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Interlude
2.5 Round the Countryside
Nature's Story-books-5
'Weather Signs' W. W. WILLIAMS
W. W. Williams will tell listeners how the movements of clouds, mists, and dews, and the actions of various animals, can help us to answer the question-' Is it going to be fine ? '
2.25 Interlude
2.30 English Literature-2
Dramatic Reading
' Escape ', by John Galsworthy
2.55 Interlude
3.0 Concert Lesson
Tudor Music
' Songs, and Music for the Virginals'
THOMAS ARMSTRONG , D. Mus.
3.30 Interlude
3.35 Early Stages in French
J. GAUTHERIN

Contributors

Unknown:
W. W. Williams
Unknown:
John Galsworthy
Unknown:
Thomas Armstrong
Unknown:
J. Gautherin

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A series of talks about the countryside
Eric Parker
Eric Parker will discuss the different stages in the life of the dragonfly and will describe the various species. Why are they all called simply dragonflies? Why have the different species never been given different English names as butterflies have? Then he will deal with mayflies - speak of their life circle, and explain why we know so little about their early stages. Are mayflies decreasing?

Contributors

Speaker:
Eric Parker

A Romantic Comedy of the Theatre
Play and lyrics by Joyce Lustgarten
Music by Henry Reed
Cast
Two gallery girls:
Other parts played by Eileen Draycott , Doris Gambell , Doreen Brian , and Clifford Bean
Tommy Matthews and his Concert Orchestra
Produced by David Porter
(From Manchester)
Gallery Goddess' will be repeated in the Regional programme on Thursday at 6.0.

Contributors

Unknown:
Joyce Lustgarten
Music By:
Henry Reed
Played By:
Eileen Draycott
Played By:
Doris Gambell
Played By:
Doreen Brian
Played By:
Clifford Bean
Unknown:
Tommy Matthews
Produced By:
David Porter
Charles Stevens, a composer:
Patrick Waddington
Aggie:
Audrey Cameron
Edie:
Joan Littlewood
Gottlieb, an impresario:
Giles Playfair
The Showman:
D W King
A Theatrical Agent:
Richard North
Gloria White, a musical comedy star:
Vera Lennox

Agriculture
The First Big Business
R. I. James
The depression that has affected American agriculture for many years past, and the concentration of interest on industry with its greater financial rewards, has made us forget that the original ' big business' of America was the conquest of the land and the agricultural exploitation of its wealth, and that the spiritual ancestor of the present business man was the nineteenth-century agriculturist.
In this the second talk of the series, Mr. R. I. James , who is Lecturer in American History in the University of Bristol, will discuss the way in which American character, often imagined to be the product of too great devotion to ' big business', was historically formed long before the Industrial Revolution in the United States of America.

Contributors

Unknown:
I. James
Unknown:
Mr. R. I. James

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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