Listings
: FARMING TODAY
Market trends and news: Ten to Seven
Thursday's "Ten to Eight".: WEATHER
and Programme News: THE NEWS
: TEN TO EIGHT
Family Prayers: WEATHER
and Programme News: THE NEWS
: TODAY
Second edition: THE NEWS
: SOUNDS EVENTFUL
People have their ups and downs in all walks of life, as EDWARD CAST has found in the BBC Sound ArchivesProduced by Reg Kennedy
Contributors
Produced By:
Reg
Kennedy
: A World of Sound
There's always a First TimeROBERT TURLEY recalls some of the first moments of human achievement during the last century, and rellects on their significance in the modern world
A BBC Sound Archives production by Adrianne Allée
Contributors
Production By:
Adrianne
Allée
: PROTEST
GWYN THOMAS, the novelist and playwright, has strong views on many aspects of British life. In six programmes illustrated from the BBC Sound Archives he comments corrosively upon them4: Planning
Produced by Denys Gueroult
Contributors
Produced By:
Denys
Gueroult
: DAILY SERVICE
New Every Morning, page 19To the name of our salvation
(BBC H.B. 284)
Psalm
St. Luke 8, vv. 16-25 (N.E.B.)
Eternal Father, strong to save
(BBC H.B. 384)
: GRIFF AND TOMMY AND THE GOLDEN IMAGE
by JOHN GRIFFITHSAs Griff and Tommy listened to the plotting of Marquess and Benny they realised that the men would stop at nothing in their efforts to gain possession of the ' image.'Tommy has escaped from their clutches. and in the ' den' he waits anxiously for Griff ...
4: To Look like an Accident
Readers, GWENYTH PETTY and JOHN DARRAN
Produced by Evelyn Williams
Broadcast on May 12
Contributors
Unknown:
John
Griffiths
Unknown:
John
Darran
Produced By:
Evelyn
Williams
: TRAVELLING TUNES
KEN SYKORA traces folk songs of the British Isles through some of their travels abroadGuest folk singer, ALEX CAMPBELL
Produced by David Allan
A BBC World Service production
Contributors
Produced By:
David
Allan
: JUST FOR FUN
RICHARD MURDOCH plays some records he hopes will give you a laughTuesday's broadcast
: LISTENING POST
TIM MATTHEWS introduces this midday edition of a series designed to rellect listeners' own views on current topics. Letters on lively talking points of any kind are welcome for these broadcasts to: Listening Post. BBC. Broadcasting House. London. W.1.Contributors
Introduces:
Tim
Matthews
: 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
0
: The Archers
Thursday's broadcast (Light)Contributors
Written By:
John Keir
Cross
Produced By:
Tony
Shryane
Edited By:
Godfrey
Baseley
: WEATHER
and Programme News: THE NEWS
: PICK OF THE WEEK
GALE PEDRICK makes a personal selection of items from the many broadcasts on BBC radio and television during the past seven daysIntroduced by JOHN ELLISON
Contributors
Introduced By:
John
Ellison
: LISTEN WITH MOTHER
for children under fiveToday's story:
' Peggy goes on Holiday by PHYLLIS PEARCE
Contributors
Unknown:
Phyllis
Pearce
: WOMAN'S HOUR
MarjorieAnderson introduces
Canadian edition including
Experiences of emigration from both sides of the ocean
Impressions from JEAN METCALFE and CLIFF MICHELMORE of their visit to the Calgary Stampede A feature by NANCY BACAL about young French Canadians and A report on poverty among affluence from MARGARET McLEAN
They Dared to be Doctors
MARY ST. JOHN FANCOURT 's book abridged by Eve Burgess Read by FLORA ROBSON
† First of six instalments
Contributors
Unknown:
Jean
Metcalfe
Unknown:
Cliff
Michelmore
Unknown:
Mary
St.
Unknown:
John
Fancourt
Abridged By:
Eve
Burgess
Read By:
Flora
Robson
: CANCER
Written and narrated by STEPHEN GRENFELLThe single stark word Cancer embraces a number of diseases which range in their effect from the relatively harmless to the rapidly fatal. Today several of these groups of diseases can be cured. In this programme eminent specialists and research workers deal with recent and vitally important lines of research in this particular field of medicine.
