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Introduced by MARJORIE ANDERSON
Hussars, Prancing Horses, and Mud: in 1914 NINA SAGOVSKY was spending the summer on a country estate in the Ukraine
The Life of a Frozen Pea: TERESA McGONAGLE looks behind the scenes
Simple Sayings: BRIGADIER ROBINSON chooses some for comment
Some Pleasures of Life: Light, visible and invisible: considered by David SCOTT-BLACK -HALL, DILYS POWELL , KATHARINE TREVELYAN. and WILLIAM SANSOM

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
Nina Sagovsky
Unknown:
Teresa McGonagle
Unknown:
David Scott-Black
Unknown:
Dilys Powell
Unknown:
Katharine Trevelyan.
Unknown:
William Sansom

Chairman, JOHN METCALF
Art: EDWARD LUCIE-SMITH
Film: ROBERT ROBINSON
Theatre: J. W. LAMBERT
Broadcasting: JANET QUIGLEY
Book: Richard Mayne

Contributors

Unknown:
John Metcalf
Unknown:
Edward Lucie-Smith
Unknown:
Robert Robinson
Unknown:
J. W. Lambert
Unknown:
Janet Quigley
Unknown:
Richard Mayne

A year of Gardeners' Question Time
† FRANKLIN ENGELMANN recalls some of the places visited and some of the questions asked during the past year with FRED LOADS, BILL SOWERBUTTS and ALAN GEMMELL

Contributors

Unknown:
Franklin Engelmann
Unknown:
Bill Sowerbutts
Unknown:
Alan Gemmell

Derby Day by Alfred Reynolds celebrating his 80th birthday
The Rebel Maid by Montague Phillips celebrating his 79th birthday with CYNTHIA GLOVER (soprano)
DENIS DOWLING (baritone)
THE AMBROSIAN SINGERS
Directed by JOHN MCCARTHY
BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA Leader, Arthur Leavins
Conductor, VILEM TAUSKY
Story written by MARK LUBBOCK
Spoken by JOHN DUNN
Produced by GEOFFREY BRAND
Denis Dowling broadcasts by permission of Sadler's Wells Opera Company

Contributors

Unknown:
Alfred Reynolds
Unknown:
Montague Phillips
Soprano:
Cynthia Glover
Baritone:
Denis Dowling
Directed By:
John McCarthy
Leader:
Arthur Leavins
Conductor:
Vilem Tausky
Written By:
Mark Lubbock
Spoken By:
John Dunn
Produced By:
Geoffrey Brand

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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