Listings
: ARTHUR BIRKBY
and his Octet: ' WHAT CAN POETRY GIVE US?'
S. P. B. Mais discusses this question with reference to some poems by Wordsworth, Coleridge, and HerrickContributors
: REGINALD FOORT
at the theatre organ: 'FACTS AND FIGURES'
Background information on matters of current interest.: RECORD ALBUM
from swing to classics: SCOTTISH VARIETY ORCHESTRA
Conductor, Kemlo Stephen , with Duncan Robertson (tenor), in a programme of light musicContributors
: 'SONGTlME'
on gramophone records: GERAINT JONES
(organ): MAURICE WINNICK
and his Orchestra: JACK WILSON
and his Versatile Five: ' THE ROBINSON FAMILY '
Today's episode in the day-to-day history of an ordinary family. Produced by Peter Watts.Contributors
: ' LISTENING TO THE ORCHESTRA '
by Dr. Reginald Jacques. 5-' The Strings 'Contributors
: ' QUINNEYS '
by H. A. Vachell. Produced by Hugh StewartContributors
: REGINALD KING
at the piano, with the Quintet: FRANCISCO CONDE
and his Latin-American Orchestra, with songs by George SergioContributors
: ' RECORD TRIO
Patric Curwen , Kenneth Horne , and Joseph Lewis air their knowledge of highspot recordings. Programme written by A. J. Bovey and produced by Pat OsbomeContributors
: FORCES FAVOURITES
Tunes that your relatives and friends in the Forces at home. in the British Army of the Rhine, and in the Home Fleet, have asked us to play: 'THE OLD TOWN HALL'
Master of Ceremonies, Clay Keyes. With Gladys Keyes as Martha, the village carrier; Susan Scott , as Phoebe, the post girl; and this week's famous visitor. ' The Court of Melody'; Variety guest stars; ' Beautiful Memory'; Can You Beat the Band?'With all the regulars, Richard Gray , Esther Whitehouse. etc. The Town Hall Orchestra, under the direction of Stanley Black. Written and devised by Gladys and Clay Keyes , and produced by Tom Ronald
Contributors
: ' CANADIAN CARAVAN'
with the Canadian Army Radio Orchestra, directed by Capt. Robert Farnon , and songs by Ptes. Joanne Dallas. Paul Carpenter , and Gerry Travers. Introduced by Gerry WilmotContributors
: ' THE VOICE OF The VIOLIN'
Reg. Leopold playing light pieces written or transcribed for the violin: People's Pleasures ' VILLAGE FETE'
Michael Barsley and Peter Eton , with Mr. Jingle and others, take you behind the scenes of this local entertainmentContributors
: Write a Tune
for Two Thousand Pounds-10A competition to find new British dance tunes with prizes offered by the Hammersmith Palais de Danse. The tunes will be played by Lou Preager and his Orchestra, with Paul Rich. Lynne Shaw , and Rita Carr. The contest will be judged by listeners over seventeen half-hourly broadcasts. From the Hammersmith Palais de Danse, to whom all correspondence about this contest must be addressed
Contributors
: Time, Greenwich; News
followed by Interlude: records: ART THOMPSON
and his Band. From the Court Royal Hotel. Southampton: THIRTY CORPS DANCE BAND
relayed from the British Forces' Network, Germany. Vocalists, Rifleman Squires and Pte. Betty May. Accordionist, Driver Brian LawrenceContributors
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