Listings
: General Weather Forecast
and forecast for farmers and shipping: LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS!
' God speaks to men 'A talk by the Bishop of Croydon
: General Weather Forecast
and forecast for farmers and shipping: GOOD HEALTH
by a doctor: MORNING MUSIC
BBC Midland Light OrchestraConductor, Gilbert Vinter
Contributors
Conductor:
Gilbert
Vinter
: RECITAL
Derek Collier (violin) Josephine Lee (piano)Sidney Sutcliffe (oboe)
Contributors
Violin:
Derek
Collier
Piano:
Josephine
Lee
Oboe:
Sidney
Sutcliffe
: THE UNEXPECTED IN ETHIOPIA
Talk by John G. EsplenMr. Esplen travelled with four other Cambridge undergraduates to the shores of Lake Tana to gather material for an examination thesis.
Contributors
Talk By:
John G.
Esplen
Unknown:
Lake
Tana
: ORCHESTRAL CONCERT
Overture : Poet and Peasant (Suppé) :London .Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Georg Solti
Waltz: Vienna Blood (Johann Strauss): Vienna Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Rudolf Moralt
Intermezzo (School for Fathers)
(Wolf-Ferrari): Philharmonia Orchestra. conducted by Wilhelm SchUchter
Three dances (Tom Jones) (Edward.
German) : London Symphony Orchestra. conducted by George Weldon on gramophone records
Contributors
Conducted By:
Georg
Solti
Conducted By:
Rudolf
Moralt
Conducted By:
Wilhelm
Schuchter
Conducted By:
George
Weldon
: THE DAILY SERVICE .
Father, 0 hear us. seeking now to praise thee (BBC Hymn Book 260)New Every Morning, page 7
Canticle 6. part 2 (Broadcast Psalter) Romans 15, v. 30. to 16. v. 5
Fill thou my life. 0 Lord my God
(BBC Hymn Book 271)
: THE ARCHAEOLOGIST
20-Your Questions AnsweredGlyn Daniel
Sir Mortimer Wheeler and Stuart Piggott
Produced by John Irving
If you have a question on a general archaeological matter which you would like to submit to our panel please send it on a postcard addressed to ' The Archaeologist,' BBC, Whiteladies Road, Bristol, 8.
Contributors
Unknown:
Glyn
Daniel
Unknown:
Sir Mortimer
Wheeler
Unknown:
Stuart
Piggott
Produced By:
John
Irving
: FOR THE SCHOOLS
INTERMEDIATE GERMAN. Eine kleine Spazierfahrt. Dr. Baumann kaufte sich einen neuen Wagen-das war die erste Uberraschung. Dann verschwand plotzlich der Wagen. und Walter war auch nirgendwo zu flnden. ... Die Geschichte hat aber doch ein gutes Ende. Manuskript von Milo Sperber.: Workers' Playtime
from a canteen at Beverley, Yorkswith Robert Moreton, Lewis Powell and Leah Roberts, Eddie Molloy, Martin Lukins
Fred Harries at the piano
Contributors
Comedian:
Robert
Moreton
Unknown:
Lewis
Powell
Unknown:
Leah
Roberts
Unknown:
Eddie
Molloy
Unknown:
Martin
Lukins
Pianist:
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 DAYSI
Harry Davidson and his Orchestra with Ethel LyonIntroduced by Frederick Allen
Master of Ceremonies,
Charles Crathorn
Producer, Stanton Jefferies
Contributors
Unknown:
Harry
Davidson
Unknown:
Ethel
Lyon
Introduced By:
Frederick
Allen
Unknown:
Charles
Crathorn
Producer:
Stanton
Jefferies
: A HUNDRED YEARS OF FRENCH OPERA
The first of a series of gramophone programmes introduced by Norman DemuthContributors
Introduced By:
Norman
Demuth
: Yvonne Mitchell Joan Miller and David Kossoff in 'THE SAME SKY'
by Yvonne MitchellAdapted for broadcasting by Peggy Wells
Produced by David H. Godfrey
Contributors
Unknown:
Yvonne
Mitchell
Broadcasting By:
Peggy
Wells
Produced By:
David H.
Godfrey
George Smith:
Glyn
Dearman
Manny Brodsky:
Vernon
Morris
Esther Brodsky:
Yvonne
Mitchell
Momma Brodsky:
Joan
Miller
Poppa Brodsky:
David
Kossoff
Reeny Biodsky:
Mairhi
Russell
Sammy:
Oscar
Quitak
Jeff Smith:
Hugh
David
: Children's Hour
For Children of Most AgesJekka
A true story by Winifred Revill told by Jo.
5.15 Find, Fix, and Strike
A team of BBC commentators reports from an aircraft carrier taking part in an operational exercise in the English Channel.
