Listings
: General Weather Forecast
and forecast for farmers and shipping: RECORD ROUNDABOUT
A gramophone miscellany: LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS!
Reading from Philippians 2. vv. 5-8, with comment by the Rev. F. D. Coggan'The Cross seen through the eyes of St. Paul'
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: General Weather Forecast
and forecast for farmers and shipping: GOOD HEALTH
by a doctor: SONG RECITAL
May Sabeston (soprano) Gwyn Griffiths (baritone)Josephine Lee (piano)
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: STARTING A NEW LIFE
Talk by Leonard CopeThe speaker tells how he turned his life upside down. One day he was an office worker ' as regular as '; the next he stood in a field of weeds, where he and his wife proposed to make a home and earn a living.
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: This Week's Composer
DEBUSSYRecords of some of his piano music and a movement from his Cello Sonata
: THE PASSION DRAMA
' Gethsemane 'A daily Meditation in Holy Week by Hugh Bishop , of the Community of the Resurrection
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: THE DAILY SERVICE
Alone thou goest forth, 0 Lord (BBCHymn Book 79)
Psalm 142 (Broadcast Psalter)
Isaiah 53. vv. 7-12
There is a green hill far away (BBC
Hymn Book 92)
: DON CARLOS
and his Samba Orchestra with Ramon and Claudo, and Bob DateContributors
: 'THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS'
by Kenneth GrahameArranged for broadcasting in eight instalments by May Jenkin
4—' Mr. Toad '
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: LONDON BAROQUE ENSEMBLE
Conductor, Karl Haas on gramophone recordsContributors
: The Weather
Shipping and general weather forecasts. followed by a detailed forecast for South-East England: THOSE WERE THE DAYS!
Harry Davidson and his Orchestra with Arthur CopleyIntroduced by Frederick Allen
Master of Ceremonies,
Charles Crathorn
Producer, Stanton Jefferies
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: Orchestral Hour BBC MIDLAND ORCHESTRA
(Leader. Donald Sturtivant )Conductor, Gilbert Vinter
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: OPERA MATINEE
A series of record programmes presented by John Amis 2— ' The Children's Hour'
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: Geraldine McEwan with Alan Wheatley and Anthony Nicholls in 6 CORNELIA'
by Gordon DaviotAdapter by Cynthia Pughe
Produced by Charles Lefeaux
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: CHILDREN'S HOUR
For Children of Most AgesFor Your Bookshelf
(new series)
' Adventurers All'
May E. Jenkin ('Elizabeth') reviews new books for children
5.25 May We Recommend ...
Dramatised excerpts from books that used to be widely read by children
' The Little Princess or Sara Crewe ' by Frances Hodgson Burnett and ' John Halifax-Gentleman ' by Dinah B. Craik
The excerpts from these books have been chosen and dramatised by Marion MacWilliam and Ian G. Ball
Those taking part include:
Effie Morrison. Bryden Murdoch
Joan Fitzpatrick , lain
Cuthbertson Elizabeth Corner , James MacTaggart
Produced by Kathleen Garscadden
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: The Weather
Shipping and general weather forecasts. followed by a detailed forecast for South-East England: THURSDAY COMMENT
This evening's speaker comments on a subject of topical interest: DESERT ISLAND DISCS
Tommy Farrdiscusses 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
Programme produced by Monica Chapman
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: SCIENCE SURVEY
A weekly programme about work in the world of scienceMaking Diamonds by G. F. Claringbull , Ph.D., of the British Museum
(Natural History)
Dr. Claringbull reviews earlier attempts to make diamonds in the light of recent American claims that, after 150 years of endeavour, man-made diamonds are at last a reality.
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: THE THURSDAY CONCERT
The New London Quartet:Erich Gruenberg (violin)
Lionel Bentley (violin) Keith Cummings (viola) Douglas Cameron (cello)
Quartet movement in C minor
Schubert
Quartet in A minor. Op. 132
Beethoven
To be given before an invited audience in the Concert Hall, Broadcasting House, London. Tickets may he obtained from Ticket Unit, Broadcasting House, London, W.1
Contributors
: TWENTY QUESTIONS
See top of page: FOR ADULTS ONLY ?
A discussion about the present system of film censorshipSpeakers:
A. T. L. Watkins
Secretary of the British Board of Film Censors
Mary Field, o.B.E.
Executive Officer of the Children's Film Foundation
Anthony Havelock-Allan a film producer
E. J. Hinge , c.B.E.
Hon. Treasurer of the Cinematograph Exhibitors' Association
In the Chair: Alan Jarvis formerly Principal of Oxford House and a film producer
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: MUSIC
FROM THE THEATREA programme of non-stop music played by the London Theatre Orchestra
(Leader, Sidney Sax)
Conducted by Stanford Robinson
BBC Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Leslie Woodgate )
Singers:
Victoria Sladen , George James
The programme includes music by Lehar. Offenbach. Victor Herbert , and Monckton and Caryll
Contributors
: Her Majesty the Queen
distributesTHE ROYAL MAUNDY at the Service in Southwark Cathedral
(A shortened recorded version of this morning's ceremony)
: IN THY DEATH IS MY HOPE'
A meditation looking forward to Good Friday, conducted by Father William Purdy of St. Hugh's Roman Catholic College, Tollerton Hall with the BBC Midland SingersConductor, John Lowe
Contributors
: News Summary
late weather forecast for land areasAbout this project
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