Listings
: BRIGHT AND EARLY
Strings in RhythmDirected by Henry Croudson
Contributors
Directed By:
Henry
Croudson
: General Weather Forecast
and forecast for farmers and shipping: BBC Northern Ireland Light Orchestra
(Leader, William Mclnulty)Conductor, David Curry
Contributors
Leader:
William
McLnulty
Conductor:
David
Curry
: LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS!
A meditation on the Good Shepherd Psalm prepared by members of The Grail: General Weather Forecast
and forecast for farmers and shipping: PIANO RECITAL
by Peter Element: FOR THE SCHOOLS
Interval Music: SERVICE FOR SCHOOLS
PrayerYe holy angels bright (omitting v. 2)
(S.P. 701; A. and M. 646; C.H. 39; P. and H. 225: Tune. Darwall's 148th)
Interlude: 'St. Vincent de Paul'
Prayers; the Prayer for Goodwill; the Lord's Prayer
Father, hear the prayer we offer (BBC
Supplement 9; S.P. 487: P. and H. 120: Tune, Gott will's machen)
Blessing
: FOR THE SCHOOLS
Interval Music10.0 EARLY STAGES IN TRENCH. A programme in simple French in which listeners are invited to take an active part. Script by Jean-Jacques Oberlin.
Scene: ' Le Docteur Cabirol va se mettre en route.' Dr. Cabirol, in a hurry as usual, leaves the house without putting on his jacket.
Contributors
Script By:
Jean-Jacques
OBErlin.
: THE DAILY SERVICE
Beneath the cross of Jesus (BBC H.B.301)
New Every Morning, page 26 Psalm 31 (Broadcast psalter)
1 Thessalonians 5, vv. 12-24
Take up thy cross, the Saviour said
(BBC H.B. 369)
: MUSIC WHILE YOU WORK
Tommy Kinsman and his Dance Orchestra: FOR THE SCHOOLS
music AND MOVEMENT I, by Marjorie EeleRepeated on Thursday at 9.56 a.m.
11.20 GENERAL SCIENCE. Breathing and Burning. Script by L. J. Lawler.
11.40 RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY. ' The Mind of St. Paul ': first of three talks by Bishop Wand, Canon of St. Paul's.
Contributors
Unknown:
Marjorie
Eele
Script By:
L. J.
Lawler.
: ON A PERSONAL NOTE
Dr. G. Thalben-Ball , organist, introduces records of organ music from concert hall and recording studioContributors
Organist:
Dr. G.
Thalben-Ball
: Workers' Playtime
from the British Legion Village,Maidstone, Kent with Tollefsen, Gloria Alton
Elizabeth Lamer, Max Wall
James Moody (piano) Bert Weedon (guitar) Max Abrams (drums)
Presented by Bill Gates
Contributors
Performer:
Gloria
Alton
Performer:
Elizabeth
Lamer
Performer:
Tollesfen
Performer:
Max
Wall
Pianist:
James
Moody
Guitarist:
Bert
Weedon
Drummer:
Max
Abrams
Presented by:
Bill
Gates
: The Weather
Shipping and general weather forecasts, followed by a detailed forecast for South-East England: ANY QUESTIONS?
A spontaneous discussion by Ralph WightmanSir Steuart Wilson
Rt. Hon.
Patrick Gordon Walker , M.P.
Ernest Marples , M.P.
Travelling Question-Master,
Freddy Grisewood
Produced by Michael Bowen
From Hamble, Hampshire
Contributors
Unknown:
Ralph
Wightman
Unknown:
Sir Steuart
Wilson
Unknown:
Patrick Gordon
Walker
Unknown:
Ernest
Marples
Produced By:
Michael
Bowen
: FOR THE SCHOOLS
STORIES AND RHYMES. ' The Goats' Nursery ' by Ruth Ainsworth2.20 SENIOR ENGLISH ii. Scenes from 'Twelfth Night ' by William Shake speare. An arrangement for broadcasting with an introduction and commentary by John Allen. Part 1
2.40 NATURE CALENDAR. (BBC recording)
2.45 NATURE STUDY. Keeping caterpillars. Script by F. R. Elwell. Fred Collins and Tony find caterpillars of the oak eggar moth. the brimstone moth. the drinker, and the currant or magpie moth.
Contributors
Unknown:
Ruth
Ainsworth
Unknown:
William
Shake
Commentary By:
John
Allen.
Script By:
F. R.
Elwell.
Script By:
Fred
Collins
: International Ensembles
2-1 Musici on gramophone recordsAria (Marcello, ed. Bonelli)
Cello Concerto in A (Tartini, ed. Ravanello)
Concertino in F minor (attrib. Pergolesi, ed. Giuranna)
Sonata in C (Rossini, ed. Casella)
: ALBERT SCHWEITZER
The story of his life told from his own writings6-A Hospital Grows
Extracts selected and arranged by Ormerod Greenwood with linking commentary spoken by Rex Palmer
Reader, John Glen
(The recorded broadcast of February 5 in the Light Programme)
Contributors
Arranged By:
Ormerod
Greenwood
Spoken By:
Rex
Palmer
Reader:
John
Glen
: GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
by Marthe BibescoIt was at a wedding in London that Princess Bibesco caught her first glimpse of George Bernard Shaw. Later she came to know him well, and she recalls some of the most vivid moments of their friendship.
