Listings
: LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS
' Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today, and for ever 'Talks by Lord Hemingford
5-His Humanity
: The Weather
Forecast for land areas: NEWS
: Programme Parade
An up-to-the-minute guide for your listening and viewing: MORNING MUSIC
See Light Programme: LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS
' Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today, and for ever 'Talks by Lord Hemingford
6-His reconciling man with God
: The Weather
Forecast for land areas: NEWS
: Programme Parade
An up-to-the-minute guide for your listening and' viewing: FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
BBC correspondents throughout the world talk about the news, its background, and the people who make it: NEWS
: SCIENCE SURVEY
Guests that Kill1-The Life of a Virus in a Living Cell by F. Kingsley Sanders , Ph.D.
Virus Research Group.
Medical Research Council
Growing animal cells use chemical blueprints when making their own substances. In the first of two talks Dr. Kingsley Sanders explains that certain viruses provide their host cells with false blueprints which then cause the cells to make virus rather than cell material.
Contributors
Unknown:
F. Kingsley
Sanders
: MUSIC FOR RECORDERS AND HARPSICHORD
Ruth Dyson (harpsichord)The Taylor Recorder Trio : Stanley Taylor. Richard Taylor
Christopher Taylor
Contributors
Harpsichord:
Ruth
Dyson
Unknown:
Stanley
Taylor.
Unknown:
Richard
Taylor
Unknown:
Christopher
Taylor
: BIRD-WATCHING IN NEW ENGLAND
AGNES MACMILLAN describes her stay in the bitter frost and snow of a New Hampshire winter and the unfamiliar birds she saw there. Most people did what they could to feed the birds, but special problems were set by the squirrels and by a stray towhee bird who had omitted to fly south with the rest of her kind.: THE DAILY SERVICE
The King of love (BBC H.B. 475) New Every Morning, page 90 Psalm 96 (Broadcast psalter) St. Matthew 25, vv. 1-13There is a land of pure delight (BBC
H.B. 254)
: News Summary MUSIC WHILE YOU WORK
Fred Alexander and his PlayersContributors
Unknown:
Fred
Alexander
: ORCHESTRAL CONCERT
BachBrandenburg Concerto No. 2, in F:
Bath Festival Chamber Orchestra directed by Yehudi Menuhin
Violin Concerto in E: Yehudi Menuhin
(violin) directing the Robert Masters Chamber Orchestra some recent gramophone records
Contributors
Directed By:
Yehudi
Menuhin
Violin:
Yehudi
Menuhin
: The Eye-Witness
Reports from Britain and overseas: A GOLDEN TREASURY OF MUSIC AND SONG
Introduced by Colin Doran with contributions fromSylvia Rowlands and the Bowman-Hyde Singers with mandolin, guitar, and bass
Contributors
Introduced By:
Colin
Doran
Unknown:
Sylvia
Rowlands
: DESERT ISLAND DISCS H.R.H.
Prince Chula-Chakrabongse of Thailand(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
Unknown:
Roy
Plomley
Produced By:
Monica
Chapman
: The Weather
Forecast for land areas. followed by a detailed forecast for the South-East region: NEWS
: Hancock's Half-Hour
[Starring] Tony Hancockwith Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Warren Mitchell, Fenella Fielding, Fraser Kerr
Written by Alan Simpson and Ray Galton
Produced by Tom Ronald
(The recorded broadcast of December 8 in the Light Programme)
Contributors
Writer:
Alan
Simpson
Writer:
Ray
Galton
Producer:
Tom
Ronald
Tony:
Tony
Hancock
Sid:
Sidney
James
Bill:
Bill
Kerr
[Actor]:
Warren
Mitchell
[Actor]:
Fenella
Fielding
[Actor]:
Fraser
Kerr
: Saturday Matinee Double Bill 'Y LIST'
Written and narrated by J. MacLaren-RossProduced by R. D. Smith Cast in order of speaking:
Reminiscences of Army life in which the individual meets the system, with something of a collision.
