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Children at School
A weekly guide to research in education mainly for women who might enter or return to teaching
Five talks on the effect of environment on learning by RONALD GULLIFORD
Lecturer in Education, Birmingham University
2: Language and Environment

Contributors

Unknown:
Ronald Gulliford

A magazine of interest to all, with older listeners specially in mind, including:
New Life Down Under:
Peter Wheeler talks to Cecil Whalley, who 'retired' to Australia
The Bodleian: May Hankey talks about the Oxford University library, where her father was once librarian
For Your Library List: some suggestions from Jill Balcon
You asked us to play... record requests
Introduced by Polly Elwes

Contributors

Talks:
Peter Wheeler
Unknown:
Cecil Whalley
Talks:
May Hankey
Unknown:
Jill Balcon
Introduced By:
Polly Elwes

Young musicians from Londonderry
GLORIA WOODS (soprano) ROMA CAFOLLA (piano)
MARIA and TONY CARLIN (piano duet)
CORMAC SCULLY (treble)
CHARLOTTE SCULLY (soprano)
DAMIEN McINTYRE (piano) OLIVE SIMPSON (soprano)
NAZARETH HOUSE SCHOOL CHOIR and CEILI BAND
Introduced by CICELY MATHEWS
From Belfast

Contributors

Piano:
Tony Carlin
Unknown:
Cormac Scully
Piano:
Damien McIntyre
Introduced By:
Cicely Mathews

by Osbert Sitwell, adapted by Denis Cannan
with Roland Culver

Death - violent and ruthless - intrudes upon the pleasantly ordered life of an English country house, bringing unforeseen consequences in its train.

(Nan Munro is appearing at the Royal Court Theatre, London)

Contributors

Author:
Osbert Sitwell
Adapted by:
Denis Cannan
Producer:
Archie Campbell
Colonel Teague:
Roland Culver
Mrs Teague:
Nan Munro
Nurse Gooch:
Jennifer Wright
Dr Maynard:
Derek Prentice
Manservant:
Fraser Kerr
Maid:
Elizabeth Morgan
Parrot:
Gladys Spencer

The News
Background to the News
People in the News followed by LISTENING POST
DOUGLAS BROWN introduces a programme specially designed to reflect listeners' comments on current issues
Correspondents are invited to write to Listening Post. BBC. Broadcasting House. London. W.I.

Contributors

Introduces:
Douglas Brown

Haydn
Divertimento In D major
(H.IV.II)
POUL BIRKELUND (flute) ARNE KARECKI (violin) ALF PETERSEN (cello)
11.21* String Quartet in D minor. Op. 76 No. 2
THE JANACEK QUARTET
Jiri Travnicek (violin) Adolf Sykora (violin) Jiri Kratochvil (viola) Karel Krafka (cello) on gramophone records

Contributors

Cello:
Alf Petersen
Violin:
Jiri Travnicek
Viola:
Jiri Kratochvil
Cello:
Karel Krafka

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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