Listings
: Five to Ten
A story, a hymn. and a prayer: DONALD THORNE
at the BBC theatre organ: THIRD TEST MATCH
Fourth day: commentaries by Rex Alston , Charles Fortune , Ian Balfour , and Pat MurrayFrom Kingsmead Ground, Durban
(A relay of the South African Broadcasting Corporation's transmission)
Contributors
Unknown:
Rex
Alston
Unknown:
Charles
Fortune
Unknown:
Ian
Balfour
Unknown:
Pat
Murray
: News Summary followed by MORNING STORY
' The Madness of Mister Maggs ' by Douglas RailtonRead by David Garth
Contributors
Unknown:
Mister
Maggs
Unknown:
Douglas
Railton
Read By:
David
Garth
: THE RHYTHM OF THE DANCE
BBC West of EnglandLight Orchestra
(Leader. Frederick Lunnon ) Conductor, Frank Cantell
Contributors
Leader:
Frederick
Lunnon
Conductor:
Frank
Cantell
: PIANO PLAYTIME
Reub Silver and Marion Day at two pianosContributors
Unknown:
Reub
Silver
Unknown:
Marion
Day
: THIRD TEST MATCH
Further commentaries(A relay of the South African Broadcasting Corporation's transmission)
: Listen With Mother
Today's story: 'Galloper, Bouncer, and Daisy' by M. Fl. Jacobson , told by Julia Lang.Contributors
Unknown:
M.
Fl. Jacobson
Told By:
Julia
Lang.
: WOMAN'S HOUR
includingCounting the Cost: some retired professional people talk to Barbara Crowther about their housekeeping today. (BBC recording)
The Simple Treatment of Burns and Scalds: advice from a panel of doctors and a medical research worker
(A recorded extract from ' Is There a Doctor in the House?', previously broadcast on October 16. 1956)
Reading Your Letters: expressing the listeners' point of view
Other People's Kitchens: Ray Stevens describes her free-lance work
We'll have to ask your father: Frederick Hearn , James Hender son, and Philip Mason face family situations presented by C. R. Hewitt.
Serial:
' A Game of Hide-and-Seek' by Elizabeth Taylor
Read by Jill Balcon
The seventh of ten instalments
Introduced by Marjorie Anderson
Contributors
Unknown:
Barbara
Crowther
Unknown:
Ray
Stevens
Unknown:
Frederick
Hearn
Unknown:
James
Hender
Unknown:
Philip
Mason
Presented By:
C. R.
Hewitt.
Unknown:
Elizabeth
Taylor
Read By:
Jill
Balcon
Introduced By:
Marjorie
Anderson
: News Summary followed by THIRD TEST MATCH
Commentaries on the closing overs of the day by Rex Alston , Charles Fortune , Ian Balfour , and Pat Murray , followed by a close of play summary(A relay of the South African Broadcasting Corporation's transmission)
Contributors
Unknown:
Rex
Alston
Unknown:
Charles
Fortune
Unknown:
Ian
Balfour
Unknown:
Pat
Murray
: DICK JAMES
with Ron Goodwin and his Orchestra on gramophone recordsContributors
Unknown:
Ron
Goodwin
: MUSIC WHILE YOU WORK
Band of the Coldstream GuardsConducted by Major Douglas A. Pope
Director of Music
Contributors
Conducted By:
Major Douglas A.
Pope
: MRS. DALE'S DIARY
Mrs. Dale, the doctor's wife. records the daily happenings ia the life of her familyScript by Billy Thatcher
Contributors
Script By:
Billy
Thatcher
: FREDERIC CURZON
at the BBC theatre organ: 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
Unknown:
Les
Howard
Conducted By:
Alyn
Ainsworth
Presented By:
Geoffrey
Wheeler
: WHO KNOWS?
A panel of scientists reply to listeners' questionsGuest of the week: B. J. Mason , D.SC., an expert on the weather
Panel: Robert Boyd
Harry Collier , 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?,' BBC, Broadcasting House, London, W.i.
Contributors
Unknown:
B. J.
Mason
Unknown:
Robert
Boyd
Unknown:
Harry
Collier
Unknown:
G. P.
Wells
Unknown:
Sam
Pollock
: Light Programme Choral Event 1957: Let the People Sing
A contest between thirty-two amateur choirs from all over EnglandThe third of eight programme* in Round I
MIXED CHOIRS
From the South
London Orpheus Choir
Conductor, James Gaddam
From the North
Sale and District Musical Society
Conductor, Alfred Higson
CHILDREN'S CHOIRS
From the West
Marjorie Corbett Choir
(from Torquay)
Conductor, Marjorie Corbett
From the Midlands
Solihull High School for Girls
Conductor, Margaret Wharam
Introduced by Antony Hopkins
Produced by Charles Beardsall
All winning choirs in Round I will be invited to take part in a 'Banner of St. George' Concert at the Royal Albert Hall, London, on April 27.
