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@ World History
' Assyria and Israel: The Story of Sennacherib '
E. A. CRADDOCK
Today's broadcast will take listeners back to the walls of Jerusalem 2,500 years ago, when Sennacherib, King of the Assyrians, assembled his warriors outside the gates and demanded the surrender of King Hezekiah.
The Old Testament describes the deliverance of Jerusalem by a plague which smote the Assyrians at the gates of the city. Ancient Assyrian tablets also tell the tale, but make no mention of the plague and declare in the words of Sennacherib : ' Hezekiah himself like a caged bird I shut up within Jerusalem, his royal city '.

Contributors

Unknown:
E. A. Craddock

' Anaesthetics and Vaccination '
H. Munro 'Fox, F.R.S.
In his broadcast today Professor Munro Fox will discuss a few of the pioneers who made painless surgery possible, and who gave the world the means by which to avoid certain diseases. The first anaesthetic ever discovered was laughing-gas. This was put into practice by an American dentist, Wells by name, about a century ago. Thereafter other researchers began to discover formulas by which mankind could be saved the terrible pain which it hitherto suffered in surgical operations. Sir James Simpson, the Edinburgh surgeon who discovered the use of chloroform, Michael Faraday, who anaesthetised patients with ether, and

Contributors

Unknown:
H. Munro

@ Davis v. Newman
A commentary during play by Willie Smith from Thurston's Hall
This is the first broadcast of a match in this year's Daily Mail Gold Cup Snooker Tournament, which began on October 10 and is to finish on January 21 next year. The incomparable Joe Davis has already two of these gold cups on his sideboard, having won the tournament two years in succession. There will be a further broadcast at 8 p.m. on the Regional wavelength.

Contributors

Play By:
Willie Smith
Unknown:
Joe Davis

A Recital given by The Alfred Cave String Quartet :
Alfred Cave (violin)
Ernest Element (violin)
Frank Venton (viola)
Harry Stanier (violoncello) arranged by Karl Geiringer and presented by W. K. Stanton
Storm and Stress
String Quartet in G, Op. 17, No...5
1 Moderato. 2 Minuetto-Trio. 3 Adagio. 4 Presto
(From Midland)

Contributors

Viola:
Frank Venton
Arranged By:
Karl Geiringer
Presented By:
W. K. Stanton

Season 1938-9
First Concert of the Series from Queen's Hall, London
(Sole Lessees, Messrs. Chappell and Co. Ltd.)
Part 1
Myra Hess (pianoforte)
The BBC Symphony Orchestra
Leader, Paul Beard
Conductor,
SIR ADRIAN BOULT
God Save The King
(Orchestration by Gerrard Williams)
8.19 Academic Festival Overture
Brahms
8.32 Concerto No. 2, in B flat, for pianoforte and orchestra.....Brahms
' 1 Allegro non troppo. 2 Allegro appassionato. 3 Andante. 4 Allegretto grazioso
(Solo pianoforte, MYRA HESS)

Contributors

Pianoforte:
Myra Hess
Conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult

from the Royal Bath Hotel Ballroom,
Bournemouth
Listen to
Douglas Byng the Stage and Cabaret Star
Webster Booth the Romantic Tenor
Oliver Wakefield the Voice of Inexperience
Anne Ziegler the Lyric Soprano
Cliff Cooke
Compere and dance to
Billy Thorburn and his Music with Eddie Guery
The Royal Bath Hotel Singers

Contributors

Unknown:
Douglas Byng
Tenor:
Oliver Wakefield
Unknown:
Anne Ziegler
Soprano:
Cliff Cooke
Unknown:
Billy Thorburn
Unknown:
Eddie Guery

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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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