Listings
: FARM BULLETIN
† News and market trends: LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS
† Tuesday's 7.50 talk: WEATHER
: THE NEWS
: TODAY
The morning magazineIntroduced by BRIAN JOHNSTON
Contributors
Introduced By:
Brian
Johnston
: SHOPPING LIST
Food news from LOUISE DAVIES followed by an interludeContributors
Unknown:
Louise
Davies
: LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS
The Resurrection and the LifeTalks by Dom CHRISTOPHER BUTLER , O.S.B. Abbot of Downside
3: An Act of God
Contributors
Unknown:
Dom Christopher
Butler
: WEATHER
: THE NEWS
: TODAY
Second edition: SHOPPING LIST
Second hearing of the broadcast at 7.40: THE NEWS
: HUGE HEROINE
The story of Lizzie† by DAVID BETTS
Lizzie is an Indian elephant who during the floods in North Bengal in 1954 rescued more than 150 people by ' plucking them from the branches of trees, lifting them out of silt and off the tops of houses.'
Contributors
Unknown:
David
Betts
: SONG RECITAL
ANNA REYNOLDS (mezzo-soprano)REX STEPHENS (piano)
Contributors
Mezzo-Soprano:
Anna
Reynolds
Piano:
Rex
Stephens
: THIS WEEK'S COMPOSER
StravinskyRecords of his Suite No. 1 and Symphony in three movements
: DAILY SERVICE
New Every Morning, page 64The Lord is King! Lift up thy voice (BBC H.B. 26)
Psalm 119, vv. 1-8 Wisdom 5, vv. 1-8
Breathe on me. breath of God
(BBC H.B. 148)
: Music While You Work
BAND OF THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPSConducted by LT.-COL. L. D. BROWN , M.B.E. Director of Music
Contributors
Conducted By:
Lt.-Col. L. D.
Brown
: VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Conducted bvCLEMENS KRAUSS
Music by Joseph and Johann Strauss on gramophone records
Contributors
Unknown:
Clemens
Krauss
Unknown:
Johann
Strauss
: ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
by Lewis Carroll adapted in four parts by MOLLIE HARDWICKMusic specially written by ALAN PAUL played by HAROLD SMART at the organ
ALAN PAUL at the piano with Prunella Scales as Alice
Other parts played by: ERIC ANDERSON
WILFRED BARRAGE
JOAN HICKSON , STEPHEN JACK
IVAN SAMSON , GEOFFREY WINCOTT
Narrated and produced by DAVID DAVIS
4: Curiouser and Curiouser Broadcast on June 18, 1962
Contributors
Unknown:
Lewis
Carroll
Unknown:
Mollie
Hardwick
Written By:
Alan
Paul
Played By:
Harold
Smart
Unknown:
Alan
Paul
Unknown:
Prunella
Scales
Played By:
Eric
Anderson
Played By:
Wilfred
Barrage
Played By:
Joan
Hickson
Played By:
Stephen
Jack
Unknown:
Ivan
Samson
Unknown:
Geoffrey
Wincott
Produced By:
David
Davis
: THE WEDDING
of Her Royal HighnessPRINCESS ALEXANDRA
OF KENT and THE HON. ANGUS OGILVY in Westminster Abbey
Contributors
Unknown:
Princess
Alexandra
Unknown:
Angus
Ogilvy
: WEATHER
Forecast for land areas. Detailed forecast for the South-East: THE NEWS
: MY WORD!
DILYS POWELL and FRANK Muir challengeNANCY SPAIN and DENIS NORDEN
In the chair, JACK LONGLAND Tuesday's broadcast
Contributors
Unknown:
Dilys
Powell
Unknown:
Frank
Muir
Unknown:
Denis
Norden
Unknown:
Jack
Longland
: A GOLDEN TREASURY OF MUSIC AND SONG
with contributions by BRENDAN O'DOWDA and THE GRANVILLE SINGERS AND PLAYERSConducted by Lou WHITESON
Introduced by Rov WILLIAMSON
Contributors
Unknown:
Brendan
O'Dowda
Conducted By:
Lou
Whiteson
Introduced By:
Rov
Williamson
: ARTUR RUBINSTEIN
Records of music by Chopin: AFTERNOON THEATRE
Against Dark Velvet by Ella Adkins with Mary Wimbush and Richard Hurndall' These diamonds-I hold them to the light. Do they attract? No, because there is too much light. But when I place them thus-against dark velvet-they are irresistible! '
Cast in order of speaking: Produced by BETTY DAVIES
Contributors
Unknown:
Ella
Adkins
Unknown:
Mary
Wimbush
Unknown:
Richard
Hurndall
Produced By:
Betty
Davies
Dorothy Mansfield:
Mary
Wimbush
Nigel Brent:
Richard
Hurndall
Peter Fenshaw:
Norman
Claridge
Christine Mansfield:
Nicolette
Bernard
Mrs Evans:
Betty Lloyd
Davies
Charles Wilmot:
Timothy
West
Angela Wilmot:
Dorit
Welles
Paul Sheringham:
Denys
Hawthorne
: CHORAL EVENSONG
from Bath AbbeyPsalm 119, vv. 1-32
Lessons: Ezekiel 1, vv. 1-14;
Acts 12, v. 1, to 13, v. 13
Magnificat and Nunc dimittis
(Stanford in A)
Anthem: 0 Unity of Threefold Light (Gordon Lawson )
