Listings
: FIVE TO TEN
A story, a hymn, and a prayer: REGINALD DIXON
at the organ of the Tower Ballroom, Blackpool: EDMUNDO ROS
and his Latin-American Orchestra: SANDY MACPHERSON
at the BBC theatre organ: Concert Hour BBC SCOTTISH ORCHESTRA
(Leader, J. Mouland Begbie )Conducted by Alexander Gibson
Contributors
: LISTEN WITH MOTHER
A programme for children under fiveToday's story: ' Katherine's Washing Day by Margaret Gore , told by Daphne Oxenford
Contributors
: WOMAN'S HOUR
including:Guest of the Week:
Christopher Fry
Feminine Viewsreel: Monica Sims introduces people passing through London and some reports on exhibitions and events of the month
Pamela Frankau speaking
(Continued in next column)
Serial:
'O Rugged Land of Gold' by Martha Martin
Abridged by Honor Wyatt
Read by Peggy Hassard
Programme introduced by Jean Metcalfe
Contributors
: TUNES FROM THE THEATRE
BBC West of EnglandLight Orchestra
(Leader, Frederick Lunnon )
Conductor, Frank Cantell
Contributors
: MUSIC WHILE YOU WORK
Strings in RhythmDirected by Henry Croudson
Contributors
: Music of the Masters
played by the BBC WELSH ORCHESTRA(Leader, Philip Whiteway )
Conductor, Rae Jenkins
Evelyn Rothwell (oboe)
Contributors
: TIP-TOP TUNES
Geraldo and his Orchestra with Jill Day and Roy Edwards introducingSwing-time, The String Choir
London Rhapsody
All-tame Hit Parade and Geraldo at the piano
Contributors
: APPOINTMENT IN ITALY
Words and music to tell'the wonderful fable of radio ' with Alirio Diaz (guitarist)
Frank Sinatra
A village band from the Abruzzo Edoardo Spadaro
'the Italian Chevalier'
Vittorio Gassman (film star) Lauri Volpi (operatic tenor)
Turin Symphony Orchestra
Conductor, Maestro Rossi
Designed for British listeners by Radiotelevisione Italiano , and featuring:
Extracts from the San Remo Festival of Light Music
A Sicilian lullaby
The famous bird songs of Italian radio and a madrigal for the BBC's ' fair lady ' announcer
Written and produced by Gianni Giannantonio and Giovanni Mancini
Narrated by Angela Krenfeld and Maurizlo Pardi
Contributors
: Sport
Including cricket close of play scores: ROYAL RETURN
The slights and sounds of Gibraltar which Her Majesty the Queen and His Royial Highness the Duke of Edinburgh have visited this week and news of the final stages of the Commonwealth Tour fromRichard Dimibleby , Godfrey Talbot and Thomas Cadett
Contributors
: EVEuNTIDE
Music for a late evening introduced by Marjorie AndersonBBC Revue Orchestra
Conductor, Harry Rabinowitz
Contributors
: A BOOK AT BEDTIME
' Verdict of Twelve ' by Raymond Postgate(to be read in twenty instalments) Reader, Harry Lockwood West
8—' Professor and Publican '
Contributors
: MUSIC FROM THE CONTINENT
Presented with gramophone records by Marcel StellmanContributors
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