Listings
: Bright and Early
Anton and his Orchestra: General Weather Forecast
and forecast for farmers and shipping: JACK LEON
and his Orchestra: LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS!
' God in the unexpected 'Reading and comment by the Rev. K. W. Wadsworth
St. John 21, vv. 1-17
: General Weather Forecast
and forecast for farmers and shipping: GOOD HEALTH
by a doctor: SERVICE FOR SCHOOLS
Prayer0 worship the King (S.P. 618; A. and M. 167. and C.H. 9. all omitting vv. 3, 5: Tune. Hanover)
Interlude: 'The story of Zacchaeus' Prayers; the Prayer for Pardon; the Lord's Prayer
Jesus, good above all other (S.P.
540. omitting v. 4: Tune, Quern pastores laudavere)
Blessing
: FOR THE SCHOOLS
PROSE AND VERSE READINGS. ' 'Adolf,' the story of a rabbit, by D. H. Lawrence9.45 GENERAL SCIENCE. Growing Up. 4—' Healthy Growth,' by Richard Palmer.
10.5 NEWS COMMENTARY
Contributors
Unknown:
D. H.
Lawrence
Unknown:
Richard
Palmer.
: THE DAILY SERVICE
Anniversary of the" Queen's AccessionBehold, the mountain of the Lord
(BBC Hymn Book 485)
New Every Morning, page 37 Psalm 121 (Broadcast Psalter)
Revelation 21, v. 22, to 22, v. 4
God save our gracious Queen (BBC
Hymn Book 392)
: FOR THE SCHOOLS
TIME AND TUNE, by Doris Gould11.20 THE WORLD OF WORK. 'The Waterworks': Alastair Dunnett describes a visit to a waterworks and illustrates his talk with recordings made there.
11.40 TALKS FOR SIXTH FORMS. The Idea of Progress. 4-' Standards of Living ' : H. L. Beales , Reader in Economic History, University of London, describes improvements in economic standards since the Industrial Revolution, and discusses their importance
Contributors
Unknown:
Doris
Gould
Unknown:
Alastair
Dunnett
Reader:
H. L.
Beales
: DON CARLOS
and his Samba Orchestra: &. MIDDAY MUSIC-HALL
Michael Miles introducesThe Four in A-Chord
'Gladys Hay
Professional Protégé
John Beaton
Billy Milton
Your Favourite Musical Comedy
Marion Saunders
Top of the Bill Derek Roy
BBC Revue Orchestra
Produced by Trafford Whitelock
Contributors
Introduces:
Michael
Miles
Unknown:
John
Beaton
Unknown:
Billy
Milton
Unknown:
Marion
Saunders
Unknown:
Bill Derek
Roy
Produced By:
Trafford
Whitelock
: General Weather Forecast
and forecast for farmers and shipping: Doris Arnold presents THESE YOU HAVE LOVED
A weekly sequence for. music-lovers compiled from gramophone records made by distinguished artists: FOR THE SCHOOLS
TRAVEL TALKS. In the Warm Lands: Farming on the Veld in South Africa. Script written and narrated by Julian Duguid2.20 LOOKING AT THINGS. Planning a Garden: Reginald Wesley , Park Superintendent of the Borough of Southgate, and two young people, Stephanie Voss and Brian Hodgkin son. discuss their ideas on garden arrangement.
(Stephanie Voss is now appearing in Jack and Jill ' at the Casino Theatre, London)
2.40 senior ENGLISH i. ' Hereward the Wake,' from the storv by Charles Kingsley. Part 1. Script by June Hodge
Contributors
Unknown:
Julian
Duguid
Unknown:
Reginald
Wesley
Unknown:
Stephanie
Voss
Unknown:
Brian
Hodgkin
Unknown:
Stephanie
Voss
Unknown:
Charles
Kingsley.
