A cheerful selection of gramophone records
Bing Crosby
A weekly ration of records made by America's Crooner Number One
A morning miscellany of gramophone records
to some records of marches and waltzes
Recordings of famous music from the theatre
by Sydney Lipton and his Band with Celia, Chips Chippindall , and Eddy Briant
with Marjorie Westbury, Dorothy Summers, Alan Robinson, Russell Waters, Billy Merrin and his Commanders
A visit to a concert party to learn how it plans programmes for the summer season. Devised by Marjorie Wynn-Williams and Sam Jones
BBC Men's Chorus, conductor Leslie Woodgate
Henry Cummings (baritone)
At the piano, Ernest Lush
Gaudeamus igitur
Down in Demerara
Here's to good old whiskey
He's a college boy
The sardine and the sprat
Ye mariners of England
Drink to me only with thine eyes
One more river
Polly wolly doodle
Records of signature tunes of well-known artists, presented by Charles Maxwell
Within the last few years the signature tune has become a thoroughly established feature of radio, film, and stage. The organist, the artist, the dance band - most of them have their signature tunes. You rarely hear more than a few bars of them, however, and in this programme, and others that may follow it, Charles Maxwell will play you some famous signature tunes in the whole, and will give you the chance to guess whose some of them are.
played by The BBC Military Band
Conductor, P. S. G. O'Donnell
Old favourites by British composers
A personal choice of records presented by J.H. Griffiths
Variety from a Northern theatre including Tommy Trinder
It is always good fun listening to Tommy Trinder, most precocious of comedians, who hands out laughs - and photographs. He specialises in singling out someone in the audience and being thoroughly rude to him. The victim, who enjoys it as much as anyone, seldom scores over this genius of repartee.
Tommy began by entertaining at working men's clubs for 7s. 6d. a night; at nineteen he earned £l5 a week as principal comedian in revue; at twenty-one he worked a single act throughout South Africa. Then for five years he did concert-party work round our seaside towns.
Jack Hylton discovered him, and booked him for a tour of a Palladium show. Tommy never looked back.
recorded by Charles Kullman (tenor)
I love thee (Grieg). Serenade (Ravini). Thora (Adams). Souvenir (Drdla)
with Sidonie Goossens, Ronnie Hill, Dorothy Carless
The Dance Orchestra, directed by Billy Ternent produced by Tom Arnold
Compere, Hugh Shirreff
A description of recent events in the Air
with Gloria Brent and Fred Latham from a South-Coast ballroom
A camp concert performed and presented by members of the three Services from somewhere in the North.
Arranged by Victor Smythe
Un programme Francais, pour les Francais, par des Francais
A new revue by Diana Morgan and Robert MacDermot. Music by Geoffrey Wright and Charles Zwar. Produced by Norman Marshall
The cast includes Hermione Gingold, Madge Elliott, Hedley Briggs, Roberta Huby, Guy Verney, Ronald Millar, Peter Ustinov, Phillida Sewell, Ann Wheatley, Alan Sykes, Eleanor Rea
At the pianos, Charles Zwar and Ruby Duncan. Drums, Ted Arundel
Directed by Sydney Lipton with Chipps Chippindall, Eddie Bryant, and Celia
and his West Indian Dance Orchestra with Don Johnson, David Wilkins, and the Johnsonairs
