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No. 11
A serial reading from Herman Melville's ' Moby Dick ', by Geoffrey Tandy
The Pequod is still on her way to the whaling grounds proper, although the boats have already been lowered once-but with no success.
The most thrilling thing about this lowering is the appearance (as it were from nowhere) of a boat's crew that the ship's company had never seen before. But they are all dusky men and they man the boat before the Captain himself, an unusual thing in the whale fishery-but then. with Ahab's monomania for hunting Moby Dick , this is an unusual voyage.
In this instalment the Pequod falls in with the whaleman, Town Ho /, which is homeward bound, and they hear her story.

Contributors

Unknown:
Moby Dick
Unknown:
Geoffrey Tandy
Unknown:
Moby Dick

London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Hamilton Harty : Overture to a Picaresque Comedy (Box)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Edward Elgar : Serenade in E minor for strings, Op. 20 (Elgar)—1 Allegro piacevole. 2 Larghetto. 3 Allegretto
Boyd Neel String Orchestra, conducted by Boyd Neel: Slavonic Scherzo (Sistek, arr. Lotter). Moto perpetuo (Lotter)

Contributors

Conducted By:
Sir Hamilton Harty
Conducted By:
Sir Edward Elgar
Unknown:
Boyd Neel

Here are the gramophone records that you've chosen
Presented by Dick Bentley
What is your favourite record ? Write the name of one record-your favourite song, dance tune, piece of light music or funny record—on a post-card, giving, if possible, the make and number of the record, and address the card to the BBC, Broadcasting House, London, W.I, marked ' Gramophone Request ' in the top left-hand corner.

Contributors

Presented By:
Dick Bentley

Presented by Harry S. Pepper and Douglas Moodie
Effie Atherton
Inspector Hornleigh Investigates,
No. 48 by H. W. Priwin , with S. J. Warmington as Inspector Hornleigh
Puzzle Corner ??? Guess???
Elizabeth Welch
Derek de Marney and Phyllis Konstam as Paul and Virginia
Hughie Green
The BBC Variety Orchestra conducted by Charles Shadwell

Contributors

Presented By:
Harry S. Pepper
Presented By:
Douglas Moodie
Unknown:
Effie Atherton
Unknown:
H. W. Priwin
Unknown:
S. J. Warmington
Unknown:
Elizabeth Welch
Unknown:
Derek de Marney
Unknown:
Phyllis Konstam
Conducted By:
Charles Shadwell

A rhythmic programme in the modern manner with Eddie Carroll and his Orchestra
Gwen Jones Ivor Davis
Jack Lorimer
The Three Brothers
At the piano, Eddie Carroll
Compere, James Dyrenforth
Presented by John Burnaby

Contributors

Unknown:
Eddie Carroll
Unknown:
Gwen Jones
Unknown:
Ivor Davis
Unknown:
Jack Lorimer
Piano:
Eddie Carroll
Unknown:
James Dyrenforth
Presented By:
John Burnaby

The story of Hassan of Baghdad and how he came to make the Golden Journey to Samarkand, by James Elroy Flecker. Adapted for broadcasting by Dulcima Glasby
Part 2
Cast
Dancing women, beggars, soldiers, police, pilgrims, merchants, attendants, and casual loiterers
The BBC Chorus (Section B) and the BBC Orchestra (Section C)
Led by Thomas Peatfield
Conducted by Clarence Raybould
The play produced by Val Gielgud

Contributors

Unknown:
James Elroy Flecker.
Unknown:
Thomas Peatfield
Conducted By:
Clarence Raybould
Produced By:
Val Gielgud
Hassan, a confectioner:
Henry Ainley
The Caliph Haroun Ar Raschid:
Alan Wheatlcy
Ishak, his minstrel:
Robert Eddison
Jafar, his Vizier:
Frank Cochrane
Masrur, his executioner:
J B Rowe
Rafi, King of the Beggars:
Alec Clunes
Selim, a friend of Hassan's:
Peter Glenville
The Chief of the Police:
Gordon McLeod
The Captain of the Military:
Norman Shelley
Ali nondescripts:
Hector Abbas
Abdu nondescripts:
Frank Snell
Alder slaves:
Lesley Deane
Willow slaves:
Mary Graham
Tamarisk slaves:
Joyce Moore
Juniper slaves:
Jill Nyasa
The Porter of Yasmin's house:
Eliot Makeham
The Chinese Philosopher:
Frank Snell
A Dervish:
Hector Abbas
The Ghost of the Fountain:
Peter Glenville
A Herald:
Carleton Hobbs
The Prison Guards:
Eliot Makeham
The Prison Guards:
William Trent
Pervaneh:
Thea Holme
Yasmin:
Susan Taylor
A Narrator:
Carleton Hobbs
The Master of the Caravan:
J. B. Rowe

Petite histoire littéraire de
L'Entente Cordiale'
Paul Morand from Paris
Paul Morand , Conseiller d'Ambassade, homme de lettres, knows this country well, and can be counted among its best French friends. He was educated at Oxford, and served in the French Embassy in London from 1913 to 1916. In 1920, while still in the Diplomatic Service, he turned to writing and has since published many travel books-more than one about England.
This evening he will discuss the influence that each country has had on the other's literature over the last three centuries.

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Morand
Unknown:
Paul Morand

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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