Listings
: BRIGHT AND EARLY
Morning melodies played by BBC Revue Orchestra(Leader. Antony Gilbert )
Conductor, Harry Rabinowitz
Contributors
Leader:
Antony
Gilbert
Conductor:
Harry
Rabinowitz
: The Weather
Forecast for land areas: Programme Parade
An up-to-the-minute guide for your listening and viewing: TODAY
First editionA breakfast-time magazine bringing you news, views, and interviews followed by MORNING MUSIC
: LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS
A series of readings from the Book of Proverbs by the Rev. W. A. WhitehouseCh. 6. vv. 20-26: and 31. vv. 10-29
Contributors
Unknown:
Rev. W. A.
Whitehouse
: The Weather
Forecast for land areas: Programme Parade
An up-to-the-minute guide for your listening and viewing: TODAY
Second edition: SHOPPING LIST
A bulletin of food news to guide the household shopperCompiled and read by June Jay
Contributors
Read By:
June
Jay
: MAKING THE PAST LIVE
by Winifred BrownA pair of spectacles lying on a shop counter, a dirty apron thrown over a stool, a half-eaten meal, an unfinished mug of tea-temporary absence is. the keynote in Mr. C. M. Mitchell's recreation of the past at Kirkstall Abbey Museum in Leeds.
Winifred Brown talks about his full-scale reconstruction of period streets and shops and describes the uncanny sense of the past they evoke.
Contributors
Unknown:
Winifred
Brown
: RECITAL
Ronald Bristol (tenor) Leo Wurmser (piano)Contributors
Tenor:
Ronald
Bristol
Piano:
Leo
Wurmser
: THE DAILY SERVICE
Lord. as to thy dear Cross we flee(BBC H.B. 293)
New Every Morning, page 72 Canticle 4 (Broadcast Psalter) Titus 2. vv. 1-14
Not for our sins alone (BBC H.B. 345)
: SONGS OF ENGLAND
Doris Gambell (soprano)Frederick Harvey (baritone)
The Cranford Singers
The London Salon Orchestra
Conducted by James Turner
Introduced by Colin Doran
Contributors
Soprano:
Doris
Gambell
Baritone:
Frederick
Harvey
Conducted By:
James
Turner
Introduced By:
Colin
Doran
: DOWN TO THE SEA
Roy Clark leads an exchange of talk about the sea and ships betweenW. S. Dickie in 1888 apprentice in the four-masted barque Madagascar
Joe Duthie
Scottish fisherman from Fraserburgh
Fred Grice old Lowestoft smacksman
Captain ' Trader ' Horn late Master of. Trinity House vessel Warden
Lonnie Harvey former Lowestoft fisherman
Arranged by Roy Clark
Produced by David Bryson
Contributors
Unknown:
Roy
Clark
Unknown:
W. S.
Dickie
Unknown:
Joe
Duthie
Unknown:
Fred
Grice
Unknown:
Lonnie
Harvey
Arranged By:
Roy
Clark
Produced By:
David
Bryson
: Concert Hour BBC WELSH ORCHESTRA
(Leader. Philip Whiteway )Conducted by Arwel Hughes
Contributors
Leader:
Philip
Whiteway
Conducted By:
Arwel
Hughes
: The Weather
Forecast for land areas, followed by a detailed forecast for the South-East region: THE BRAINS TRUST
A sound recording of Sunday's television programme The Most Rev. Joost de BlankArchbishop of Cape Town
Elspeth Huxley
Oliver Woods M.C T.D. , .,
Dr. J. Bronowski
Question-Master, Michael Flanders
Produced by John Furness
Questions should be addressed to The Brains Trust, BBC Television Centre, London, W.12.
Contributors
Unknown:
Elspeth
Huxley
Unknown:
Oliver
Woods M.C T.D.
Question-Master:
Dr. J.
Bronowski
Question-Master:
Michael
Flanders
Produced By:
John
Furness
: 'THERE'S MUSIC IN THE AIR....'
provided by Norrie Paramor and his Orchestra featuringThe Big Ben Banjo Band Produced by John Simmonds
Contributors
Provided By:
Norrie
Paramor
Produced By:
John
Simmonds
: THE EYE-WITNESS
Reports from Britain and overseas: Simon Lack in ' BEAU GESTE'
by P. C. WrenFreely adapted from the novel as a serial in ten episodes by Lester Powell
1-The blue water
Produced by Martyn C. Webster
Contributors
Unknown:
P. C.
Wren
Unknown:
Lester
Powell
Produced By:
Martyn C.
