Listings
: FARM BULLETIN
t News and market trends: LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS
Seeing Life Whole t Friday's 7.50 talk: WEATHER
: THE NEWS
: MORNING CONCERT HALL
Concert Overture: In Autumn (Grieg)ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Conducted by SIR THOMAS BEECHAM
Scherzo (Concerto Symphonique No. 4) (Litolff)
CLIFFORD CURZON (piano) LONDON PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA, conducted by SIR ADRIAN BOULT
Ballet Music: The Fairy Doll (Bayer)
VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Conducted by RUDOLF KEMPE
Entry of the Boyards (Halvorsen)
VIENNA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Conducted by OIVIN FIELDSTAD on gramophone records
Contributors
Conducted By:
Sir Thomas
Beecham
Piano:
Clifford
Curzon
Conducted By:
Sir Adrian
Boult
Conducted By:
Rudolf
Kempe
Conducted By:
Oivin
Fieldstad
: LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS
Seeing Life WholeTalks by The REV. D R. THOMAS 6: The day of small things
Contributors
Unknown:
Rev. D R.
Thomas
: WEATHER
: THE NEWS
: FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
BBC correspondents throughout the world talk about the news, its background, and the people who make it: REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST
MamIVOR NOVELLO paints a word picture of his mother
Madame Clara Novello Davies t From the BBC Sound Archives
Contributors
Unknown:
Madame Clara Novello
Davies
: THE NEWS
: THE WEEKLY WORLD
t What the weeklies think, illustrated from their editorials, is reviewed by GEOFFREY HOWEContributors
Reviewed By:
Geoffrey
Howe
: SHIPS AND THE SEA
A magazine programmeIntroduced by SIR IVAN THOMPSON t Produced by JACK HARRISON
Contributors
Introduced By:
Sir Ivan
Thompson
Produced By:
Jack
Harrison
: DAILY SERVICE
Feast of St. MatthewNew Every Morning, page 87
Let saints on earth in concert sing (BBC H.B. 249)
Psalm 100
St. Matthew 19. vv. 16-30
O heavenly Word, eternal Light
(BBC H.B. 37)
News Summary at 10.30
: MUSIC WHILE YOU WORK
† RAYMOND AGOULT AND HIS PLAYERS: RECENT RELEASES
Records of two young British artistsJACQUELINE DU PRE (cello) and JOHN SHIRLEY-QUIRK (baritone)
Contributors
Cello:
Jacqueline
du Pre
Baritone:
John
Shirley-Quirk
: The Eye-Witness
Reports from Britain and overseas: MOTORING AND THE MOTORIST
t Introduced by BILL HARTLEYThe Four Stages of Driving: by RONALD PRIESTLEY. 1: The challenge of passing the test Taxation Methods: ROBIN RICHARDS reviews the present methods and some very advanced ideas for taxing motorists
The Autumn Season: With the German Motor Show the international season of shows has started. GEOFFREY HANCOCK considers what we might see and what we might learn this year Road Conditions: a review of the week ahead
Contributors
Introduced By:
Bill
Hartley
Unknown:
Ronald
Priestley.
Unknown:
Robin
Richards
Unknown:
Geoffrey
Hancock
: IN TOWN TODAY
Celebrities and personalitiesIntroduced by NAN WINTON and ALEX MACINTOSH t Produced by RICHARD DINGLEY
Contributors
Introduced By:
Nan
Winton
Unknown:
Alex
MacIntosh
Produced By:
Richard
Dingley
: WEATHER
Forecast for land areas. Detailed forecast for the South-East: THE NEWS
: CROWTHER'S CROWD
LESLIE CROWTHERRONNIE BARKER and JUNE WHITFIELD engage in an illustrated argument on the fallibility of human nature as revealed by a study of The Art of Entertainment with MICKIE MOST and THE MINUTE MEN
Script by George Evans and Derek Collyer t Produced by ALASTAIR SCOTT JOHNSTON
Contributors
Unknown:
Leslie
Crowther
Unknown:
Ronnie
Barker
Unknown:
June
Whitfield
Script By:
George
Evans
Script By:
Derek
Collyer
Produced By:
Alastair Scott
Johnston
: DESERT ISLAND DISCS
Dr. Reginald Jacques eminent musician discusses with Roy Plomley in a recorded programme the eight records he would take to a desert islandProduced by Monica Chapman Broadcast on August 26
Contributors
Unknown:
Dr. Reginald
Jacques
Unknown:
Roy
Plomley
Produced By:
Monica
Chapman
: AFTERNOON THEATRE
A Choice of TreacheriesA new play for radio by David Rush
Robert Hayes , a master at a coeducational grammar school, is in line for the headship. But the School Governors have doubts about his political beliefs. When his opportunity comes, he is faced with two alternative courses of action, each of which seems to involve a betrayal.
Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company
Produced by EILEEN CULLEN
Richard Hurndall is appearing in ' The Masters ' at the Savoy Theatre, London
Contributors
Unknown:
David
Rush
Unknown:
Robert
Hayes
Produced By:
Eileen
Cullen
Produced By:
Richard
Hurndall
Robert Hayes:
Richard
Hurndall
Brenda Hayes:
Margaret
Ward
Creighton:
Geoffrey
Wincott
Jenny:
Patricia
Leventon
Mrs Barker:
Joan
Ingram
Mrs Gregory:
Jo Manning
Wilson
Colonel Jolliffe:
William
Fox
Warren:
Norman
Claridge
Richards:
John
Boxer
Delaware:
Peter
Pratt
Terry:
Colin
Stuart-Neil
Policewoman:
Moira
Mannion
: PICK OF THE WEEK
GALE PEDRICK makes a personal selection of items from BBC sound and televisionIntroduced by JOHN ELLISON t Friday's broadcast
Contributors
Introduced By:
John
Ellison
: DORIS ARNOLD
introducesThese you have loved
A weekly sequence of favourite music chosen from records made by some of the world's great artists
: ALFRED LORD TENNYSON
Second of six programmes in whichDEREK PARKER introduces memories of some eminent Victorians
Compiled from recordings in the BBC Sound Archives t Produced by John POWELL
Contributors
Introduces:
Derek
Parker
Produced By:
John
Powell
: FOR THE YOUNG LISTEN ON SATURDAY
For the under-fives t Introduced by PETER HAWKINSContributors
Introduced By:
Peter
Hawkins
: THE GRACE DARLING STORY
A programme about Grace Darling the heroine of the Fame Islands, NorthumberlandWritten by GIBSON SYKES Based on the book
Grace Darling and her Times by Constance Smedley
'... one quarter before five my Daughter observed a vessel on the Harker's rock; but owing to the darkness, and spray going over her, could not observe any person on the wreck, although the glass was incessantly applied, until near 7 o'clock.' (Extract from The Journal of William Darling)
Other parts played by Graham Tennant , Jim Wiggins and Peter Wheeler
Produced by HERBERT SMITH
Contributors
Written By:
Gibson
Sykes
Unknown:
Grace
Darling
Unknown:
Constance
Smedley
Played By:
Graham
Tennant
Played By:
Jim
Wiggins
Played By:
Peter
Wheeler
Produced By:
Herbert
Smith
Narrator:
Deryck
Guyler
Grace Darling:
Gwyneth
Simpson
William Darling:
George
Buchan
Mrs Darling:
Alison
Bayley
: PLAYING TOGETHER
Young orchestras from many parts of the country t 6: THE CITY OF DUNDEEYOUTH ORCHESTRA play a suite specially written for them by DAVID DORWARD Festivities for a young orchestra first broadcast performance
Conducted by the composer
Contributors
Unknown:
David
Dorward
: WEATHER
Forecast for land areas. Detailed forecast for the South-East: THE NEWS
: SPORTS SESSION
Introduced by VINCENT DUGGLEBYProduced by GODFREY Dixey
Contributors
Introduced By:
Vincent
Duggleby
Produced By:
Godfrey
Dixey
: THOSE WERE THE DAYS
HARRY DAVIDSONAND HIS ORCHESTRA with GERALD STERN
Introduced by REX PALMER M.C. , CHARLES CRATHORN
Produced by ANDREW GOLD
The dances: Military Twostep; Waltz; Ideal Schottische; Saunter Regalia; Fifth Figure of the Lancers; Hesitation Waltz; Tango Magenta: Mayfair Quickstep; Boston Twostep The songs: Nirvana; Daisy Bell
Contributors
Unknown:
Harry
Davidson
Unknown:
Gerald
Stern
Introduced By:
Rex Palmer
M.C.
