Listings
: Bright and Early
Enfield Central BandConductor, Jack Atherton
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: General Weather Forecast
and forecast for farmers and shipping: RECORD ROUNDABOUT
A gramophone miscellany: LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS!
A talk by the Rev. Kenneth Healey , Rector of Algarkirk, LincolnshireContributors
: General Weather Forecast
and forecast for farmers and shipping: MORNING MUSIC
The Melachrino StringsConducted by George Melachrino
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: RECITAL
Eugénie Castle (soprano)Eileen Croxford (cello)
Songs: Deh più a me non v'ascondete - Bononcini
Should he upbraid - Bishop
Kol Nidrei - Max Bruch
Adagio and Rondo - Weber
Songs: Theme and Variations - Saint-Saëns
LA-bas vers l'église; Tout gai! (Five Greek Folk Songs) - Ravel
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: This Week's Composer
MENDELSSOHNRecords of the Scherzo from the Octet, and the Violin Concerto
: THE DAILY SERVICE
The day of resurrection (A. and M.132; S.P. 146)
New Every Morning, page 29 Canticle 8 (Broadcast psalter) St. Matthew 18. vv. 1-14
Think, 0 Lord, in mercy (A. and M. 749)
: MORNING SERIAL
'Short List' by R. PhilmoreRead by Donald Bissett
8— ' Cruft in a Corner'
Part 9: tomorrow at 11 40
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: A MTD-DAY DATE
with Danny Levan and his SextetJimmy Young and Harold Smart at the electric organ
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: VARIETY AHOY!
with Bernard BradenJosephine Crombie
Jimmy Logan and the Teen-Agers
At the organ. John Holton At the piano. George Bowie
Recorded at the Royal Naval Artificers Training Establishment. H.M.S. Caledonia, Rosyth
Presented by Eddie Fraser
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Blog post that mentions this programme:
: General Weather Forecast
and forecast for farmers and shipping: The Eye-Witness
Reports from Britain and overseas: FRANCISCO CAVEZ
and his Latin-American Rhythm: CRICKET
Lunchtime scoreboard: TUNES FOR EVERYBODY
BBC Scottish Orchestra(Leader, J. Mouland Begbie )
Conducted by John Hopkins
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: Wednesday Matinee presents Ivan Brandt and Marjorie Westbury in 'SUMMER IN DECEMBER '
by James LiggatAdapted for broadcasting by Peggy Wells
Cast in order of speaking:
Production by Mary Hope Allen
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: CHILDREN'S HOUR
' George, Brother of the Rocket': a story by Monica Gray Cardy , told by ElizabethScottish Sea Shanties arranged by Sir Hugh S. Roberton sung by Ian Blair (baritone) accompanied by Josephine Lee
Hebridean Shanty ; The Windjammer; Sing at the Wheel; The Lewis Boat Song; The Mingulay Boat Song; Westering Home; Chasing the Breeze; Highland Laddie
5.35 ' I am a Professional Guide': a talk by Kathleen Taylor
5.50 Children's Hour prayers conducted by Donald Soper
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: The Weather
Shipping and general weather forecasts, followed by a detailed forecast for South-East England: DESERT ISLAND DISCS
Phyllis Calvert discusses with Roy Plomley (in a recorded programme) the gramophone records she would choose to have with her if she were condemned to spend the rest of her life on a desert islandContributors
: First House HENRY HALL'S GUEST NIGHT
Highlights of the Show WorldProduced by Alastair Scott-Johnston
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: MELODY FROM THE STARS
The Mack TripletsThe Deep River Boys
Rawicz and Landauer
John Hanson
Eddie Calvert
Ilford Girls Choir
Conducted by Eric Gilder
Augmented Dance Orchestra Conducted by Stanley Black
Produced by Jimmy Grant
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: NEW ZEALAND COMMENTARY
by C. G. F. SimkinProfessor of Economics,
Auckland University speaking from Wellington
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: LET JUSTICE BE DONE
5-The Case of the StauntonsNarrator, James McKechnie
Script and production by John Gough
This is a classic case of a prosecution for murder by the unusual means of starvation and ill-usage. Louis Staunton, his brother, his brother's wife, and another woman were jointly charged as conspirators, and stood their trial at the Old Bailey in 1877. The dead woman was Louis Staunton's wife.
The Defence held that the extreme emaciation of the body was due, not to forceful confinement and deprivation of food, but to tubercular meningitis (inflammation of the membranes of the brain).
As might be expected, there was a complicated medical conflict. Though all four accused were found guilty, none was executed. The dispute continued to rage long after the trial was over. For instance, the Lancet came out with: ' It must obviously be impossible to prove murder by starvation without first showing death by starvation. The attempt to affirm the primary proposition has failed.*
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