Listings
: FARM BULLETIN
News and market trends: LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS
Monday's 7.50 talk: WEATHER
: The News
: TODAY
The morning magazineIntroduced by RONALD FLETCHER
Contributors
Introduced By:
Ronald
Fletcher
: TODAY'S PAPERS
followed by an interlude: LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS
The supernatural — need we believe in it?A scientist, JOHN WREN-LEWIS gives his answer
Contributors
Unknown:
John
Wren-Lewis
: WEATHER
: The News
: TODAY
Second edition: TODAY'S PAPERS
followed by an interlude: CHOPS AND TOMATO SAUCE
The trial scene fromThe Pickwick Papers by CHARLES DICKENS read by DEREK HART in three instalments adapted by Robert Goodyear 2: The witnesses cross-examined Broadcast in May 1961
Contributors
Unknown:
Charles
Dickens
Read By:
Derek
Hart
Adapted By:
Robert
Goodyear
: THE NEWS
: THREE OF A KIND
Playing ' Hamlet' Recollections by GORDON CRAIGTYRONE GUTHRIE and BARRY JACKSON Introduced by JACK SINGLETON
Contributors
Unknown:
Gordon
Craig
Unknown:
Tyrone
Guthrie
Unknown:
Barry
Jackson
Introduced By:
Jack
Singleton
: RECITAL
† EUGENE BUSFIELD(bass-baritone)
PETER LLOYD (flute)
PETER SMITH
(piano and harpsichord)
Contributors
Bass-Baritone:
Eugene
Busfield
Flute:
Peter
Lloyd
Piano:
Peter
Smith
: FOR SCHOOLS IL ETAIT UN P'TIT CORDONNIER
Dramatisation d'une vieille chanson par FRANÇOlSE VIOLLE Early Stages in French seriesContributors
Unknown:
Françolse
Violle
: DAILY SERVICE
New Every Morning, page 64 God of grace and God of glory(BBC H.B. 391)
Psalm 112
1 Corinthians 12, vv. 12-27
Almighty God, thy word is cast (BBC H.B. 188)
: FOR SCHOOLS MUSIC AND MOVEMENT
Stage 1 by RACHEL PERCIVALMusic selected and. arranged by Vera Gray
Contributors
Arranged By:
Vera
Gray
: CURRENT AFFAIRS A topical programme
for older children: KNOWLEDGE, IMAGINATION, AND TRUTH
William Blake and the imaginative vision-2Written by Margaret E. Rose The Sixth Form series: the Christian Religion and its Philosophy
Contributors
Unknown:
William
Blake
Written By:
Margaret E.
Rose
: CONCERT HOUR
AMARYLLIS FLEMING (cello)BBC WELSH ORCHESTRA
Leader, Philip Whiteway
Conductor, RAE JENKINS
Contributors
Leader:
Philip
Whiteway
Conductor:
Rae
Jenkins
: WEATHER
Forecast for land areas. DetaHed forecast for the South-East: THE NEWS
: ANY QUESTIONS?
A spontaneous discussion by IAN MIKARDORUSSELL BRADDON
ANN ALLEN
BERNARD BROOK-PARTRIDGE
Travelling Question-Master, FREDDY GRISEWOOD
Produced by MICHAEL Bowen
From the Arts Centre, Bridgwater, Somerset
Last Friday's broadcast in the Light Programme
Contributors
Unknown:
Ian
Mikardo
Unknown:
Russell
Braddon
Unknown:
Ann
Allen
Unknown:
Bernard
Brook-Partridge
Question-Master:
Freddy
Grisewood
Produced By:
Michael
Bowen
: ro" SCHOOLS DARIUS IS CHOSEN KING
Written by Margaret BoysStories from World History series
Contributors
Written By:
Margaret
Boys
: EXPLORING MUSIC
with JOHN HOSIERConcert of music heard so far, on gramophone records including: ' Ah how ephemeral ' from The Wise Virgins (Walton): Pavane from Capriol Suite (Warlock): part of the March to the Scaffold from Fantastic Symphony (Berlioz): March: Folk Songs from Somerset (Vaughan Williams) Adventures in Music series
Contributors
Unknown:
John
Hosier
: PORTRAIT OF CLARE
The novel by Francis Brett Young adapted for broadcasting in nine parts by LIONEL BROWN with Olga LindoJune Tobin ,Nigel Stock
Port 5
Pianist,ARTHUR DULAY
Produced by DAVID H. GODFREY Broadcast in September 1961 in the Light Programme
Contributors
Novel By:
Francis Brett
Young
Unknown:
Lionel
Brown
Unknown:
Olga
Lindo
Unknown:
June
Tobin
Unknown:
Nigel
Stock
Pianist:
Arthur
Dulay
Produced By:
David H.
