Listings
: FARM BULLETIN
News and market trends: LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS
Monday's 7.50 talk: WEATHER
: THE NEWS
: TODAY'S PAPERS
followed by an interlude: LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS
Talks by THE REV. JOHN STOTTBeginning the new year with Christ as Lord
Contributors
Unknown:
Rev. John
Stott
: WEATHER
: THE NEWS
: SECOND TEST MATCH
Australia v. EnglandSummary of the day's play by E. W. SWANTON,
Cricket Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph
From Melbourne Cricket Ground
: TODAY
Second edition: TODAY'S PAPERS
followed by an interlude: LOVE IN THE DOGHOUSE
by MARY BISHOP abridged by Eve Howland read by BETTINA DICKSON Second of ten instalmentsContributors
Unknown:
Mary
Bishop
Abridged By:
Eve
Howland
Read By:
Bettina
Dickson
: THE NEWS
: TWO OF A KIND
DiaristsLINDA GREENBURY and FRED BASON talk about diaries they have kept Introduced by JACK SINGLETON
Contributors
Unknown:
Linda
Greenbury
Unknown:
Fred
Bason
Introduced By:
Jack
Singleton
: HAYDN
Six pieces for a Musical ClockSonata in C minor
(Haydn Society No. 20) played by JOAN DAVIES (piano) Second broadcast
Contributors
Piano:
Joan
Davies
: THIS WEEK'S COMPOSER
ChopinSome of the Polish Songs, Op. 74
EUGENIA ZARESKA (mezzo-soprano)
GIORGIO FAVARETTO (piano) on a gramophone record
: DAILY SERVICE
Feast of the Circumcision of our LordNew Every Morning, page 1
Behold, the great Creator makes (BBC H.B. 44)
Unto us a Boy is born (O.B.C.
92)
St. Luke 2, vv. 15-21
Of the Father's love begotten
(BBC H.B. 57)
: LA BOHEME
Scenes from Puccini's opera The cast includes:CARLO BERGONZI as Rodolfo
RENATA TEBALDI as Mimi
ETTORE BASTIANINI as Marcello
GIANNA D'ANGELO as Musetta with the Chorus and Orchestra of the ACCADEMIA DI SANTA CECILIA Rome
Conducted by TULLIO SERAFIN on a gramophone record
Contributors
Unknown:
Carlo
Bergonzi
Unknown:
Renata
Tebaldi
Unknown:
Ettore
Bastianini
Unknown:
Gianna
D'Angelo
Conducted By:
Tullio
Serafin
: OUT OF APPLEDORE
The second of three programmes which tell the story of a British coasting seaman, shipmaster, and shipowner in the last years of the wooden sailing shipsCAPTAIN WILLIAM SLADE of Appledore talks about his life to
GEORGE VILLIERS
Produced by JOHN BLUNDEN Broadcast in the South and West Home Service in August
Contributors
Unknown:
Captain William
Slade
Unknown:
George
Villiers
Produced By:
John
Blunden
: SECOND TEST MATCH
Australia v. EnglandBRIAN JOHNSTON and JACK FINGLETON discuss the day's play at Melbourne
Contributors
Unknown:
Jack
Fingleton
: CONCERT HOUR
BBC WELSH ORCHESTRALeader, Philip Whiteway
Conducted by ARWEL HUGHES
Contributors
Leader:
Philip
Whiteway
Conducted By:
Arwel
Hughes
: WEATHER
Forecast for tand areas. Detailed forecast for the South-East: THE NEWS
: ANY QUESTIONS?
A spontaneous discussion by JACK LONGLAND. MARY STOCKSPHILIP HASKELL , FRANK MUIR
Travelling Question-Master, FREDDY GRISEWOOD
Produced by MICHAEL BOWEN
From Plymouth, Devon
Last Friday's broadcast in the Light Programme
Contributors
Unknown:
Jack
Longland.
Unknown:
Philip
Haskell
Unknown:
Frank
Muir
Produced By:
Michael
Bowen
: SONG OF A CITY
IRENE PRADOR is your guide on a musical journey through Madrid Produced by ANN DALTONContributors
Unknown:
Irene
Prador
Produced By:
Ann
Dalton
: RECITAL
GEOFFREY GILBERT (flute)WILFRID PARRY (piano)
Contributors
Flute:
Geoffrey
Gilbert
Piano:
Wilfrid
Parry
: PERSONAL CALL
A play for radio by Agatha ChristieDuring a cocktail party a personal call comes through for James Brent which proves to have alarming consequences.
Other parts played by members of the BBC
Drama Repertory Company
Produced by DAVID H. GODFREY Broadcast in November 1960 in the Light Programme
Contributors
Unknown:
Agatha
Christie
Unknown:
James
Brent
Produced By:
David H.
