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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
' The Broad Way and the Narrow Way ' by the Rev. Douglas Stewart1—Let's be broad-minded
Contributors
Unknown:
Rev. Douglas
Stewart
: The Weather
Forecast for land areas: Programme Parade
An up-to-the-minute guide for your listening and viewing: Today
Second editionEach day this edition includes some recorded items from the first edition, followed by Melody on the Move
: RECITAL
George Hancock (baritone)Roger Lord (oboe)
Josephine Lee (piano)
Contributors
Baritone:
George
Hancock
Oboe:
Roger
Lord
Piano:
Josephine
Lee
: FOR THE SCHOOLS
HOW THINGS BEGAN. 2-Why Fossils Are Found on Land. Material compiled by Richard Palmer ; dramatic presentation by Honor Wyatt . (BBC recordingContributors
Unknown:
Richard
Palmer
Presentation By:
Honor
Wyatt
: THE DAILY SERVICE
Feast of St. Michael and All AngelsStars of the morning (BBC H.B. 238) New Every Morning, page 96
Psalm 91. vv. 1-12 (Broadcast Psalter) 2 Kings 6, vv. 8-17
Around the throne of God (BBC H.B.
237)
: News Summary MUSIC WHILE YOU WORK
Light Orchestra(Leader, David Adams )
Conductor, David Curry
Contributors
Leader:
David
Adams
Conductor:
David
Curry
: FOR THE SCHOOLS
SINGING TOGETHER, by William Appleby11.20 THE WORLD OF WORK. Jobs with People: Herbert Hunter talks with young workers about their jobs. (BBC recording)
11.40 INTERMEDIATE FRENCH. ' Une journee fatigante.' Nos auditeurs feront la connaissance de Madame Durand , pharmacienne, et de ses enfants Aline et Maurice. Texte d'Emile Harven .
Contributors
Unknown:
William
Appleby
Talks:
Herbert
Hunter
Unknown:
Madame
Durand
Unknown:
D'Emile
Harven
: Concert Hour BBC NORTHERN ORCHESTRA
(Led by Ben Horsfall )Conducted by George Hurst
Contributors
Unknown:
Ben
Horsfall
Conducted By:
George
Hurst
: The Weather
Forecast for land areas, followed by a detailed forecast for the South-East region: DESERT ISLAND DISCS
Hardy Amies(in a recorded programme) discusses with Roy Plomley the gramophone records he would choose to have on a desert island
Produced by Monica Chapman
Contributors
Unknown:
Roy
Plomley
Produced By:
Monica
Chapman
: FOR THE SCHOOLS
PEOPLE, PLACES, AND THINGS. The Engine Driver: the second of three programmes about people who work for us. Script by Maurice Whitbread2.0 THE MUSIC box, by Gordon Reynolds.
2.10 ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS. Borodin: an illustrated talk by Donald Leggat.
2.30 THE JACKSONS. Harry gets a Rise. Script by Charles E. Stidwill. (BBC recording)
2.50 PROSE AND VERSE READINGS. The Battle of Otterburn,' from ' A Book of Narrative Verse ' compiled by V. H. Collins
Contributors
Script By:
Maurice
Whitbread
Unknown:
Gordon
Reynolds.
Talk By:
Donald
Leggat.
Script By:
Charles E.
Stidwill.
Unknown:
V. H.
Collins
: HARVEST THANKSGIVING
for the Blind from Witham Friary Parish Church, Somerset; conducted by the Rev. Arthur Ringwood , Vicar of St. Augustine's, Swindon. Preacher, the Rev. H. G. Bawtree -Williams, Vicar of Witham FriaryLead me, Lord (S. S. Wesley)
Come, ye thankful people (A. and M.
382)
Exhortation: Confession; Absolution Versicles and Responses Psalm 65
First Lesson: Joel 2, vv. 21-27
Magnificat
Second Lesson: St. Luke 12, vv. 22-34
Nunc dimittis
Creed; Responses; Collects
Anthem: 0 praise the Lord (
John Weldon )
Prayers and the Grace
We plough the fields (A. and M. 383) Address
Thanksgivings
Praise, my soul (A. and M. 298) Blessing
Organist. the Rev. H. G. Bawtree-Williams
Contributors
Unknown:
Rev. Arthur
Ringwood
Unknown:
Rev. H. G.
Bawtree
Unknown:
John
Weldon
Unknown:
Rev. H. G.
