Monday's 'Ten to Eight'
and Programme News
Radio's breakfast-time magazine
Introduced by JACK DE MANIO
By Request
An episode from The Story of Jesus told by BERNARD MILES
and Programme News
Revised second edition
by PEARL S. BUCK
Read by MARY WIMBUSH
Seventh of ten instalments
BBC Correspondents talk about the news, its background, and the people who make it
Revised edition of Saturday's broadcast
Baroness Stocks calls on Freddy Grisewood in retirement at his home in Liphook, Hampshire: together they recall some of their experiences on Any Questionst
- Produced by Michael Bowen
Broadcast on October 30
on an early grand piano played by Ruth DYSON
From the BBC Sound Archives
New Every Morning, page 102
Sing, 0 sing, this blessed morn!
(BBC H.B. 59)
O little one sweet. 0 little one mild (Oxford Book of Carols 109)
Luke 1, vv. 57-66, 80; 2. vv. 1-7
(NEB.)
God from on high hath heard
(BBC H.B. 49)
presenting BILL McCue in It's a Fine Thing to Sing and the ' BBC SCOTTISH RADIO Orchestra Leader, Ian Tyre
Conductor, IAIN SUTHERLAND
Produced by Eddie Fraser
2: How Mrs. Bennet got one of her daughters married, from "Pride and Prejudice"
Read by Barbara Mitchell
(Broadcast in Story Time on Jan. 16)
A mate reply to Petticoat Line I
Shortened version of Saturday's broadcast
A panel game controlled (!) by NICHOLAS PARSONS in which
KENNETH WILLIAMS , DEREK Nimmo
GERALDINE JONES , CLEMENT FREUD try to talk for just a minute on this and that
Devised by Ian Messiter
Produced by David Hatch
Pre-recorded at The Playhouse.
Northumberland Ave... London. W.C.2 Derek Ntmmo is in ' Charlie Girl' at the Adelphi Theatre. London
and Programme News
The News and Voices and Topics in and behind the headlines
Introduced by WILLIAM DAVIS
Monday evening's broadcast
Story: ' Captain Ben ' by Jacqueline Adkins
from STEVE RACE including a selection played by the ORCHESTRA
Leader, Maurice Brett
Conducted by MERRICK FARRAN
Produced by David Allan
by Thomas Hardy
6: The Rivals
Sunday's broadcast
Records introduced by Paul Jennings
Review of the Year
A discussion on some outstanding examples of books, art, cinema, theatre, and broadcasting in 1968 Sunday's broadcast
The best of Home This Afternoon in 1968 STEVE RACE introduces excerpts from some of the highlights of the programme year
American Humour
A series of eight readings chosen and abridged by MARVIN KANE
7: My Life As A Sports Widow from the book Bottoms Up by CORNELIA OTIS SKINNER
Reader, SARAH BRACKETT
Produced by R. D. Smith
and Programme News
Tonight's evening paper of the air
South-East '68: more of the year's headline-makers talk about the stories that made them front-page news
Reports from the region's news studios and Scotland Yard-Sportsdesk-Stop Press Introduced by TIM GUDGIN and MERYL O'KEEFE
Repeated: Wednesday, 1.30 p.m.
Adapted for radio in twenty parts by VAL GIELGUD from four of the Hornblower books by C. S. Forester with
Norman Shelley , John Bennett BOOK 3:
Hornblower and the Hotspur 5: The Treasure Fleet
Produced by TREVOR HILL
Book 4, beginning nert week, is ' Lord Hornblower '
Problems from listeners' letters discussed by RENEE HOUSTON. DIANA DORS KATHARINE WHITEHORN RITA MERKRLIS
In the chair, ANONA WINK
Devised by Anona Winn and Ian Messiter
Produced by John Cassels
Pro-recorded at The Playhouse
Northumberland Ave... London, W.C.I
Repeated: Thursday, 12.25 p.m. Be Reasonable!, a male reply: Sat., 7.0 p.m.; Tues., 12 noon
SYLVIA ROSENBERG (violin)
BBC WELSH ORCHESTRA Leader, John Bacon
Conductor, JOHN CAREWE
Given before an invited audience in the Concert Hall, Broadcasting House, Llandaff, Cardiff
A second programme on the regiments of the British Army which have lost their old identity by amalgamation into a new large regiment or by disbandment
Lt.-General Sir Brian Horrocks recalls these regiments by their regimental marches, their his tory and traditions
Singers, WILLIAM SMITH LESLIE FYSON
Piano, Leslie Pearson
Produced by Francis Dillon
The News followed by THE WORLD IN 1968
A review of the year presented by ANTHONY KING and JOHN TUSA introducing headline voices of 1968 from s
A Current Affairs production by Mike Chaney and Alan Thompson This programme will be issued as a gramophone record by BBC Radio Enterprises early in the New Year See page 44
The Chimes by CHARLES DICKENS
Read by GARY WATSON
Seventh of ten instalments
LIZA Fuchsova (piano)
from the church of St. Martin's-in-the-Bull Ring, Birmingham
Conducted by THE REV. CANON BRYAN GREEK Rector of Birmingham