Organist and Master of the Choristers, Ernest Maynard
Contributors
Organist:
Gordon
Lawson
Unknown:
Ernest
Maynard
: MY LAND AND MY PEOPLE
Memoirs of His HolinessThe Dalai Lama of Tibet edited by DAVID HOWARTH abridged by Eileen Capel Seventh of ten readings by GARY WATSON
Contributors
Unknown:
Dalai
Lama
Edited By:
David
Howarth
Abridged By:
Eileen
Capel
Unknown:
Gary
Watson
: FOR THE YOUNG MYSTERY TOUR
PAT WOODHOUSE is your guide on an aeroplane trip to an unknown foreign countryContributors
Unknown:
Pat
Woodhouse
: MISTER MIDNIGHT
A serial thriller in six episodes by HOWARD JONES with Frank Duncan as Doctor John Haddon6: Undersea Gold
Music by Alan Paul played by HAROLD SMART (organ) and ALAN PAUL (piano)
Produced by GRAHAM GAULD
Contributors
Unknown:
Howard
Jones
Unknown:
Frank
Duncan
Music By:
Alan
Paul
Played By:
Harold
Smart
Played By:
Alan
Paul
Produced By:
Graham
Gauld
Sammy Winter:
Keith
Banks
Anna Zyssen:
Prunella
Scales
Mr Midnight:
Heron
Carvic
Sir Walter Swain:
Philip
Cunningham
Peter Wernher:
Denis
Goacher
Bella:
Patricia
Hayes
Joseta Alves:
Patricia
Bendall
Airport Official:
Peter
Augustine
Bernardo do Fora:
Fred
Yule
: WEATHER
Forecast for land areas. Detailed forecast for the South-East: THE NEWS
: IN THE SOUTH-EAST
South-East News: Let the People Sing
Seventh YearThe fourth of eight programmes in a weekly contest between amateur choirs from the South-East region
Youth Choirs
PALMER'S SCHOOL FOR Boys GRAYS
Conductor,
JOHN MOORE LONDON CO-OPERATIVE CENTRAL GIRLS CHOIR
Conductor. MALCOLM CRAPP
Male Voice Choirs
THURROCK MALE VOICE CHOIR Conductor,
ARTHUR JONES WEYBRIDGE MALE VOICE CHOIR Conductor, ROBERT FARROW
Ladies Choirs
ROBINSWOOD SINGERS FARNBOROUGH, HANTS
Conductor, MARGARET E. JONES
FLORIAN LADY SINGERS WANDSWORTH
Conductor, DR. F. T. DURRANT
Introduced by JOHN HOBDAY
Produced by ANDREW GOLD
The choirs are recorded
Contributors
Conductor:
John Moore
London
Conductor:
Malcolm
Crapp
Conductor:
Arthur Jones
Weybridge
Conductor:
Robert
Farrow
Conductor:
Margaret E.
Jones
Conductor:
Dr. F. T.
Durrant
Introduced By:
John
Hobday
Produced By:
Andrew
Gold
: PIANO AT SEVEN
BalakirevSonata in B flat minor, Op. 5 played by Louis KENTNER
Contributors
Played By:
Louis
Kentner
: ROUND BRITAIN QUIZ
A series of five-round contests between London and the RegionsLondon v. Scotland Round 5
London:
DENIS BROGAN , CEDRIC CLIFFE
Quiz-Master,
LIONEL HALE Scotland:
SIR JAMES FERGUSSON JACK HOUSE
Quiz-Master, PATRICK HARVEY
Contributors
Unknown:
Denis
Brogan
Unknown:
Cedric
Cliffe
Unknown:
Lionel
Hale
Unknown:
Sir James
Fergusson
Unknown:
Jack
House
Unknown:
Patrick
Harvey
: LENINGRAD PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Conducted by GENNADI ROZHDESTVENSKYMSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH (cello)
Part 1
Ballet Suite: Cayaneh
(Khachaturyan)
Variations on a rococo theme, for cello and orchestra (Tchaikovsky)
Contributors
Conducted By:
Gennadi
Rozhdestvensky
: * The Interval THE GRIM REALITY
† BASIL BOOTHROYD of Punch gives another talk on the pains, perils, and pitfalls of public speakingContributors
Unknown:
Basil
Boothroyd
: * Concert
Part 2Symphonic Poem: Francesca da Rimini (Tchaikovsky) on gramophone records
: THE WEDDING
of Her Royal HighnessPRINCESS ALEXANDRA
OF KENT and THE HON. ANGUS OGILVY in Westminster Abbey tA shortened version of this morning's broadcast
Contributors
Unknown:
Princess
Alexandra
Unknown:
Angus
Ogilvy
: MUSIC FOR A WHILE
ELISABETH SCHWARZKOPF (soprano) with WALTER GIESEKING (piano) sings a group of songs by Mozart on a gramophone recordContributors
Soprano:
Elisabeth
Schwarzkopf
Piano:
Walter
Gieseking
: THE NEWS
: A BOOK AT BEDTIME
The Edwardians by V. SACKVILLE-WEST abridged by Eve Howland read by JUNE TOBIN Third of fifteen instalmentsContributors
Unknown:
V.
Sackville-West
Abridged By:
Eve
Howland
Read By:
June
Tobin
: MUSIC AT NIGHT
SmetanaQuartet No. 1. in E minor
(From my Life) played by the SMETANA STRING Quartet Jiri Novak (violin)
Ljubomir Kostecky (violin) Milan Skampa (viola) Antonin Kohout (cello) Fifth broadcast
Contributors
Violin:
Jiri
Novak
Violin:
Ljubomir
Kostecky
Viola:
Milan
Skampa
Cello:
Antonin
Kohout
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