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1: Representation
HAROLD SHELTON talks about expressiveness of line in representational drawing and considers the different effects achieved with various media in drawings by Leonardo, Rembrandt, and Picasso Art and Design series

Contributors

Talks:
Harold Shelton
Unknown:
Picasso Art

A magazine of interest to all, with older listeners specially in mind, including:
Turning Points: JOHN ELLISON talks to A. P. HERBERT
Break twenty-four eggs: MARY
STOCKS talks about Mrs. Beeton, who died at the age of twenty-eight on February 6, 1865
Armchair Gardener: some simple hints and tips from FRED LOADS
Your Letters
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Introduced by KEN SYKORA

Contributors

Talks:
John Ellison
Introduced By:
Ken Sykora

A serial play by JOHN DARRAN featuring Security Officers Greg Vaughan and James ' Rocky ' Mountain in their latest assignment 5: Sign of Fear
Produced by EVELYN WILLIAMS

Contributors

Play By:
John Darran
Unknown:
Greg Vaughan
Produced By:
Evelyn Williams
Colonel Spear:
Ivor Maddox
Greg Vaughan:
John Darran
' Rocky Mountain:
Dillwyn Owen
Carvallo:
David Lawton
Brawson:
Peter Bowen Jones
Secretary:
Rita Street
Minister:
Henry Jacobs

A portrait in words and music of Edward Elgar
Written by STANLEY WILLIAMSON with personal recollections from:
SIR ADRIAN BOULT
Sir PERCY HULL and YEHUDI MENUHIN
MARJORIE THOMAS (contralto) CHRISTOPHER BUNTING (cello)
THE HALLE CHOIR
Chorus-Master, Eric Chadwick
BBC NORTHERN ORCHESTRA Leader, Reginald Stead
Conducted by STANFORD ROBINSON Narrator, RONALD HARVI
Other parts spoken by Geoffrey Banks , Alick Hayes George Hagan
Daphne Oxenford
Produced by STANLEY WILLIAMSON and ARTHUR SPENCER

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Elgar
Written By:
Stanley Williamson
Unknown:
Sir Adrian Boult
Unknown:
Sir Percy Hull
Unknown:
Yehudi Menuhin
Contralto:
Marjorie Thomas
Cello:
Christopher Bunting
Chorus-Master:
Eric Chadwick
Leader:
Reginald Stead
Conducted By:
Stanford Robinson
Narrator:
Ronald Harvi
Spoken By:
Geoffrey Banks
Spoken By:
Alick Hayes
Spoken By:
George Hagan
Unknown:
Daphne Oxenford
Produced By:
Stanley Williamson
Unknown:
Arthur Spencer

The News
Background to the News
People in the News followed by LISTENING POST
WALTER JAMES introduces this evening's edition of a series designed to reflect listeners' own views on current topics. Letters on public affairs and issues of policy are especially welcome

Contributors

Introduces:
Walter James

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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