Listings
: FARMING TODAY
Market trends, news, weather: Ten to Seven
Friday's 'Ten to Eight': WEATHER
and Programme News: THE NEWS
: ON YOUR FARM
A weekly review of the agricultural sceneProduced by Anthony Parkin
Contributors
Produced By:
Anthony
Parkin
: OUTLOOK
A Christian angle on the news: WEATHER
and Programme News: THE NEWS
: FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
BBC Correspondents throughout the world talk about the news, its background, and the people who make it: THE NEWS
: THE WEEKLY WORLD
What the weeklies think, illustrated from their editorials, is reviewed by MICHAEL UNDERHILLContributors
Reviewed By:
Michael
Underhill
: THE WEEK IN WESTMINSTER
Parliamentarians scrutinise the week's work at Westminster and discuss what is making an impact on the world of politicsANDREW ALEXANDER takes the chair
Contributors
Unknown:
Andrew
Alexander
: IN YOUR GARDEN
Introduced by Roy HAY featuring items of news, views, replies to listeners' queries, and topical advice to help the amateur gardenerProduced by John Greenslade
Contributors
Introduced By:
Roy
Hay
Produced By:
John
Greenslade
: DAILY SERVICE
New Every Morning, page 1God moves in a mysterious way
(BBC H.B. 8)
Canticle 11
St. Luke 2, vv. 21-27; 34-40
0 thou in all thy might so far
(BBC H.B. 312)
: SCIENCE SURVEY
The Teeming Thames by KENNETH MANN , PH.D.University of Reading
Today sees the beginning of phase two of the International Biological Programme, a world-wide scheme of co-operative research. Some of it is taking place in distant Fihutan, other bits in our own rivers. Dr. Mann recounts one I.B.P. story which began with buying a vacant pub and may end with suggestions for feeding the teeming human population of the planet.
Contributors
Unknown:
Kenneth
Mann
: STUDY SESSION
Introduction to ChineseA course of ten lessons in spoken Mandarin for complete beginners.
Programme 5
Introduced by LUCIA LIU with the help of Terry Chang Language consultant Mrs. Y. C. Liu
Script by David Pollard
Produced by Elsie Ferguson
Last Tuesday's broadcast (Study)
A booklet and record are available
Contributors
Introduced By:
Lucia
Liu
Unknown:
Terry
Chang
Unknown:
Mrs. Y. C.
Liu
Script By:
David
Pollard
Produced By:
Elsie
Ferguson
: Der arme Millionar
Everyday German by RadioA series of twenty programmes for listeners with a basic knowledge of the language. based on Erich Kiistner 's novel Drei Manner im Schnee.
15: Liebe auf den ersten Blick
Introduced by SABINE MICHAEL and DIETER GEISSLER with Angelike Sahla. Gerda Koeppler Rolf Richards
Written and produced by Edith R. Baer
Language consultant, Dr. L. Lob
Last Wednesday's broadcast (Study)
A booklet and records are available
Contributors
Unknown:
Erich
Kiistner
Introduced By:
Sabine
Michael
Introduced By:
Dieter
Geissler
Unknown:
Angelike
Sahla.
Unknown:
Gerda
Koeppler
Unknown:
Rolf
Richards
Produced By:
Edith R.
Baer
Unknown:
Dr. L.
Lob
: Divertissement Français
A series of fifteen magazine-type programmes, including French songs and readings from the Penguin book of French Short Stories and The Penguin Book of French Nineteenth Century Verse, for listeners with some knowledge of French.Programme 2
De Nertal: Une allée du Luxem-Lourg; Chanson gothique
Les bottes de sept lieues: 2 Le parapluie
Demain j'ai vingt ans
Speakers, PAULETTE PRENEY
Louis BLONCOURT , PAUL COUSTER
Script by Winifred Saunders and Odile Castro
Produced by Elsie Ferguson
Last Thursday's broadcast (Study)
Contributors
Unknown:
Paulette
Preney
Unknown:
Louis
Bloncourt
Unknown:
Paul
Couster
Script By:
Winifred
Saunders
Script By:
Odile
Castro
Produced By:
Elsie
Ferguson
: MOTORING AND THE MOTORIST
A weekly survey of the world of motoringCustomers' Comments
Do the views of car owners get back to the manufacturers? Do The Police and Ministry of Transport provide information to manufacturers about the reliability of their products?
A discussion about these questions between car buyers, a Chief Constable, and representatives of the Ministry of Transport and manufacturers together with topical news and the latest Road Conditions
Introduced by BILL HARTLEY
Produced by Jim Pestridge
Contributors
Introduced By:
Bill
Hartley
Produced By:
Jim
Pestridge
: ALL THE BEST FROM TODAY
Listen at leisure to selected star items from the week's editions of radio's famous breakfast-time magazineIntroduced by CORBET WOODALL
Contributors
Introduced By:
Corbet
Woodall
: WEATHER
and Programme News: THE NEWS
: DOES THE TEAM THINK?
