Listings
: Housewives' Choice
Stephen Grenfell introduces your request recordsContributors
Presenter:
Stephen
Grenfell
: Five to Ten
A story, a hymn, and a prayer: ULSTER RHYTHM
. Stanley Wyllie at the organ. of the Ritz Cinema, Belfast
Contributors
Unknown:
Stanley
Wyllie
: Music While You Work
Band of The Life GuardsConducted by Lieut.-Col. A. Lemoine
Director of Music
Contributors
Conducted By:
Lieut.-Col. A.
Lemoine
: MORNING STORY
' The Sleeper ' by James EdgarRead by Valentine Dyall
Contributors
Unknown:
James
Edgar
Read By:
Valentine
Dyall
: Music for Dancing
Played by Victor Silvester and his Ballroom OrchestraContributors
Played By:
Victor
Silvester
: GERALD SHAW
at the BBC theatre organ: Concert Hour BBC MIDLAND LIGHT ORCHESTRA
(Leader, Frank Thomas )Conductor, Leo Wurmser
Contributors
Leader:
Frank
Thomas
Conductor:
Leo
Wurmser
: Listen with Mother
A programme for children under fiveNursery rhymes, stories, and music
"I don't like Dickory Dock song," said a four-year-old boy, "but I like This is the way the ladies ride." Our under-fives are quite clear about their likes and dislikes where their programme is concerned.
They listen intelligently, too, and ponder what they hear. "He sings it first," said a three-and-a-half-year-old girl, when George Dixon sang Hickory Dickory Dock "alone and then with Eileen Browne." He sings it first to show her how, and then he sings it with her to help her."
We hope that the small boy quoted above will tolerate this particular rhyme on Friday this week, since be will hear "This is the way the ladies ride" today.
Catherine Edwards is with us again this week and next, and will introduce these and all the other rhymes, and the story-tellers, too — Julia Lang for the first three days to tell stories of Galloper the Horse and Bouncer the Dog, by Margaret Jacobson; Daphne Oxenford on Thursday with that favourite story about a Teddy Bear by Margaret Gore; and Dorothy Smith on Friday with "Ian and the Watch," by Esther Provia.
(Elisabeth A. Tayler)
: WOMAN'S HOUR
A daily programme for women at homeIntroduced by Marjorie Anderson and including:
' Woman's Hour Microscope': a weekly examination of new products for the home. 5-The
Microscope takes another look at paints, and scrutinises their colours
' Around and About Britain': ' Call of the Pipes': Jack Arm-strong plays the Northumbrian small pipes, accompanied by Alice Ellis oh the Celtic harp, and discusses pipers and piping with Richard Kelly
' How to Hang a Suit': treated the right way a suit looks spickand-span and keeps its shape. Alice Hooper Beck describes the simple yet effective routine she follows in caring for her clothes
' Talking of Things you don't Understand,' by Eric Roberts, who undertook to compere a dress show
' What I've Been Reading': Pamela Hansford Johnson reviews some recently published books
Serial: Vanity Fair' by William Makepeace Thackeray. Abridged by Becky Cocking. Read by Ronald Simpson
Contributors
Introduced By:
Marjorie
Anderson
Unknown:
William Makepeace
Thackeray.
Abridged By:
Becky
Cocking.
Read By:
Ronald
Simpson
: MUSIC WHILE YOU WORK
Jack White and his Band(Jack White and his Band are appearing at the Astoria Dance Salon, London)
Contributors
Unknown:
Jack
White
: MRS. DALE'S DIARY
Mrs. Dale, the doctor's wife, records the daily happenings In the life of her familyScript by Joan Carr-Jonca
Last week Mrs. Dale collected the Doctor's suit from the cleaner, who had discovered the missing part of the Dalt Grandfather clock in the turn-up of the trousers! Mrs. Dale, accompanied by Miss Sirrvmonds, went to an auction sale but she was outbid by Mrs. Moumford and Mrs. Sandiman on every purchase she tried to make. She did, however, manage to get a miniature at a wedding present for Miss Pink. Gwen persuaded Richard Fulton to write the Coronation Pageant for Parkwood Hill. Isabel Fielding had a sharp attack of influenza and Dr. Dale ordered her to stay in bed for a few days. Trudi volunteered to look after her, as the maid had left that morning. Miss Pink told Sally that the Reverend Francis Austen was not in love but quite fond of her, and needed a wife to help him with his pastoral work.