Contributors
Conductor:
James
Gaddam
Conductor:
Alfred
Higson
Conductor:
Marjorie
Corbett
Conductor:
Margaret
Wharam
Introduced By:
Antony
Hopkins
Produced By:
Charles
Beardsall
: CROSSROADS
A series about you and your job presented by members of the Younger GenerationOnce again the whole quarter of an hour is devoted to answering questions which you have sent in about the last two programmes.
Where possible the questions are answered by the experts who spoke in the programmes. They are introduced by Don Durbridge.
(s)
Contributors
Introduced By:
Don
Durbridge.
: The Archers
Written by Edward J. Mason and Geoffrey Webb.Contributors
Writer:
Edward J.
Mason
Writer:
Geoffrey
Webb
Editor:
Godfrey
Baseley
Producer:
Tony
Shryane
: Wilfred Pickles in HAVE A GO !
visits Tavistock in Devon where Sir Francis Drake was born at Crowndale Farm with Mabel at ' the table' and Harry Hudson at the pianoPresented by Stephen Renaud Williams
Contributors
Unknown:
Sir Francis
Drake
Unknown:
Harry
Hudson
Presented By:
Stephen Renaud
Williams
: Tony Hancock in HANCOCK'S HALF-HOUR
with Sidney James , Bill KerrHattie Jacques , Kenneth Williams
Written by Alan Simpson and Ray Galton
Produced by Dennis Main Wilson
Contributors
Unknown:
Sidney
James
Unknown:
Bill
Kerr
Unknown:
Hattie
Jacques
Unknown:
Kenneth
Williams
Written By:
Alan
Simpson
Written By:
Ray
Galton
Produced By:
Dennis Main
Wilson
: ON THE SPOT
Robert Reid discussesOil and Industry with On the Spot reporters Edward Ward and Wynford Vaughan Thomas who have conducted enquiries in various parts of the country
Contributors
Unknown:
Robert
Reid
Reporters:
Edward
Ward
Reporters:
Wynford Vaughan
Thomas
: BOXING
From a G.R.G. PromotionBill Wooding (Birmingham)
v. Derek Liversidge (Retford)
Commentary on the eight-round Welterweight contest by Raymond Glendenning , with inter-round summaries by Harry Carpenter
From the Baths Assembly Hall,
Willenhall
Contributors
Unknown:
Bill
Wooding
Unknown:
V. Derek
Liversidge
Unknown:
Raymond
Glendenning
Unknown:
Harry
Carpenter
: MUSICAL MENAGERIE
Pictures in sound of the animal worldIllustrated by the BBC Concert Orchestra
(Leader, William Armon )
Conductor, Vilem Tausky
Written and Introduced by Marjorie Westbury
Produced by Neil Sutherland
Contributors
Leader:
William
Armon
Conductor:
Vilem
Tausky
Introduced By:
Marjorie
Westbury
Produced By:
Neil
Sutherland
: THIRD TEST MATCH
South Africa v. EnglandA summary of the fourth day's play, by E. W. Swanton
From Kingsmead Cricket Ground.
Durban
Contributors
Play By:
E. W.
Swanton
: RONNIE ALDRICH
and the SquadronalresPart 1 with Peter Morton. Joan Baxter
Andrew Reavley , and Ken Kirkham
Contributors
Unknown:
Peter
Morton.
Unknown:
Joan
Baxter
Unknown:
Andrew
Reavley
Unknown:
Ken
Kirkham
: A BOOK AT BEDTIME
' Dear Mad'm ' by Stella W. Patterson(to be read in twenty instalments)
Abridged by Eve Howland
Read by Gwen Day Burroughs
2—' The Partners'
Contributors
Unknown:
Stella W.
Patterson
Abridged By:
Eve
Howland
Read By:
Gwen Day
Burroughs
: RONNIE ALDRICH
and the SquadronalresPart 2 with Peter Morton , Joan Baxter
Andrew Reavley , and Ken Kirkham
Contributors
Unknown:
Peter
Morton
Unknown:
Joan
Baxter
Unknown:
Andrew
Reavley
Unknown:
Ken
Kirkham
: Close Down
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