Produced by Alan Burgess cast on January 28
Contributors
Unknown:
Stephen
Grenfell
Produced By:
Alan
Burgess
: HENRY VIII
by JASPER RIDLEYA personal portrait of Henry VIII as he is reftected in the letters, anecdotes, and reminiscences of the men who knew him. among them Chapuys (the Emperor's ambassador), Giustiniani (the Venetian ambassador), Bishop Gardiner , and John Foxe
Produced by NESTA PAIN
Broadcast on September 23. 1964
(Third)
Contributors
Unknown:
Jasper
Ridley
Unknown:
Henry
Viii
Unknown:
Bishop
Gardiner
Unknown:
John
Foxe
Produced By:
Nesta
Pain
: DOWN YOUR WAY
FRANKLIN ENGELMANN recently visitedThe Antrim Coast Road Northern Ireland
Produced by Phyllis Robinson
An extended version of Sunday's
Contributors
Unknown:
Franklin
Engelmann
Produced By:
Phyllis
Robinson
: HOME THIS AFTERNOON
including:The Cross in the Sky: EDITH WHEELER talks about Cyril Maude , the well-known actor who ' retired ' to Devon in 1926 +The Importance of a Good
Finish: B. C. HILLIAM (Flotsam) gives some views on music
† It's the Poor who help the Poor: KAY GARRETT ]\ recalls her days as a shorthand-typist in the 'thirties
Sound Remembered: MALCOLM HAZELL plays tunes which set his memory working
Introduced by RALPH WICHTMAN from the West of England
Contributors
Talks:
Edith
Wheeler
Unknown:
Cyril
Maude
Unknown:
Kay
Garrett
Unknown:
Malcolm
Hazell
Introduced By:
Ralph
Wichtman
: STORY TIME
And a Bottle of RumA serial play by A. R. Rawlinson in six parts with Richard Hurndall and Hugh Janes
' Long John' Reviis and his men have captured the Walrus: in eluding them Trelawncy and Jim have landed on the wrong island -instead of treasure they find Captain Urcott and Miriam.
4: The First Blow
Produced by GRAHAM GAULD
Contributors
Play By:
A. R.
Rawlinson
Unknown:
Richard
Hurndall
Unknown:
Hugh
Janes
Produced By:
Graham
Gauld
John Revlis:
Gerik
Schjelderup
Deckhand:
Alan
Haines
Lord Frensham:
Derek
Prentice
Tom Trelawney:
Richard
Hurndall
Captain Urcott:
Charles
Leno
Miriam Urcott:
Jo
Manning Wilson
Jim Hawkins:
Hugh
Janes
Harry Aldington:
Kim
Grant
: WEATHER
and Programme News: THE NEWS
: SOUTH-EAST
Today's news and the stories behind the news-Controversy -Scotland Yard Calling-Sports Spot—FRED STREETER on Gardening-Weekend Traffic ReportProduced by the South-East news unit
Contributors
Unknown:
Fred
Streeter
: HOME TO MUSIC
The Stage RevolvesA round of entertainment provided by the finest orchestras, singers, and instrumentalists on records
: Henry Wood Promenade Concert
Hallé OrchestraLeader, Martin Milner
Conductor Sir John Barbirolli
From the Royal Albert Hall , London
Part 1
Contributors
Leader:
Martin
Milner
Conductor:
Sir John
Barbirolli
: * The Interval LADY VIOLET REMEMBERS
Interviewer, JOHN CONNELL1: A Statesman's Child
† LADY VIOLET BONHAM CARTER
(BAHONESS ASQUITH) cannot remember a time when she was not conscious of the importance of politics. Even as a small child, her father ('the greatest single influence in my life ') treated her as an adult when replying. verballv or by letter, to her searching questions.
In this interview Lady Violet remembers, among many other things. a luncheon with Mr. Glad-stone: her father's second marriage (to Margot Tennant ); and her bewilderment over religion and over the differences between rich and poor.
' Coming Out Friday, Aug. 6
Contributors
Interviewer:
John
Connell
Unknown:
Lady Violet
Bonham
Unknown:
Margot
Tennant
: * ADVICE FROM THE QUEEN OF TONGA
tby JAMES SPILLIUSDr. Spillius, a social anthro pologist, went to Tonga with a United Nations mission to advise the Queen on improving conditions in the island. He found that one of the most fascinating parts of his experi ence was the advice the Queen of Tonga gave him.
Contributors
Unknown:
James
Spillius
: TEN O'CLOCK
The NewsBackground to the News
People in the News followed by NEWS-STAND
How the dailies have handled the week's news, the opinions they have expressed, and current trends in and out of Fleet Street, are analysed by WILLIAM HARDCASTLE
Contributors
Unknown:
William
Hardcastle
: AS OTHERS SEE US
A journalist from abroad looks at Great Britain this week10.59 Weather forecast
: A BOOK AT BEDTIME
Brat Farrar by JOSEPHINE TEY adapted for broadcasting by Robert GoodyearRead by DAVID SPENSER
† Last of fifteen instalments
Contributors
Read By:
David
Spenser
: JAZZ AT NIGHT
NOBLE SISSLE and EUBIE BLAKETHE BENNY GOOOMAN QUARTET
LIONEL HAMPTON 'S PARIS ALL STARS on gramophone records
Contributors
Unknown:
Eubie
Blake
Unknown:
Benny
Goooman
Unknown:
Lionel
Hampton
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