As Prescribed
DUDLEY SAVAGE at the organ of the ABC Theatre in Plymouth and THE BO'NESS AND CARRIDEN •and, conductor JOE HEMPSTEAD with music for patients. Producer IAN CARSON
with Alec Taylor
This week: from Co Antrim, choirs from St MacNissi 's Garron Tower and Ballymoncy Primary School. Producer MOORE WASSON BBC Northern Ireland
introduces
Melodies for You
BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA conducted by IAIN SUTHERLAND
THE REGINALD LEOPOLD ORCHESTRA with DUNCAN ROBERTSON Producer PETER BELL
on the theme of Mistakes led by REV DR EDMUND JONES from the Aberdeen studios
3: Reacting to other people's mistakes Producer DOUGLAS AITKEN BBC Scotland
Introduced by Jean Challis MARAMA MARTIN ,
Radio New Zealand
ALAN GRACE,
BFBS Cyprus and Masirah PAULINE BIRCIIALL , BFBS Gibraltar STEVE cosser, ABC Sydney Producer PAm cox
(10 October: New Zealand, BPBS Cyprus and Masirah, and Australia.)
(Requests, on postcards please, to: Family Favourites, BBC, London WlA 4WW)
Written and adapted by EDDIE BRABEN with PERCY EDWARDS and special singing guest
Salena Jones , with music from PETER KNIGHT AND HIS ORCHESTRA Producer JOHN BROWELL
(Repeated: Saturday 7.2 pm 1500m, and 202m Scotland)
A celebration of 50 years of film musicals
14: MGM's Fabulous 50s
'High Society was a fun picture to do. And there was the excitement created by Sinatra and Crosby working together. Two very strong personalities and it was interesting for me to be in the middle and watch each one trying to outdo the other.'
(PRINCESS GRACE OF MONACO)
My favourite musical of all times is The Band Wagon. There's a musical that had intelligence. Fred Astaire did that and in essence it was The Fred Astaire Story. ' (MEL TORME) Douglas Fairbanks Jr recalls the decade of MGM's greatest musical triumphs. Also taking part:
SAUL CHAPLIN, MAURICE CHEVALIER, BETTY COMDEN, BETTY GARRETT, SIR JOHN GIELGUD, PRINCESS GRACE OF MONACO, ADOLPH GREEN, HOWARD KEEL, ALAN J. LERNER, GEORGE SIDNEY, JULE STYNE, MEL TORME and CHARLES WALTERS
Written by BENNY GREEN
Producers JOHN BILLINGHAM and MEL HOUSE
says
Thanks for the Memory
Producer PHYLLIS ROBINSON
(Hubert Gregg is in ' While the Sun Shines ' at the Richmond Theatre, Surrey)
Producer DAVID WELSBY BBC Birmingham including at 5.2 Italian Grand Prix: report from BARRIE GILL at Monza
Frank Chacksfield conducts the BBC RADIO ORCHESTRA with guests STELLA AND BAMBOS Producer ROYSTON HERBERT
from Holy Trinity Church, Folkestone, Kent, with Folkestone District Church choirs
Introduced by Michael Meech Conductor R. SINDEN GILBERT Organist NICHOLAS KING Prayer and Blessing by REV SIMON CRAWLEY ,
Vicar of Holy Trinity
Ye servants of God (Paderborn); Hills of the north, rejoice (Little Conrad); God is working his purpose out (Benson): 0 Lord of heaven and earth and sea (Almsgiving); Fierce raged the tempest (St Aelred); Eternal Father. strong to save (Melita); Tell out my soul, the greatness of the Lord (Woodlands); 0 praise ye the Lord! (Laudale Dominum)
Introduced by Alan Keith Producer JACK DABBS
BBC MIDLAND RADIO ORCHESTRA conducted by JOHNNY DOUGLAS
THE BAND OF THE ROYAL ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS, Conductor CAPT TOM C RIFFITHS, Director of Music Introduced by James Alexander Gordon Producer ALLAN GILES
Introduced by Peter Clayton With JOHN TAYLOR SEXTET Producers LAWRIE MONK and KEITH STEWART including at 12.0
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