Webster
Beau Geste:
Simon
Lack
Digby Geste:
Gordon
Gardner
John Geste:
David
Spenser
Isobel Rivers:
Beryl
Calder
Claudia Rivers:
Sheila
Manahan
Lady Brandon:
Kathleen
Helme
Augustus Brandon:
John
Bryning
Major Henri de Beaujolais:
Haydn
Jones
Rastignac:
Eric
Anderson
Burden:
James
Thomason
: LEONARD PENNARIO
(piano) on gramophone records: MOVIE-GO-ROUND
A sound approach to the cinema: CHILDREN'S HOUR
For Children of Most Ages' Birds of a Feather '
Five tales of wild bird life by H. Mortimer Batten told by Derek McCulloch
(Uncle Mac)
3—' The Aliens'
5.15 For Listeners of All Ages
' The Reiver's Treasure *
A further adventure of the Norton family written for broadcasting by Winifred Finlay
3—' The Prisoner in the Pele '
Produced by Herbert Smith
Contributors
Unknown:
H. Mortimer
Batten
Told By:
Derek
McCulloch
Produced By:
Herbert
Smith
J Walter Ferguson:
MacDonald
Parke
Richard Norton:
David
Cowburn
Judith Norton:
Judith
Chalmers
Paul Norton:
Scot
Finch
Will Snowden:
Graham
Tennant
Jack Brough:
Jameson
Clark
Alex:
George
House
A Man:
Tom
Coyne
Mary:
Judith
Gibson
Pete:
Geoffrey
Banks
Sammy:
Harry
Towb
: The Weather
Forecast for land areas, followed by a detailed forecast for the South-East region: TOWN AND COUNTRY
A programme for listeners in the South-East of England6.15 Local news followed by Reports and comments
6.37 app. London Stock Market report
6.15-6.25 VHF: Rowridge
(92.9 Mc/s) for the South Coast:
Area news and weather summary
: TODAY'S SPORT
followed by A weekend previewIntroduced by John Snagge
Contributors
Introduced By:
John
Snagge
: BLACKPOOL NIGHT
A star-spangled visit to the seasideJack Watson introduces stars from the world of entertainment with Reginald Dixon
The Littlewood Songsters
BBC Northern Dance Orchestra Conducted by Alyn Ainsworth
Produced by John Ammonds
(A shortened version of Wednesday's recorded broadcast in the Light Programme)
Contributors
Introduces:
Jack
Watson
Unknown:
Reginald
Dixon
Conducted By:
Alyn
Ainsworth
Produced By:
John
Ammonds
: TODAY AT LLANGOLLEN
Scott Goddard gives his impressions of the twelfth Llangollen International Eisteddfod and illustrates his talk with recordings made during the FestivalContributors
Unknown:
Scott
Goddard
: LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
(Leader. Henry Datyner )Conducted by John Coulling
John Mayer , who is Anglo-Indian by birth, studied at the Royal Academy of Music and then joined the violins of the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
The ' Raga Jayajavanti ' is the third movement of his Dance Suite, 'Ramayana,' for full orchestra. The Raga is an Indian musical scale, of which there are 132, the basis of all Indian classical music. Jayajavanti is a name derived from the musical scale called Jijavanta, after the companion to the God of Love. ' Dressed in yellow, his forehead elaborately marked with saffron, Jijavanta plays charmingly his heart-enchanting flute.' There is no harmony; the music is entirely rhythmic or melodic, apart from a constant drone accompaniment.
Contributors
Leader:
Henry
Datyner
Conducted By:
John
Coulling
Unknown:
John
Mayer
Unknown:
Raga
Jayajavanti
: AT HOME AND ABROAD
A twice-weekly survey of current affairsSpeakers in the studio in London and from regional and overseas centres contribute news and views on the issues of today and tomorrow
: THESE FOOLISH THINGS
Remind you of what?Roy PIomley invites a reply from
Jill Balcon
Fanny Cradock
John Dickson Carr
Stephen Grenfell
Monja Danischewsky
Ross McWhirter
Based on an idea by Nancy Spain
Produced by Pat Dixon
Contributors
Unknown:
Roy
Piomley
Unknown:
Jill
Balcon
Unknown:
Fanny
Cradock
Unknown:
John Dickson
Carr
Unknown:
Stephen
Grenfell
Unknown:
Monja
Danischewsky
Unknown:
Ross
McWhirter
Unknown:
Nancy
Spain
Produced By:
Pat
Dixon
: THE FRIDAY RECITAL
Endre Wolf (violin)Antoinette Wolf (piano)
Contributors
Violin:
Endre
Wolf
Piano:
Antoinette
Wolf
: News Summary
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