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tHymns of your choosing sung by school choirs from all over the country
Introduced by RONALD ALLISON Morning Song welcomes requests for favourite hymns, but cannot promise to respond to them all. Write to: [address removed].

Contributors

Introduced By:
Ronald Allison

Chairman, WALTER ALLEN
Book: J. G. WEIGHTMAN
Art: EDWARD LUCIE-SMITH Film: H. A. L. CRAIG
Theatre: RICHARD FINDLATER
Broadcasting: ANNE ALLEN
Producer, Carl Wildman

Contributors

Unknown:
J. G. Weightman
Unknown:
Edward Lucie-Smith
Unknown:
H. A. L. Craig
Unknown:
Richard Findlater
Unknown:
Anne Allen
Unknown:
Carl Wildman

Sir Vivian Fuchs recalls the years 1955-58 when he led the successful Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition which crossed Antarctica in ninety-nine days from Shackleton Base to Scott Base via the South Pole
Produced by Harold Rogers

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Vivian Fuchs
Unknown:
Scott Base
Produced By:
Harold Rogers

A series of six programmes in which well-known men and women of the theatre talk to ROGER SNOWDON about their professional and personal lives 4: William Gaskill
The Artistic Director of the English Stage Company at the Royal Court Theatre, London, talks about actors and acting, repertory and commercial theatre, and proscenium and open-stage theatres from the point of view of a director.

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Snowdon
Unknown:
William Gaskill

Birds among the Bikinis
More and more people are spending their holidays looking at wildlife, but not many would think of going to Majorca to watch birds. What can Majorca offer the visiting naturalist? How are developments there affecting wildlife?
Taking part:
PETER SCOTT , JOHNNY MORRIS C. KLINE , LEUC HOFFMAN
ROBIN PRYTHERCH , RICHARD BROCK MIKE KENDALL , JOHN SPARKS STANLEY CRAMP
Narrated by TONY SOPER
Produced by John Sparks

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Scott
Unknown:
Johnny Morris
Unknown:
C. Kline
Unknown:
Leuc Hoffman
Unknown:
Robin Prytherch
Unknown:
Richard Brock
Unknown:
Mike Kendall
Unknown:
John Sparks
Unknown:
Tony Soper
Produced By:
John Sparks

Introduced by JACOB DEVRIES
MOTOR RACING
Dutch Grand Prix
Commentary on the end of the race by ROBIN Richards from Zandvoort Broadcast by arrangement with The
Netherlands Radio Union
SAILING
KEN SYKORA surveys the current sailing scene
RUGBY UNION
British Isles Tour of New Zealand
News of the Lions' tour from Christchurch
SHOW JUMPING
Royal International Horse Show
A report by RAYMOND Brooks -WARD from the White City Stadium, London

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jacob Devries
Unknown:
Robin Richards
Unknown:
Raymond Brooks

Appeal on behalf of the Haemophilia Society by RICHARD BURTON
Contributions, preferably by crossed postal order or cheque, will be gratefully acknowledged and should be addressed to [address removed]
Haemophilia is a rare, inherited disease which prevents the blood from normal clotting. It means that the slightest injury can be dangerous and disabling, even fatal. The Society works for the good of these sufferers, of which there are. some 2,000 in this country, and funds are needed for research, education, and welfare.

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Burton
Unknown:
Richard Burton

A series of seven programmes 2: The Plant-hunters
REAR-ADMIRAL FURSE
ANTHONY HUXLEY and MAURICE MASON talk to CECIL LEWIS about what they do and where they go in search of the plants that may one day find a place in our own gardens
Produced by Patrick Harvey
Five on a Catamaran

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Huxley
Unknown:
Maurice Mason
Unknown:
Cecil Lewis
Produced By:
Patrick Harvey

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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