Listings
: NEWS
: FIVE TO TEN
A story, a hymn, and a prayer: BRYAN RODWELL
at the organ of the Granada, Tooting: MORNING STORY
' A Case of Burgundy'Written and read by Eric Phillips
Contributors
Read By:
Eric
Phillips
: THE ROYAL ARTILLERY MOUNTED BAND
Conducted by Capt. Basil H. BrownDirector of Music
Contributors
Conducted By:
Capt. Basil H.
Brown
: Concert Hour BBC WELSH ORCHESTRA
(Leader, Philip Whitewa y) Conductor, Rae JenkinsContributors
Leader:
Philip
Whitewa
Conductor:
Rae
Jenkins
: MUSIC FROM MAYFAIR
in the contrasting styles of Ambrose and his Orchestra and Don Carlos and his Samba OrchestraProduced by Geoffrey Owen
Contributors
Unknown:
Don
Carlos
Produced By:
Geoffrey
Owen
: LISTEN WITH MOTHER
Today's story: 'Taddy's Tail' by Jane Shaw , told by Dorothy SmithContributors
Unknown:
Jane
Shaw
Told By:
Dorothy
Smith
: WOMAN'S HOUR
including:The Month in Parliament: a commentary by Princess Indira
See page 6
Getting it off my chest: Amy Thomas protests against the ever-increasing length of life. (BBC recording)
Lifting the Lid off the London Season: Ailsa Garland attends the debutante dress show at the Berkeley.
Pin-money from the Garden: 4-A mixed bag by W. P. A. Robinson
Serial:
' Minerva-The Story of an Owl ' by Angela Jeans
Abridged by May E. Jenkin
Read by Ann Greenland
The second of five instalments
Programme introduced by Marjorie Anderson
Contributors
Unknown:
Princess
Indira
Unknown:
Amy
Thomas
Unknown:
Ailsa
Garland
Unknown:
W. P. A.
Robinson
Unknown:
Angela
Jeans
Abridged By:
May E.
Jenkin
Read By:
Ann
Greenland
Introduced By:
Marjorie
Anderson
: CONTINENTAL RENDEZVOUS
Fred Alexander and his PlayersThe Albert Delroy Trio with Julie Dawn
Contributors
Unknown:
Fred
Alexander
Unknown:
Albert Delroy
Trio
Unknown:
Julie
Dawn
: MUSIC WHILE YOU WORK
Ransome and Marles Works BandConductor, David AspinaU
Contributors
Conductor:
David
Aspinau
: MRS. DALE'S DIARY
Mrs. Dale, the doctor's wife, records the daily happenings in the life of her familyScript by Jonquil Antony
Contributors
Script By:
Jonquil
Antony
: AUSTIN RAYNER
- at the BBC theatre organ: MUSIC FROM AMERICA
Popular music played by The Alfredo Antonini Orchestra(Recordings made available by courtesy of ' Voice of onerica ')
Contributors
Unknown:
Alfredo Antonini
Orchestra
: WHO KNOWS?
Sam Pollock puts listeners' questions to a panel of scientists in the first of a new series of programmesPanel:
Robert Boyd , Harry Collier
Peter Sykes , G. P. Wells
What has been in the papers recently? Russian biologists sacked: cosmic rays interrupt radio again: a new flat TV tube: jet planes approach the heat barrier: the path of the Earth's first artificial satellite.
More information about such events, and what scientists themselves think about them, will be heard in the answers given to questions about science, technology, and so on, sent in by listeners.
