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@ Science and Gardening
' Plant Improvement '
' Manuring and Cultivation '
B. A. KEEN
Dr. Keen is to talk to you about the all-important question of manuring and cultivation, and he will speak of the dangers of over-manuring or giving the soil too much and too rich food. The soil has first to be prepared. It is teeming with multitudes of tiny living organisms—many of them the gardener's best friends, for they bring about chemical changes in the soil and make the various plant foods which the soil contains available for use by the growing crops. But these organisms require certain conditions if they are to thrive, and so we dig.
We dig to let in fresh air and warmth-a process known to gardeners as trenching. Dr. Keen will tell you how the soil has to be supplied with ' humus', or the residue of decaying vegetation or organic matter in the soil. Heavy crops of vegetables exhaust the humus, and it is therefore up to us to keep up the supply. It can take the form of digging in waste vegetation of any kind, or crops specially grown for the purpose ; it can take the form of farm manure ; or it can take the form of artificial fertilisers.
2.25 Interval Music
2 30 Music Second Year
@ ' Minor Mode with Sharp
Sixth and Seventh'
THOMAS ARMSTRONG , D.Mus.

Contributors

Unknown:
B. A. Keen
Unknown:
Thomas Armstrong

presented by Harry S. Pepper and Douglas Moodie
Singing Commère, Judy Shirley
Curtis and Ames
Inspector Hornleigh Investigates
(S. J. Warmington as Inspector Hornleigh)
No. 30, 'Victoria 10.32' by Hans W. Priwin
Puzzle Corner
??? Guess ? ? ?
The Tin Pan Alley Trio
Tom Webster
' The Week's Sport'
Niela Goodelle
The Orchestra, conducted by Mark H. Lubbock

Contributors

Presented By:
Harry S. Pepper
Unknown:
Judy Shirley
Unknown:
J. Warmington
Unknown:
Tom Webster
Conducted By:
Mark H. Lubbock

' The Structure of the Industry '
Simon Rowson
Besides being a great entertainment, the cinema now ranks as one of the most important industries in the country. Simoo Rowson , who is a distinguished statistician and historian of the industry, will describe the intricate way in which the cinema industry is built ujj.
At the end of the broadcast
Herbert Hodge , who has done so much to make this series a success, will question Mr. Rowson from the point of view of the ordinary cinema-goer. Mr. Hodge, who has made his name as a broadcaster in so short a while, is the London taxi-driver whose three talks ' Night Taxi ' had a tremendous following.

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Rowson
Unknown:
Simoo Rowson
Unknown:
Herbert Hodge

A Romantic Melodrama by Alexandre Dumas
Adapted for broadcasting as a dramatic serial by Patrick Riddell and produced by Peter Creswell
No. 9, The Downfall of Fernand '
Persons of the Play
(By permission of H. M. Tennent , Lid.)
Guests at a ball, members of the House of Representatives

Contributors

Unknown:
Alexandre Dumas
Unknown:
Patrick Riddell
Produced By:
Peter Creswell
Unknown:
H. M. Tennent
The Story Teller:
Jack Allen
Edmond Dantes, Count of Monte Cristo:
Terence de Marney
Baron Danglars, a banker:
Robert Holmes
Albert, Vicomte de Morcerf, son of Fernand Mondego:
Moran Caplat
Fernand Mondego, Comte de Morcerf:
M. Landale
Andrea, Prince Cavalcanti:
Paul Vernon
Valentine de Villefort, daughter of the Procureur du Roi:
Beryl Laverick
Maximilian Morrel, Captain of Spahis:
Michael Bazalzette
Hermine, Baroness Danglars, wife of the Baron Danglars:
Jane Henley
Gerard de Villefort, Procureur du Roi:
Arthur Clay
D'Avrigny, physician to Gerard de Villefort:
Leonard Thompson
President of the House of Representative Peers of France:
Leo Genn
Haydee, daughter of Ali Tebelin Pacha of Janina:
Evelyn Neilson

Songs sung by Pierre Bernac (tenor)
Accompanied by Francis Poulenc
Voici que Ie printemps (Paul Bourget ) Le promenoir des deux amants
(Tristan L'Hermite)
1 La grotte. 2 Crois mon conseil, chere Climene. 3 Je tremble en voyant ton visage
Noel des enfants qui n'ont plus de maisons (Debussy)
Three Ballades (Villon)
1 Ballade de Villon a s'amye. 2 Ballade que feit Villon a la requeste de sa mere pour prier Nostre-Dame. 3 Ballade des femmes de Paris
Further recitals in this series will be broadcast on Tuesday (National,
6.25), Wednesday (Regional, 8.0), Thursday (Regional, 6.0), and Friday (Regional, 8.50).
An article by Scott Goddard appears on page 17.

Contributors

Tenor:
Pierre Bernac
Accompanied By:
Francis Poulenc
Unknown:
Paul Bourget
Unknown:
Scott Goddard

Leader, George Stratton
Conductor,
Benjamin Haigh Marshall
Evelyn Rothwell (oboe)
ORCHESTRA
Benjamin Haigh Marshall , the conductor, studied at the Royal Academy of Music. As a student, he formed a small string orchestra to provide incidental music to the dramatic performances. The venture proved so successful that it was enlarged and formed into a permanent professional combination, all the players being drawn from among the young professionals who, like himself, were just beginning their careers. The average age of the orchestra is twenty-three.
10.18 EVELYN ROTHWELL AND
ORCHESTRA
A. S. Arensky (1861-1906), one of the most interesting of minor Russian composers, is known in England chiefly by his pleasant, lyrical chamber music and by his polished miniatures for piano. Though a pupil of Rimsky-Korsakov, his work is not very remarkable for national flavouring.
The ' Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky', in its original form, was scored for violin, viola, and two cellos, a combination producing a suitably elegaic tone colour. It was rearranged for the normal quartet as a more practical ensemble, and was later arranged for string orchestra. The theme is taken from Tchaikovsky's beautiful song, ' Legend ' (' Christ in His Garden ').

Contributors

Leader:
George Stratton
Conductor:
Benjamin Haigh Marshall
Oboe:
Evelyn Rothwell
Unknown:
Benjamin Haigh Marshall
Unknown:
Evelyn Rothwell

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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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