Edward Barnes introduces your request records
A story, a hymn, and a prayer
at the BBC theatre organ
Melodies of the Moment
Ken Beaumont and his Sextet
and his Serenade Orchestra
From the North of England
' A Plain, Ordinary Busker' by Lee Martin
Read by Deryck Guyler
Conductor, J. J. Stobbs
BBC Northern Orchestra Conductor, John Hopkins
From the Town Hall, Manchester by arrangement with Manchester Corporation
Today's story: 'Jingle Joe 's Garden.' by Betty Starkey , told by Dorothy Smith.
From the Midlands
My Fifty Years as a Shorthand-Typist: Kate Jessey , who at seventy-five is still doing a secretarial job, looks back on a full life, and gives her recipe for happiness a The Unhandy Man: a husband's lament, by Eric Roberts
Taking Minna to the Pictures: Winifred Barrows introduces an all-too-familiar cinema companion.
Not Today, Thank You: some thoughts on door-to-door canvassers and salesmen by Eileen Davis-Brown
Gardens in Miniature: Mary Gillbee talks about her hobby
(Continued in next column)
First Signs of Spring: 'B.B.' takes you on a walk through the woods at his home in Northamp. tonshire
Serial:
' The Murder of Roger Ackroyd ' by Agatha Christie
Abridged by Honor Wyatt
Read by James McKechnie The tenth of fifteen instalments
Programme introduced by Mary Orchard
with Tina Vaughan , Hazel Day Steve Martin , Larry Hayward and the Sunnysiders
Jack Coles and his Orchestre Moderne
The music you have asked for introduced and played by Sandy Macpherson at the BBC theatre organ
Conducted by Major F. J. Harris , M.B.E.,
Director of Music
Hugh Ross Williamson follows up an item of news that caught his eye in this morning's paper
'Did You See This!' will be broadcast twice a week - on Wednesdays and Fridays at 6.30
An early evening entertainment featuring
Les Howard
Norman George and the String Serenaders with the BBC Northern Variety Orchestra
Directed by Alyn Ainsworth Introduced by Roger Moffat
A programme of songs and music specially recorded in California by this popular star and introduced by him
Written by Geoffrey Webb and Edward J. Mason.
Raymond Glendenning on tomorrow's fixtures
The old maestro with Peter Sellers , Harold Berens Kenneth Connor , Don Peters and Joan Sims
The Beaux and the Belles
BBC Variety Orchestra
Conductor, Paul Fenoulhet Script by George Wadmore
Ted Ray and Sid Colin
Produced by George Inns
Questions of the moment put by members of the audience are discussed spontaneously by Jack Longland , Frank Byers
Anthony Wedgwood Benn , M.P.
Sir Gurney Braithwaite ,
Bt., M.P.
Travelling Question-Master,
Freddy Grisewood
Produced by Michael Bowen
From a factory recreation hall,
Bristol
A musical entertainment for the end-of the week
Lester Ferguson with BBC Concert Orchestra
(Leader, John Sharpe )
Conducted by Sidney Torch
Stanley Riley and the BBC Men's Chorus
Conducted by Cyril Gell with Frederick Stone at the piano
Band of the Royal Corps of Signals
Conducted by Major John L. Judd , M.B.E.
Director of Music
Introduced by Philip Slessor
Produced by Campbell Ricketts
The M.C.C. Tour
E. W. Swanton, cricket correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, is accompanying the M.C.C. team in Australia. Tonight, in the last of a series of six letters, he describes the progress of the tour so far, both on and off the field
Cyril Stapleton directs the BBC Show Band
Pianist, Bill McGuffie
Songs from the Stargazers
Harold Smart and the Sambassadors
Guest singer:
Julie Dawn
Produced by Donald MacLean
' The Uninvited' by Frank Chittenden
(to be read in fourteen instalments)
Reader, Cyril Shaps
Abridger, Edgar Holt
7-' Madison asks more questions '
Music for a later hour including
Eric Jupp and his Players
Highlights of tomorrow's programme* and News Summary
