Listings
: 1,500 m.
Shipping Forecast: Five to Ten
A story, a hymn, and a prayer: News Summary
followed by MORNING STORY* Resistance Movement' by Nat Easton
Read by David Garth
Contributors
Read By:
David
Garth
: Band of the WELSH GUARDS
Conducted by Capt. F. L. StathamDirector of Music
John Holmes (bass)
Contributors
Conducted By:
Capt. F. L.
Statham
Bass:
John
Holmes
: PIANO PLAYTIME
Felix King at the piano: CRICKET
South Africa v. EnglandSecond Test Match: First day
Commentaries by Rex Alston , Charles Fortune , Kyrlie Roscoe , and Patt Tebbutt
From Newlands Cricket Ground,
Cape Town
Contributors
Unknown:
Rex
Alston
Unknown:
Charles
Fortune
Unknown:
Kyrlie
Roscoe
Unknown:
Patt
Tebbutt
: JOHNNY DANKWORTH
and his Orchestra with Cleo LaineFrank Holder , and Tony Mansell
Contributors
Unknown:
Cleo
Laine
Unknown:
Frank
Holder
Unknown:
Tony
Mansell
: 1,500 m.: Shipping Forecast
217 m. and VHF: Record Interlude: LISTEN WITH MOTHER
Today's story: 'New Year's Eve,' by Ann Elliott. told by Dorothy SmithContributors
Unknown:
Ann
Elliott.
Told By:
Dorothy
Smith
: Woman's Hour
includingA New Year and a New Life: Eileen Sharman sails tomorrow for Australia with her family and looks forward to the future
Reading Your Letters: expressing the listener's point of view
Living in an Open-plan House: Edward Williams describes his reactions to this experience
We can't go back: Jessie Kesson reflects on the altered circumstances of her life and looks at the future
'I Promise to Pay...': today a barrister continues his advice to people who find it difficult to pay their way
Serial: 'Getaway' by John Harris
Abridged by Neville Teller
Read by Russell Napier
The second of fifteen instalments
Programme introduced by Marjorie Anderson
Contributors
Unknown:
Eileen
Sharman
Unknown:
John
Harris
Read By:
Russell
Napier
Introduced By:
Marjorie
Anderson
: News Summary
followed by Concert HourBBC SCOTTISH ORCHESTRA
(Leader, J. Mouland Begbie )
Conducted by Alexander Gibson
Contributors
Leader:
J. Mouland
Begbie
Conducted By:
Alexander
Gibson
: Music While You Work
Band of The Life GuardsConducted by Lieut.-Colonel A. Lemoine, O.B.E,
Director of Music
: Mrs. Dale's Diary
Mrs. Dale, the doctor's wife, records the daily happenings in the life of her family.Contributors
Script:
Robert
Turley
Mrs Dale:
Ellis
Powell
Dr Dale:
James
Dale
Bob Dale:
Leslie
Heritage
Sally Lane:
Margaret
Ward
Mrs Freeman:
Dorothy
Lane
Mrs Morgan:
Grace
Allardyce
Jenny Dale:
Julia
Braddock
Richard Fulton:
Norman
Chidgey
Fickling:
Robert
Webber
Ivor Mitchell:
Peter
Tuddenham
Joanna Loss:
Margaret
Butt
Harriet Lamont:
Gillian
Maude
Dr Meredith:
William
Fox
Mrs Meredith:
Selma Vaz
Dias
Maud French:
Gwen Day
Burroughs
Elsie Freeman:
Betty
Hardy
Mr Popkin:
James
Thomason
Gordon Wallace:
Frank
Partington
: CRICKET
South Africa v. EnglandSecond Test Match
Commentaries on the closing overs of the day by Rex Alston, Charles Fortune, Kyrlie Roscoe, and Patt Tebbutt, followed by a close of play summary
: MELODY ON THE LINE
A programme of dance music with Les Howard and the BBC Northern Dance OrchestraConducted by Alyn Ainsworth
Presented by Geoffrey Wheeler
Contributors
Conducted By:
Alyn
Ainsworth
Presented By:
Geoffrey
Wheeler
: WHO KNOWS?
