Listings
: Bright and Early
The Billy Mayerl Rhythm Ensemble and the Montmartre PlayersDirected by Henry Krein
Contributors
: General Weather Forecast
and forecast for farmers and shipping: General Weather Forecast
and forecast for farmers and shipping: RECITAL
Arthur Copley (baritone)Joy Boughton (oboe)
Clifton Helliwell (piano)
Contributors
: FOR THE SCHOOLS
Interval Music: SERVICE FOR SCHOOLS
PrayerFill thou my life, 0 Lord my God
(BBC Supplement 5; S.P. 491; A. and M. 705, omitting vv. 6 and 6; P. and H. 143: Tune. Richmond)
Interlude: 'Philip and the Man of Ethiopia'
Prayers; the Prayer of St. Richard; the Lord's Prayer
Hills of the north, rejoice (BBC
Supplement 11; S.P. 64. omitting v. 6; C.H. 372. omitting v. 6; P. and H. 81, omitting v. 5: Tune, Little Cornard)
Blessing
: FOR THE SCHOOLS
NATURE CALENDAR.10.0 NATURE STUDY. The Gannet, by John Barlee.
Contributors
: THE DAILY SERVICE
We come unto our fathers' God (BBCHymn Book 255)
New Every Morning, page 96 Psalm 29 (Broadcast Psalter) Acts 17. vv. 10-21
0 greatly blessed the people are
(BBC Hymn Book 469)
: FOR THE SCHOOLS
MUSIC AND MOVEMENT I, by Christine Trodd11.20 GENERAL SCIENCE. Water. 8-Breathing under Water, by G. R. Forster.
11.40 RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY. The Plays of T. S. Eliot. E. Martin Browne. Director of the British Drama League, speaks on ' T. S. Eliot and the Theatre '
Contributors
: Unveiling of a Statue to SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL
K.G., O.M., C.H., M.P. in Guildhall, LondonSpeeches by the Rt. Hon. the Lord Mayor of London and the Rt. Hon. Sir Winston Churchill
Scene described by Stanley Maxted
Contributors
: The Weather
Shipping and general weather forecasts. followed by a detailed forecast for South-East England: DESERT ISLAND DISCS
Nicholas Monsarrat(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
Produced by Monica Chapman
Contributors
: STEVE RACE
at the piano: FOR THE SCHOOLS
STORIES AND RHYMES. ' The Piskey Purse' : a Cornish legend adapted for broadcasting by Margaret J. Miller. Part 32.20 SENIOR ENGLISH ii. Episodes from ' First on the Rope,' by R. Frison -Roche, adapted for broadcasting by N. B. Harrison. Part 1
2.40 INTERVAL MUSIC
2.45 EARLY STAGES IN FRENCH. Scene: Au secours! Au secours! A plane makes a forced landing on Cousine Berthe's land. Script by -Jean Jacques Oberlin
Contributors
: THE LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Latest results and commentary by Max Robertson and Rex AlstonFrom the All England Club,
Wimbledon
Contributors
: THE LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Further commentary: CHILDREN'S HOUR
* Once Upon a Time ... 'Stories from
Hans Christian Andersen
Translated by R. P. Keigwin
6 (and last):
' The Staunch Tin Soldier ' told by Jo and ' The Tinder-Box ' told by David
Contributors
: 'The Enchanted Ark'
A Toytown Play by S. G. Hulme BeamanProduction by Josephine Plummer
Contributors
: The Weather
Shipping and general weather forecasts, followed by a detailed forecast for South-East England: BALLET OF OUR TIME
BBC Concert Orchestra(Leader, John Sharpe )
Conducted by John Lanchbery
(John Lanchbery broadcasts by permission of Sadler's Wells Trust, Ltd.)
Contributors
: ALL MY EYE AND KITTY BLUETT
Stanley Baxter and Terry Scott with Patricia HayesDispensing the music is ' Hutch '
BBC Variety Orchestra
Conducted by Paul Fenoulhet
Script by Terry Nation and Dick Barry
Produced by Alastair Scott-Johnston
Contributors
: REPORT ON SOUTH AFRICA
1-The Land and the PeopleTwo reporters, Laurence Gilliam from Britain and John Thompson from Australia, working together as a Commonwealth team for the documentary series ' Africa 1955,' present a cross-section of impressions and recordings made during a seven-weeks' journey in the Union of South Africa
Contributors
: Bob Monkhouse and Denis Goodwin are STARSTRUCK
by Richard Murdoch , Charlie ChesterDavid Nixon June Whitfield
Jack Parnell and his Orchestra
Written by Bob Monkhouse and Denis Goodwin
Production by John Hooper
Contributors
: AT HOME AND ABROAD
A twice-weekly survey of current affairs: CHORAL AND ORGAN MUSIC
An Anglo-Norwegian Exchange ProgrammeThe Choirs of Trondheim Cathedral, Norway
Ludvig Nielsen
(organist and conductor)
The Choir of Westminster Abbey
Sir William McKie
(organist and conductor)
From Trondheim Cathedral:
This programme, which is also being broadcast in Norway, is the second of four exchange programmes organised by the BBC. It has been recorded with the co-operation of Norsk Rikskringkasting
July 12: Music from the Cathedral of St. Catherine, Utrecht, and St. Mary's Abbey, Buckfast
Contributors
: Unveiling of a Statue to SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL
K.G., O.M., C.H., M.P. in Guildhall, LondonA shortened recording of this afternoon's broadcast
: News Summary
late weather forecast for land areasAbout this project
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