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@ . ' Our Village'
The Spring Sowing
Written for broadcasting by EDITH E. MACQUEEN , Ph.D.
2.25 @ Interval Music
2.30 British History
@ From the fifteenth to the eighteenth century
' Ships and Seamen' a dramatic interlude written for broadcasting by HUGH Ross WILLIAMSON
' He is one of the greatest mariners that sails the seas both as a navigator and as a commander. His vessel is a galleon of about 400 tons and a perfect sailer. His crew he treats with affection and they treat him with respect..... He dines and sups to the music of viols ; he carries painters who paint for him pictures of the coast in its exact colours..... Each thing is so naturally depicted that no one who guides himself according to these paintings can possibly go astray.'-Fletcher : The World Encompass'd.
The above quotation is a sixteenth-century description of Sir Francis Drake , the greatest of the Elizabethan seamen. You will hear this afternoon something about him and the ships of his time as well as of the growth of England's trade and the increasing importance of her Navy until the days of Captain Cook.

Contributors

Broadcasting By:
Edith E. MacQueen
Broadcasting By:
Hugh Ross Williamson
Unknown:
Francis Drake

Questions and Answers on today's moralities put by W. J. H. Sprott
Answered by Kenneth Goom
(A recording of the talk broadcast in the Northern programme on February 11, 1938)
(From North)
This is one of a series of conversations in which Mr. Sprott will talk to men of strong convictions usually unorthodox. He is lecturer in philosophy at the University College of Nottingham. Many fathers and mothers will be amused that the subject to be discussed today is whether parents can be trusted to bring up their children.

Contributors

Unknown:
W. J. H. Sprott
Unknown:
Kenneth Goom

@ Making the Most of Your
Looks
' Overcoming Disadvantages'
Mary Embrey
Making the most of your looks-your skin, your hair, your hands : this is a subject to appeal to women. And since Mary Embrey created a precedent by giving the first talk in a broadcast series on personal appearance in October of last year she has won an ever-increasing audience. It is good news to women that her talks are to go on. The latest to praise her is the discerning radio critic of The Listener, Mrs. Grace Wyndham Goldie.

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Embrey
Unknown:
Mary Embrey

at the British Industries Fair
A commentary by Alison Settle from Earl's Court
Once again the famous fashion expert, Mrs. Alison Settle , who has been adding to her radio laurels by her talks on fashion, is to describe a dress parade at the British Industries Fair, which opened at Earl's Court last Monday. She will describe some of the dresses worn by the mannequins, and listeners will hear about the material, length of skirt, colour, and so forth that are likely to be fashionable this spring and summer. In fact, this will be a broadcast on the trend of fashion.

Contributors

Commentary By:
Alison Settle
Unknown:
Mrs. Alison Settle

For the entertainment and instruction of our patrons
Leslie Baily and Charles Brewer present
Scrapbook for 1900
An Album of Memories and Melodies
Mr. Shaw Desmond and Mr. Patric Curwen will turn the pages, and the following will be heard in person:
Mr. H. W. Nevinson
(Daily Chronicle War Correspondent at Ladysmith)
Mrs. F. M. Ingillson
(a Victorian housewife) interviewed by Miss Prunella Stack
(Leader of the Women's League of Health and Beauty)
Mr. J. Platt-Betts
(champion cycle racer)
Dame Marie Tempest has graciously consented to record her memories through the medium of the phonograph
The talking machine will also reproduce the voices of : Mr. Dan Leno and two countrymen from Oxfordshire: Mr. Joshua Lamb and Mr. Fred Green
The supporting company comprises:
Misses Gladys Young , Billie Baker ,
Vera Beringer
Messrs. Ralph Truman , J. B. Rowe , John Rorke , Phil Ray , Percy Man chester, Ernest Sefton
The BBC Revue Chorus and the BBC Theatre Orchestra
Conducted by Mr. Mark H. Lubbock
This ' Victorian Scrapbook ' will be repeated in the Regional programme tomorrow at 9.0

Contributors

Unknown:
Leslie Baily
Unknown:
Charles Brewer
Unknown:
Mr. Shaw Desmond
Unknown:
Mr. Patric Curwen
Unknown:
Mr. H. W. Nevinson
Unknown:
Mrs. F. M. Ingillson
Leader:
Miss Prunella Stack
Unknown:
Dame Marie Tempest
Unknown:
Mr. Dan Leno
Unknown:
Mr. Joshua Lamb
Unknown:
Mr. Fred Green
Unknown:
Gladys Young
Unknown:
Billie Baker
Unknown:
Vera Beringer
Unknown:
Messrs. Ralph Truman
Unknown:
J. B. Rowe
Unknown:
John Rorke
Unknown:
Phil Ray
Unknown:
Percy Man
Unknown:
Ernest Sefton
Conducted By:
Mr. Mark H. Lubbock

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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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