Contributors
Unknown:
George
Bernard Shaw.
: CHILDREN'S HOUR
For Younger ListenersRequest Week version of Nursery Sing-Song with Doris and Herbert and Mabel Hardy at the piano
' Susannah and the Biscuit Tree '
A story by Hazel Chew told by Herbert
5.25 For Children of All Ages
' The Great Toytown Mystery '
A toytown play by S. G. Hulme Beaman
Production by Josephine Plummer
(Felix Felton is appearing in ' The Pajama Game ' at the London Coliseum)
Contributors
Unknown:
Mabel
Hardy
Story By:
Hazel
Chew
Production By:
Josephine
Plummer
Production By:
Felix
Felton
Larry the Lamb:
Derek
McCulloch
Narrator:
Derek
McCulloch
Ernest the Policeman:
Peter
Claughton
Dennis the Dachshund:
Ernest
Jay
The Inventor:
Ivan
Samson
The Mayor of Toytown:
Felix
Felton
The Sentry:
Norman
Shelley
Mr Growser:
Ralph
de Rohan
: The Weather
Shipping and general weather forecasts, followed by a detailed forecast for South-East England: FARMING TODAY
Myxomatosis:What of the Future? by J. L. Brighton
The speaker, a Norfolk farmer, looks at the disease from the farmers' point of view and explains what steps are being taken to maintain the extermination of the rabbit.
Contributors
Unknown:
J. L.
Brighton
: RING UP THE CURTAIN
with the BBC Midland Light Orchestra* (Leader, James Hutcheon )
Conducted by Leo Wurmser
.Norman Lumsden (bass)
Introduced by David Franklin
Contributors
Leader:
James
Hutcheon
Conducted By:
Leo
Wurmser
Introduced By:
David
Franklin
: Northern Variety Parade presents: All at Sea
A laugh on the ocean wave[Starring] Ken Platt
with The Singing Stewards
Directed by Raymond Woodhead
Augmented BBC Northern Variety Orchestra
Conducted by Alyn Ainsworth
Script by Frank Roscoe
Produced by John Ammonds
Contributors
Directed By:
Raymond
Woodhead
Conducted By:
Alyn
Ainsworth
Script By:
Frank
Roscoe
Produced By:
John
Ammonds
Comedian:
Ken
Platt
Chief Steward:
Bill
Price
Peggy:
Patricia
Field
Mrs Weatherby-Smythe:
Hattie
Jacques
Syd Sharp:
Sydney
Tafler
Abdul:
Herbert
Smith
: ORCHESTRAS OF THE WORLD
Overture, Fidelio (Beethoven): ViennaPhilharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Wilhelm Furtwangler
Minuet of the Will-o'-the-Wisps (The
Damnation of Faust) (Berlioz): Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor, Eduard van Beinum
Variations on an original theme,
Enigma (Elgar): Royal Philhar monic Orchestra, conductor. Sir Thomas Beecham , Bt. on gramophone records
Contributors
Conducted By:
Wilhelm
Furtwangler
Conductor:
Eduard
van Beinum
Unknown:
Royal
Philhar
Unknown:
Thomas
Beecham
: THE ROYAL VISIT
to Bristol and North SomersetToday Her Majesty the Queen inaugurated the new Council House, Bristol, and the Chew Valley Lake, Somerset
Tom Salmon describes the events of the day. and introduces recordings of some of the highlights, with a commentary by Alan Gibson
Contributors
Unknown:
Alan
Gibson
: THE GOON SHOW
with Peter SellersHarry Secombe , Spike Milligan
The Ray Ellington Quartet
Max Geldray
Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott
Announcer, Wallace Greenslade
Script by Spike Milligar Production by Peter Eton
(The recorded broadcast of Dec. 20)
Contributors
Unknown:
Peter
Sellers
Unknown:
Harry
Secombe
Unknown:
Spike
Milligan
Conducted By:
Wally
Stott
Announcer:
Wallace
Greenslade
Script By:
Spike
Milligar
Production By:
Peter
Eton
: THE BUDGET
The Chancellor of the ExchequerThe Rt. Hon.
Harold Macmillan , M.P.
Contributors
Unknown:
Harold
MacMillan
: CATHEDRAL MUSIC
Douglas Guest (organ)Choir of Salisbury Cathedral
Master of the Choristers,
Douglas Guest
From Salisbury Cathedral
One of a series of monthly programmes
: UNESCO IN THE AFRICAN BUSH
Part 2A diary, with recordings of music and people, made during a visit to Liberia, and a description of the first village schools founded by UNESCO and the Liberian Republic in 1954 Narrator, Hugh Burden
Written by David Thomson and produced by him in the studios of UNESCO, Paris
Contributors
Written By:
David
Thomson
: CHOPIN
Three Mazurkas: C sharp minor.Op. 30 No. 4; A minor, Op. 67 No. 4; B minor, Op. 33 No. 4 played by Malcuzynski (piano) on gramophone records
Contributors
Played By:
Malcuzynski
: News Summary
late weather forecast for land areas: MARKET TRENDS
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