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A word-picture of village life in the West Country as it is today, and as it is likely to be in ten years' time
Introduced by DAVID LOMAX Produced by Peggy Archer
Broadcast in the West of England
Home Service on November 11. 1865

Contributors

Introduced By:
David Lomax
Produced By:
Peggy Archer

LESLIE BAILY looks back on some of the events of our lives and introduces some famous personalities
Adventurers in Flight with the recorded voices of THE DUKE OF HAMILTON
SIR ARTHUR WlirrTFN-BROWN
SIR AI,AN COBHAM
SIR FRANK WHITTLE
AIR-COMMODORE E. L. GERRARD
GROUP CAPTAIN JOHN CUNNINGHAM
LOUIS BLÈRIOT
Amy JOHNSON
CLAUDE GRAHAME WHITE
CHARLES GARDNER
Produced by Vernon Harris
Broadcast on September 12. 1962

Contributors

Unknown:
Leslie Baily
Unknown:
Duke Of Hamilton
Unknown:
Sir Arthur Wlirrtfn-Brown
Unknown:
Sir Frank Whittle
Unknown:
E. L. Gerrard
Unknown:
Captain John Cunningham
Unknown:
Louis Blèriot
Unknown:
Amy Johnson
Unknown:
Claude Grahame White
Unknown:
Charles Gardner
Produced By:
Vernon Harris

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
An account of the elopement and marriage of two famous poets
Written and narrated by TOM ROTHFIELD with and Others taking part:
Eva Haddon, Marttaret Robertson Valerie Taylor , Wilfred Babbage Murray Kash. Denis McCarthy Produced by DOROTHY BAKER
Broadcast on December 3. 1985

Contributors

Unknown:
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Unknown:
Tom Rothfield
Unknown:
Marttaret Robertson
Unknown:
Valerie Taylor
Unknown:
Wilfred Babbage
Unknown:
Murray Kash.
Unknown:
Denis McCarthy
Produced By:
Dorothy Baker
Robert Browning:
Alex Scott
Elizabeth Barrett:
Gillian Raine

The last 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: JULIAN MITCHELL on Lord of the Flies by WILLIAM GOLDING
First broadcast in the BBC World Service

Contributors

Unknown:
Julian Mitchell
Unknown:
William Golding

They Belong to Me by Diana Daniels with Anne Jameson and Anthony Roye
It may be that people should not use other people to absolve themselves of their own responsibilities. A teenage ward survives his social problems and unexpectedly resolves his guardian's anxieties.
Cast in order of speaking:
Produced by R. D. SMITH followed by an interlude

Contributors

Unknown:
Diana Daniels
Unknown:
Anne Jameson
Unknown:
Anthony Roye
Produced By:
R. D. Smith
Dorothy Summers:
Anne Jameson
Stephen Bennett:
Anthony Roye
Peter White:
Paul Waller
Mrs Osborne:
Eva Haddon
John:
Humphrey Morton
Mr Dawson:
Norman Wynne
' Patsy:
Rio Fanning
Betty:
Elizabeth Proud
Delivery man:
Henry Webb

from St. Davids Cathedral
Ferial Versicles and Responses
Psalm 104
First Lesson: Deut. 4, vv. 1-24
Office Hymn: Ad cenam Aani providi (E.H. 125)
Magnificat and Nunc dimittis
(Stanford in A)
Second Lesson: Acts 4, vv. 5-31
Creed, Responses. Collects
Anthem: Awake, thou wintry earth
(J. S. Bach)
Prayers
Hymn: A brighter dawn is breaking (E.H. 126)
Voluntary: Introductions and Passacaglia (Max Reger )
Organist and Master of the Choristers, PETER BOORMAN
Assistant organist, Rosalyn Charles

Contributors

Organist:
Max Reger
Unknown:
Peter Boorman
Organist:
Rosalyn Charles

Professional Portrait:
ARTHUR JACOBS introduces another selection of characters from the operas of Gilbert and Sullivan tGoing to the Pictures: BETTY
BEST recommends some films you might enjoy seeing this month and talks to Joy ADAM-SON. author of Born Free
Some Corner of a Foreign
Field: JOHN MERRETT reflects on the grave of a Cornishman struck by the gold fever and buried in a ghost town in the Rockies
Introduced by POLLY ELWES

Contributors

Introduces:
Arthur Jacobs
Unknown:
John Merrett
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
6: The Rhine
The armies face each other at Sedgemoor; battle is joined and Monmouth discovers the terrible significance of ' the rhine.'
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
Sir Gervase Jerome:
Hubert Rees
Hector Marot:
Michael Goldie
Micah Clarke:
Brian Jackson
Master Wade:
Ronald Russell
Duke of Monmouth:
Brian Spink
Decimus Saxon:
Patrick Thoughton
Lord Grey:
Humphrey Morton
Reuben Lockarby:
David Jackson
Major Ogilvy:
Ronald Baddiley
Will Tetheridge:
John Cater
Officer (John):
Peter French
Officer (Dick):
Geoffrey Matthews

Bach Patricia Clark (soprano)
Jean Allister (contralto)
Duncan Robertson (tenor) William McCue (bass)
Glasgow Cathedral Choral Society
Chorus-Master, John R. Turner BBC Scottish Choral Society Chorus-Master,
Graham Treacher
Jordanhill College School Boys' Choir
BBC Scottish Orchestra
Led by Trevor Williams and Esme Haynes
Continuo:
JOHN R. TURNER
(chamber organ)
JULIAN DAWSON (harpsichord) JOHN MCINULTY (cello)
Conducted by George Malcolm
From Glasgow Cathedral
PART 1

Contributors

Soprano:
Patricia Clark
Contralto:
Jean Allister
Tenor:
Duncan Robertson
Bass:
William McCue
Unknown:
Trevor Williams
Unknown:
Esme Haynes
Unknown:
John R. Turner
Harpsichord:
Julian Dawson
Conducted By:
George Malcolm

The News '
Background to the News
People in the News followed by LISTENING POST tANNE ALLEN 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 specially welcome

Contributors

Introduces:
Anne Allen

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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