A question and answer programme in which a panel of scientists reply to listeners' questionsPanel:
Robert Boyd , Harry Collier
Peter Sykes , G. P. Wells
In the chair, Sam Pollock
If you have a question you would like to put to the panel please write it on a postcard and address it to 'Who Knows?,' c/o BBC, Broadcasting House, London, W.I.
Contributors
Unknown:
Robert
Boyd
Unknown:
Harry
Collier
Unknown:
Peter
Sykes
Unknown:
G. P.
Wells
Unknown:
Sam
Pollock
: CEDRIC DUMONT
and his OrchestraJoseph Bopp (flute)
Herbert Rehbein (violin) Pierre del Vescovo (horn)
Contributors
Flute:
Joseph
Bopp
Violin:
Herbert
Rehbein
Horn:
Pierre
Del Vescovo
: CROSSROADS
A series about you and your job presented by members of the Younger GenerationIn Preparation
1-Choosing the Job
The first oftwoprogrammes on finding the right job
Tonight Glyn Roberts shows how the specialists set about the task with all the knowledge of industrial psychology at their fingertips, and how this is put into general practice by the Youth Employment Service.
Introduced by Don Durbridge
Contributors
Introduced By:
Don
Durbridge
: The Archers
Written by Edward J. Mason and Geoffrey Webb.A story of country folk.
Contributors
Writer:
Edward J.
Mason
Writer:
Geoffrey
Webb
Editor:
Godfrey
Baseley
Producer:
Tony
Shryane
: Wilfred Pickles in HAVE A GO!
visits Aylesford, Kent where Mr. Pickwick stayed at ' 'Dingley Dell' with Mabel at ' the table ' and Harry Hudson at the pianoPresented by Stephen Renaud Williams
Contributors
Unknown:
Harry
Hudson
Presented By:
Stephen Renaud
Williams
: Tony Hancock in HANCOCK'S HALF-HOUR
with Sidney JamesBill Kerr , Hattie Jacques and Kenneth Williams
Written by Alan Simpson and Ray Galton
Theme and incidental music composed and conducted by Wally Stott
Produced by Dennis Main Wilson
Contributors
Unknown:
Sidney
James
Unknown:
Bill
Kerr
Unknown:
Hattie
Jacques
Written By:
Alan
Simpson
Written By:
Ray
Galton
Conducted By:
Wally
Stott
Produced By:
Dennis Main
Wilson
: ON THE SPOT
Robert Reid in London and Alistair CookeIn New York discuss
Anglo-American
Attitudes and Introduce recorded illustrations reflecting the impact of recent events on the opinions of typical men and women in both countries regarding the relationship between Britain and the United States
: 'THE SENTIMENTAL GENTLEMAN OF SWING*
A tribute to the late Tommy DorseyIllustrated with gramophone records
Introduced by Denny Dennis and Alan Dell
Contributors
Unknown:
Tommy
Dorsey
Introduced By:
Denny
Dennis
Unknown:
Alan
Dell
: FIRST IMPRESSIONS
A musical investigation intoNew Year customs and traditions made by Stephen Manton (tenor) and the BBC Concert Orchestra
(Leader, William Armon )
Conductor, Vilem Tausky
Devised and narrated by Michael Brooke
Produced by Neil Sutherland
Contributors
Tenor:
Stephen
Manton
Leader:
William
Armon
Conductor:
Vilem
Tausky
Unknown:
Michael
Brooke
Produced By:
Neil
Sutherland
: CRICKET
South Africa v. EnglandSecond Test Match
A summary of the first day's play, by Rex Alston
From Newlands Ground, Cape Town
(A relay from the South African Broadcasting Corporation's transmission)
: TED HEATH
and his Music with Bobbie Britton and Peter LoweContributors
Unknown:
Bobbie
Britton
Unknown:
Peter
Lowe
: A BOOK AT BEDTIME
' The Bafut Beagles ' by Gerald Durrell(To be read in fourteen instalments) Abridged by Barbara Henderson
Read by Oliver Burt
1 — ' In which we done come'
Contributors
Unknown:
Gerald
Durrell
Abridged By:
Barbara
Henderson
Read By:
Oliver
Burt
: TED HEATH
and his Music with Bobbie Britton and Peter LoweContributors
Unknown:
Bobbie
Britton
Unknown:
Peter
Lowe
: Close Down
followed by Shipping Forecast on 1,500 m. enlyAbout this project
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