Godfrey
Mrs Lamb:
Vivienne
Chatterton
James Brent:
Ivan
Brandt
Fay:
Beatrice
Bevan
Pamela Brent:
Barbara
Lott
Evan:
Michael
Turner
Mary:
Eva
Stuart
Mr Enderby:
James
Thomason
Inspector Narracott:
George
Hagan
: THE DIONYSIAN ART
ARTUR RUBINSTEIN talks about his world of music to JOHN AMIS Second broadcastContributors
Talks:
Artur
Rubinstein
Unknown:
John
Amis
: FREDDY GRISEWOOD AT HOME
with some favourite records that listeners have helped him to choose: THE SILVER LINING
STUART HiBBERD introduces a talk by THE PSYCHIATRISTFirst of two programmes on the theme ' Pluck from the heart a rooted sorrow '
Contributors
Introduces:
Stuart
Hibberd
: FOR THE YOUNG NINE-DAY SPECIAL
Sketco the RavenNine stories from the Raven Cycle of legends retold by ROBERT AYRE abridged by Shirley Franklin read by DERYCK GUYLER 1: How the raven stole the stars
Contributors
Unknown:
Robert
Ayre
Abridged By:
Shirley
Franklin
Read By:
Deryck
Guyler
: REVIEW
A monthly look at the artsTheatre: ERIC KEOWN
Cinema: ROGER MANVELL
Art: EDWARD LUCIE-SMITH
MARJORIE BILBOW talks to CLIFF RICHARD about his new film ' Summer Holiday '
I want to act'
JOAN PYPER finds out about acting as a career
2: Getting a Job
Advice from JOHN COUNSELL Managing Director of the Theatre Royal, Windsor
Contributors
Unknown:
Eric
Keown
Unknown:
Roger
Manvell
Unknown:
Edward
Lucie-Smith
Talks:
Marjorie
Bilbow
Unknown:
Joan
Pyper
Unknown:
John
Counsell
: WEATHER
Forecast for land areas. Detailed forecast for the South-East: THE NEWS
: IN THE SOUTH-EAST
South-East News: Fred Streeter Advises
A weekly talk to gardeners: Town and Country
Comment, controversy and character: HOUSE PARTY
STEVE RACE invites you to joinHAROLD LLOYD
SIR MAX BEERBOHM
PEGGY LEE
BENNO MOISEIWITSCH and other guests from the past and the present in conversation and music Produced by JOHN POWELL
Contributors
Unknown:
Harold
Lloyd
Unknown:
Sir Max
Beerbohm
Unknown:
Peggy
Lee
Unknown:
Benno
Moiseiwitsch
Produced By:
John
Powell
: MUSIC TO REMEMBER
Introduced by ALEC ROBERTSONCITY OF BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Leader, Meyer Stolow
Conducted by ALBERTO BOLET
Before an invited audience at the Nicholas Chamberlaine School, Bedworth
January 8: BBC Scottish Orchestra conducted by Bernard Keeffe ; Berlioz's Symphonic Fantastique; introduced by David Cairns
Contributors
Introduced By:
Alec
Robertson
Leader:
Meyer
Stolow
Conducted By:
Alberto
Bolet
Conducted By:
Bernard
Keeffe
Introduced By:
David
Cairns
: WOMAN'S PLACE
A report by MICHAEL PEARSON who has collected views on the role of women in our present societyAmong those taking part: BARBARA CASTLE, M.P. HELEN GARDNER
PAMELA HANSFORD JOHNSON
Lord Ritchie
PROFESSOR R. M. TITMUSS and men and women from the professions, business, the Church, and the home Produced by DOROTHY BAKER
Contributors
Unknown:
Michael
Pearson
Unknown:
Barbara
Castle, M.P.
Unknown:
Helen
Gardner
Unknown:
Pamela Hansford
Johnson
Unknown:
Lord
Ritchie
Unknown:
Professor R. M.
Titmuss
Produced By:
Dorothy
Baker
: THE TUESDAY TALK
After Two Wars by The Rt. Hon.KENNETH YOUNGER
Director General of the Royal Institute of International Affairs
In 1910 a best-seller was published which affected the thinking of a generation. Its author, Norman Angell , former M.P. and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, had his ninetieth birthday last week. During the fifty years and more since the publishing of The Great Illusion two world wart have gone so far towards justifying some of Sir Norman Angell 's arguments that it is hard now to remember that four years before the First War, when this book was written, it could seem revolutionary to point out that war was no longer a profitable instrument of policy.
Kenneth Younger , who was born about the time that The Great Illusion was being written, has-as a former M.P. and a minister in the Labour Government — been closely associated ever since World War 2 with the problems of which Angell wrote.
He talks about half a century of development in thought on Power and Defence and considers how far Sir Norman Angell 's arguments are still applicable in the nuclear age.
Contributors
Unknown:
Norman
Angell
Unknown:
Sir Norman
Angell
Unknown:
Kenneth
Younger
Unknown:
Sir Norman
Angell
: TIME FOR LAUGHTER
Records of humour in words and musicIntroduced by JOHN SLATER
Contributors
Introduced By:
John
Slater
: MYSTERY PLAYHOUSE
Sybil Thorndike in Spooner by Eleanor Farjeon adapted for radio by MICHAEL and MOLLIE HARDWICK' Oh, Spooner! You silly, silly cat! Come down at once. There's nothing there to frighten you.' tProduced by CHARLES LEFEAUX
Contributors
Unknown:
Sybil
Thorndike
Unknown:
Eleanor
Farjeon
Unknown:
Mollie
Hardwick
Unknown:
Charles
Lefeaux
Mary Shearn:
Sybil
Thorndike
Mrs Shearn:
Mary
O'Farrell
Bill Saunders:
Andrew
Beeching
Mr Hedges:
Lee
Fox
Mrs Meadows:
Nan
Marriott-Watson
Mr Meadows:
George
Hagan
Spooner:
Hilda
Kriseman
: THE NEWS
: A STORY AT BEDTIME
Something Borrowed by MARTIN BOWNES read by OLIVE GREGGContributors
Unknown:
Martin
Bownes
Read By:
Olive
Gregg
: MUSIC AT NIGHT
SchumannKreisteriana, Op. 16 played by DIANA OKKALIDES (piano)
Contributors
Played By:
Diana
Okkalides
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