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including: Carried by the Current: The humble bottle can carry mail, messages, and Bible texts, to say nothing of aiding scientists in their research into the movements of the oceans: a report by ROBERT GUNNELL
Bought a Harpsichord:
DOROTHY NICHOLSON tells how a dilapidated harpsichord in an old country house led her to a television studio
Progress Report: four years ago in Silver Lining' the mother of a mentally handicapped child talked about her problems. Today she brings her story up-to-date
Drop us a Line: Your news, views, and memories
Introduced by STEVE RACE

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Gunnell
Harpsichord:
Dorothy Nicholson
Introduced By:
Steve Race

Introduced by DANIEL JONES
PETER WALLFISCH (piano)
CARDIFF AELWYD CHOIR
Chorus-Master, Alun Guy
BBC WELSH ORCHESTRA Leader, Colin Staveley
Conductor, JOHN Carewe
Before an invited audience at The
Assembly Roams, City Hall, Cardiff

Contributors

Introduced By:
Daniel Jones
Piano:
Peter Wallfisch
Chorus-Master:
Alun Guy
Leader:
Colin Staveley
Conductor:
John Carewe

Introduced by KENNETH ALLSOP JOHN MORGAN reviews Orbit of China by Harrison E. Salisbury GEORGE MACKAY BROWN reads ' Tam and The Seller of Silk Shirts ' from his new collection of short stories
DERWENT MAY talks about Sylvia Plath as novelist and poet, including a recording she made of her poem ' Mushrooms'
FREDERIC RAPHAEL on new novels
Produced by Jocelyn Ferguson

Contributors

Introduced By:
Kenneth Allsop
Introduced By:
John Morgan
Unknown:
Harrison E. Salisbury
Unknown:
George MacKay Brown
Unknown:
Sylvia Plath
Unknown:
Frederic Raphael
Produced By:
Jocelyn Ferguson

Sequence
IONA BROWN (violin) IAN BROWN (piano)
MARGARET PRICE (soprano) JAMES LOCKHART (organ) BOISMORTIER ENSEMBLE Tess Miller (oboe)
Jennifer Ward Clarke (cello) Jill Severs (harpsichord)
Second broadcasts
James Lockhart broadcasts by permission of the Gen. Administrator. Royal Opera House Covent Garden

Contributors

Violin:
Iona Brown
Oboe:
Tess Miller
Cello:
Jennifer Ward Clarke
Unknown:
James Lockhart

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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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