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A programme of old favourites sung by MARY CONDON (contralto) with Ruby TAYLOR (piano)
DUDLEY SAVAGE (organ) and BOURNEMOUTH GIRLS CHOIR
Conductor, CONSTANCE JOY GOODE
POOLE NOMAD MALE VOICE CHOIR Conductor, T. F. KINGSBURY
Introduced by DUDLEY SAVAGE

Contributors

Contralto:
Mary Condon
Conductor:
Constance Joy Goode
Conductor:
T. F. Kingsbury

LESLIE BAILY looks back on some of the events of our lives and introduces some famous personalities
Strange Things are Coming with the recorded voices of SIR ROBERT WATSON-WATT
CAPTAIN H. G. KENDALL
PROFESSOR A. C. B. LOVELL
MR. W. T. DITCHAM
MR. W. J. PICKEN and Betty Hardy , Alan Keith
Geoffrey Lewis. John Cazabon
Produced by VERNON HARRIS
Broadcast on July 25. 1962

Contributors

Unknown:
Leslie Baily
Unknown:
Captain H. G. Kendall
Unknown:
Professor A. C. B. Lovell
Unknown:
Mr. W. T. Ditcham
Unknown:
Mr. W. J. Picken
Unknown:
Betty Hardy
Unknown:
Alan Keith
Unknown:
Geoffrey Lewis.
Unknown:
John Cazabon
Produced By:
Vernon Harris

Charlotte Shaw
An account of the marriage of Bernard Shaw to Charlotte Payne-Townshend
Written and narrated by THEA HOLME with and Others taking part:
Mary O'Farrell , Valerie Taylor Margaret Wolfit , John Dearth Stephen Jack , P. G. Stephens
Produced by DOROTHY BAKER
Broadcast on November 26. 1965

Contributors

Unknown:
Bernard Shaw
Unknown:
Thea Holme
Unknown:
Mary O'Farrell
Unknown:
Valerie Taylor
Unknown:
Margaret Wolfit
Unknown:
John Dearth
Unknown:
Stephen Jack
Unknown:
P. G. Stephens
Produced By:
Dorothy Baker
as Bernard Shaw:
Denys Hawthorne
as Charlotte Payne-Townshend:
Gudrun Ure

The second of three talks in which a literary critic discusses one work of a contemporary novelist that for him deals with the fundamental problem of the human condition in our time.
This week: WALTER ALLEN on This Sporting Life by DAVID STOREY
First broadcast in the BBC World Service

Contributors

Unknown:
Walter Allen
Unknown:
David Storey

Three for the Road
A trilogy by John Hynam
The houses in Victoria Road are due for demolition. The only three now inhabited are about to be left by their occupants, around whom the theme of rejection is woven.
THE PLAYS:
The Winner
The Finer Things of Life
Thank You, Mr. Parker with David March and Barbara Mitchell as the man and woman in each play
Produced by DAVID H. GODFREY

Contributors

Unknown:
John Hynam
Unknown:
David March
Unknown:
Barbara Mitchell
Produced By:
David H. Godfrey

from the Parish Church of St. Oswald, Ashbourne, Derbyshire
Introit: When Mary throush the Harden went (Percy Judd )
Psalms 69 and 70 Lessons: Song of Songs 2, vv. 8-17
Matthew 28, vv. 16-20
Canticles (Statham in E minor)
Anthem: AH creatures of our God and King (W. H. Harris )
Alleluia! Alleluia! hearts to heaven and voices raise (A. and M. 157: Tune. Abbot's Leigh, C. V. Taylor)
Organist and Master of the Choristers, C. DALY ATKINSON

Contributors

Unknown:
Percy Judd
Unknown:
H. Harris
Unknown:
Daly Atkinson

A magazine of interest to all, with older listeners specially in mind, including:
Fire!: ROBERT GUNNELL visits the London Fire Brigade who this year celebrate their centenary, and looks at fire-fighting since the Great Fire of London in 1666 So That's Where it Comes
From!: David FRANKLIN sets the well-known song ' A furtive tear ' in its place in the story of L'Elisir d'Amore
Drama in the Cathedral:
SIMONA PAKENHAM recalls attending a Toy Service at St. Mary's, Edinburgh, when she was a little girl
Introduced by POLLY ELWES

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Gunnell
Unknown:
David Franklin
Unknown:
Simona Pakenham
Introduced By:
Polly Elwes

Micah Clarke by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle dramatised as a seven-part serial by JOHN HALE with Patrick Troughton and Brian Jackson
5: The House on the Moor
Micah, in the Boteler dungeon, waits for the morning to come and for the hangman; but before morning two voices speak to him from the darkness above.
Produced by BRANDON ACTON-BOND in the BBC's Bristol studios

Contributors

Unknown:
Micah Clarke
Unknown:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Unknown:
John Hale
Unknown:
Patrick Troughton
Unknown:
Brian Jackson
Produced By:
Brandon Acton-Bond
Micah Clarke:
Brian Jackson
Captain:
Hector Ross
Farmer Brown:
Wilfred Babbage
Duke of Beaufort:
Norman Tyrrell
Reuben Lockarby:
David Jackson
Sir Gervase Jerome:
Hubert Rees
Duke of Monmouth:
Brian Spink
Decimus Saxon:
Patrick Troughton
Dr Fergusson:
Harold Kasket
Lord Grey:
Humphrey Morton
Major Ogilvy:
Ronald Baddiley
Master Wade:
Ronald Russell
Hector Marot:
Michael Goldie
A yokel:
Esmond Rideout

Five-round contests between London and the Regions London v. Scotland
Round 3
London:
MICHAEL AYRTON , BARRY CARMAN
Quiz-Master,
LIONEL HALE : Scotland
SIR JAMES FERGUSSON JACK HOUSE
Quiz-Master, PATRICK HARVEY
Arranged by Patrick Harvey
Tuesday's broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Ayrton
Unknown:
Barry Carman
Unknown:
Lionel Hale
Unknown:
Sir James Fergusson
Unknown:
Jack House
Unknown:
Patrick Harvey
Arranged By:
Patrick Harvey

Alexander Young (tenor)
BBC Chorus
BBC Choral Society
Choir of Ealing Grammar School for Boys
Conductor. John Railton
BBC Symphony Orchestra Leader, Hugh Maguire
Conductor, Antal Dorati
From the Royal Festival Hall, London
PART 1: Britten
Cantata: St. Nicolas
See facing page

Contributors

Tenor:
Alexander Young
Leader:
Hugh Maguire
Conductor:
Antal Dorati

BBC Home Service Basic

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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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