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Ethiopia is a vast country In north-east Africa and parts of it are still uncharted. Many of its animals, such as the Walia Ibex, are rare and exciting. JOHN CROOK, recently returned from the Semien mountains, relates his experiences i nd plays some of the recordings he made there.
Shortened version of Sunday's broadcast

To Jenny and David by Patrick Riddell
Produced by ARCHIE CAMPBELL

Contributors

Unknown:
Patrick Riddell
Produced By:
Archie Campbell
Jonathan Laird:
Edward Chapman
Eunice Laird:
Mary O'Farrell
Richard Lomax:
William Fox
Mollie Lomax:
Mary Wimbush
Jennifer Earnshaw:
Jo Kendall
David Earnshaw:
Fraser Kerr
Poulson:
Wilfrid Carter
Charles Mallon:
Peter Marinker
James Corcoran:
Arthur Lawrence

from
St. Bartholomew's Parish Church, Belfast
Introit: 0 come, ye servants of the Lord (Christopher Tye )
Responses (William Sinith of Durham)
Psalms 41, 42, 43
Lessons:
Isaiah 24, vv. 14-23
Revelation 14, vv. 1-7
Canticles (Gibbons Second Service)
The Lord's Prayer (Robert Stone)
Anthem: Glorious and powerful
God (Gibbons)
Organist, Donald Leggat Director of Music, RONALD LEE

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Tye
Unknown:
William Sinith
Organist:
Donald Leggat
Music:
Ronald Lee

A magazine of interest to all, with older listeners specially in mind, including:
It Wasn'All Right on the Night-3: DAVID FRANKLIN recalls the fiasco on the first night of Tannhduser in Dresden
† The Proposal: COL. ARNOLD NUGENT STRODE STRODE-JACKSON,
C.B.E., D.S.O. (' Jacker '), tells JACK SINGLETON of his strange proposal and marriage in the First World War
Date with a Doctor
Introduced by STEVE RACE

Contributors

Unknown:
David Franklin
Unknown:
Jack Singleton
Introduced By:
Steve Race

Mr. Lucton's Freedom by Francis Brett Young adapted for radio by MURIEL LEVY
A brief respite on the Tibbertons' farm, then off again....
3: Strange Encounters
Other parts played by Eileen Baxter. Patricia Gibson Alan Devereux , Martin Towey
Produced by Anthony CORNISH in the BBC's Midland studios
Timothy West Is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company

Contributors

Unknown:
Francis Brett Young
Radio By:
Muriel Levy
Played By:
Eileen Baxter.
Played By:
Patricia Gibson
Played By:
Alan Devereux
Played By:
Martin Towey
Produced By:
Anthony Cornish
Ted Tibberton:
Timothy West
Owen Lucton:
Derek Smith
Lad:
Bob Arnold
Mother:
Vera Ashe
Harry Wilder:
Gerald Turner
A barber:
George Woolley
A shop assistant:
Charles Butler
Bert Hopkins:
Leslie Dunn

Five-round contests between London and the Regions
London v. Midlands
Round 5
London:
SIR DENIS BROGAN BARRY CARMAN
Quiz-Master,
LIONEL HALE : Midlands
DAVID FRANKLIN
GEOFFREY JAGGARD
Quiz-Master, Roy PLOMLET
Arranged by Patrick Harvey
Tuesday's broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Denis Brogan
Unknown:
Barry Carman
Unknown:
Lionel Hale
Unknown:
David Franklin
Unknown:
Geoffrey Jaggard
Arranged By:
Patrick Harvey

The News
Background to the News People in the News followed by LISTENING POST
KENNETH KENDALL 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 specialty welcome

Contributors

Introduces:
Kenneth Kendall

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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