Listings
: TUNES OF 1939-1945
played by the Band of the Royal ArtilleryConducted by Captain S. V. Hays
Director of Music
Royal Artillery and sung by the BBC Men's Chorus
Conductor, Leslie Woodgate
Contributors
Conductor:
Leslie
Woodgate
: Home for the Day
The Sunday supplement to Woman's HourVE-Day Edition
Dame Vera Laughton Mathews , Dame Leslie Whateley , and Dame Katherine Trefusis Forbes , last week's guests in Woman's Hour
Memories of VE-Day from women who were at war in Britain, Europe, and the Far East. as civilians or in uniform. Speakers include Mary Ferguson , Elise Sprott , and Nancy Spain
Ten Years After
Four people who served together in the A.T.S. re-unite in a BBC studio
Pamela Frankau recalls her thoughts on May 8, 1945
Introduced by Marjorie Anderson
Contributors
Unknown:
Dame Vera Laughton
Mathews
Unknown:
Dame Leslie
Whateley
Unknown:
Katherine Trefusis
Forbes
Unknown:
Far
East.
Unknown:
Mary
Ferguson
Unknown:
Elise
Sprott
Unknown:
Nancy
Spain
Unknown:
Pamela
Frankau
Introduced By:
Marjorie
Anderson
: AS I ROVED OUT
You are invited to listen to folk songs and music still sung and played in the British Isles6 — Sussex and Kent
Bob Copper tells of the journey he made from Petworth to Hastings last year in search of songs
Francis Collinson recalls the old Sussex church bands, and remembers his first collecting experiences when living in Kent
Musical arrangements by Francis Collinson
Edited by Marie Slocombe
Produced by Harold Rogers
Contributors
Unknown:
Francis
Collinson
Arrangements By:
Francis
Collinson
Edited By:
Marie
Slocombe
Produced By:
Harold
Rogers
: B7 REVISITED
Philip Slessor revisits Klagenfurt, one of the stations of the British Forces Network, Austria, which began ten years ago. He recalls memories of programmes and peopleProgramme prepared by Philip Slessor during a recent visit to Austria
Edited by Geoffrey Topping
Contributors
Unknown:
Philip
Slessor
Unknown:
Philip
Slessor
: Wilfred Pickles in'HAVE A GO!'
visits Gunnerside, in Swaledale, Yorkshire with Mabel at ' the table ' and Harry Hudson at the pianoPresented by Stephen Renaud Williams
Last programme of the present series
Contributors
Unknown:
Harry
Hudson
Presented By:
Stephen Renaud
Williams
: People's Service: 'Let us rise up and build': The Church in Plymouth - Ten Years After
From St. Andrew's Church, which was reduced to a shell by bombing in 1941 and is now at an advanced stage of re-building, the Vicar, the Rev. W.H. Alan Cooper, speaks of the part the new St. Andrew's is designed to play in the life of the cityFrom the Church of St. Francis, Honicknowle, built to serve one of the city's great housing estates, the Rev. A.D. Jago conducts a short service
Contributors
Speaker:
The Rev. W.H.
Alan
Service conducted by:
The Rev. A.D.
Jago
: FAMILY FAVOURITES
For serving men and women stationed abroad and their families at homePresented from London and Cologne by Jean Metcalfe and Dennis Scuse
Contributors
Unknown:
Jean
Metcalfe
Unknown:
Dennis
Scuse
: Edmundo Ros and Ray Ellington in MR. ROS AND MR. RAY
with Dick Katz , Marion RyanThe Ray Ellington Quartet
The Edmundo Ros
Latin-American Orchestra
Script by Johnny Speight Produced by John Browell
Contributors
Unknown:
Dick
Katz
Unknown:
Marion
Ryan
Script By:
Johnny
Speight
Produced By:
John
Browell
: TWENTY QUESTIONS
(' Twenty Questions ' is broadcast by arrangement with Maurice Winnick )Contributors
Arrangement With:
Maurice
Winnick
: KINGS OF THE KEYBOARD
Piano music in contrasting styles played by Robin Wood , Bill McGuffieRawicz and Landauer
The Kenny Powell Quartet
Introduced by Sidney Harrison
Producer. Jimmy Grant
Contributors
Played By:
Robin
Wood
Played By:
Bill
McGuffie
Unknown:
Kenny
Powell
Introduced By:
Sidney
Harrison
Producer:
Jimmy
Grant
: Harry Secombe with Bill Kerr, Sidney James and Andrce Melly in HANCOCK'S HALF-HOUR
In which Mr. Harold ' Micawber ' Secombe, Esq., takes over from his old friend Hancock, the celebrated waif, to find that ' something always turns up ' also featuring Kenneth WilliamsContributors
Unknown:
Kenneth
Williams
: Radio Theatre presents Michael Gough and William Sylvester in * FIVE DAYS TO FRIDAY'
by Redmond MacdonoghBased on an idea by Henry Ellul
Cast in order of speaking:
Produced by Archie Campbell
Two men, one English, the other American, set off with their sleigh and a team of huskies to cross the frozen wastes of Northern Canada. Their destination, Fort Carrus, is still five days away when disaster overtakes them and one man is severely injured. Progress is reduced to a snail's pace and it soon becomes evident that their food supply is insufficient to meet the new circumstances. The agony of their situation is intensified when the injured man confesses to his companion that he is the murderer of the girl they both loved.
