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Commentary during the last hour of the fourth day's play, followed by a summary
Commentators: Alan McGilvray Bernard Kerr , Charles Fortune
A. G. Moyes and Arthur Gilligan
From the Cricket Ground at Melbourne (A relay of the Australian Broadcasting Commission's transmission)
Contributors
Commentators:
Alan
McGilvray
Commentators:
Bernard
Kerr
Commentators:
Charles
Fortune
Unknown:
A. G.
Moyes
Unknown:
Arthur
Gilligan
Rex Palmer introduces your request records
Contributors
Presenter:
Rex
Palmer
A story, a hymn, and a prayer
at the BBC theatre organ
Selection: Tunes of Yesterday and Today
Ian Stewart and his Quintet
Contributors
Unknown:
Ian
Stewart
Contributors
Script:
Basil
Dawson
'Runaway' by Anton Delmar and Kenneth Hayles
Reader, Richard George
Contributors
Unknown:
Anton
Delmar
Reader:
Kenneth
Hayles
Reader:
Richard
George
and his Orchestra with Charles Granville
Jill Kinley , and Charles Young
1
Contributors
Unknown:
Charles
Granville
Unknown:
Jill
Kinley
Unknown:
Charles
Young
(Leader, J. Mouland Begbie )
Conducted by Gerald Gentry
Contributors
Leader:
J. Mouland
Begbie
Conducted By:
Gerald
Gentry
Today's story: 'The Christmas Mouse.' by Violet Statham , told by Dorothy Smith.
Contributors
Unknown:
Violet
Statham
Told By:
Dorothy
Smith.
including
A Blessed Escape: Betty Goodby describes a three-day holiday away from housework
Toothache in Tangier: Christopher Wanklyn relates an experience.
Looking at Pictures with Mervyn Levy. Six talks on the ideas that produced the great 'Isms' of Modern Art. 5-Surrealism
They Shall Build' Houses: Jo Harper describes how she and her husband lived in a bus while they were building a house
Serial: ' Joy in the Morning' by P. G. Wodehouse
Abridged by Barbara Henderson
Read by Ronald Simpson
The second of ten instalments
Programme introduced by Jean Metcalfe
For Women Readers-page 25
Contributors
Unknown:
Betty
Goodby
Unknown:
Jo
Harper
Unknown:
P. G.
Wodehouse
Abridged By:
Barbara
Henderson
Read By:
Ronald
Simpson
Introduced By:
Jean
Metcalfe
and his Mazurka Orchestra
Gregori Tcherniak (balalaika) accompanied by Geoffrey Sisley (guitar)
Contributors
Guitar:
Geoffrey
Sisley
Band of the Royal Corps of Signals
Conducted by Major John L. Judd ,
M.B.E. Birector of Music
Contributors
Conducted By:
Major John L.
Judd
Conducted By:
M.B.E.
Birector
(To be repeated tomorrow at 11.0 a.m.)
at the BBC theatre organ
(Harold Coombs is appearing at the Pavilion, Bournemouth)
Contributors
Unknown:
Harold
Coombs
with Georgia Lee and Roy Edwards
Contributors
Unknown:
Roy
Edwards
in which its commentators suggest a few New Year resolutions with examples from:
Lancaster: where members of the Red Rose Boys' Club hold weekly archery contests
Sundown: where nineteen-year-old Betty McCulloch is working her way towards a commercial pilot's licence
Chelmsford: where under-twenties are building their own club premises Scafell Pike : where at over 3,000 feet, a group of young climbers from Whitehaven district celebrated New Year's day with a campfire sing-song Doncaster: where an amateur film group are busy on their new production ' The Secret Trilby '
Musical comment from
Marie Abel and her Friends
Contributors
Unknown:
Betty
McCulloch
Unknown:
Scafell
Pike
Unknown:
Marie
Abel
Wilfred Pickles in Have a Go! visits Papworth
(The unique village settlement for T.B. sufferers and their families)
With Mabel at 'the table' and Harry Hudson at the piano.
(Home); Sunday at 11.0 a.m. (Light)
Contributors
Presenter:
Wilfred
Pickles
Co-presenter:
Mabel
Pickles
Pianist:
Harry
Hudson
Presented by:
Stephen Renaud
Williams
in which Al Read takes life as he finds it and invites you to meet
A famous guest
A highlight in music and The Kordites
The Augmented
Northern Variety Orchestra
Conducted by Alyn Ainsworth
Produced by Ronnie Taylor
(Al Read is appearing in 'Cinderella' at the Empire Theatre, Liverpool)
Contributors
Unknown:
Al
Read
Conducted By:
Alyn
Ainsworth
Produced By:
Ronnie
Taylor
The Joe Sacks Story
Written and narrated by Moore Raymond with David Kossoff
Singers:
Iris Villiers
Billie Baker
Laurie Payne
Clarence Wright
BBC Chorus
(Chorus-master, Leslie Woodgate )
BBC Concert Orchestra
(Leader, John Sharpe )
Conductor, Charles Mackerras
Programme produced by Michael North
Joe Sacks could not read or write, yci he became one of the most important figures of London show business iusi after World War I. Tonight you hear how he made and lost a fortune by presenting some of the most famous stars and shows in the history of musical comedy. The Lilac Domino,' ' Going Up/ and ' Irene ' were among the great successes of ' Napoleon Joe Sacks ,' the first man to have six shows running in London at the same time.
Contributors
Unknown:
Moore
Raymond
Singers:
David
Kossoff
Singers:
Iris
Villiers
Singers:
Billie
Baker
Singers:
Laurie
Payne
Singers:
Clarence
Wright
Chorus-Master:
Leslie
Woodgate
Leader:
John
Sharpe
Conductor:
Charles
MacKerras
Produced By:
Michael
North
Produced By:
Joe
Sacks
Unknown:
Napoleon Joe
Sacks
Being a chronicle of the life and misadventures of Anthony Hancock, the celebrated waif.
[Starring] Tony Hancock with Moira Lister, Bill Kerr and Sidney James
(Tony Hancock is appearing in "The Talk of the Town" at the Adelphi Theatre, London)
Contributors
Writer:
Alan
Simpson
Writer:
Ray
Galton
Producer:
Dennis Main
Wilson
The 'Hancock Theme' and other incidental music composed by:
Wally
Stott
Musicians:
The Augmented BBC Revue
Orchestra
Conductor:
Harry
Rabinowitz
Tony:
Tony
Hancock
Moira:
Moira
Lister
Bill:
Bill
Kerr
Sid:
Sidney
James
with Edmundo Ros and his Band
Learn to dance the exotic rhythm of the mambo, samba, son-rumba, guracha, baion, and bolero mambo
Ballroom host, Edmundo Ros
Devised and presented by David Miller
Contributors
Unknown:
Edmundo
Ros
Unknown:
Edmundo
Ros
Presented By:
David
Miller
by Andrew Garve
(to be read in thirteen instalments)
Reader, David King-Wood
Abridger, Arthur Calder-Marshall
Contributors
Author:
Andrew
Garve
Reader:
David
King-Wood
Abridged by:
Arthur
Calder-Marshall
moves out of doors under the stars to find the music of the Hermanos Deniz
Cuban Rhythm Band
of tomorrow's programmes and News Summary