THE B.B.C. DANCE ORCHESTRA
Directed by HENRY HALL
5.15 Daventry
The Children's Hour
' His Worship Flies a Kite', a tale by WALTER ALLEN
Songs at the Piano by LAURA MANN
THE MIDLAND STUDIO ORCHESTRA, directed by FRANK CANTELL
' The Powerful Herb', an Irish story by NORAH HOLLOWAY
(Midland Regional Programme)
AS she is of Irish descent it is natural that Norah Holloway should find among the Celtic legends material for the charming stories she has broadcast on many occasions. She is known to listeners not only as an author, but also as a character actor, and, in her own words, she is never at her best unless she is someone else. Even her nationality may be changed at will, for she finds the Scottish brogue comes as ' trippingly off the tongue ' as her native Irish. A good many of her Irish stories have been read in the London Children's Hour.
Walter Allen first introduced himself on the air by a series of amusing stories dealing with the fictitious
Mayor of World's End and Nether Widdup , in which he endows various inanimate objects with living personalities. He figures in more serious vein as a journalist and literary critic.
The musical side of the hour will be provided by Laura Mann in songs at the piano, and the Midland Studio Orchestra, who are great favourites with the children.