'THE FRAUDULENT
ARCHDEACON' by Ronald Horton
Adapted for radio by David Tutaev
Produced by R. D. Smith Cast in order of speaking:
A Mayor, a Chief Constable, an Alderman, and an Archdeacon are concerned in what might be a miscarriage of justice.
Contributors
Produced By:
R. D.
Smith
Unknown:
Ronald
Horton
Unknown:
David
Tutaev
Produced By:
R. D.
Smith
Company Sergeant-Major:
Philip
Cunningham
Author:
David
March
Platoon Sergeant:
John
Hollis
Corporal:
George
Merritt
First Medical Orderly:
Nigel
Anthony
Second Medical Orderly:
Bill
Horsley
Medical Officer:
Hugh
Manning
V A D:
Hilda
Schroder
Night Sister:
Dorothy
Holmes-Gore
Digger:
Kenneth
Dight
Brailowsky:
John
Bryning
Hospital Sister:
Gladys
Spencer
Collins:
Nicholas
Edmett
Paddy:
James
McLoughlin
Head Porter:
Brian
O'Higgins
Sir Harry Walker, K B E:
John
Bryning
Alderman Mansbridge:
George
Hagan
Major James:
Wilfred
Babbage
Club Steward:
Nicholas
Edmett
Mary:
Hilda
Schroder
Mrs Anderson:
Gladys
Spencer
The Ven P E Whately:
David
March
Butler:
Bill
Horsley
Chief Superintendent Scott:
James
McLoughlin
: THE WORLD OF BOOKS
News of books and their makers in reviews, quotations, interviewsIntroduced by Robin Holmes
Contributors
Introduced By:
Robin
Holmes
: Richard Hurndall introduces HOME ON SATURDAY
A selection of music and humourEdited and produced by Francis Dillon (: broadcast earlier in the week as ' Monday Night at Home ')
Contributors
Produced By:
Francis
Dillon
: THINGS ARE SWINGING
Steve Race plays some happy records: LISTEN ON SATURDAY
A musical programme for children under five with Ann Driver , Marjorie Westbury and Maurice BevanTim Gudgin introduces today's items, which include ' One. two. buckle my shoe ' and a country walk in spring
Contributors
Unknown:
Ann
Driver
Unknown:
Marjorie
Westbury
Unknown:
Maurice
Bevan
Introduces:
Tim
Gudgin
: CHILDREN'S HOUR
Peter Cranmer introducesSportlight and turns the spotlight on a different sport each month
SWIMMING
Produced by Graham Gauld
See Junior Radio Times
5.25 For Older Listeners
' The Sinister Hoard by Robert J. Hoare
Adapted as a serial in six instalments by Nan Macdonald
4-' Night Chase '
Mr. Barraclough, Director of the Evening Globe Reginald Waithman
Mike. the storyteller Brian Trueman
Production by Herbert Smith
Contributors
Introduces:
Peter
Cranmer
Produced By:
Graham
Gauld
Unknown:
Robert J.
