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The Lord's Prayer
(without accompaniment)
All people that on earth do dwell (Tune, Old Hundredth)
Interlude: Best of all: part 1
Bible reading and music
Interlude: Best of all: part 2
Prayers with response (i)
Be thou my vision (Tune,
Slane)
Blessing
Wednesday's service

Thank you,
Teacher Nixie TAVERNER talks about learning and teaching at secondary level and beyond
Her theme is illustrated with recordings from the BBC Sound Archives, including the views expressed by pupils youns; and old.
Produced by Maria Mauthner

Contributors

Talks:
Teacher Nixie Taverner
Produced By:
Maria Mauthner

A report on how welfare workers and others are trying to look after the mentally ill at home instead of leaving them in institutions
It looks at the problems of the social workers, the patients, and, above all, their families.
Produced by Greville Havenhand and Wendy Jones

Contributors

Produced By:
Greville Havenhand
Produced By:
Wendy Jones

The story of the Queen liners, past, present, and future
R.M.S. Queen Mary is thirty years old; R.M.S. Queen Elizabeth is twenty-six years old: Q.3 was never made: Q.4 is beinu built at John Browns yard on Clydebank.
What is the future of ocean liners on the Atlantic crossing?
ROBERT STANNAGE ' reports
Produced by Harold Rogers
Revised version of the broadcast of July 10

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Stannage
Produced By:
Harold Rogers

with Violet Carson who introduces this edition from the North of England. and talks to TREVOR Him , about her career as an actress. singer, and accompanist
The programme also includes:
A Prescription for National Health: A SENIOR CONSULTANT PHYSICIAN talks to PETER WHEELER about the priorities of prevention and cure
Feet View First: as seen by a hospital charwoman, read by NORMA WILSON
Rope from the Caves: HERBERT MEHRISON. a rope worker for more than forty years, talks to BARRY CHAMBERS from his cave workshop and Songs from THE SPINNERS
Some of the items are recorded

Contributors

Unknown:
Violet Carson
Unknown:
Trevor Him
Unknown:
Peter Wheeler
Read By:
Norma Wilson
Unknown:
Herbert Mehrison.

The Amateur Gentleman
A tale of Regency days by Jeffery Farnol adapted in thirteen parts by FELIX FELTON and SUSAN ASHMAN
Barnabas took on a wager with Sir Mortimer but found there was more to it than met the eye. 9: The Great Steeplechase
Produced by JOHN POWELL

Contributors

Unknown:
Jeffery Farnol
Unknown:
Felix Felton
Unknown:
Susan Ashman
Produced By:
John Powell
Barnabas Barty:
Brian Hewlett
The Storyteller:
Anthony Jackson
Milo:
Nigel Anthony
Viscount Devenham:
Henry Stamper
Digby Smivvle:
Harold Kasket
Ronald Barrymaine:
Allan McClelland
Nick, the Cobbler:
Michael Kilgarriff
Clemency Dare:
Carol Marsh
The Marquis of Jerningham:
John Justin
Captain Slinasby:
John Dearth
Sir Mortimer Carnaby:
Ronald Herdman

The News
Background to the News
People in the News with special coverage from the LIBERAL ASSEMBLY at Brighton followed by NEWS-STAND
How the dailies have handled the week's news, the opinions they have expressed, and current trends in and out of Fleet Street are analysed by Colin VALDAR

Contributors

Unknown:
Colin Valdar

FLETCHER HENDERSON
JAMES MOODY , KING PLEASURE ERROLL GARNER , CHET BAKER with GERRY MULLIGAN and others on gramophone records

Contributors

Unknown:
Fletcher Henderson
Unknown:
James Moody
Unknown:
King Pleasure
Unknown:
Erroll Garner
Unknown:
Chet Baker
Unknown:
Gerry Mulligan

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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About this data

This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More