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Background to Musical Form
The fourth of twenty-seven programmes for those who would like to know more about the structure of music and its composition
Speaker, ALAN RIDOUT
† Broadcast on January 20 In the Third Network
A booklet is available

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Ridout

Everyday German by radio
A series of twenty lessons for listeners with a basic knowledge of the language
Lesson
Introduced by SABINE MICHAEL and DIETER GEISSLER with HEIDI TREUTLER and JOSEPH STEIN
Broadcast on April 20 in the Third Network
A booklet is available

Contributors

Introduced By:
Sabine Michael
Introduced By:
Dieter Geissler
Unknown:
Heidi Treutler

† Introduced by BILL HARTLEY
The Making of a Motor Car: a visit to a motor manufacturer to find out how a new model is designed and developed, what factors influence this, and who makes the decisions
BILL HARTLEY and JIM PESTRIDGE interview MR. WILLIAM SWALLOW , Chairman and Managing Director of Vauxhail Motors, and the firm's Chief Engineer and Director of Styling
Disc-parking in Cheltenham: an interview prior to the opening of this first scheme in Britain
First Aid in an Accident: more useful advice from a member of the British Red Cross
Road Conditions for the week ahead

Contributors

Introduced By:
Bill Hartley
Unknown:
Bill Hartley
Unknown:
Jim Pestridge
Unknown:
Mr. William Swallow

Jimmy Clitheroe in Help! It's a Girl! with PETER SINCLAIR , PATRICIA BURKE DANNY Ross , DIANA DAY
BRIAN TRUEMAN , ROSALIE WILLIAMS SUSAN JAMES
Written by JAMES CASEY and FRANK RoSCOE
Produced by JAMES CASEY
Broadcast on January 17 in the Light Programme

Contributors

Unknown:
Jimmy Clitheroe
Unknown:
Peter Sinclair
Unknown:
Patricia Burke
Unknown:
Danny Ross
Unknown:
Diana Day
Unknown:
Brian Trueman
Unknown:
Rosalie Williams
Unknown:
Susan James
Written By:
James Casey
Written By:
Frank Roscoe
Produced By:
James Casey

VILEM TAUSKY conducts the BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA Leader. Arthur Leavins in a programme of music for all the family with MARION STUDHOLME (soprano) KENNETH MACDONALD (tenor) PHILIP CHALLIS (piano) and the GALA CHORUS
Directed by John McCarthy Introduced by JOHN ROBERTS
Produced by Elizabeth Johnson The programme includes:

Contributors

Leader:
Arthur Leavins
Soprano:
Marion Studholme
Tenor:
Kenneth MacDonald
Directed By:
John McCarthy
Introduced By:
John Roberts
Produced By:
Elizabeth Johnson

News and views on books from
LESLIE PAUL and ANTHONY SMITH
LADY VIOLET BONHAM CARTER (Baroness Asquith) interviewed by ASA BRIGGS about
Winston Churchill as I knew him and MARGHANITA LASKI on Domestic Chronicles
Introduced by VICTOR HALLAM

Contributors

Unknown:
Leslie Paul
Unknown:
Anthony Smith
Unknown:
Lady Violet Bonham
Interviewed By:
Asa Briggs
Unknown:
Winston Churchill
Unknown:
Marghanita Laski
Introduced By:
Victor Hallam

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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