Members of the public and invited personalities put questions toJIMMY EDWARDS , TED RAY
TOMMY TRINDER , CYRIL FLETCHER
In the chair, MCDONALD HOBLEY
Special guest, CLIVE DUNN from an idea by Jimmy Edwards
Produced by Edward Taylor
Contributors
Unknown:
Jimmy
Edwards
Unknown:
Ted
Ray
Unknown:
Tommy
Trinder
Unknown:
Cyril
Fletcher
Unknown:
Clive
Dunn
Unknown:
Jimmy
Edwards
Produced By:
Edward
Taylor
: DESERT ISLAND DISCS
Lord Ritchie-Calder author, science writer, and Professor of International Relations at Edinburgh University discusses with ROY PLOMLEY in a recorded programme devised by him the gramophone records he would take to a desert islandLast Monday's broadcast
Contributors
Unknown:
Roy
Plomley
: LAWN TENNIS and ROWING
The Championships at WimbledonCommentary by MAURICE EDELSTON and MAX ROBERTSON from the Centre Court and No. 1 Court, with summaries and comments by BEA WALTER
Results and latest news from the other courts given by BASIL Curtis
Fiom the All England Lawn Tennis Club
Henley Royal Regatta
Commentary and reports by JOHN SNAGGE and JOHN HINDE
Contributors
Commentary By:
Maurice
Edelston
Unknown:
Max
Robertson
Unknown:
Basil
Curtis
Unknown:
John
Snagge
Unknown:
John
Hinde
: WEATHER
and Programme News: MANY A SLIP
'twixtISOBEL BARNETT
ELEANOR SUMMERFIELD and RICHARD MURDOCH , DAVID NIXON with some tune-twisters from STEVE RACE
In the chair, Roy PLOMLEY
Devised and written by IAN MESSITER
Produced by Charles Maxwell
Last Sunday's broadcast (Light)
Contributors
Unknown:
Isobel
Barnett
Unknown:
Eleanor
Summerfield
Unknown:
Richard
Murdoch
Unknown:
David
Nixon
Unknown:
Roy
Plomley
Written By:
Ian
Messiter
Produced By:
Charles
Maxwell
: GALA NIGHT AT THE OPERA
A special edition of Gala Concert Hall with VICTORIA ELLIOTT (soprano) KENNETH MACDONALD (tenor)GALA CHORUS
Directed by JOHN MCCARTHY
BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA Leader, Arthur Leavins
Conductor, MARCUS DODS
Introduced by ALEXANDER MOYES
Produced by Gareth Walters
The programme includes music from Madam Butterfly (Puccini), The Talcs of Hoffmann (Offenbach), and 11 Trovatore (Verdi).
Kenneth Macdonald broadcasts by permission of the Gen. Administrator, Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Contributors
Tenor:
Kenneth
MacDonald
Directed By:
John
McCarthy
Conductor:
Marcus
Dods
Introduced By:
Alexander
Moyes
Produced By:
Gareth
Walters
Unknown:
Kenneth
MacDonald
: SATURDAY-NIGHT THEATRE
A comedy by W. Somerset Maugham adapted for radio by PEGGY WELLS with Ronald Lewis and Derek GodfreyThe action of the play takes place in John Middleton 's house in Harley Street in 1927. † Produced by JOHN POWELL
Contributors
Unknown:
Peggy
Wells
Unknown:
Ronald
Lewis
Unknown:
Derek
Godfrey
Unknown:
John
Middleton
Produced By:
John
Powell
The Constant Wife:
Constance
Cummings
Constance Middleton:
Constance
Cummings
John Middleton, F R C S , her husband.:
Ronald
Lewis
Martha Culver, her sister:
Margaret
Robertson
Mrs Culver, her mother:
Sylvia
Coleridge
Mortimer Durham:
Harold
Kasket
Marie-Louise, his wife:
Maria
Charles
Barbara Fawcett:
Barbara
Mitchell
Bernard Kersal:
Derek
Godfrey
Bentley, the Middletons' butler:
Frank
Henderson
: THE NEWS
: THE TIME OF MY LIFE
A new series in which well-known people look back on what they consider to have been the most stimulating period of their lives.Baroness Burton of Coventry chooses the years between 1938 and 1942 when she turned from sportswoman to politician through her ' burning passion about unemployment '
She introduces the voices of some of the men and women who influenced her, including Eleanor Rathbone , Gracie Fields. Ernest Bevin , Ed Murrow , President Roosevelt, and King George VI.
Produced by Jocelyn Ferguson and Tony Gould
Shortened version of last Sunday's broadcast
Contributors
Unknown:
Eleanor
Rathbone
Unknown:
Gracie
Fields.
Unknown:
Ernest
Bevin
Unknown:
Ed
Murrow
Unknown:
King George
Vi.
Produced By:
Jocelyn
Ferguson
Produced By:
Tony
Gould
: BEFORE THE ENDING OF THE DAY
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