Listings
: FARMING TODAY
Market trends and news: THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
† Speaker,THE ARCHDEACON OF LEICESTER The Ven. R. Berkeley Cole
Contributors
: WEATHER
and Programme News: The News
: Ten to Eight
Old Memories and New WaysMore thoughts by Dr. Howard Williams from his Presidential address to the Assembly of the Baptist Union See page 24
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: THE NEWS
: A WORLD OF SOUND
From the past and presentJuly Jottings
More monthly memories from the BBC Sound Archives recalled by HAROLD ABRAHAMS
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: THE NEWS
: IN TOWN TODAY
Celebrities and personalitiesSaturday's broadcast
: YOUR VERDICT
A series of legal problems devised and written by JOHN P. WYNNIntroduced by JOHN SNAGGE with a qualified legal opinion from F. W. BENEY , Q.c. and comments from a panel of everyday people from home and abroad
This week: The Legacy
Produced by TRAFFORD WHITELOCK
Broadcast on March 13 (BBC World
Service)
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: DAILY SERVICE
New Every Morning, page 4When all thy mercies, 0 my
God (BBC H.B. 22)
Psalm 47
St. Luke 7, vv. 11-23 (N.E.B.)
0 for a thousand tongues to sing (BBC H.B. 278)
: DEATH TO THE FRENCH
A novel of the Peninsular War by C. S. Forester6: One Comes Back
Readers, BRYDEN MURDOCH ARTHUR BOLAND
Broadcast on April 14
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: CHANGE AND DECAY
in all around I see . . .GILBERT PHELPS takes some recordings from the BBC Sound Archives to help illustrate various social changes, both serious and trivial, that have taken place since the turn of the century
4: Are you all right, Jack?
Produced by Rodney M. Bennett
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: THIS TIME OF DAY
A topical programme of sounds and voices to provoke midday listeners with minds of their ownPresented by the Radio Newsreel production team with THE EARL OF ARRAN
: WEATHER
and Programme News: THE NEWS
: DESERT ISLAND DISCS
Annie Ross jazz singer and actress discusses with Roy Plomley in a recorded programme the gramophone records she would take to a desert islandProduced by Monica Chapman
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: LISTEN WITH MOTHER
for children under five† Today's story:'Dan Pig ' by PEGGY WORVILL
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: WOMAN'S HOUR
Introduced by PAMELA CREIGHTONShowpiece: a monthly glance at the world of entertainment
The Dress Show: COMMANDER IBBETT recalls a visit to Paris
† Initiative: MARINA OLIVER started her own magazine
From Housewife to Health Visitor: EDITH BOWN describes her new work
Reading Your Letters
ANTHONY JACOBS reads The Boy with a Sting by JONATHAN WADE
Seventh of ten instalments
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: GREAT NOVELS OF THE WORLD
Beginning a series of five talks on five selected masterpieces of fiction from Ireland, France, Germany, Russia, and America 1: Ulysses by JAMES JOYCE discussed by ANTHONY BURGESS Excerpts read by DENIS MCCARTHYBroadcast in the BBC World Service on November 22. 1964
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: AFTERNOON THEATRE
Ladies in Retirement by Edward Percy and Reginald DenhamAdapted by CYNTHIA PUGHE
Produced by MARTYN C. WEBSTER
Saturday's broadcast
Contributors
: HOME THIS AFTERNOON
A magazine of interest to all, with older listeners specially in mind, including:Argument: a fortnightly series of conversations on an issue of the day
For Your Library List: some suggestions from ALBERT BUTLER
Mrs. Heggs and the Occupation: JACK SINGLETON talks to GRACE HEGGS about her war-time experiences in Guernsey. 1: Departure and arrival
You asked us to play.... record requests
Introduced by STEVE RACE
See facing page
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: STORY TIME
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell arranged as a dramatised reading in five parts by OLIVE SHAPLEY4. The Horse Fair-Jeremiah Barker—Poor Ginger
Produced by HERBERT SMITH
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: WEATHER
and Programme News: THE NEWS
: SOUTH-EAST
Today's news and the stories behind the news-Controversy -Scotland Yard Calling-Sport -From the Local PressProduced by the South-East news unit
: Home to Music
Scottish Dance Music† played by the BBC SCOTTISH VARIETY ORCHESTRA Conductor, JACK LEON with ARCHIE DUNCAN (accordion)
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: Music from Scarborough
THE SPA ORCHESTRAConducted and introduced by MAX JAFFA
From the Spa Grand Hall by permission of Scarborough Corporation
: Henry Wood Promenade Concert
The Ambrosian Singers (women's voices)Chorus-Master, John McCarthy
Hallé Orchestra, Leader, Martin Milner
Conductor, Sir John Barbirolli
From the Royal Albert Hall, London
Part
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: * The Interval A MOMENT IN TIME
A Temple in the Western hills: China in 1920 CECIL LEWIS talks to SONYA CALLINGHAMFirst of a group of five talks
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: * Promenade Concert
Part 2See facing page followed by an interlude
: TEN O'CLOCK
The NewsBackground to the News
People in the News followed by LISTENING POST
GILES PLAYFAIR introduces this evening's edition of a series designed to reflect listeners' own views on current topics. Letters on public affairs and issues of policy are specially welcome
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: A BOOK AT BEDTIME
Brat Farrar by JOSEPHINE TEY adapted for broadcasting by Robert GoodyearRead by DAVID SPENSER
Eleventh of fifteen instalments
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: MUSIC AT NIGHT
MendelssohnTrio No. 1, in D minor played by JACQUES THIBAUD (violin) PABLO CASALS (cello)
ALFRED CORTOT (piano) on a gramophone record
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