Listings
: Bright and Early
Gramophone records: General Weather Forecast
and forecast for farmers and shipping: THIRD TEST MATCH
Report on first day's play: MORNING MUSIC
The Raeburn Orchestra: conductor, Wynford Reynolds.: ' LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS! '
Devotional readings and prayers: General Weather Forecast
and forecast for farmers and shipping: THIRD TEST MATCH
Report on first day's play: JACK LEON
and his Orchestra: ' MUSICAL MEMORIES '
Songs from the shows on records: HENRY CROUDSON
at the organ of the Gaumont Palace, Camden Town, London: This Week's Composer
BACHGramophone records of the Chaconne for solo violin, the Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, and extracts from ' The Musical Offering '
: The Daily Service
(New Year's Day) from page 109 of ' New Every Morning.' Through all the changing scenes of life: Psalm 90, vv. 1-12; Deuteronomy 30, vv. 11-20; Lead us, heavenly Father: MUSIC WHILE YOU WORK
Mantovani and his Dance Orchestra: BORODIN and DOHNANYI
Symphony No. 2, in B minor (Borodin); Symphonische Minuten (Dohndnyi): on gramophone records: HAROLD RAMSAY
at the organ of the Granada, Tooting, London: Jack Train's 'LUCKY DIP'
A record miscellany, edited by Anna InstoneContributors
: 'WORKS WONDERS'
Lunch-time entertainment by workers from a large telephone exchange in the City of London. Introduced by Brian Johnston.Contributors
: THIRD TEST MATCH REPORT
As 12.30 p.m. Light Programme: 'MUSIC IN MINIATURE'
A musical entertainment given by Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano), John Francis (flute), Maurice Gendron (cello). Olive Zorian and Marjorie Lavers (violins), Winifred Copperwheat (viola), and Norina Semino (cello). The programme arranged by Basil Douglas. (Recording of the broadcast in the Light Programme on November 21)Contributors
: WELSH INDUSTRIES FAIR
This year the fair is being held in London for the first time. Wynford Vaughan Thomas describes the opening ceremony in which the Melingriffith Band and Madam Muriel Jones's Ladies Choir take part. From the Royal Horticultural Hall, WestminsterContributors
: RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL
France v. ScotlandCommentary by Rex Alston on the second half of the match.
From Stade Colombes , Paris
Contributors
: 'SMILIN' THROUGH'
with Denis O'Neil (the Irish tenor), accompanied by Roma Clarke (piano), and Robin Richmond (organ). Presented by Joan ClarkContributors
: Wednesday Matinee ' SIR LANCELOT AND THE LITTLE HANDS'
by Lester PowellContributors
: ' THE TREE HAS ROOTS'
by Ursula Bloom Plays produced by David H GodfreyContributors
: CHILDREN'S HOUR
(Request Week)Willie Joss reads a story: ' Tammy Troot 's Quiz,' by Lavinia Derwent
5.15 ' Worzel Gummidge and the Golden Bird,' by Barbara Euphan Todd, produced by May E. Jenkin
5.50 Children's Hour prayers
Contributors
: General Weather Forecast
and forecast for farmers and shipping: NEWS
6.10 Sport, including football results and review of Test Match: ' A TALE OF TWO CITIES'
by Charles Dickens. Dramatised as a radio serial in twelve parts, by V. C. Clinton-Baddeley. Incidental music composed by Denys Darlow. Produced by Wilfrid Grantham. Part 1—' Recalled to Life'
Other parts played by Stanley Groome , Victor Fairley , Lionel Stevens , and Roland Andrea
Contributors
: ' CAN I HELP YOU?'
Douglas Houghton says a few words about the care of old peopleContributors
: BRUNO WALTER
conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra: WORLD AFFAIRS
A weekly survey: 'VIC OLIVER INTRODUCES....'
his programme of stars, personalities, songs, and music. This week Carla Lehmann , Bernard Miles , Sally Rogers , Korinna Hellas , and Walter Midgley , with Vic Oliver conducting the British Concert Orchestra. Script by Ray Sonin. Produced by Eric Spear.Contributors
: SCIENCE SURVEY
(New series). ' The New Year': The Astronomer Royal, Sir Harold Spencer Jones , F.R.S., talks about the calendar, the New Year, and the measurement of timeProgramme includes a description by a BBC observer of an actual time determination being made at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. (BEC recording)
Contributors
: THE WEDNESDAY STORY
4 True Apothecary': a story for broadcasting by Kenneth Barber , read by Norman ShelleyContributors
: POULENC
Trio for piano, oboe, and bassoon: on gramophone recordsAbout this project
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