Listings
: THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
Speaker.THE Rev. AUSTEN WIILIAMS
: WEATHER
and Programme News: THE NEWS
: TODAY
Radio's breakfast-time look at life around the country and across the worldIntroduced by JACK DE MANIO
Contributors
Introduced By:
Jack
de Manio
: TEN TO EIGHT
David Kossoff tells the story of Jonah1: Don'Argue
Broadcast on Sept. 30, 1963 (Light)
Contributors
Unknown:
David
Kossoff
: WEATHER
and Programme News: THE NEWS
: TODAY
Revised second edition of the breakfast-time magazine: ASHENDEN-SECRET AGENT
1914-1918Beginning a radio adaptation in five instalments of The Hairless Mexican a story by W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM dealing with the exploits of Ashen-den. a British secret agent during the first world war
Read by LEO GENN
Produced by George Angell
See page 41
Contributors
Story By:
W. Somerset
Maugham
Read By:
Leo
Genn
Produced By:
George
Angell
: THE NEWS
: BURL IVES
introducesShall We Gather at the River? and sings revivalist hymns en records
Broadcast on July 29
: WHERE LOVE LIES DEEPEST
A romantic tale written, at the age of twelve, by DAISY ASHFORD author of The YoungVtsitersRead by MARJORIE ANDERSON
Contributors
Read By:
Marjorie
Anderson
: DAILY SERVICE
St. Stephen's DayNew Every Morning, page 99
The Son of God goes forth to war (BBC H.B. 235)
The holly and the ivy (Oxford
Book of Carols, 38)
Acts 6, vv. 8-15, and 7, vv.
55-60
How bright these glorious spirits shine (BBC H.B. 492)
: Seasonal Twitters
from Nellie and Ludwig Koch and some of their feathered friendsContributors
Unknown:
Ludwig
Koch
: THE HAROLD ARLEN SONGBOOK
sung by Louis ARMSTRONG , TONY BENNETTNAT King COLE, BING CROSBY
BILLY DANIELS , SAMMY DAVIS JR.
ELLA FITZGERALD, JUDY GARLAND
ROBERT Goulet. LENA HORNE
THE NORMAN LUBOFF Choir
DEAN MARTIN, FRANK SINATRA
BARBRA STREISAND on records
Harold Arlen talks about his hit songs and ALAN DELL asks the questions
Research by Neil Stevens
Produced by Mark White
Contributors
Sung By:
Louis
Armstrong
Sung By:
Tony
Bennett
Unknown:
Bing
Crosby
Unknown:
Billy
Daniels
Unknown:
Sammy
Davis
Unknown:
Judy
Garland
Unknown:
Robert
Goulet.
Unknown:
Lena
Horne
Unknown:
Frank
Sinatra
Unknown:
Barbra
Streisand
Talks:
Harold
Arlen
Unknown:
Neil
Stevens
Produced By:
Mark
White
: FOUR THOUSAND THOUSAND CAME TO SEE
The Edinburgh Military Tattoo remembered by BRIGADIER ALASDAIR MACLEAN after sixteen years as producer of the Edinburgh Festival's most popular spectacleA programme with recordings from past Tattoo performances
Introduced by ALASTAIR MACINTYRE
Edited and produced by Bill Meikle
Broadcast on October 2
Contributors
Unknown:
Alasdair
MacLean
Introduced By:
Alastair
MacIntyre
Produced By:
Bill
Meikle
: DESERT ISLAND DISCS
Georg Solti international conductor and Musical Director, Covenl Garden Opera, Royal Opera House discusses with ROY PLOMLEY in a recorded programme devised by him the gramophone records he would take to a desert islandProduced by Michael Hall
Repealed: Saturday, 1.40 p.m.
Contributors
Unknown:
Georg
Solti
Unknown:
Roy
Plomley
Produced By:
Michael
Hall
: WEATHER
and Programme News: THE NEWS
: TWO OLD SQUARES'
Baroness Stocks and Freddy Grisewood compare life as it is today with what it was when they were brought up at the beginning of the century, and illustrate their conversation with quotations from Any QueslionstProduced by Michael Bowen
Repealed: Friday, 3.0 p.m.
Contributors
Unknown:
Freddy
Grisewood
Produced By:
Michael
Bowen
: The Archers
Friday's broadcast (Light)Contributors
Written By:
John Keir
Cross
Produced By:
Tony
Shryane
Edited By:
Godfrey
Baseley
: AT THE PIANO
Readings fromIvor Newton 's autobiography by JACK DE MANIO
Records of some of the artists associated with the well-known accompanist. including Tetrazzini. Melba. Flagstad. Casals. Pialigorsky, Grace Moore , and di Stefano
Produced by John Lade
Contributors
Unknown:
Ivor
Newton
Unknown:
Grace
Moore
Unknown:
Di
Stefano
Produced By:
John
Lade
: AFTERNOON THEATRE
The Pied PiperThe novel by Nevil Shute adapted by KENNETH LANGMAID with Felix Aylmer
Cast in order of speaking:
Produced by ARCHIE CAMPBELL
Contributors
Novel By:
Nevil
Shute
Adapted By:
Kenneth
Langmaid
Unknown:
Felix
Aylmer
Produced By:
Archie
Campbell
First club member:
Wilfred
Babbage
Second club member:
John
Dearth
John Howard, an elderly widower:
Felix
Aylmer
Mrs Cavanagh:
Anna
Burden
Mr Cavanagh:
Allan
McClelland
Ronnie:
Dorio
Perez
Sheila:
Caroline
Lederer
Receptionist:
Hana
Pravda
Mme Rougeron:
Hana
Pravda
Rose:
Cecile
Chevreau
Pierre:
Jean-Renaud
Lescene
French bus driver GUY:
Du
Monceau
La Petite Rose:
Françoise
Gamby
R A F driver:
Ian
Thompson
R A F corporal:
Douglas
Hankin
Nicole Rougeron:
Yvonne
Coulette
Stationmaster:
Andre
Maranne
Major Diessen:
John G
Heller
W V S officer:
Hilda
Schroder
Mrs Dyson:
Noel
Hood
German Kuard:
Harold
Kasket
: HOME THIS AFTERNOON
Freddy Grisewood introduces a Boxing Day edition including:Turning Points: JOHN ELLISON talks to VAL DOONICAN
Alan Melville reflects on having to work today, of all days
Reading the Pictures: BILL TAYLOR looks at some old-fashioned greetings cards
Christmas in Corsica: SHIRLEY DEANE recalls staying with a shepherd and his family
Contributors
Talks:
John
Ellison
Unknown:
Bill
Taylor
Unknown:
Shirley
Deane
: STORY TIME
The Land of Green Ginger by Noel Langley adapted as a six-part serial reading by THEA HOLMEPART 5: Prince Abu Ali is still searching for the Magic Phoenix Birds-a Difficult Task he has to perform in order to win the hand of the beautiful Silver Bud. Helped by his friends the Mouse and Boomalakka Wee, Abu Ali makes a surprising discovery and he begins to see an end to his troubles.