Contributors
Unknown:
Sam
Pollock
Unknown:
Robert
Boyd
Unknown:
Harry
Collier
Unknown:
Peter
Sykes
Unknown:
G. P.
Wells
: ENA BAGA
at the electric organ: SONGS FOR TODAY
sung by Doris Eaves and the BBC SingersConducted by Cyril Gell with Jack Coles and his Orchestre Moderne
Introduced by Marjorie Anderson
Produced by Eric Arden
Contributors
Sung By:
Doris
Eaves
Conducted By:
Cyril
Gell
Unknown:
Jack
Coles
Introduced By:
Marjorie
Anderson
Produced By:
Eric
Arden
: 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
: Sport
: COMMONWEALTH QUIZ
Radio bridges eleven thousand miles of ocean to bring together undergraduates in Australia and In Britain in a weekly series of general knowledge contests2-The University of Cambridge
T. The University of Tasmania
Chairman in London:
Robert McKenzie
Chairman in Tasmania:
Creighton Burns
This recorded programme, which is arranged in collaboration with the Australian Broadcasting Commission, is produced join-ly by the ABC and the BBC and broadcast simultaneously by the Light Programme and the General Overseas Service of the BBC. It will also be broadcast over the National Network in Australia.
Producer in Tasmania, Bill Newnham
Producer in London, Joan Clark
Contributors
Unknown:
Robert
McKenzie
Unknown:
Creighton
Burns
Unknown:
Bill
Newnham
Unknown:
Joan
Clark
: Charlie Chester in A PROPER CHARLIE
with Deryck Guyler , Edna FryerLen Lowe , Marian Miller and The Radio Revellers
BBC Revue Orchestra
(Leader, Antony Gilbert )
Conductor, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Charles Hart and Bernard Botting
Produced by Leslie Bridgmont
Contributors
Unknown:
Deryck
Guyler
Unknown:
Edna
Fryer
Unknown:
Len
Lowe
Unknown:
Marian
Miller
Leader:
Antony
Gilbert
Conductor:
Harry
Rabinowitz
Script By:
Charles
Hart
Script By:
Bernard
Botting
Produced By:
Leslie
Bridgmont
: DANGER IS OUR BUSINESS
3-' Test Pilot 'On March to, 1956, thirty-five-year-old Peter Twiss , D.s.c, and Bar, became the first man to exceeti one thousand miles per hour in an aircraft in level flight over a measured course. The course lay between Chichester and Ford, Sussex, and the average speed of the Fairey Delta II for both official runs was 1,132 m.p.h. Tonight's programme, in which Peter Twiss himself appears, presents radio snapshots from this ex-Fleet Air Arm Pilot's life story, and dramatises one of the record flights.
Written and narrated by Stephen Grenfell
Introduced by Edward Ward Produced by Marjorie Ward
Contributors
Unknown:
Peter
Twiss
Unknown:
Peter
Twiss
Unknown:
Stephen
Grenfell
Introduced By:
Edward
Ward
Produced By:
Marjorie
Ward
: ALL THE BEST ...
... of light musicPresented by Vllem Tausky with Marjorie Westbury
The Singers:
Vanessa Lee. Inia Te Wiata
Monta Liter (piano)
BBC Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Leslie Woodgate )
The Orchestra:
BBC Concert Orchestra
(Leader. John Sharpe )
Conductor, Vilem Tausky
Produced by Neil Sutherland
Contributors
Presented By:
Vllem
Tausky
Unknown:
Marjorie
Westbury
Singers:
Vanessa
Lee.
Piano:
Monta
Liter
Chorus-Master:
Leslie
Woodgate
Leader:
John
Sharpe
Conductor:
Vilem
Tausky
Produced By:
Neil
Sutherland
: NEWS
: LET'S SETTLE FOR MUSIC
presents the music of Dnke Ellington played by Kenny Baker 's DozenIntroduced by Wilfrid Thomaa
Produced by Pat Dixon
The first of two programmes
Contributors
Unknown:
Dnke
Ellington
Played By:
Kenny
Baker
Introduced By:
Wilfrid
Thomaa
Produced By:
Pat
Dixon
: A BOOK AT BEDTIME
'Sara Dane ' by Catherine Gaskin(to be read in twenty Instalments) Abridged by Alastair Dunnett
Read by Brenda Dunrich
12—' Richard Forgets Himself'
Contributors
Unknown:
Sara
Dane
Unknown:
Catherine
Gaskin
Abridged By:
Alastair
Dunnett
Read By:
Brenda
Dunrich
: Close Down
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