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by Grahame Clifford (baritone)
Songs by Granville Bantock
Praise ye the Lord
Six Jester Songs
1 The Jester. 2 In Tyme of Olde. 3 Will o' the Wisp. 4 Under the Rose. 5 Serenade. 6 Tra-la-lalie!
The Court of Dreams (Songs from the Chinese Poets)
The Feast of Lanterns
Sir Granville Bantock is a prolific composer, having turned his hand to practically every form of composition. Not least in importance are his songs, of which there is a considerable output. The Six Jester Songs were written about 1900, during Bantock's early years as principal of the Birmingham and Midland Institute of Music. They ' are perhaps due to a wish on Bantock's part', says H. Orsmond Anderton, ' to enlarge his range and break loose from, the Oriental manner, which he may have felt was in danger of becoming a mannerism. They are not in Bantock's own characteristic vein. They are light-hearted for the most part, though the jester is the pathetic figure who has become a tradition since the fool in King Lear, and who carries a sore heart under his motley..... Altogether, if the humorous, quasi-antique style is not the most characteristic manner either of Bantock or his wife, who wrote the words, the songs are pleasant trifles, musicianly of their kind, and with a sure appeal to many whom the profounder songs would leave untouched.'

Contributors

Baritone:
Grahame Clifford
Songs By:
Granville Bantock
Unknown:
Sir Granville Bantock
Unknown:
H. Orsmond

A description of the ceremony from Singapore
(in collaboration with the British
Malaya Broadcasting Corporation)
The Singapore Naval Base was officially inaugurated this morning, when Sir Shenton Thomas , Governor of the Straits Settlements, opened the great new graving dock. Listeners will hear speeches by Sir Shenton Thomas and Colonel J. J. Llewellin , M.P., Civil Lord of the Admiralty, preceded by a short commentary on the ceremony by Mr. J. S. Dumeresque , General Manager of the British Malaya Broadcasting Corporation.
The programme will be in recorded form, since Malayan time is over seven hours ahead of Greenwich, and the ceremony took place at about 10.30 this morning by British time.

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Shenton Thomas
Unknown:
Sir Shenton Thomas
Unknown:
Colonel J. J. Llewellin
Unknown:
Mr. J. S. Dumeresque

Presented by Harry S. Pepper and Douglas Moodie
Singing Commère, Judy Shirley

Ernest Butcher and Muriel George

"The Odyssey of a Valentine"
Written and told by Valentine Dunn

Inspector Hornleigh Investigates
S. J. Warmington as Inspector Hornleigh
No. 28, "The Javanese Goddess" by Hans W. Priwin

Puzzle Corner - ??? Guess ???

Gwen Lewis and Audrey Hyslop
Minnie and Winnie (The Ever-So Girls)

Tom Webster - The Week's Sport

Anne Ziegler and Webster Booth with the BBC Revue Chorus

The BBC Variety Orchestra conducted by Charles Shadwell

Contributors

Presented by:
Harry S. Pepper
Presented by:
Douglas Moodie
Singing Commère:
Judy Shirley
Singer:
Muriel George
Singer:
Ernest Butcher
Writer:
Valentine Dunn
Narrator (The Odyssey of a Valentine):
Valentine Dunn
Inspector Hornleigh:
S.J. Warmington
Inspector Hornleigh written by:
Hans W. Prewin
Unknown:
Gwen Lewis
Unknown:
Audrey Hyslop
Sports presenter:
Tom Webster
Soprano:
Anne Ziegler
Tenor:
Webster Booth
Singers:
BBC Revue Chorus
Musicians:
BBC Variety Orchestra
Conductor:
Charles Shadwell

'News Reels'
Gerald Sanger
The news reel is an indispensable part of every cinema programme. So great indeed is the fascination that news has for all of us that cinemas devoted mainly to the showing of news reels have sprung up in the last year or two everywhere. Listeners therefore will look forward to hearing today's broadcast by Gerald Sanger , who is the managing editor of one of the leading news reels in this country. He will talk about the way in which news events are recorded and some of the unsuspected difficulties of his work.

Contributors

Unknown:
Gerald Sanger
Unknown:
Gerald Sanger

A Romantic Melodrama by Alexandre Dumas
Adapted for broadcasting as a dramatic serial by Patrick Riddell and produced by Peter Creswell
No. 7, The Son of Fernand Mondego
Persons of the Play A Roman populace, carabineers, etc

Contributors

Unknown:
Alexandre Dumas
Unknown:
Patrick Riddell
Produced By:
Peter Creswell
Unknown:
Fernand Mondego
The Story Teller:
Jack Allen
Albert, Vicomte de Morcerf, son of Fernand Mondego:
Moran Caplat
Franz de Quesnel, Baron d'Epinay, friend to Albert:
Courtney Hume
Pastrini, proprietor of the Hotel Pastrini, in Rome:
Leonard Thompson
Bertuccio, steward to the Count of Monte Cristo:
M. Landale
Edmond Dantes, now Count of Monte Cristo:
Terence de Marney
Luigi Vampa, a Roman bandit:
Murri Moncrieff
First 1 Officer of Roman carabineers:
Paul Vernon
Second Officer of Roman carabineers:
J. V Chapman
Peppino, a young bandit, condemned to death:
Lindesay Baxter
Andrea Rondola, a murderer, also condemned:
William Ashley
Carlini, a bandit:
M Landale

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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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