Market trends, news, weather
(Tuesday's "Ten to Eight")
and Programme News
Radio's breakfast-time magazine
Introduced by JACK DE MANIO
Christmas in the Air ... reflected in poetry and song
Reader, NORMAN SHELLEY
and Programme News
Revised second edition
A weekly magazine series about animals and the countryside With DEREK JONES and CHARLES COLES
Produced by Robina Gyle-Thompson
Sunday's broadcast
A portrait in words and music of the migrant railroad and agricultural workers who helped to build America's wealth in the late nineteenth century and during the 1920s and 1930s
Kenneth Allsop travelled 9.000 miles following their old routes and talking to survivors
Their lives are hard and usually hopeless, but the myth of freedom they embody is still important to us all.
Readers, MARVIN KANE PETER MARINKER
Produced by Jocelyn Ferguson
New Every Morning, page 54
Father, we praise thee (BBC H.B.
405)
Psalm 36
Isaiah 10, vv. 5, 7. 12-15, 24, 25,
33 (R.S.V.)
My God, accept my heart this day
(BBC H.B. 356)
ORCHESTRA
Leader. Maurice Brett
Conducted by KENNETH ALWYN with TOMMY REILLY (harmonica) and JAMES MOODY (piano)
Introduced by Roy WILLIAMSON
True stories by Margaret Potter
Incidents in the life of Richard Turpin, Esquire, Highwayman
Narrative and voices by Geoffrey Banks
Postscript by Robert Patterson, Curator of the Castle Museum, York, who speaks from the cell in which Turpin spent his last night.
(Broadcast in Story Time on April 2)
by BASIL PEACOCK
The reminiscences of a dentist who has worked in faraway places under primitive conditions
† FRANKLIN ENGELMANN recently visited
Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire
Produced by Richard Burwood
Sunday's broadcast
and Programme News
The News and Voices and Topics in and behind the headlines
Introduced by WILLIAM HARDCASTLE
Tuesday evening's broadcast
for children under five
Story: ' The Little Car's Adventure ' by A. F. Clement
with DAVID FRANKLIN including a selection from the BBC MIDLAND LIGHT ORCHESTRA Leader, John Bradbury
Conductor, GILBERT VINTER
Produced by Sheila Anderson
The Babysitter by Anthea Lloyd
' It's a terrible thing to admit to, especially about one's own hospital, but they sometimes get the newborn babies mixed up... You won'tell anyone, win you; you see ... that's what happened to your baby.'
Produced by GERRY JONES
Eighteenth-century flute music from the BBC Sound Archives
from St. John's Seminary,
Wonersh, Guildford, Surrey
Hymn: 0 strength and stay (W.H.
166)
Psalms 127-131 (Gclineau)
Lesson: Romans 5, vv. 1-11 Address
Hymn: Mindful of victories (Old
Downside, arr. Gregory Murray )
Antiphon: The souls of the Saints
Magnificat (Parisian Tones, arr.
S. H. Nicholson )
Commemoration of Advent
Glory to thee, my God, this night
(Tallis's Canon, arr. K. Brown )
Celebrant, The Rector, FR. JAMES P. MCCONNON
Preacher Fr. RICHARD L. STEWART
Director of Music,
Fr. JOSEPH PULLICINO
Organist, VINCENT DAVY
A family magazine introduced by KEN SYKORA and including
Pas de trois:
DAME MARIE RAMBERT and choreographer NORMAN MORRICE talk to Gordon Gow about the Ballet Rambert Beauty for Sale: Bruce Parker meets DAVID LEGGE-WILLIS who runs a butterfly shop
Brief Encounter: a wartime experience recalled by PENNY LEDIGO
Plough to Pulpit: steps in the journey from country boy to country priest (iii)
Gardening Notes by FRED LOADS
Three Welsh Tales
Worthy is the Lamb by Edward Richards
Read by RONNIE WILLIAMS
They said that Handel had composed the Hallelujah Chorus at Hafod. It was only an old story, of course, but Ifan liked to believe it ...
and Programme News
Tonight's evening paper of the air
Reports from the region's news studios and Scotland Yard-Sportsdesk-Stop Press
Introduced by Tim GUDGIN
on behalf of the CONSERVATIVE AND UNIONIST PARTY
Des Wilson
Director of ' Shelter ' with Roy PLOMLEY
Monday's broadcast
from the Royal Festival Hall, London
Berlioz
THE DAMNATION OF FAUST
Josephine Veasey mezzo-soprano Ronald Dowd tenor
John Shirley-Quirk baritone
Stafford Dean bass
BBC Chorus
BBC Choral Society
BBC Symphony Orchestra Leader, Hugh Bean
Conductor, Colin Davis
PART 1 and at 7.48* PART 2
† WILLIAM CARROCHER recounts the fascination and terror which used to grip the family when they were visited by an eccentric and far-travelled relative
PART 3 and at 9.24' PART 4
Josephine Veasey broadcasts by permission of the General Administrator. Royal Opera House Coveitt Garden: Stafford Dean by permission of Sadler's Wells Opera Company
The News
Background to the News
People in the News followed by LISTENING POST
GILES PLAYFAIR introduces letters from today's postbag
For either the weekday or Sunday editions, send your letters to: Listening Post[address removed]For very late letters you can ring [number removed]and dictate your message.
Casey by JOYCE STRANGER
Read by MARTIN JARVIS
Third of ten instalments
played by SANCHIA PIELOU (harp)
