS Ensemble
Coronation Anthem: Let thy hand be strengthened (Handel)
CHOIR OF KING'S COLLEGE CHAPEL. Cambridge with the ENGLISH CHAMBER Orchestra Conducted by DAVID Willcocks
Three Botticelli Pictures (Respioht)
THE ALESSANDRO Scarlatti ORCHESTRA
Conducted by FRANCO Caracciolo

Contributors

Conducted By:
David Willcocks
Unknown:
Alessandro Scarlatti
Conducted By:
Franco Caracciolo

When Geoffrey Chaucer died in 1400 he was buried in Westminster Abbey. Since those distant days the graves and memorials of poets have clustered in this corner of the Abbey.
In this programme their lives are remembered, and their poems are read on records
Narrator, JOHN Snagge
Written and compiled by MARGARET JORDAN and DAVID LLOYD JAMES

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoffrey Chaucer
Narrator:
John Snagge
Unknown:
Margaret Jordan
Unknown:
David Lloyd James

Giles Playfair talks to Joe: between them they tell his story
A double murderer in 1916, Joe-then America's toughest kid-was sentenced to life imprisonment. In 1962 he was released on parole, rehabilitated, a man of great moral awareness.
Broadcast on June 23, 1963

Contributors

Talks:
Giles Playfair

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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