Contributors
Unknown:
Henry
Ellul
Produced By:
Archie
Campbell
John:
Michael
Gough
Max:
William
Sylvester
Captain Curran:
Alan
Tilvern
Jake:
Arthur
Hill
Doctor:
Charles
Farrell
: DOWN YOUR WAY
Franklin Engelmann , with a BBC mobile recording unit, visits the Isle of Man to meet local people who talk about their lives and jobs and choose their favourite musicProduced by Phyllis Robinson
Contributors
Unknown:
Franklin
Engelmann
Produced By:
Phyllis
Robinson
: THE COMMONWEALTH ENTERTAINS
Popular songs and music recorded for the BBC by Commonwealth Radio Organisations includingSophisticated songs and modern dance orchestras from Canada
West Indian calypsos Australian bush songs and cabaret artists from Malaya Introduced by Wilfrid Thomas Produced by Phyllis Robinson
Contributors
Introduced By:
Wilfrid
Thomas
Produced By:
Phyllis
Robinson
: News and Radio Newsreel
A summary of events of the past week: MUSIC AND SONG
on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of VE-Day with Doris Eaves (soprano)Marjorie Thomas (contralto)
Alfred Orda (baritone) David Branson (piano)
BBC Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Leslie Woodgate )
BBC Concert Orchestra
(Leader. John Sharpe )
Conductor, Charles Mackerras
Produced by Eric Arden including music from Britain and other Commonwealth countries, Europe, the U.S.A.. and the U.S.S.R.
Contributors
Soprano:
Doris
Eaves
Contralto:
Marjorie
Thomas
Baritone:
Alfred
Orda
Piano:
David
Branson
Chorus-Master:
Leslie
Woodgate
Leader:
John
Sharpe
Conductor:
Charles
MacKerras
Produced By:
Eric
Arden
: SUNDAY HALF-HOUR
Community hymn-singing from the ruins of Coventry CathedralLed by the congregation of the Cathedral together with those of the Methodist Central Mission and of the Warwick Road Congregational Church, Coventry
Music by the City of Coventry Band
(Continued in next column)
Hymns introduced by: The Rev. Canon J. H. Proctor.
Precentor ot Coventry Cathedral
The Rev. R. W. Hugh Jones The Rev. E. Lincoln Minshull and the Very Rev. R. T. Howard ,
Provost of Coventry Cathedral
Conductor of the hymns,
Leonard Tanner
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
(Tune. Lobe den Herren )
Through all the changing scenes of life (Tune, Wiltshire)
When I survey the wondrous Cross
(Tune, Rockingham)
0 God of Bethel. by whose hand
(Tune, Martyrdom)
0 brother man, fold to thy heart thy brother (Tune. Intercessor)
Rejoice, the Lord is King (Tune.
Gopsal)
The Church's one foundation (Tune.
Aurelia)
All creatures of our God and King
(Tune. Lasst uns erfreuen)
Contributors
Unknown:
Rev. Canon J. H.
Proctor.
Unknown:
Rev. R. W. Hugh
Jones
Unknown:
Rev. E. Lincoln
Minshull
Unknown:
Very Rev. R. T.
Howard
Unknown:
Leonard
Tanner
Unknown:
Den
Herren
: GRAND HOTEL
Jean Pougnet and the Palm Court OrchestraThis week's visiting artist:
Jean Carpenter
Contributors
Unknown:
Jean
Pougnet
Artist:
Jean
Carpenter
: 'TO COMFORT THEM THAT BUILD.
A programme of poems readings and music arranged by Richard Tatlock to commemorate the tenth anniversary of VE-Day with Chad VarahRector of St. Stephen, Walbrook and John Glen
George Thalben-Ball (organ)
The Templars Choir
From the Church of St. Stephen. Walbrook. London. E.C.4. which was destroyed by incendiary bombs in 1941 and rededicated in 1954
Contributors
Arranged By:
Richard
Tatlock
Unknown:
Chad
Varah
Unknown:
John
Glen
Unknown:
George
Thalben-Ball
Unknown:
Walbrook.
London.
: Edmund Hockridge goes DOWN MELODY LANE
coming upon songs and melodies in the highways and by-ways of familiar music with the BBC Variety OrchestraConductor, Paul Fenoulhet
Produced by Frank Hooper
Contributors
Conductor:
Paul
Fenoulhet
Produced By:
Frank
Hooper
: MUSIC IN BATTLEDRESS
To conclude a week of special broadcasts commemorating the tenth anniversary of VE-Day Frank Gillard in the studios of the British Forces Network, Cologne, plays some records of music which revives personal memories of the long road to victory from North Africa to BerlinContributors
Unknown:
Frank
Gillard
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