Hoare
Unknown:
Nan
MacDonald
Unknown:
Reginald
Waithman
Unknown:
Brian
Trueman
Production By:
Herbert
Smith
Graham Roberts of the Evening Globe:
Noel
Johnson
Cecil ' Chick Wainhouse:
Barrie
Hesketh
Det -Insp Blackmore of Scotland Yard:
Leonard
Williams
Gerald, a copy-boy:
Robert
Powell
Major Keeler:
Norman
Somers
Baker:
David
Scase
Hans:
David
Crane
Fritz:
Geoffrey
Banks
: The Weather
Forecast for land areas, followed by a detailed forecast for the South-East region: NEWS
: SPORTS SESSION
Today's programme includes:Racing and Football Result*
Association Football
A review of this afternoon's matches and selected eye-witness accounts
(Continued in next column)
Minor Leagues: Results of matches played by clubs in the Athenian, Isthmian, and Southern Leagues
6.30 app. Rugby Union
Results and a summary of the highlights of major club fixtures
The Boat Race
Richard Burnell looks back over the afternoon's race between Oxford and Cambridge
Comment in Sport
Sports personalities express their views on affairs of the moment
Introduced by Jacob de Vries
Contributors
Unknown:
Richard
Burnell
Introduced By:
Jacob
de Vries
: THOSE WERE THE DAYS
Harry Davidson and his OrchestraRonald Evans (baritone)
Introduced by Ivan Samson
Master of Ceremonies,
Charles Crathorn
The dances: Waltz; Marine Fourstep; Royal Saunter: Tango Waltz; Canadian Barn Dance: Melody Twostep
The songs: Shipmates o' mine; The mermaid
Produced by Eric Arden
Contributors
Unknown:
Harry
Davidson
Baritone:
Ronald
Evans
Introduced By:
Ivan
Samson
Unknown:
Charles
Crathorn
Produced By:
Eric
Arden
: THE WEEK IN WESTMINSTER
Reg Prentice , M.P. gives his impressions of what he heard and saw in ParliamentContributors
Unknown:
Reg
Prentice
: IN TOWN TONIGHT
Chris Howland , Nan Winton and Antony Bilbow talk to personalities who have come by land, sea and air to be' In Town Tonight'
Edited and produced by Peter Duncan
Contributors
Unknown:
Chris
Howland
Unknown:
Nan
Winton
Unknown:
Antony
Bilbow
Produced By:
Peter
Duncan
: Vic Oliver presents VARIETY PLAYHOUSE
and introducesVariety Playhouse Orchestra
(Leader. John Jezard )
Conducted by Vic Oliver
Variety Playhouse
Pocket Theatre starring Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert
Written by Jack Hulbert
To sing for you:
Jenifer Eddy , John Lanigan
To play for you:
Kendall Taylor
To make you laugh:
Jimmy Gay , Tony Fayne
Incidental music by Philip Martell
Continuity by Carey Edwards
Produced by Alastair Scott Johnston
Contributors
Leader:
John
Jezard
Conducted By:
Vic
Oliver
Unknown:
Cicely
Courtneidge
Unknown:
Jack
Hulbert
Written By:
Jack
Hulbert
Unknown:
Jenifer
Eddy
Unknown:
John
Lanigan
Unknown:
Kendall
Taylor
Unknown:
Jimmy
Gay
Music By:
Philip
Martell
Produced By:
Alastair Scott
Johnston
: NEWS
: Saturday-Night Theatre presents Ernest Milton June Tobin, Trevor Martin, and Mary O'Farrell in ' ALIBI FOR A JUDGE'
A play for radio by Henry Cecil based on his new bookOther parts played by members of the cast
Produced by H. B. Fortuin
Contributors
Unknown:
Henry
Cecil
Produced By:
H. B.
Fortuin
Sir Gerald Carstairs:
Ernest
Milton
Lady Carstairs:
Mary
O'Farrell
Det -Insp Hopkins:
Trevor
Martin
Lesley Burford:
June
Tobin
William Burford:
Gabriel
Woolf
Mr Empton, a barrister:
Douglas
Storm
Mr Hunt, a solicitor:
Norman
Claridge
P C Bennett:
Tom
Watson
Mr Bell, prosecuting counsel:
Malcolm
Hayes
Lord Chief Justice:
George
Merritt
Mr Justice Grain:
David
Bird
Mr Justice Pantin:
Rolf
Lefebvre
Home Secretary:
Keith
Williams
Private Detective:
Tom
Watson
Miss Pimple:
Kathleen
Helme
Henry Sprout:
John
Cazabon
Director of Public Prosecutions:
John
Boddington
BBC Announcer:
Norman
Claridge
: LIGHTEN OUR DARKNESS
Late evening prayers conducted by the Rev. Peter Hamilton in the Parish Church of the Holy Ascension, Upton-by-ChesterContributors
Unknown:
Rev. Peter
Hamilton
: News Summary
followed by late weather forecast for land areas: MUSIC AT NIGHT
played by Rachmaninov (piano)Carnaval. Op. 9 (Schumann) Serenade (Rachmaninov) on gramophone records
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