Listings
: Housewives' Choice
Your request records introduced this week by Alvar Lidell.Contributors
: (Request Week) Tchaikovsky and the Orchestra
Two movements from Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony will he played, with a commentary on the orchestration.: Morning Melodies
Peter Kilby at the organ of the Gaumont Palace, Hammersmith.Eight Minutes with Fred Astaire
Contributors
: Elevenses
Music for the mid-morning break played by the BBC Midland Light Orchestra.conductor, Gilbert Vinter
Contributors
: On the Sweeter Side
Dance music on gramophone records.: Keyboard Cavalcade
Robinson Cleaver at the organ of the Granada, Tooting.Contributors
: Concert Hour
BBC Theatre Orchestra, conducted by Harold LoweContributors
: Bandstand
Band of the Grenadier Guards, conducted by Captain F.J. Harris, Director of Music, Grenadier GuardsContributors
: Songtime
on gramophone records: Wynford Reynolds and his Orchestra
in a programme of uninterrupted music.Contributors
: The Prisoner of Zenda: 14: The Game is Up
by Anthony Hope.abridged for broadcasting in fifteen instalments.
Read by Deryck Guyler.
Contributors
: (Request Week) Plain English: It isn't Grammar
A programme about some of the common mistakes made in everyday writing.: The Robinson Family
The day-to-day history of an ordinary family.Contributors
: Music of the Masters
played by the BBC Scottish Orchestra: conductor, Ian WhyteConcert given before an audience of children at the Town Hall, Ayr (under the auspices of the Ayr branch of the Saltire Society).
Contributors
: I'll Play to You
with Monia Liter (piano) Joseph Dollinger (tenor), and Lloyd Thomas at the theatre organ.Introduced by Sandy Macpherson.
Contributors
: Sports Magazine
including extracts from the commentary on the World Heavyweight Championship fight between Joe Louis and Tami Mauriello.Edited and introduced by Geoffrey Peck.
Contributors
: Sweetheart Mine
An excerpt from Act 1 of the musical play by Lauri Wylie and Lupino Lane (based on Albert Chevalier's 'My Old Dutch').[Starring] Lupino Lane
Presented by Lane Plays, Ltd.
Cast includes Billy Russell, Barbara Shotter, Violet Blythe, Barry Lupino, Wallace Lupino, Lauri Lupino Lane, Vernon Kelso, the Doyle Kids, Nellie the Donkey, and full supporting company.
From the Victoria Palace, London
Contributors
: Sweetheart Mine
A further excerpt from Act 1.: Music from the Movies
played by Louis Levy and his Orchestra.Sung by Beryl Davis, Maria Perilli, Jack Cooper, Benny Lee, the Georgettes, and Male Voice Choir.
Contributors
: The Phantom Fleet: Episode 5: Lady in Distress
A thriller in eight episodes, adapted from the novel by 'Sea-Lion'.Contributors
: Music in Miniature
A musical entertainment given by Cyril Smith and Phyllis Sellick (two pianos), Henry Hoist (violin), Ernest Element (violin), Herbert Downes (viola), Anthony Pini (cello), and Eve Maxwell-Lyte (soprano).Contributors
: Northern Music-Hall
Variety from the Theatre Royal, Stockport.Introduced by David Southwood.
Contributors
: Radio Forfeits
[Starring] Michael Miles A new all-comedy quiz, in which victors win a prize and victims pay a penalty. Billy Ternent and his Band provide the music, and the producer is Jacques Brown.
Contributors
: Evergreen
Val Merrall, with the Four Voices and the Players, sings melodies that live in your memory.Contributors
: The Melodians
with Ivor Dennis and Jimmy Bailey at the two pianos in a programme of uninterrupted music.Contributors
: Old-Time Night
Dance music in the old-fashioned style played by Eddie Shaw and his Band.From the Plaza Ballroom, Belfast.
Contributors
: Robin Richmond and his Sextet
with Benny LeeContributors
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