Listings
: FARM BULLETIN
News and market trends: A THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
Speaker,The RT. REV. GEORGE REINDORP
Contributors
Unknown:
Rev. George
Reindorp
: WEATHER
: THE NEWS
: TODAY
The morning magazineIntroduced by ANDREW GEMMILL
Contributors
Introduced By:
Andrew
Gemmill
: TODAY'S PAPERS
followed by an interlude: LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS
Breakfast for the MindA series of talks by THE REV. Charles GAY
1: This day is yours
: WEATHER
: THE NEWS
: TODAY
Second edition: TODAY'S PAPERS
followed by an interlude: SELECTED AT SIX
by JOAN GOLDMAN abridged by Eileen Capel read by SHEILA MITCHELLTwenty-four backward six-year olds must learn to read and write in a year, and gaily and grimly teacher and tots set to work. Sixth of ten instalments
Contributors
Unknown:
Joan
Goldman
Abridged By:
Eileen
Capel
Read By:
Sheila
Mitchell
: THE NEWS
: TALKING ABOUT THE PROMS
ALEC ROBERTSON Sunday's broadcast in Network ThreeContributors
Unknown:
Alec
Robertson
: THIS WEEK'S COMPOSER
Vaughan WilliamsRecords of the Overture ' The Wasps ' and the Romance for harmonica and strings
: DAILY SERVICE
New Every Morning, page 68 Praise to the Lord, the Almighty (BBC H.B. 17)Psalm 104, vv. 25-36
Acts 18, vv. 12-23
0 for a heart to praise my
God (BBC H.B. 334)
: MUSIC WHILE YOU WORK
LOUIS MORDISH and HIS PLAYERS: SOUND-TRACK SERENADE
Sounds and songs from the cinemaIntroduced by GORDON Gow
Produced by BOBBY JAYE
Recording
Contributors
Introduced By:
Gordon
Gow
Produced By:
Bobby
Jaye
: FRANKLY SPEAKING
Bernard Miles answers questions fromANNE ALLEN and Richard FINDLATER
† Broadcast on June 26
Contributors
Unknown:
Bernard
Miles
Unknown:
Anne
Allen
Unknown:
Richard
Findlater
: CONCERT HOUR
BBC NORTHERN ORCHESTRA Leader, Reginald SteadConducted by DAVID TIDBOALD
Contributors
Leader:
Reginald
Stead
Conducted By:
David
Tidboald
: WEATHER
Forecast for land areas. Detailed forecast for the South-East: THE NEWS
: Desert Island Discs
Sir Charles Maclean, Chief Scout, discusses with Roy Plomley (in a recorded programme) the eight records he would take to a desert island.Contributors
Guest:
Sir Charles
MacLean
Presenter/Host:
Roy
Plomley
Producer:
Monica
Chapman
- Desert Island Discs: Sir Charles MacLean 30 minutes
: O.K. FOR SOUND !
The romance of the early talkies recalled by HECTOR STEWARTProduced by JOHN POWELL Broadcast on April 26
Contributors
Recalled By:
Hector
Stewart
Produced By:
John
Powell
: LISTEN AGAIN
Many listeners have praised ROBERT IRWIN 'S choice of records for ' Monday Night at Home ' and ' Don'Look Now 'Today he plays some of his favourites over again
Contributors
Unknown:
Robert
Irwin
: AFTERNOON THEATRE
No HighwayThe novel by Nevil Shute adapted by STEPHEN GRENFELL
Produced by BETTY DAVIES
Therefore, go forth, companion, when you find
No highway more, no track, all being blind,
The way to go shall glimmer in the mind. Saturday's broadcast
Contributors
Novel By:
Nevil
Shute
Adapted By:
Stephen
Grenfell
Produced By:
Betty
Davies
: INDIAN SUMMER
For retired and older people and those concerned for their welfareAches and Pains: I-The Why and Wherefore, by THE DOCTOR Lumbago and Toasting Forks:
ETHEL GALLEY
Music I've Heard: 1-At Anacapri, by WILLIAM COX-IFE
The Game of Bowls: STANLEY BENNETT
Introduced by SAM POLLOCK
Contributors
Introduced By:
Sam
Pollock
: FOR THE YOUNG BROGEEN AND THE LtTTLE WIND
A seven-part dialogue story from the book by PATRICIA LYNCH adapted for radio by CICELY MATHEWS1: Do you believe in wishes?
Produced by CICELY MATHEWS
»
Contributors
Unknown:
Cicely
Mathews
Produced By:
Cicely
Mathews
Judy:
Siobhan
Smith
Patrick:
John
Ashe
Old woman:
Eileen
Madden
Alexy:
Robert
McIvor
Narrator:
Kathleen
O'Donnell
: FOR YOUR BOOKSHELF
Suggestions for your reading fromMARY TREADGOLD
H. E. TODD.
DEREK PARKER
Contributors
Unknown:
Mary
Treadgold
Unknown:
H. E.
Todd.
