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A Dog's Change

T10/516/31.
A Dog's Change.
First broadcast: 3 June 1959.
UID: Unknown.
Typed script with written annotations.
BBC television script for A Dog's Change.

A Girdle Around the Earth

R12/1122/4/5.
A Girdle Around the Earth, by Raymond Glendenning
First broadcast: 18th May 1932.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
A special programme for Good Will Day (Children’s World Peace Day). The story of the first wireless message sent over sea. Set in 1896, a boat leaves Cardiff Port carrying zinc plates. Italian inventor, Guglielmo Marconis, wishes to send the first wireless transmission. The transmitting apparatus was erected at Lavernock Point, and the receiving posts at Flat Holm and Brean Down. On May 18th, 1896 the first wireless transmission was made across 8.5 miles. Good Will Day messages from other nations are then played: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, South Africa, India, Canada, Australia and America.
Subjects: Wireless, Good Will Day, Children’s World Peace Day, Cardiff Port, Guglielmo Marconis, Lavernock Point, Flat Holm, Brean Down.

A Hard and Narrow Road

T6/131/11.
A Hard and Narrow Road.
First broadcast: 19 October 1980.
UID: PERR098F.
Typed script with edits.
BBC television script for A Hard and Narrow Road written an presented by Barry Lynch. Produced by John Stuart Roberts.

A Land Against the Light: Kyffin Williams

T9/305/18.
A Land Against the Light: Kyffin Williams.
First broadcast: 24 September 1978.
UID: PEGG059A.
Typed script.
BBC television script for A Land Against the Light: Kyffin Williams. Includes two typed incomplete transcripts, slightly different with hand written annotations.

A Maori Progamme

R12/1122/1/10.
A Maori Programme, arranged by Francis Worsley.
First broadcast: 1931.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
A program dedicated to Maori's including the love story of Hine Moa and Tut-an-eki, A Maori Dragon Story (or Pitaka , a Dragon Killer), a story of heroism, and The Warrior's Departure about a chief out for revenge when a magician eats his pet whale.
Subjects: Romance, Heroism, Revenge, Magic, Dragons, Maori.

A Masque of Bristol

R12/1122/1/11.
A Masque of Bristol by Francis Worsley.
First broadcast: 1931.
Children's radio programme originally recorded for The Children's Hour.
UID: Unknown.
Typed Script with written annotations.
Uncle visits a Masque (pageant) held in Bristol. There are three sketches comprising one about King Richard II, one about Pirate Teach and the last one about Robinson Crusoe, however this one doesn't go according to plan.
Subjects: Masque, Pageants, Bristol, Comedy, Pirates, Robinson Crusoe, Royalty, King Richard II, Entertainment.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

T2/850/40.
A Midsummer Night's Dream. An Opera in Three Acts by Benjamin Britten.
First broadcast: 6 May 1978.
UID: PEMA010J.
Typed script with written annotations.
Two BBC television libretto and camera scripts for A Midsummer Night's Dream. An Opera in Three Acts by Benjamin Britten.

A National Service of Thanksgiving: Silver Jubilee

T6/131/10.
A National Service of Thanksgiving: Silver Jubilee.
First broadcast: 24 June 1977.
UID: Unknown, possibly PEO9026S.
Typed script with written annotations.
BBC television script for A National Service of Thanksgiving on the occasion of The Silver Jubilee of the Accession to the Throne of Her Majesty the Queen.

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