Listings
: A THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
Speaker,THE RT. REV. GEORGE REINDORP
Contributors
Unknown:
Rev. George
Reindorp
: WEATHER
and Programme News: THE NEWS
: LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS
God said: Be GentleA poem by WINIFRED GILL who talks about it and reads it
Contributors
Unknown:
Winifred
Gill
: WEATHER
and Programme News: THE NEWS
: TODAY
Second edition: A WORLD OF SOUND
Recordings from the past and the presentROBERT TURLEY considers some town manners and country customs
Contributors
Unknown:
Robert
Turley
: THE NEWS
: TALKING ABOUT THE PROMS
ALEC ROBERTSONSunday's broadcast in the Third Network
Contributors
Unknown:
Alec
Robertson
: THIS WEEK'S COMPOSER
BeethovenRecords of the Overture to Fidelia and the first movement of the Piano Concerto No. 4, in G major
: DAILY SERVICE
New Every Morning, page 64God of grace and God of glory
(BBC H.B. 391)
Psalm 119, vv. 9-16
Colossians 2, v. 20, to 3, v. 11 0 God of earth and altar (BBC
H.B. 394)
: CHILD OF THE SILENT NIGHT
The story of Chan Poh LinWritten and told by STEPHEN GRENFELL
The little Chinese Kirl is eleven. In a few weeks she has lost both her sight and her hearing. She sits alone in a tiny room in a Singapore slum. Locked in her utterly silent world of darkness she cannot know that one day she is to bring hope and inspiration to millions all over the world.
Produced by ALAN BURGESS
Broadcast on July 2 followed by an interlude
Contributors
Unknown:
Chan Poh
Lin
Told By:
Stephen
Grenfell
Produced By:
Alan
Burgess
: SCHUBERT HUMMEL, SKALKOTTAS
DETLEF KRAUS (piano)BEROMUNSTER RADIO ORCHESTRA Conducted by ERICH SCHMID 11.42*12.13*
Recording made available by courtesy of the Swiss Broadcasting Service
Contributors
Piano:
Detlef
Kraus
Conducted By:
Erich
Schmid
: Groucho Marx
Replies made at a recent Press Conference in London by one of the world's greatest jesters.Broadcast by courtesy of Rediffusion, London
Contributors
Editor:
Jo
Joseph
Presenter:
Jo
Joseph
Producer:
Rayner
Heppenstall
- Press Conference: Groucho Marx 24 minutes
: WEATHER
and Programme News: THE NEWS
: DESERT ISLAND DISCS
Dick Chipperfield circus proprietor and animal trainer discusses with Roy PLOMLEY in a recorded programme the gramophone records he would take to a desert islandProduced by Monica Chapman
Contributors
Unknown:
Dick
Chipperfield
Unknown:
Roy
Plomley
Produced By:
Monica
Chapman
: THE MEMBER FOR WOODFORD
A programme to mark the imminent retirement of The Rt. Hon.Sir Winston Churchill
K.G., O.M., C.H., M.P. from the House of Commons after more than sixty years' service
Among those taking part are
LORD KILMUIR
Lord CHANDOS
THE RT. HON.
EMANUEL SHINWELL , M.P.
JENNIE LEE , M.P.
CHRISTOPHER CHATAWAY, M.P.
LADY VIOLET BONHAM CARTER , D.B.E.
Programme written and narrated by MAURICE EDELMAN , M.P.
Last Thursday's broadcast
Contributors
Unknown:
Sir Winston
Churchill
Unknown:
Emanuel
Shinwell
Unknown:
Jennie
Lee
Unknown:
Lady Violet Bonham
Carter
Unknown:
Maurice
Edelman
: CONCERTO
Overture: Cinderella (Rossini)LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Conducted by PIERINO GAMBA
2.34* Piano Concerto No. 2, in G minor tSaint-Saens)
ARTUR RUBINSTEIN (piano) THE SYMPHONY OF THE AIR Conducted by ALFRED WALLENSTEIN on gramophone records
Contributors
Piano:
Pierino
Gamba
Piano:
Artur
Rubinstein
Conducted By:
Alfred
Wallenstein
: AFTERNOON THEATRE
Any Other Business by George Ross and Campbell Singer adapted for radio by David TURNERSomebody on the Board of Directors is a traitor!—and the enemy has involved an old-established firm in a take-over bid. To fight it or not to fight it? That is one of the questions posed in this unusual thriller.
