From the Oval.
(to 13.15)
Further commentaries.
(to 16.15)
by E. Nesbit.
A serial in four parts.
Adapted and produced by Dorothea Brooking.
The action of the serial takes place in the year 1906.
(D.A. Clarke-Smith is appearing in 'Man and Superman' at the Princes Theatre, London)
Further commentaries.
(to 18.30)
Second visit
Miles per Shilling
Bill Hartley discusses the causes of high petrol consumption, from the style of driving to the checks on carburettor and ignition which, if watched, can contribute to a cheaper holiday by car.
Barrie Edgar talks to motorists as they pull in for petrol at a Service Station on one of the highroads out of London.
Judy Breen, the 'perfect teenager' demonstrates to Margot Lovell the clothes she will display as examples of British dress on her round-the-world trip.
Judy Breen, a secretary, was chosen from hundreds of competitors as the 'perfect teen-ager'. Tomorrow she leaves London airport on a tour that includes New York, Montreal, Singapore, Sydney, Colombo, and Rome.
A play by E. G. Cousins.
Time: The Present
Lionel Hale writes:
This is a problem of conscience, told as a comedy. Hamble, the night-porter of a block of service flats, is in his own words 'a God-fearing man'. This humble Hamble is dragged into a late-night argument with the ill-tempered Mr. Moddling have always thought that night-porters have a lot to put up with - and in the ensuing brawl gives him a push that sends him out of the window. The result? One dead Moddling, one highly perplexed Hamble. Clutching the Bible in his hand, and seeking guidance from all and sundry, he wishes to confess to murder. But this honest ambition suits nobody else - not Hamble's wife, naturally; not the lady in the flat above whose impending divorce might be threatened by the disclosure of her lover in the block of flats on the fatal night; nor Mr. Hornwhistle, owner of the block, whose business deal would be jeopardised; nor Moddling's gay widow, fussed about the insurance policy; nor even the Vicar, whose Bishop emphatically disapproves of capital punishment. E. G. Cousins squeezes all the satiric implications out of the situation. And does Hamble confess?
Talk by the Minister of Supply The Rt. Hon. G. R. Strauss, M.P.
(Recording of the broadcast in the Home Service at 9.15 p.m.)