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A daily programme for women at home
Introduced by Margaret Hubble and including
For the New Housewife. ' On a Monday Morning': a series designed to help with the weekly wash by Daisy Pain. 3 — ' Drying the Right Way'
' Rendezvous at Ten Past Two'to meet Patrick Hogg at the start of the Monte Carlo rally in Britain.
' Reading Your Letters': a programme of opinions from the Woman's Hour postbag
' The Royal Lodge on the Sagana River': David Willis describes a visit to Kenya's wedding present to Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh. (BBC recording)
Serial: Last Voyage ' by Ann Davison. Abridged by Henry Bentinck. Read by Cecile Chevreau

Contributors

Introduced By:
Margaret Hubble
Unknown:
Patrick Hogg
Unknown:
David Willis
Unknown:
Ann Davison.
Abridged By:
Henry Bentinck.
Read By:
Cecile Chevreau

The Commonwealth of Tomorrow
4—' Australia and New Zealand' by Colin Jackson
The speaker contrasts the size of these two Commonwealth countries with their very small populations, and describes the opportunities for expanding the wheat, cattle, and sheep lands of the continent. He also explains the plans of the Australian and New Zealand governments to encourage new settlers.

Contributors

Unknown:
Colin Jackson

Commonwealth artists entertain featuring
Neil Van Allen
Don Baker
Eve Boswell
BBC Revue Orchestra (Leader, David Paget )
Conductor, Robert Busby
Introduced by Peter King Produced by David Miller

Contributors

Unknown:
Neil van Allen
Unknown:
Don Baker
Unknown:
Eve Boswell
Leader:
David Paget
Conductor:
Robert Busby
Introduced By:
Peter King
Produced By:
David Miller

A happy history of Everyman's entertainment with Adele Dixon
Jimmy Dyrenforth
Walford Hyden
.Eric Maschwitz
Charles Shadwell
Norman Wooland
The voices of Flanagan and Allen
Randolph Sutton, Gus Elen
Winnie Melville and Derek Oldham
Scott and Whaley
Max and Harry Nesbitt on gramophone records
Everyman with the wireless set,
Anthony Armstrong
Written by Gale Pedrick
Produced by, Thurstan Holland
(The recorded broadcast of Oct. 13)

Contributors

Unknown:
Adele Dixon
Unknown:
Jimmy Dyrenforth
Unknown:
Walford Hyden
Written By:
Gale Pedrick
Produced By:
Thurstan Holland

A series of programmes devised by Gwen Williams and Stanford Robinson 3
-Sidney Jones
Doris Gambell (soprano)
Dennis Noble (baritone)
Horace Percival (baritone)
BBC Opera Chorus
(Trained by Alan G. Melville )
BBC Opera Orchestra (Leader, John Sharpe )
Conductor, Stanford Robinson
It was in the gay nineties that Sidney Jones ' lilting melodies were first hummed and whistled round the world. He was born in Leeds in 1869 and became king of Daly's Theatre in his twenties with ' The Geisha,' ' A Greek Slave,' and ' San Toy.' Marie Tempest was his reigning queen, singing such delightful numbers as ' The Amorous Goldfish.' H. N.

Contributors

Unknown:
Gwen Williams
Soprano:
Doris Gambell
Baritone:
Dennis Noble
Baritone:
Horace Percival
Unknown:
Alan G. Melville
Leader:
John Sharpe
Conductor:
Stanford Robinson
Unknown:
Sidney Jones
Unknown:
Marie Tempest

Light Programme

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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