Godfrey
Ellen Biggs:
Mary
O'Farrell
Clare:
June
Tobin
Dr Bradley:
Trevor
Martin
Dudley Wilburn:
Nigel
Stock
Catherine Weir:
Eithne
Dunne
Ralph Hingston:
Ronald
Wilson
Vivien Hingston:
Beverley
Dunn
Lady Hingston:
Olga
Lindo
: ADVOCATE EXTRAORDINARY
Famous Cases of Norman Birkett , K.C.Chosen and reconstructed at the microphone by EDGAR LUSTGARTEN
3: The action for libel brought against VISCOUNT GLADSTONE and his brother by Captain Peter Wright in 1927 NORMAN BIRKETT for the defendants Last Friday's broadcast
Contributors
Unknown:
Norman
Birkett
Unknown:
Captain Peter
Wright
Unknown:
Norman
Birkett
: FREDDY GRISEWOOD AT HOME
with some favourite records that listeners have helped him to choose: THE SILVER LINING
STUART HIBBERD introducesDR. ROWLAND FARRELL 'S script about learning to live with disability, read by his wife, PAMELA FARRELL
Contributors
Introduces:
Stuart
Hibberd
Unknown:
Dr. Rowland
Farrell
Unknown:
Pamela
Farrell
: THE BIG POND
Written for broadcasting by BERTHA LONSDALE4: A Very Funny Nightjar
Music for the flute written and played by BERNARD HERRMANN Produced by HERBERT SMITH
Contributors
Broadcasting By:
Bertha
Lonsdale
Played By:
Bernard
Herrmann
Produced By:
Herbert
Smith
Storyteller:
Jean
Telfer
Nicholas:
Karal
Gardner
Albert Fizzle:
Brian
Trueman
Gamekeeper George:
Joseph
Hancock
Miss Julia Dove:
Cynthia
Michaelis
: TO BE CONTINUED...
Castors Away by HESTER BURTON abridged by Donald BancroftReader, PETER CLAUGHTON Part 2
' Bobbit says the French ships are in the bay.' ' Absurd! ' said the Doctor
Contributors
Unknown:
Hester
Burton
Reader:
Donald
Bancroft
Reader:
Peter
Claughton
: REVIEW
A monthly took at current films, plays, and art exhibitions, and the people concerned with themThis month:
MATTHEW NORGATE on films
IVOR BROWN on the theatre
W. R. DALZELL on art
MARJORIE BILBOW talks to a ' stills ' photographer
The History of the Cinema compiled by PETER DAVALLE and JOHN DORAN 6: Future Trends
Contributors
Unknown:
Matthew
Norgate
Unknown:
Ivor
Brown
Unknown:
W. R.
Dalzell
Talks:
Marjorie
Bilbow
Unknown:
Peter
Davalle
Unknown:
John
Doran
: WEATHER
Forecast for land areas. Detailed forecast for the South-East: THE NEWS
: IN THE SOUTH-EAST
South-East News6.30 Fred Streeter Advises
A weekly talk to gardeners
6.40 Town and Country
Comment, controversy and character
6.57 Stock Market Report
Contributors
Unknown:
Fred
Streeter
: KENNETH McKELLAR
singsSongs for Everyone with the BBC VARIETY ORCHESTRA
Conducted by PAUL FENOULHET Produced by Frank Hooper
Contributors
Conducted By:
Paul
Fenoulhet
Produced By:
Frank
Hooper
: MUSIC TO REMEMBER
Conducted by ALEC ROBERTSONBBC NORTHERN ORCHESTRA Leader, Reginald Stead
Conducted by VANCO CAVDARSKI
Before an invited audience in the Victoria Hall, Bolton
Contributors
Conducted By:
Alec
Robertson
Leader:
Reginald
Stead
Conducted By:
Vanco
Cavdarski
: NOW IT CAN BE TOLD
The Helford FlotillaThe story of the wartime S.O.E. unit, based on a Cornish estuary, which ran arms and agents to occupied Brittany in French fishing boats and fast launches
The recorded memories of some of those who took part including the commanding officer,
Commander GERARD HOLDSWORTH
Edited by Gerald Pawle Narrator,
CAPT. ANTHONY Kimmins Produced by JOHN IRVING in the BBC's Plymouth studios
Contributors
Unknown:
Gerard
Holdsworth
Edited By:
Gerald
Pawle
Narrator:
Capt. Anthony
Kimmins
Produced By:
John
Irving
: THE TUESDAY TALK
A Personal Stocktaking DR. CHARLES HILL returns to the microphoneContributors
Unknown:
Dr. Charles
Hill
: TIME FOR LAUGHTER
Records of humour in words and music introduced by JOHN SLATERContributors
Introduced By:
John
Slater
: The Rainbow Machine
by Alan Platerwith Bernard Braden as Steve Jordan
Smiling Steve Jordan, your favourite disc jockey, spins some more of your requests - but unfortunately for him we are able to share his private thoughts as the records revolve.
(First broadcast on September 25 in the North of England Home Service)
(Bernard Braden is in 'Period of Adjustment' at Wyndham's Theatre. London
Contributors
Writer:
Alan
Plater
Producer:
Alfred
Bradley
Steve Jordan:
Bernard
Braden
: THE NEWS
: A BOOK AT BEDTIME
A Grue of Ice by GEOFFREY JENKINS abridged by Neville Teller read by RICHARD HURNDALL Seventh of fifteen instalmentsContributors
Unknown:
Geoffrey
Jenkins
Abridged By:
Neville
Teller
Read By:
Richard
Hurndall
: MUSIC AT NIGHT
Dowland and Britten sung by ROBERT TEAR (tenor) with VIOLA TUNNARD(harpsichord and piano)
Dowland
Flow, my tears
The lowest trees have tops Time's eldest son, Old Age
Then sit thee down and say When others sing Venite
Britten
Irish folk song arrangements:
How sweet the answer
The minstrel boy
The last rose of summer
Contributors
Sung By:
Robert
Tear
Harpsichord:
Viola
Tunnard
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