Listings
: BRIGHT AND EARLY
Band of the Coldstream GuardsConducted by Captain Douglas A. Pope
Director of Music
Contributors
: General Weather Forecast
and forecast for farmers and shipping: RECORD ROUNDABOUT
A gramophone miscellany: General Weather Forecast
and forecast for farmers and shipping: NORTHERN VARIETY ORCHESTRA
(Leader, Norman George )Conducted by Vilem Tausky with Les Howard
Contributors
: THE DAILY SERVICE
0 Lord our God, arise (BBC HymnBook 25)
New Every Morning, page 61 Canticle 7 (Broadcast Psalter) 1 John 2, vv. 1-11 and 15-17 Hills of the North, rejoice (BBC
Hymn Book 33)
: MUSIC WHILE YOU WORK
Falkman and his Apache Band: BBC NORTHERN ORCHESTRA
(Leader, Reginald Stead )Conductor, John Hopkins
Contributors
: General Weather Forecast
and forecast for farmers and shipping: XV OLYMPIAD
Helsinki 1952His Excellency the President of Finland opens the Games at the Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
The ceremony also includes
An address of welcome by the President of the Organising Committee
21-gun salute
Arrival of the Olympic Flame and the lighting of the Olympic Fire
The Olympic Anthem performed by the massed choirs and band
Scene described by Rex Alston
Contributors
: Listen to the Band!
Cory Workmen 's BandConductor, Walter B. Hargreaves
Contributors
: CRICKET
Lunchtime scoreboard: CALLING ALL FORCES
Introduced by Charlie Chester and Tony HancockMr. Music Master
Tommy Reilly
Your Request Favourite
Bernard Braden
Contributors
: Saturday Matinee ' THEY THAT FLY'
by Geoffrey BondContributors
: 'A PILL FOR THE DOCTORS'
by George GodwinPlays produced by Cleland Finn
Contributors
: The Saturday Concert BBC SCOTTISH ORCHESTRA
(Leader, J. Mouland Begbie )Conductor, Ian Whyte
Contributors
: CHILDREN'S HOUR
' Philippa and the Philosopher's Stone 'A play by William Harris
Production by May Jenkin followed by 'Weather Ships of the North Atlantic': talk by Robson Black
Contributors
: The Weather
Shipping and general weather forecasts, followed by a detailed forecast for South-East England: OLYMPICS REPORT
News of the opening ceremony, including recordingsFrom the Broadcasting Centre at the Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
: THOSE WERE THE DAYS!
Harry Davidson and his Orchestra with Elizabeth BoydIntroduced by Frederick Allen
Master of Ceremonies,
A. J. Latimer
Producer, Stanton Jefferies
Contributors
: IN TOWN TONIGHT
Interesting people who areIn Town Tonight interviewed by John Ellison
' Do You Know London ? '
Guess where
Audrey Russell is tonight
Edited-and produced by Peter Duncan
Contributors
: THE WEEK IN WESTMINSTER
W. S. Shepherd M.P. ,, gives his impressions of what he heard and saw in ParliamentContributors
: MUSIC-HALL
Morton Fraser and his Harmonica GangBob Andrews
Helen Clare and Ivor Dennis
Morris and Cowley Martin Lukins
Ethel Revnell
Josef Locke
Richard Murdoch and Kenneth Home
Introduced by Bill Gates
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra
Conducted by Robert Busby Produced by C. F. Meehan
Contributors
: Saturday-Night Theatre ' QUIET NIGHT'
by Dorothy BlewettAdapted for broadcasting by Lynn Foster
Cast in order of speaking
Production by Ayton Whitaker
Contributors
: FOR ALL SORTS AND CONDITIONS OF MEN
The Litany sung to the music of Thomas TallisAbout this project
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