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: Housewives' Choice
George Elrick introduces your request recordsContributors
: Five to Ten
A story, a hymn, and a prayer: FRANK GORDON
at the BBC theatre organ Oldies on Parade: MORNING STORY
From the North of England' The Rising of Sirius ' by Robert Lait
Read by Bernard Warwick
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: FIESTA
Warm and colourful music from the sunny south with the Southern Serenade OrchestraDirected by Lou Whiteson and solo items by Henry Krein (accordion)
Billy Bell (guitar)
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: FROM HERE AND THERE
Some recordings of music from different parts of the worldPresented by Michael Brooke
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: MIDDAY PROM
given by the BBC Northern Orchestra(Leader, Reginald Stead )
Conductor, John Hopkins
The Foreign Scene
From the Town Hall, Manchester by courtesy of Manchester Corporation
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: LISTEN WITH MOTHER
A programme for children under fiveToday's story: ' The Tired Train ' by Leila Berg , told by Daphne Oxenford
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: WOMAN'S HOUR
includingFixtures and Fittings: Harry Trethowan talks about his experiences in a large London furniture store
'Mrs. G': Diana Bazalgette tells how ' Mrs. G' walked into her life one hot summer afternoon and left it one rainy night two years later
Writers Talking: Emma Smith and Ethel Mannin in conversation
Looking at the News: a review of some of the happenings of the week
Serial:
.' The Woman in White' by Wilkie Collins
Abridged by Donald Bancroft
Read by Derek Hart
Last instalment :
' The Final Reckoning'
Programme introduced by Marjorie Anderson
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: DENNY BOYCE
and his Orchestra with Maxine Daniels and June \RobinsonContributors
: MRS. DALE'S DIARY
Mrs. Dale, the doctor's wife, records the daily happenings in the life of her familyScript by Patricia Rowan
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: AT YOUR REQUEST
The music you have asked for introduced and played by Sandy Macpherson at the organ of the Odeon Theatre,Leicester Square, London
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: AMERICA SINGS
Well-known folk songs sung by Burl IvesOrchestra conducted by Frank Black
(Recordings made available by courtesy of ' Voice of America ')
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: MAKE WAY FOR MUSIC
from the BBC Northern Variety Orchestra(Leader, Norman George )
Conductor, Alyn Ainsworth with Les Howard
Introduced by Roger Moffat
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: Dennis Lotis presents THE SONG'S THE THING
with his own hit records of popular songs: PARADE
A programme for family listening presented by members of the Younger GenerationWhat and Why is Judo?
Judo is more than a physical recreation: it is a form of self-defence with an almost philosophical background. This programme examines not only some of the practical applications, but also the ideas behind them
Heirs to a Tradition
2-The Potter
In a large pottery works the modeller holds a key position, creating as he does the article from which will come all the subsequent pieces. Mary Duddy went to a works at Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, to watch eighteen-year-old Gary Sharp on the job
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: The Archers
Written by Geoffrey Webb and Edward J. Mason.A story of country folk.
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: News and Radio Newsreel
followed by: Peter Brough and Archie Andrews in EDUCATING ARCHIE
with James Robertson JusticeBeryl Reid. Ken Piatt
Graham Stark , Ronald Chesney
The Coronets
The Dennis Wilson Quartet
Written by Ronald Wolfe
George Wadmore , and Pat Dunlop
Produced by Roy Speer
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: KAY CAVENDISH
at the piano: ANY QUESTIONS?
Questions of the moment put by members of the audience are discussed spontaneously by: Ralph WightmanAlastair Hetherington
Elaine Burton , M.P.
Colm Brogan
Travelling Question-master:
Freddy Grisewood
Produced by Michael Bowen
From a factory in Barnstaple, Devon (Home"
Comments on this programme for use in ' Any Answers? ' , should be sent to the BBC,
Bristol, marked ' Any Questions?,' and should arrive by first post on Monday.
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: FRIDAY NIGHT IS MUSIC NIGHT
Aweekly programme of light music for everybody played this week by the BBC Scottish Variety Orchestra(Leader, Jack Nugent )
Conductor, Michael Collins with John Cameron
The Scottish C.W.S. Band
Conductor, Elgar Clayton and the Glasgow Police Male Voice Choir
Conductor, Farquhar Macdonald
Introduced by Philip Slessor
Produced by Campbell Ricketts
Given before an invited audience in the BBC's Glasgow studios
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: THE MONTE CARLO RALLY
Some further first-hand stories of the Rally, with the latest news of competitors who have qualified for the Mountain Circuit Test.Introduced by Raymond Baxter and Brian Johnston from the Monte Carlo studio
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: Ted Heath invites you to MEET THE BAND
The first of a new series of programmes in which well-known British band leaders introduce records made by their own bands and orchestras. See page 7: A BOOK AT BEDTIME
'It's Different in July' by Kevin Fitzgerald(to be read in fifteen instalments) Abridged by Barbara Henderson
Read by Valentine Dyall
6-' The Knitting Nurses '
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: THE COSMOPOLITAN ORCHESTRA
Conducted by Jos Cleber(Recording made available by courtesy of Nederlandsche Radio-Unie, Hilversum)
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