Listings
: General Weather Forecast
and forecast for farmers and shipping: BBC Scottish Variety Orchestra
(Leader, Jack Nugent )Conductor, Michael Collins
Contributors
Leader:
Jack
Nugent
Conductor:
Michael
Collins
: LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS!
' Diversities of Gifts '4-Friendship
Talk by Ormerod Greenwood on Stephen Grellet of New York
Contributors
Talk By:
Ormerod
Greenwood
Unknown:
Stephen
Grellet
: General Weather Forecast
and forecast for farmers and shipping: GOOD HEALTH
by a doctor: MORNING MUSIC
BBC Midland Light Orchestra(Leader. Donald Sturtivant )
Conductor, Gilbert Vinter
Contributors
Leader:
Donald
Sturtivant
Conductor:
Gilbert
Vinter
: RECITAL
Isabel Watts (soprano)Vincent Groves (viola)
Josephine Lee (piano)
Contributors
Piano:
Josephine
Lee
: THE PYTHON THAT WAS A COBRA
Talk by Stephen Dewar' How many people have managed to survive a face-to-face encounter with a King Cobra I really don't know. But if there are any others besides myself I think they must have got away with the aid of a gun or a rifle. I had only a stick and an umbrella.'
Contributors
Talk By:
Stephen
Dewar
: THE DAILY SERVICE
Be thou my guardian and my guide(BBC Hymn Book 135)
New Every Morning, page 76 Psalm 130 (Broadcast Psalter) Romans 10. v. 16, to 11, v. 12
Jesu. guide our way (BBC Hymn
Book 144)
: MUSIC WHILE YOU WORK
The Coventry Theatre OrchestraConductor, William Pethers
Contributors
Conductor:
William
Pethers
: FOR THE SCHOOLS
RHYTHM AND MELODY: Gladys Whitred11.20 GEOGRAPHY. North America. A programme about New York. Script y J. E. Morpurgo.
11.40 INTERMEDIATE GERMAN. Onkel Otto feiert seinen sechzigsten Geburtstag. Der bekannte Geschichtsprofessor und Agyptotoge erhiilt ein hochst merkwUrdiges und mysterioses Geburtstagsgeschenk. Manuskript von Rolf Richards
Contributors
Unknown:
Gladys
Whitred
Unknown:
New
York.
Unknown:
J. E.
Morpurgo.
Unknown:
Onkel
Otto
Unknown:
Rolf
Richards
: Workers' Playtime
from a canteen at Mytholmroyd, Yorkswith Cardew Robinson, Margery Manners, Eno and Lane, The Hedley Ward Trio
Fred Harries at the piano
Presented by Geoffrey Wheeler
Contributors
Unknown:
Hedley Ward
Trio
Unknown:
Fred
Harries
Presented By:
Geoffrey
Wheeler
: 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 Kathleen PeckIntroduced by Frederick Allen
Master of Ceremonies,
Charles Crathorn
Producer, Stanton Jefferies
Contributors
Unknown:
Harry
Davidson
Unknown:
Kathleen
Peck
Introduced By:
Frederick
Allen
Unknown:
Charles
Crathorn
Producer:
Stanton
Jefferies
: FOR THE SCHOOLS
ADVENTURES IN ENGI.ISH. 'Siegfried and the Dragon ': serial story from the Volsung Saga and the Nibelungenlied. Script by Rhoda Power. Part 2—' The Wooing of Brunhild '2.20 HISTORY i. Fifteenth-Century Children: a description of their daily lives and upbringing based on contemporary sources. Script by Philippa Pearce
2.40 science AND THE COMMUNITY. Health at Home and at Work. 3-Educating the Deaf. Script by Philip Brown.
Contributors
Script By:
Rhoda
Power.
Script By:
Philippa
Pearce
Script By:
Philip
Brown.
: Thursday Matinee * WE CANT BE TOO CAREFUL '
by Margaret ButcherContributors
Unknown:
Margaret
Butcher
Colonel Cranston:
Hamilton
Dyce
Mrs Cranston:
Thea
Wells
Rawlings:
Virginia
Hewett
Beryl Cranston:
Violet
Loxley
A countryman:
Peter
Claughton
Daniel Wreford:
Harry
Towb
: ' A QUESTION OF ARITHMETIC'
by R. Vernon BesteOther parts played by Betty Baskcomb Michael Turner , Peter Claughton. Harry Towb
Plays produced by Norman Wright
Contributors
Unknown:
R. Vernon
Beste
Played By:
Betty
Baskcomb
Played By:
Michael
Turner
Played By:
Peter
Claughton.