Unknown:
Derek
Parker
: ROBERT REID TALKING
about a topic in the news during the month: WEATHER
Forecast for land areas. Detailed forecast for the South-East: THE NEWS
: IN THE SOUTH-EAST
South-East News: No Thoroughfare?
The A25. which runs-it may be much too slowly-between Guild-ford in Surrey and Wrotham in Kent, already carries a heavy load of traffic and will certainly carry much more. Is it adequate now? Will it ever be so? A report by PETER COLBOURNEContributors
Unknown:
Peter
Colbourne
: SHANTY TIME
Shanties, songs, and a tale of the sea with FREDERICK HARVEYCYRIL TAWNEY
UFFA Fox
COMMANDER TOM THOMPSON
THE Looe SHANTYMEN
Conductor. BERT MIDDLETON
ALF EDWARDS (concertina)
EDDIE FARGE (accordion)
Introduced by ALAN GIBSON
Produced by BRIAN PATTEN Broadcast on May 4 in the Light Programme
Contributors
Unknown:
Frederick
Harvey
Unknown:
Cyril
Tawney
Unknown:
Uffa
Fox
Unknown:
Commander Tom
Thompson
Conductor:
Bert
Middleton
Conductor:
Alf
Edwards
Accordion:
Eddie
Farge
Introduced By:
Alan
Gibson
Produced By:
Brian
Patten
: HENRY WOOD PROMENADE CONCERT
QUINTIN BALLARDIE (viola)Louis KENTNER (piano)
LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Led by Arthur Davidson
Conducted by JOHN PRITCHARD
From the Royal Albert Hall , London
Part 1
Contributors
Viola:
Quintin
Ballardie
Unknown:
Arthur
Davidson
Conducted By:
John
Pritchard
Unknown:
Royal Albert
Hall
: The Interval JAMES BALDWIN
The American Negro novelist talks toPETER DUVAL SMITH about his own work, the position of Negroes in the U.S.A., the question of segregation, and the role of jazz
See page 16
Contributors
Unknown:
Peter Duval
Smith
: * Promenade Concert
Part 2: MY MOTHER'S BANGLE
A short story by WILLIAM SANSOM adapted for broadcasting Reader, DEREK HARTContributors
Story By:
William
Sansom
Reader:
Derek
Hart
: THE TWELFTH
A seasonable and cautionary comedy by Charles Hatton from a story by J. K. STANFORD with Norman ShelleyCharacters in order of speaking:
Other parts played by Gwyneth Guthrie
Effie Morrison , Alex Powis Eric Wightman and members of the cast Produced by JAMES CRAMPSEY
Contributors
Comedy By:
Charles
Hatton
Story By:
J. K.
Stanford
Unknown:
Norman
Shelley
Played By:
Gwyneth
Guthrie
Played By:
Effie
Morrison
Played By:
Alex
Powis
Played By:
Eric
Wightman
Produced By:
James
Crampsey
Kenyon, a club secretary:
Bryden
Murdoch
Saville, a visitor to the club:
E. J. P
MacE
Fairclough, a club steward:
Douglas
Murchie
George Hysteron-Proteron:
Norman
Shelley
Leicester, a valet-chauffeur:
Arthur
Boland
Sergeant Webb:
Douglas
Murchie
Rupert Pilimore, George's nephew:
Michael
Elder
Madeleine Cranmer:
Pamela
Donald
Euan Begbie, a grouse,male:
E. J. P
MacE
Lizzie, a grouse, female:
Jean
Taylor Smith
Norman Blount-Garamie:
Michael
O'Halloran
Mike Arbuckle:
Arthur
Boland
: THE NEWS
: A BOOK AT BEDTIME
Ice Station Zebra by ALISTAIR MACLEAN abridged by H. R. F. Keating read by RICHARD HURNDALL tFirst of fifteen instalmentsContributors
Unknown:
Alistair
MacLean
Abridged By:
H. R. F.
Keating
Read By:
Richard
Hurndall
: MUSIC AT NIGHT
CouperinSuite: L'Espagnole (Les Nations) played by the JACOBEAN ENSEMBLE
Neville Marriner (violin) Carl Pini (violin) Desmond Duprg (viola da gamba)
Directed by THURSTON DART (harpsichord) on a gramophone record
Contributors
Violin:
Neville
Marriner
Violin:
Carl
Pini
Viola:
Desmond
Duprg
Directed By:
Thurston
Dart
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