Produced By:
Andrew
Gold
: HOLIDAY MUSIC-HALL
Cyril Fletcher invites the family to listen toChris Carisen
Rawicz and Landauer
George Martin
Ballads Old and New
Janie Marden
Marian Nowakowski
Holiday Repertory with Kenneth Connor and Mary Gillingham
Script by DAVID CUMMING
Holiday Folk Club with Steve Benbow
Star Comedy
Elsie Waters and Doris Waters
The ADAM SINGERS
Directed by CLIFF ADAMS
BBC REVUE ORCHESTRA
Conductor, MALCOLM LOCKYER t Produced by BILL WORSLEY
Cyril Fletcher is in ' 'Summer Masquerade ' at the Royal Hippodrome. Eastbourne: Marian Nowa kowski broadcasts by permission of Sadler's Wells Opera Company
Contributors
Unknown:
Cyril
Fletcher
Unknown:
Chris
Carisen
Unknown:
George
Martin
Unknown:
Janie
Marden
Unknown:
Marian
Nowakowski
Unknown:
Kenneth
Connor
Unknown:
Mary
Gillingham
Script By:
David
Cumming
Unknown:
Elsie
Waters
Unknown:
Doris
Waters
Directed By:
Cliff
Adams
Conductor:
Malcolm
Lockyer
Produced By:
Bill
Worsley
Produced By:
Cyril
Fletcher
Unknown:
Marian
Nowa
: SATURDAY-NIGHT THEATRE
The Day of the SputnikA play for radio by R. F. Delderfield with William Devlin
The day: Saturday, October 5, 1957. The place: Beechdene School, Somerset
Banjo played by Billy Bell t Produced by DAVID H. GODFREY
Contributors
Unknown:
R. F.
Delderfield
Unknown:
William
Devlin
Played By:
Billy
Bell
Produced By:
David H.
Godfrey
The School Presence:
John
Ruddock
The Rev. Hector Fardell, M.A., the Headmaster:
William
Devlin
First Newsreader:
Alvar
Lidell
Fraser, the porter:
John
Rae
Miss Comber, the housekeeper:
Molly
Rankin
Brigadier Cameron, a Governor:
Duncan
McIntyre
Brandon, the Head Boy:
Glyn
Dearman
First Prefect:
David
Valla
Second Prefect:
Alaric
Cotter
Gilbert, a new boy:
Nicolas
Bell
Third formers: Tilling:
Carlo
Cura
Brooks:
Nicholas
Roylance
Harry Scatlev, the Junior History Master:
Michael
Spice
Fourth formers: Softly:
Roger
May
Fourth formers: Groom:
Graham
Aza
Fourth formers: Foster:
Nicholas
Hall
Fourth formers: Huxtable:
Philip
Needs
Margaret Highley, the Matron:
Eva
Stuart
Sir Neville Forbes, a friend of the Headmaster:
Ralph
Truman
Second Newsreader:
Colin
Doran
Jarrold, another new boy:
Nicholas
Charles
: MARCOSIGNORI
t (accordion): THE NEWS
: THE WORLD OF BOOKS
News and views of books by BRIAN MOLONEY , KAY DICK and PETER VANSITTARTASA BRIGGS and KINGSLEY MARTIN on Victorian Cities
WILLIAM PICKLES on The Trial of Charles de Gaulle t Introduced by ROBIN HOLMES
Contributors
Unknown:
Brian
Moloney
Unknown:
Kay
Dick
Unknown:
Peter
Vansittart
Unknown:
Asa
Briggs
Unknown:
Kingsley
Martin
Introduced By:
Robin
Holmes
: LIGHTEN OUR DARKNESS
Evening PrayersTHE REV. PAUL OESTREICHER
Contributors
Unknown:
Rev. Paul
Oestreicher
: THE NEWS
: MUSIC AT NIGHT
played by THE ENGLISH STRING QUARTETNona Liddell (violin)
Eleanor St. George (violin) Marjorie Lempfert (viola) Helen Just (cello) with ROGER Lord (oboe)
Contributors
Violin:
Nona
Liddell
Violin:
Eleanor St.
George
Viola:
Marjorie
Lempfert
Cello:
Helen
Just
Oboe:
Roger
Lord
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