Spring 1944

Schedules
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Contents 1 BBC Radio 1.1 Home Service 1.2 Notes 2 Sources & References 3 Subjects key

General Science
(Home Service, Wednesdays 2:05pm)

Stories from World History
(Home Service, Mondays 2:15pm) etc

Rhythm and Melody
(Home Service, Thursdays 11:00am) etc

Geography
(Home Service, Thursdays 11:20am) etc

Special Health Talks
(Home Service, week of 10th January 1944, 11:25am)

BBC Radio

Home Service

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

09:00

9:05 Short Morning Service for Schools

09:15

09:30

9:35 Short Morning Service for Schools

09:45

9:55 Cwrs y Byd

10:00

10:05 News Commentary

10:05 News Commentary

10:05 News Commentary

10:05 News Commentary

10:05 News Commentary

10:15

11:00

11:00 Singing Together(Herbert Wiseman)

11:00 Music and Movement for Infants(Ann Driver)

11:00 Scottish Heritage

11:00 Rhythm and Melody(Percy Young)

11:00 Music and Movement for Juniors(Ann Driver)

11:15

11:20 Science and Gardening

11:20 Senior History IEuropean Heritage: What is a National Memory?

11:20 Current Affairs

11:20 GeographyNew Developments in the British Empire

11:20 Useful Citizens

11:30

11:40 Let's Join In

11:40 Music and the Dance

11:40 English for Under-Nines

11:40 Talks for Sixth Formssound and unsound arguments

11:45

11:45 Physical TrainingFor Use in Classrooms

12:00

12:00 The Life and Teaching of Jesus Christ

12:15

13:45

13:50 For Rural Schools (Scotland)At Our Village

13:50 Rhigwm a Chân(Huldah Bassett)

13:50 For Rural Schools (England)Finding Out About Dylsford

14:00

14:00 Nature StudyScott Kennedy & Tom

14:00 Travel TalksPorts of Call

14:10 How Things BeganFrom the Paleolithic to the Neolithic Age

14:15

14:15 Stories from World HistoryInventors and Inventions from the 18th to the 20th Centuries

14:15 General ScienceYour Body and Its Growth

14:15 Hanes Cymru

14:20 Intermediate French(Jean-Jacques Oberlin)

14:30

14:35 Senior English IIWriting for Radio, etc

14:35 Senior History IIThe Changing World

14:40 Orchestral Concert Seriesdevelopment of the orchestra in modern times

14:40 Junior EnglishDavid, etc

14:40 Senior English I

14:45

15:00

Notes

The daily News Commentary, Singing Together, Current Affairs (broadcast at 11:00), the Friday transmission of the Short Morning Service for Schools and the Welsh series Cwrs y Byd all began in the week of 10th January 1944, together with a week of Special Health Talks for Schools given by the Radio Doctor at 11:25-11:40. All other programmes began in the week of 17th January 1944.

Most programmes finished in the week ending Friday 31st March 1944 after 11 main weeks of broadcasting, but there was one extra episode of The Life and Teaching of Jesus Christ on Monday 3rd April.

During wartime programmes aimed at schools in Scotland and Wales were broadcast alongside the English programmes in this single national schedule.

Sources & References

• BBC (1943) Broadcasts to Schools wallchart, spring 1944
• BBC Broadcasts to Schools pamphlets, as pictured at the top of the page
• Radio Times listings, 1944