Played By:
Harry
Towb
Produced By:
Norman
Wright
Mrs Webb:
Thea
Wells
Sparkman:
Hamilton
Dyce
Miss Hilton:
Violet
Loxley
Finch:
Manning
Wilson
Tiny:
Brian
Smith
Nelson:
Gordon
Daviea
Hopson:
Rolf
Lefebvre
Mrs Finch:
Betty
Baskcomb
Spencer:
Harry
Towb
Clarke:
Peter
Claughton
Marsh:
Michael
Turner
Rosie:
Virginia
Winter
Sergeant:
Ronald
Sidney
: RACING
at NewmarketThe Payne Stakes
A race for three-year-olds, run over a distance of one mile and a half
Commentary by Peter O'Sullevan from the Grand Stand, and by Harry Middleton , assisted by Roger Mortimer as race-reader, from a point down the course
From Newmarket Heath
Contributors
Commentary By:
Peter
O'Sullevan
Unknown:
Harry
Middleton
Assisted By:
Roger
Mortimer
: OPERA MATINEE
A series of record programmes presented by John Amis7— ' As some to church repair'
Contributors
Presented By:
John
Amis
: CHILDREN'S HOUR
For Listeners of All Ages'Tinker and Tapp Inc. '
A general knock-about with Fred Fairclough on the one side and Herbert Smith on the other, and Doris Gambell and Violet Carson in the middle
Script by Muriel Levy
Incidental music written by Ray Martin played by a sextet led by Fred Harries
Produced byTrevor Hill
5.30 'When Birds Do Sing'
The last of a series of three programmes in which Ludwig Koch plays over some of his famous recordings to Norman Creek followed by Two-Piano Duets played by Robert South and Joan South
Contributors
Unknown:
Fred
Fairclough
Unknown:
Herbert
Smith
Unknown:
Doris
Gambell
Unknown:
Violet
Carson
Script By:
Muriel
Levy
Written By:
Ray
Martin
Unknown:
Fred
Harries
Produced By:
Trevor
Hill
Unknown:
Ludwig
Koch
Unknown:
Norman
Creek
Played By:
Robert
South
Unknown:
Joan
South
: 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 Farr(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
Programme produced by Monica Chapman
Contributors
Unknown:
Tommy
Farr
Unknown:
Roy
Plomley
Produced By:
Monica
Chapman
: SCIENCE SURVEY
Night and DayA group of three talks on the effect of light on living organisms
3-Among Birds and Mammals by William S. Bullough ,
Professor of Zoology. University of London
Hundreds of years ago Spaniards provided their hens with lamplight in the winter evenings and were rewarded, as they hoped, with more eggs. With this as an example, Profesor BuUough goes on to describe some of the problems associated with the effect of light on animals with backbones.
Contributors
Unknown:
William S.
Bullough
: THE THURSDAY CONCERT
Wilfred Brown (tenor)Charles Spinks
(organ and piano)
The Aeolian String Quartet:
Sydney Humphreys (violin)
Trevor Williams (violin)
Watson Forbes (viola)
John Moore (cello)
Before an invited audience in the Concert Hall, Broadcasting House, London
Contributors
Tenor:
Wilfred
Brown
Tenor:
Charles
Spinks
Violin:
Sydney
Humphreys
Violin:
Trevor
Williams
Viola:
Watson
Forbes
Cello:
John
Moore
: TWENTY QUESTIONS
Anona Winn , Joy AdamsonJack Train , and Richard Dimbleby ask all the questions and Gilbert Harding knows some of the answers
Contributors
Unknown:
Anona
Winn
Unknown:
Joy
Adamson
Unknown:
Jack
Train
Unknown:
Richard
Dimbleby
Unknown:
Gilbert
Harding
: ELECTION BROADCAST
on behalf on the Liberal Party: THE TRAVELLERS
5-Urider SailThree experienced sailors exchange anecdotes of hurricanes they have encountered at sea
Duncan Carse, leader of the South Georgia Survey of 1953-4, who will be returning to the Antarctic again this year, describes an experience in a small three-master, topsail schooner during the British Graham Land Expedition of 1934-7 Commander Alan Villiers, D.S.C ., tells of a hurricane while sailing his full-rigged ship, the Joseph Conrad , round the world in 1934 Edward Allcard , who has crossed the Atlantic four times in small boats, describes a storm at sea when he was returning from America in 1950 in his thirty-four-foot boat. The Temptress.
Chairman, Peter Scott
Contributors
Unknown:
Alan
Villiers, D.S.C
Unknown:
Joseph
Conrad
Unknown:
Edward
Allcard
Unknown:
Peter
Scott
: RECITAL
The Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble:Gareth Morris (flute) Leonard Brain (oboe)
Stephen Waters (clarinet)
Cecil James (bassoon)
Dennis Brain (horn)
Contributors
Flute:
Gareth
Morris
Oboe:
Leonard
Brain
Clarinet:
Stephen
Waters
Bassoon:
Cecil
James
Horn:
Dennis
Brain
: News Summary
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