Produced by PETER POWELL and HUGH STEWART
Broadcast on December 24,1960
Contributors
Unknown:
George
Ross
Unknown:
David
Turner
Produced By:
Peter
Powell
Joyce Anderson:
Judy
Parfitt
Geoffrey Harrison:
Brian
Kent
Jonathan Travis:
William
Avenall
Julian Armstrong:
David
Crosse
Malcolm Turnbull:
Ronald
Magill
Sir Norman Tullis:
Ross
Hutchinson
Harry Dodds:
Derek
Royle
Charles Pleydon:
John
Ruddling
Martin Meadows:
Tony
Steedman
Stanley Griffiths:
David
MacMillan
: SONGS FROM SCOTLAND
sung by JOAN ALEXANDER (soprano) with MARGARET RANKIN (piano)Contributors
Soprano:
Joan
Alexander
Piano:
Margaret
Rankin
: HOME THIS AFTERNOON
A magazine of interest to all, with older listeners specially in mind, including:A Shower of Paperbacks: FRANK MUIR and DENIS NORDEN recommend holiday reading
A Village Fete: C. GORDON GLOVER presents a sound picture of summertime frolics on the village green at Langley in Essex
The Man in Yellow: IAN STRACHAN talks to SYDNEY TONGE who joined the A.A. pedal cycle patrol forty years ago
Introduced by POLLY ELWES
Contributors
Unknown:
Frank
Muir
Unknown:
Denis
Norden
Unknown:
Gordon
Glover
Talks:
Ian
Strachan
Introduced By:
Polly
Elwes
: MUSIC CLUB
A weekly meeting with young musiciansThis week:
Singers from Northern Ireland THE HONOURABLE THE IRISH SOCIETY SCHOOL CHOIRS Coleraine and ST. Dominic's HIGH SCHOOL Belfast
Accompanist, HAVELOCK NELSON
Introduced by EDGAR BOUCHER
Contributors
Accompanist:
Havelock
Nelson
Introduced By:
Edgar
Boucher
: WEATHER
and Programme News: THE NEWS
: Road Report
The latest news of traffic in the South-East: SPORTS SESSION
Introduced by VINCENT DUGGLEDYProduced by GODFREY Dixey
Contributors
Introduced By:
Vincent
Duggledy
Produced By:
Godfrey
Dixey
: MUSIC ON THE MOVE
Scottish Dance Music played by the BBC SCOTTISH VARIETY ORCHESTRALeader, Dennis McConnell
Conductor, JACK LEON with ARCHIE DUNCAN (accordion)
Contributors
Leader:
Dennis
McConnell
Conductor:
Jack
Leon
Accordion:
Archie
Duncan
: THE CLITHEROE KID
Jimmy Clitheroe in Vote for Grandad with PETER SINCLAIR , PATRICIA BURKEDANNY Ross , DIANA DAY
DERYCK GUYLER , JACK WATSON
Written by James Casey and Frank Roscoe
Produced by JAMES CASEY
Contributors
Unknown:
Jimmy
Clitheroe
Unknown:
Peter
Sinclair
Unknown:
Patricia
Burke
Unknown:
Danny
Ross
Unknown:
Diana
Day
Unknown:
Deryck
Guyler
Unknown:
Jack
Watson
Written By:
James
Casey
Written By:
Frank
Roscoe
Produced By:
James
Casey
: HENRY WOOD PROMENADE CONCERT
FORBES ROBINSON (bass)ALFREDO CAMPOLI (violin)
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Leader, Hugh Maguire Conducted by SIR MALCOLM SARGENT
From the Royal Albert Hall. London
Overture:
Contributors
Violin:
Alfredo
Campoli
Leader:
Hugh
Maguire
Conducted By:
Sir Malcolm
Sargent
: THE GAY LORD QUEX
by Arthur Wing Pinero adapted by CYNTHIA PUGHE with Jack Hulbert , Lydia Sherwood and Elizabeth MorganProduced by ARCHIE CAMPBELL
Contributors
Adapted By:
Cynthia
Pughe
Unknown:
Jack
Hulbert
Unknown:
Lydia
Sherwood
Produced By:
Archie
Campbell
Young gentleman:
Peter
Bartlett
Miss Moon:
Jennifer
Tafler
Miss Claridge:
Jo
Kendall
Valma:
Fraser
Kerr
Sophy Fullgarney:
Elizabeth
Morgan
Lord Quex:
Jack
Hulbert
Sir Chichester Frayne:
Kenneth
Hyde
Captain Bastling:
Anthony
Viccars
Lady Owbridge:
Una
Venning
Mrs Jack Eden:
Molly
Rankin
Duchess of Strood:
Lydia
Sherwood
Young Lady:
Rowena
Torrance
Muriel Eden:
Jane
Wenham
Morgan:
George
Merritt
: TEN O'CLOCK
The NewsBackground to the News People in the News
: LISTENING POST
KENNETH KENDALL introduces a programme specially designed to reflect listeners' comments on current issuesCorrespondents are invited to write to Listening Post, BBC, Broadcasting House. London. W.I.
Contributors
Introduces:
Kenneth
Kendall
: FAURE
Impromptu No. 2, in F minor Barcarolle No. 2, in G major played by MARGUERITE Long (piano) on a gramophone recordContributors
Played By:
Marguerite
Long
: A BOOK AT BEDTIME
David Copperfield : The Final Phase from David Copperfield by CHARLES DICKENS abridged by Donald Bancroft read by GARY WATSONSixteenth of twenty instalments
Contributors
Unknown:
David
Copperfield
Unknown:
David
Copperfield
Unknown:
Charles
Dickens
Abridged By:
Donald
Bancroft
Read By:
Gary
Watson
: MUSIC AT NIGHT
MendelssohnTrio No. 1, in D minor played by JACQUES THIBAUD (violin) PABLO CASALS (cello)
ALFRED CORTOT (piano) on a gramophone record
Contributors
Violin:
Jacques
Thibaud
Cello:
Pablo
Casals
Piano:
Alfred
Cortot
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