On board H.M.S. Bulwark
Douglas Fleming in the Operations Room; Max Robertson on the Compass Platform; David Lloyd-James in 'Flying Control'
In the Air
Cliff Michelmore in a Sky Raider; Raymond Baxter in a Sea Venom
Produced by John Lane
(in co-operation with the Admiralty)
Capt. J. M. Villiers, R.N., writes on page 21
Contributors
Writer (Jekka):
Winifred
Revill
Storyteller (Jekka):
Jo
Reporter (Find, Fix, and Strike):
Douglas
Fleming
Reporter (Find, Fix, and Strike):
Max
Robertson
Reporter (Find, Fix, and Strike):
David
Lloyd-James
Reporter (Find, Fix, and Strike):
Cliff
Michelmore
Reporter (Find, Fix, and Strike):
Raymond
Baxter
Producer (Find, Fix, and Strike):
John
Lane
: The Weather
Shipping and general weather forecasts. followed by a detailed forecast for South-East England: The May Meetings
by Shaun Herron, Editor of the British Weekly.The older Free Churches of this country - Baptist, Congregationalist, and Presbyterian-hold annual assemblies that are usually referred to as the May Meetings. These assemblies are inspirational and also afford opportunities for a denomination to pass resolutions on matters of public interest. In this talk Shaun Herron examines the function of these May Meetings in the life of the older Free Churches, and reports on the meetings held this year.
Contributors
Presenter:
Shaun
Herron
: Band of the Scots Guards
Conducted by Lieut.-Colonel S. Rhodes, M.B.E., Director of MusicContributors
Musicians:
Band of the Scots
Guards
[Band] conducted by:
Lieut.-Colonel S.
Rhodes
: Science Survey: Metamorphosis of Insects
by V. B. Wigglesworth, F.R.S., Quick Professor of Biology, University of Cambridge.Professor Wigglesworth describes some of the research which, in recent years, has shown that the changes from the caterpillar to the fully developed insect are controlled by hormones.
(BBC recording)
Repeated on Saturday at 9.30 a.m.
Contributors
Presenter:
V. B.
Wigglesworth
: Songs by Vaughan Williams
Nancy Evans (mezzo-soprano), Richard Lewis (tenor), Keith Faulkner (bass-baritone), Michael Mullinar (piano)Members of the Hirsch String Quartet: Leonard Hirsch (violin), Leonard Dight (violin), Francisco Gabarro (cello)
Mezzo-soprano songs:
Let us now praise famous men (Ecclesiasticus); Motion and stillness; Four nights; The new ghost; The water mill (words by Fredegond Shove)
Tenor songs, with violin and cello accompaniment:
Merciless beauty-three rondels: Your eyen two will slay me suddenly; So halh your beauty from your herte chased; Since I from love escaped am so fat (words by Geoffrey Chaucer)
Bass-baritone songs:
The vagabond: Let beauty awake; The infinite shining heavens (Songs of Travel, words by R. L. Stevenson)
Lovesight (The House of Life, words by Dante Gabriel Rossetti) Menelaus on the beach at Pharos (words by Ursula Wood)
(first performance in England)
Part of the first of six concerts of English Song presented by the Arts Council of Great Britain at the Wig-more Hall, London
Contributors
Mezzo-Soprano:
Nancy
Evans
Tenor:
Richard
Lewis
Bass-Baritone:
Keith
Faulkner
Pianist:
Michael
Mullinar
Violinist:
Leonard
Hirsch
Violinist:
Leonard
Dight
Cellist:
Francisco
Gabarro
: Dinner for Eight
A short story by Anthony Armstrong.Read by Ivan Samson.
Contributors
Writer:
Anthony
Armstrong
Reader:
Ivan
Samson
: Twenty Questions
Anona Winn, Joy Adamson, Jack Train, F. C. Hooper and Gilbert Harding('Twenty Questions' is broadcast by arrangement with Maurice Winnick)
To be repeated on Sunday at 1.45 (Light); Monday at 3.10 (Home)
Contributors
Panellist:
Anona
Winn
Panellist:
Joy
Adamson
Panellist:
Jack
Train
Panellist:
F. C.
Hooper
Presenter:
Gilbert
Harding
: How the Country Polled
Voting which has been taking place today is now over.Commentators stationed at regional centres throughout the country and at Party Headquarters in London describe Polling Day scenes and incidents and comment on the strength of the poll.
The programme, introduced by Andrew Shonfield, includes a contribution by Alistair Cooke, who is over here specially for the Election.
Contributors
Presenter:
Andrew
Shonfield
Guest:
Alistair
Cooke
: Results of the Poll
An explanation for listeners of the way in which the Election results will be broadcast and of the methods by which the statistical analysis of their trends will be calculated.: Election Results
will be broadcast as they become available. Summaries of the State of the Parties will be given at every quarter-hour.See panel above and page 3
During this period light music will be played by
10.30 Bernard Monshin and his Rio Tango Band
11.15 The Raeburn Orchestra
Conductor, Wynford Reynolds
12.0 midnight Sidney Davey and his Players
12.45 a.m. Troise and his Continental Music
1.30 Jack Salisbury and his Salon Orchestra
2.15 The Kursaal Orchestra
Directed by Louis Voss
3.0 Marcel Gardner and his Serenade Orchestra
3.45 The Promenade Players
Conductor, Sidney Bowman
(BBC recordings from midnight)
Contributors
Musicians:
Bernard Monshin and his Rio Tango
Band
Musicians:
The Raeburn
Orchestra
[Orchestra] conductor:
Wynford
Reynolds
Musicians:
Sidney Davey and his
Players
Musicians:
Troise and his Continental
Music
Musicians:
Jack Salisbury and his Salon
Orchestra
Musicians:
The Kursaal
Orchestra
[Orchestra] directed by:
Louis
Voss
Musicians:
Marcel Gardner and his Serenade
Orchestra
Musicians:
The Promenade
Players
[Players] conductor:
Sidney
Bowman
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