Script By:
June
Hodge
: ' NICHOLAS NICKLEBY'
by Charles DickensAdapted and produced by Charles Lefeaux in twelve episodes
1—' Nicholas goes to Yorkshire '
Contributors
Unknown:
Charles
Dickens
Produced By:
Charles
Lefeaux
: Orchestral Hour BBC WELSH ORCHESTRA
(Leader, Philip Whiteway )Conductor, Rae Jenkins
Janet Craxton (oboe)
Contributors
Leader:
Philip
Whiteway
Conductor:
Rae
Jenkins
Oboe:
Janet
Craxton
: CHARLIE KUNZ
at the piano and Tommy Reilly with his harmonicaProduced by Glyn Jone
Contributors
Unknown:
Tommy
Reilly
Produced By:
Glyn
Jone
: CHILDREN'S HOUR
' Saturday Mornings ' by W. R. Dalzell3-The Royal
United Service Museum
Six fortnightly talks for five-to-eleven year-olds (and perhaps others too) about some of London's show-places that you can visit on Saturday mornings.
5.15 ' Mountain Mystery
A new serial play in four parts by Mary Dunn from her book of the same name
4— ' The Truth' (conclusion)
Production by Josephine Plummer
The mystery of the disappearance of Cousin Beta's gold and topaz chain remained unsolved-until Jo found it hidden among the flagstones in the Professor's garden. Yet surely the Professor himself cannot be implicated in the theft — if theft it was? Even more baffling are the visits that Owen Owens pays to the Hut on Cader Idris. He seems to be acting as a messenger of some kind-but to whom?
Contributors
Unknown:
W. R.
Dalzell
Unknown:
Mary
Dunn
Production By:
Josephine
Plummer
Jerry:
Colin
Campbell
Jo:
Ursula
Hirst
Baba:
Sheila
Moloney
Hubert Langham (Granpa):
Martin
Lewis
Cousin Beta:
Vivienne
Chatterton
The Professor:
Hugh
Pryse
' Shilling Short ':
Michael
John
Sergeant Morgan:
Peter
Claughton
Narrator:
Ivan
Samson
: The Weather
Shipping and general weather forecasts, followed by a detailed forecast for South-East England: DESERT ISLAND DISCS
Donald Wolfit(in a recorded programme) discusses with Roy Plomley the gramophone records he would choose to have with him if he were condemned to spend the rest of his life on a desert island
Contributors
Unknown:
Donald
Wolfit
Unknown:
Roy
Plomley
: First House BBC SHOW BAND
Directed by Cyril Stapleton in Melody Land ' with The StargazersDick James
Jean Campbell
Bill McGuffie
Harold Smart
The Show Band Singers
Production by Johnnie. Stewart
Contributors
Directed By:
Cyril
Stapleton
Unknown:
Dick
James
Unknown:
Jean
Campbell
Unknown:
Bill
McGuffie
Unknown:
Harold
Smart
Production By:
Johnnie.
Stewart
: TRIP TO NEW INDIA
by John Seymour1— ' Towns and Cities '
In a series of three talks John Seymour tells something of what he saw in eight months' living and wandering in the ' new ' India. He spent his time throughout with Indian people and lived in the Indian fashion. He tries to envisage what kind of a country India is going to be.
Second talk, 'Villages': next Friday
See page 8
Contributors
Unknown:
John
Seymour
Unknown:
John
Seymour
: OIL FROM IRAQ
The story, told by the oilmen themselves, of the thirty-inch pipeline from the Kirkuk oil fields to the sea terminal atBanias on the Mediterranean coast; of the events that led up to its recent official opening in November 1952, and of the life and work of those who make oil their Livelihood in Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon Narrator, Edward Ward
Producer, Maurice Brown
Contributors
Narrator:
Edward
Ward
Unknown:
Maurice
Brown
: MOUNT EVEREST
Our Hopes for 1953A talk by Colonel John Hunt , leader of this year's British Everest Expedition
See page 3
Contributors
Talk By:
Colonel John
Hunt
: Bernard Braden and Barbara Kelly in ' BEDTIME WITH BRADEN'
with Benny LeePearl Carr , Ronald Fletcher
Nat Temple and his Orchestra
Produced by Pat Dixon
Contributors
Unknown:
Benny
Lee
Unknown:
Pearl
Carr
Unknown:
Ronald
Fletcher
Unknown:
Nat
Temple
Produced By:
Pat
Dixon
: THE FRIDAY RECITAL
Szymon Goldberg (violin)Ernest Lush (piano)
Contributors
Violin:
Szymon
Goldberg
Piano:
Ernest
Lush
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