Programme Index

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Extracts from Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony and end of term concert:
The Quarrelsome Bells
London Bridge is broken down
Jacky the Sailor
The Gloucestershire Wassail
The Babe is born in Bethlehem
Written by Jenyth Worsley
Introduced by JOHN CAMBURN

Contributors

Written By:
Jenyth Worsley
Introduced By:
John Camburn

Ideas in Education
A series for teachers coming back to teaching, and for newcomers to the profession
EDWARD BLISHEN unveils some Cautionary Portraits and considers writers, from Shakespeare and Oliver Gold -smith to D. H. Lawrence and William Golding , who throw imaginative light on what it is to be a teacher, and what it is to be taught
Introduced by TONY GIBSON

Contributors

Unknown:
Oliver Gold
Unknown:
D. H. Lawrence
Unknown:
William Golding
Introduced By:
Tony Gibson

A magazine of interest to all, with older listeners specially in mind, including:
The Woman in Nobel's Life:
Why did a Dynamite King donate a Peace Prize? WENDY COOPER suggests an answer tGang Show: TREVOR HILL meets some of the Grimsby and Cleethorpes Gang in rehearsal
What makes a stamp rare?: the last of three talks on philately by MAURICE WILLIAMS
Armchair Gardener: some hints from FRED LOADS on keeping indoor plants healthy
Introduced by KEN SYKORA

Contributors

Unknown:
Wendy Cooper
Unknown:
Maurice Williams
Introduced By:
Ken Sykora

A serial in six parts by CHARLES WITHERSPOON
Paddy and Ricky do some private investigation in the caves on Puffin Island. Another dubious character
-an American parson-arrives on the scene.
1 Produced by RONALD MASON

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Witherspoon
Produced By:
Ronald Mason
Brian Donnelly:
Robin Graham
Paddy Donnelly:
Denise McKenna
Ricky Donnelly:
Richard McGeagh
Mrs- Donnelly:
Ann Maguire
Terry Bishop:
Charles Witherspoon
Pat McSweeny:
Michael Duffy
The Rev Pennington Parr:
Sam McCready

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 public affairs and policy
Correspondents are invited to write to: Listening Post, BBC. Broadcasting House, London, W.l.

Contributors

Introduces:
Douglas Brown

CHAMBER Music GROUP OF THE HAMBURG TELEMANN SOCIETY Burghard Schaeffer
(recorder and flute)
Hermann Tottcher (oboe) Fritz Henker (bassoon) Thomas Brandis (violin) Heinrich Haferland
(viola da gamba)
Karl Grebe
(harpsichord continuo)
Edwin Koch (cello continuo)
Quartet in G major (Telemann) for recorder, oboe, violin, and continuo
11.23* Trio-Sonata in D major,
Op. 50 No. 6 (Boismortier) for violin, viola da gamba, and continuo
11.36* Concerto in E minor
Op. 37 (Boismortier) for flute, oboe, bassoon, violin. and continuo on gramophone records

Contributors

Oboe:
Hermann Tottcher
Bassoon:
Fritz Henker
Violin:
Thomas Brandis
Viola:
Heinrich Haferland
Harpsichord:
Karl Grebe
Cello:
Edwin Koch

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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