Contributors
Script By:
Joan
Carr-Jonca
Mrs Dale:
Ellis
Powell
Dr Dala:
Douglas
Burbidge
Bob Dale:
Leslie
Heritage
Gwen Owen:
Beryl
Calder
David Owen:
Frank
Partington
Mrs Freeman:
Dorothy
Lane
Sally Lane:
Alvye
Maiben
Mrs Morgan:
Grace
Allardyce
Trudi Bäume:
Daphne
Maddox
Miss Pink:
Viola
Merritt
Evelyn Amory:
Nancy
Nevinson
Richard Fulton:
Norman
Chidgey
Francis Austen:
John
Kidd
Malcolm Reeves:
Richard
Johnson
Isabel Fielding:
Thea
Wells
Mr Langley:
David
Enders
Mr Smith:
Middleton
Wooda
: Monday Matinee presents: Man and Superman
A comedy by Bernard Shaw[Starring] John Clements and Kay Hammond
Contributors
Author:
Bernard
Shaw
Producer:
Frederick
Bradnum
John Tanner:
John
Clements
Ann Whitefleld:
Kay
Hammond
Ramsden:
Barry
Letts
Octavius:
Allan
Cuthbertson
Mrs Whitefleld:
Barbara
Everest
Miss Ramsden:
Margaret
Scudamore
Violet Robinson:
Peggy
Simpson
Straker:
Brian
Hayes
Hector Malone:
John
Bushelle
Malone:
Joseph
Tomelty
The Maid:
Rosamund
Greenwood
Narrator:
Derek
Hart
: 'MAN AND SUPERMAN
(continued): HOAGY CARMICHAEL
on gramophone records: The Archers
Written by Geoffrey Webb and Edward J. Mason.A story of country folk.
Contributors
Writer:
Geoffrey
Webb
Writer:
Edward J.
Mason
Editor:
Godfrey
Baseley
Producer:
Tony
Shryane
: DEAR SIR....
A correspondence column of the airEdited and Introduced by Adrian Thomaa
Contributors
Introduced By:
Adrian
Thomaa
: FAMILY FAVOURITES
Tunes you have asked us to play: PARENTS AND CHILDREN
A series of programmes for parents about some of the different phases through which a child's mind passes as it grows up6-Spreading Wings by Dr. Cecily de Monchaux
As the teenager develops a necessary independence and perhaps enters on his first job, the feelings of the parent become somewhat mixed. His help is still needed but it sometimes becomes a little difficult to decide how it can best be given. Probably the greatest contributon he can make at this time is to understand the changes of attitude that take place both in his children and himself.
This programme is illustrated by conversatins between actual teenagers and by dramatic interludes acted by: Vivienne Chatterton. Stephen Jack
Macdonald Parke , Charles E. Stidwill
William Strange , Warren Hearnden
Contributors
Unknown:
Dr. Cecily
de Monchaux
Unknown:
Stephen
Jack
Unknown:
MacDonald
Parke
Unknown:
Charles E.
Stidwill
Unknown:
William
Strange
Unknown:
Warren
Hearnden
: Joy Nichols. Dick Bentley and Jimmy Edwards in ' TAKE IT FROM HERE'
with Wallas Eaton , The KeynotesAugmented BBC Revue Orchestra
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
Contributors
Unknown:
Wallas
Eaton
Script By:
Frank
Muir
Script By:
Denis
Norden
Produced By:
Charles
Maxwell
: THE GERALDO DANCE ORCHESTRA
Directed by Sidney Bright with Jill DayAlma Warren , and Bob Dale
Contributors
Directed By:
Sidney
Bright
Unknown:
Jill
Day
Unknown:
Alma
Warren
Unknown:
Bob
Dale
: A BOOK AT BEDTIME
' String Lug the Fox' by David StephenReader, Tom Fleming
1 — ' How a Fox Cub was Named'
Contributors
Reader:
David
Stephen
Reader:
Tom
Fleming
: Music Tapestry
The Spa OrchestraDirected by Tom Jenkina
Jean Merlow (piano)
Contributors
Directed By:
Tom
Jenkina
Piano:
Jean
Merlow
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