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Melody in Music-VII
The Berlin State Opera Orchestra, conducted by Alois Melichar : Overture, Martha (Flotow). Elisabeth Schumann (Soprano): Mein HERR marquis (Die Fledermaus) (Strauss). The Virtuoso String Quartet: Quartet in C, Op. 7(i, Ko. 3 (Emperor Quartet) (Haydn)—Second Movement : Theme and Variations II and IV. Richard Tauber (Tenor), with orchestral accompaniment, conducted by Dr. Weissmann : Humoreske (Dvorák). Lcngfelder (hitralor). The JJerlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Alois Melichar : Egyptian Ballet (Litigini).

Contributors

Conducted By:
Alois Melichar
Soprano:
Elisabeth Schumann
Tenor:
Richard Tauber
Conducted By:
Alois Melichar

Sir JOHN RUSSELL , D.Sc, F.R.S. : ' Milk '
Sir John Russell tells today where the liquid milk is produced in the main Southern, Midland, and London areas. He will describe the contract system by which it is supplied to the market, and the effect of this system on the dairy farms. Next week Mr. Keen will talk of the properties of milk and of the various scientific devices used in handling it in its progress from the farm to the consumer.

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir John Russell
Unknown:
Sir John Russell

Mr. ARTHUR BRYANT (Educational Adviser, Bonar Law College, Ashridge): ' The Country
Gentleman '
Mr. Arthur Bryant seeks an answer to the puzzle of national character with an examination of a number of national types, among them the parson, the yoeman farmer, the craftsman, and the housewife. He will trace their descent, and illustrate their peculiarities at different periods in their history. When opportunity offers, they will speak for themselves through quotations from biographies, memories and fiction. Tonight he examines the English country gentleman.

Contributors

Unknown:
Mr. Arthur Bryant
Unknown:
Mr. Arthur Bryant

Mr. FLOTSAM and Mr. JETSAM
BERT COPLEY (Comedian)
JOSEPH WAGSTAFFE (Syncopated Songs)
BILL and ELSA NEWELL (The Comedy Duo)
JANET JOYE (The Inimitable Imitatrix)
CLAPHAM and DWYER (Another Spot of Bother)
THE B.B.C. THEATRE ORCHESTRA
Under the direction of S. KNEALE KELLEY
Tonight's bill offers an interesting opportunity for comparison of home-bred and trans-Atlantic radio variety entertainment. No two regular broadcasting teams arc better fitted in their different ways to represent native taste than Mr. Flotsam and Mr. Jetsam and Clapham and Dwyer; their reputations and versatility have increased with the growth of the listening audience. Bill and Elsa Newell are, of course, well-known and well-liked over hero, both on the air and on the halls; tonight they make a welcome reappearance in the programmes on their return from a visit to their own country. Joseph Wagstaffe is broadcasting for the second time here: he is a singer of syncopated songs, and a very popular broadcaster in America. Bert Copley is uncompromisingly British in style and approach, and Janet Joye, with her imitations of famous film stars, unites the two styles represented in tonight's bill.

Contributors

Unknown:
Elsa Newell
Unknown:
Janet Joye
Unknown:
S. Kneale Kelley
Unknown:
Elsa Newell
Unknown:
Joseph Wagstaffe
Unknown:
Janet Joye

National Programme Daventry

About National Programme

National Programme is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 9th March 1930 and ended on the 9th September 1939. It was replaced by BBC Home Service.

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