Produced by Lorraine DAVIES
Contributors
Unknown:
Noel
Langley
Reading By:
Thea
Holme
Unknown:
Prince Abu
Ali
Unknown:
Abu
Ali
Produced By:
Lorraine
Davies
Honourable Reader:
Howieson
Culff
Prince Abu Ali:
David
Spenser
Mouse and Small Slave:
Elizabeth
Proud
Boomalakka Wee:
Clive
Merrison
Prince Tintac:
Peter
Bartlett
Prince Rubdub:
Glyn
Dearman
Sulkpot Ben Nagnag:
Stephen
Jack
Kublai Snoo:
Walter
Fitzgerald
The Captain:
Arthur
Lawrence
: WEATHER
and Programme News: THE NEWS
: DAVID FROST
at the Yuletide PhonographProduced by Angela Bond
Contributors
Produced By:
Angela
Bond
: BLESS THE BRIDE
A light opera in two acts by A. P. HerbertMusic by Vivian Ellis
THE RITA WILLIAMS SINGERS and the BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA Leader, Arthur Leavins
Conductor. MARCUS DODS
† Produced by Elizabeth Johnson and Michael Moores
John Wakelield broadcasts by permission of Sadler's Wells Opera Co.
Repeated as a stereophonic broadcast: Fridau. 2.0 p.m. (Music)
Next Monday: Brigadoon
Contributors
Unknown:
A. P.
Herbert
Music By:
Vivian
Ellis
Singers:
The Rita
Williams
Produced By:
Elizabeth
Johnson
Produced By:
Michael
Moores
Produced By:
John
Wakelield
Lucy Veracity Willow:
Patricia
Lambert
Suzanne Valdis:
Marion
Grimaldi
Nanny:
Margaret
Burton
The Hon Thomas Trout:
Ian
Paterson
Pierre Fontaine:
John
Wakefield
: LOOK AFTER AMELIE
Occupe-toi d'Amelie by Georges Feydeau translated by BRAINERD DUFFIELD with Elizabeth Morgan Michael SpiceGudrun Ure and Andrew Sachs Paris. 1908
Cast in order of speaking:
Other parts played by Deborah Anthony
Nicolette Bernard. Alan Haines Timothy Harley. Bill Horsley and Fraser Kerr
Adapted and produced for the Rothwell Group by GLYN DEARMAN
See facing page
Contributors
Unknown:
Georges
Feydeau
Translated By:
Brainerd
Duffield
Played By:
Deborah
Anthony
Played By:
Nicolette
Bernard.
Played By:
Alan
Haines
Unknown:
Timothy
Harley.
Unknown:
Bill
Horsley
Unknown:
Fraser
Kerr
Unknown:
Glyn
Dearman
Amelie:
Elizabeth
Morgan
Adonis, a servant:
Nigel
Anthony
Etienne fiance to Amelie:
Stephen
Thorns
Irene, Comtesse de Prernilly:
Gudrun
Urs
Pochet, father to Amelie:
Geoffrey
Matthews
Marcel:
Michael
Spice
Putzboum godfather to Marcel:
Wllfrid
Carter
Koshnadiev, an aide-de-camp:
John
Hollis
The Prince of Palestria:
Andrew
Sachs
Charlotte, a maid:
Jill
SimcOx
The Mayor:
Douglas
Storm
Little girl:
Elizabeth
Proud
Commissaire of Police:
Michael
Kilgarriff
: TEN O'CLOCK
The NewsBackground to the News
People in the News followed by LISTENING POST
GILBERT PHELPS introduces letters from today's postbas
: A THAI CHRISTMAS
by DAVID M. DAVIESMr. Davies has travelled extensively in Thailand and has made a special study of the customs and ceremonies of the Thai people.
Contributors
Unknown:
David M.
Davies
: A STORY AT BEDTIME
Boots at the Holly TreeA short story by CHARLES DICKENS adapted for broadcasting
Read by PETER CLAUGHTON
Contributors
Story By:
Charles
Dickens
Read By:
Peter
Claughton
: MUSIC AT NIGHT
FauriPiano Quartet No. 1 in C minor
LEONID KOGAN (violin) RUDOLF BARSHAI (viola)
MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVKH (cello) Emil GILELS (piano) gramophone record
Contributors
Viola:
Rudolf
Barshai
Piano:
Emil
Gilels
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