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Painting of the Month 1966
Theme: Dutch Painting from the 17th century to the present day 12: COMPOSITION IN RED, YELLOW, AND BLUE painted 1939-42 by Piet Mondrian
Tate Gallery, London
Speaker, R. W. D. OXENAAR
Director, Kröller.Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands
Last Friday's broadcast (Study)

Contributors

Unknown:
R. W. D. Oxenaar

A course - of twenty lessons in spoken Russian for near-beginners
Lesson 9 given by VAUGHAN JAMES. MARINA RYAN and VICTOR GREGORIY
A booklet is available
Last Wednesday's broadcast (Study)

Contributors

Unknown:
Vaughan James.
Unknown:
Victor Gregoriy

A series of fifteen magazine-type programmes, including readings from the Penguin book of Italian Short Stories and The Penguin Book of Italian Verse, for listeners with some knowledge of Italian
Programme 9
Carducci: Pianto antico Lo sgombero—1
Son pochi fiori (L'Amico Fritz) Vento di primavera
Introduced by ARIELLA REGGIO
Speakers, LEONORA FABBRI ALDO BEVACQUA
Last Thursday's broadcast (Study)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Ariella Reggio
Unknown:
Leonora Fabbri
Unknown:
Aldo Bevacqua

starring and in The Offer
Written by ALAN SIMPSON and RAY GALTON adapted for radio by Gale Pedrick
Produced by BOBBY JAYE
Broadcast on July 3 (Light)

Contributors

Written By:
Alan Simpson
Written By:
Ray Galton
Unknown:
Gale Pedrick
Produced By:
Bobby Jaye
Albert:
Wilfrid Brambell
Harold Harry:
H Corbett

A Saturday Supplement to Woman's Hour
Introduced by MARJORIE ANDERSON
H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh talks about Quality and Reliability Year
Quality Check-Shoes: NORMAN TOZER investigates durability and workmanship
Kiosk on Platform 8: ninety-three-year-old MARY KEILLER talks about her voluntary work on Victoria Station
Visitor to Prague: recordings made by KAYE WEBB on a recent visit to Czechoslovakia

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
Norman Tozer
Talks:
Mary Keiller

JOHN HOPKINS conducts the BBC NORTHERN ORCHESTRA Leader, Reginald Stead in a programme of music for all the family with FELICITY HARRISON (contralto)
BERNARD DICKERSON (tenor)
MICHAEL ROLL (piano)
Introduced by ALAN SYKES
Produced by William Relton and Gareth Walters
The programme includes music from 11 Trovatore (Verdi), The Pearl Fishers (Bizet). Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky), and the first movement of Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor.
Given before an invited audience in King George's Hall Blackburn. Tickets may be obtained from BBC. Broadcasting House, Piccadilly-Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
John Hopkins
Leader:
Reginald Stead
Contralto:
Felicity Harrison
Tenor:
Bernard Dickerson
Piano:
Michael Roll
Introduced By:
Alan Sykes
Produced By:
William Relton
Produced By:
Gareth Walters

Home at Seven by R. C . Sherriff with Patrick Barr
Isabel Dean and James Thomason
Had David Preston lost his memory during the twenty-four hours that he was missing?
Produced by MARTYN C. WEBSTER

Contributors

Unknown:
R. C Sherriff
Unknown:
Patrick Barr
Unknown:
Isabel Dean
Unknown:
James Thomason
Unknown:
Had David Preston
Produced By:
Martyn C. Webster
David Preston:
Patrick Barr
Janet Preston:
Isabel Dean
Dr Sparling:
James Thomason
Major Watson:
Geoffrey Wincott
Inspector Hemingway:
Simon Lack
Mr Petherbridge:
Michael McCuin
Peggy Dobson:
Barbara Mitchell

Beethoven
Quartet in A major, Op. I 8
No. 5 played by the Amici STRING QUARTET Lionel Bentley (violin) Michael Jones (violin)
Christopher Wellington (viola) Peter Halling (cello)

Contributors

Violin:
Lionel Bentley
Violin:
Michael Jones
Viola:
Christopher Wellington
Cello:
Peter Halling

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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