Bawtree-Williams
: Miles Malleson in 'MR. BUTTERS WRITES A NOTICE'
by Gale PedrickCharacters in order of speaking:
Production by H. B. Fortuin
(: a new production of the play originally broadcast in the Light Programme in 1950)
Contributors
Unknown:
Gale
Pedrick
Production By:
H. B.
Fortuin
Wragg:
Frederick
Treves
Mr Folly:
Arthur
Young
Mr Russel:
Hugh
Manning
Mr Buyers:
Miles
Malleson
Sergeant:
John
Bennett
Constable:
Philip
Cunningham
Captain Gainsborough:
Roger
Snowdon
Lilla Kimberley:
Cecile
Chevreau
Major Northsea:
John
Cazabon
Chancellor:
Jeffrey
Segal
: Jan van der Gucht introduces THE FINE SONG FOR SINGING
with Joan Bramhall , John MitchinsonThe Pavilion Orchestra
Conducted by Reginald Kilbey
Produced by John Fawcett Wilson
Contributors
Unknown:
Joan
Bramhall
Unknown:
John
Mitchinson
Conducted By:
Reginald
Kilbey
Produced By:
John Fawcett
Wilson
: Children's Hour
For Younger ListenersThe Crock of Gold
A play by Gwen Pierce.
Based on a Welsh folk tale.
5.30 For Listeners of Most Ages
The Hope of Glory
Written and introduced by F.R. Buckley.
A programme about the boyhood of Lord Nelson to mark the bicentenary of his birth at Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, on September 29, 1758.
5.50 The week's programmes
Contributors
Writer (The Crock of Gold):
Gwen
Pierce
Production (The Crock of Gold):
Evelyn
Williams
Ifan, the miller:
Dic
Hughes
Marged, his wife:
Nesta
Harris
Gwyn:
Norman Owain
Williams
Morgan, the smith:
Charles
Williams
Madoc, the tinker:
Idris
Gruffydd
Elfin King:
Frederick
Taylor
First Elf:
Gwilym Owen Writer/Presenter (The Hope of Glory): F.R.
Buckley
Producer (The Hope of Glory):
Graham
Gauld
: The Weather
Forecast for land areas, followed by a detailed forecast for the South-East region.: In the South-East
6.15 Local news and London Stock Market report6.30 Today's sport
6.35 Band of the Essex Regiment
Bandmaster, Mr. R. W. Brown
(A shortened version of the recorded broadcast of August 11)
6.45 Election of the new Lord Mayor of London
An edited recording of today's ceremony in Guildhall.
The scene described by Wynford Vaughan Thomas.
6.15-6.25 for the South Coast:
Area news and weather summary
VHF: Rowridge (92.9 Mc/s)
Contributors
Musicians:
Band of the Essex
Regiment
Bandmaster (Band of the Essex Regiment):
R. W.
Brown
Commentator (Election of the new Lord Mayor of London:
Wynford Vaughan
Thomas
: Music to Remember
John Russell introduces Music to RememberBBC Midland Orchestra
(Leader, James Hutcheon)
Conducted by Leo Wurmser
Maria Donska (piano)
Before an invited audience at Nuffield House, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham.
(October 13: BBC Scottish Orchestra, Max Rostal (violin): from Glasgow)
Contributors
Presenter:
John
Russell
Musicians:
BBC Midland
Orchestra
Orchestra leader:
James
Hutcheon
Orchestra conducted by:
Leo
Wurmser
Pianist:
Maria
Donska
: Flies So-Called
Written and produced by Nesta Pain.The brief glory of the mayfly; the quiet horror of the tachinid larva's meal; the strange and seemingly resourceful courtship procedure of the empid fly.
(BBC recording)
(Michael Hordern broadcasts by permission of the Directors of the Old Vic Trust)
Contributors
Writer/Producer:
Nesta
Pain
Music composed and conducted by:
Antony
Hopkins
Narrator:
Michael
Hordern
Commentator:
Duncan
Carse
Dr. Muffet:
Lionel
Harris
Naturalist:
Heron
Carvic
Melin:
Gordon
Chater
: The Goon Show
with Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan, The Ray Ellington Quartet, Max Geldray.(BBC recording: a new presentation of a programme first broadcast in 1954)
Contributors
Script:
Spike
Milligan
Producer:
Charles
Chilton
Orchestra conducted by:
Wally
Stott
Musicians:
The Ray Ellington
Quartet
Harmonicist:
Max
Geldray
Comedian:
Peter
Sellers
Comedian:
Harry
Secombe
Comedian:
Spike
Milligan
Announcer:
Wallace
Greenslade
: Straight from Conference
Today's events at the Labour Party Conference at Scarborough are the subject of this evening's debate between Maurice Edelman, M.P. (Labour) and Geoffrey Rippon, M.P. (Conservative).Recorded extracts of many of the speeches will be heard.
Contributors
Panellist (Labour):
Maurice
Edelman
Panellist (Conservative):
Geoffrey
Rippon
: Greenwich Time Signal; News Summary
Late weather forecast for land areas.: Music at Night
Barry Tuckwell (horn), Frederick Stone (piano)(BBC recording)
Contributors
Horn:
Barry
Tuckwell
Pianist:
Frederick
Stone
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