A cheerful selection of gramophone records
Records of Pils and Tabet, French Variety and cabaret stars
Popular artists and bands fall in for your entertainment on gramophone records
played by Jack Leon and the London Casino Orchestra
Today's anniversaries recalled by Christopher Stone
at the theatre organ
Harold Coombs was appointed assistant organist at St. Oswald's Church, Millhouse, Sheffield, at the age of eleven. Three years later he was on the stage as a solo pianist. But at sixteen he went back to his first love, as organist at St. Paul's Church, Norton Lees, Sheffield. At eighteen he was musical director and organist at the Abbeydale Picture House, Sheffield, and gave his first broadcast from the old 6FL Station there.
on gramophone records played by Benno Moiseiwitsch
Presented by James Moody with the Three in Harmony
BBC Singers
Conductor, Leslie Woodgate
F. H. Grisewood brings to the micro-prone people in the news, people talking about the news, and interesting visitors to Britain
(A recording of last night's broadcast)
(Cheltenham Gold Cup : see the announcement above)
A new kind of spelling bee
Produced and compered by Frederick Combe
with Leonard Gowings
to records of Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra
Talks for the armed Forces on current events and current affairs
News commentary
Battlefronts: 7 -The propaganda front
Billy Mayerl (dis)playing his own floral pieces on the piano
Meet Kay Cavendish and Helen Raymond in a programme compered and arranged by Kay Cavendish
Some favourites played by BBC Northern Orchestra, conducted by Gideon Fagan with two pianos, played by Violet Carson and Edith Roscoe
4.55 The Highlands by Evan M. Barron
5.5 Northern Ireland by Peter Fitzpatrick at 5.0
A radio magazine with sports, news, interest, and entertainment for men in Anti-Aircraft, Balloon Barrage, and Searchlight units
Today's edition includes
A new feature, ' The sentimental twenties ', with Kay Cavendish. The favourite tunes of every man are those he hears in his romantic twenties
' Views on the News '
Colonel E. W. Lennard reads the news as it comes off the tape, and gives you the background of the stop-press story
' Sporting Echoes '
Vivid sound pictures of some of the great sporting events of our times, taking you back to the day they were broadcast
With music, novelty items, and other features
Editors, Bill MacLurg and Howard Thomas
followed by National and Regional announcements
A programme of requests specially designed to unite listeners at home with their relatives and friends serving with the Forces in the Near East, and presented by Sandy Macpherson at the theatre organ
Written and produced by James Mageean
Characters in order of appearance George Barnett , owner of the car
Norman McKinney , his friend
Sarah O'Neill , housekeeper at
Lyttonscourt
Colonel Lytton-, owner of Lyttonscourt
Helen Barnett , George's wife
Kitty Curran , Norman's fiancee and The man on the motor-bicycle
The action takes place somewhere in the Mourne Mountains, County Down, during the month of March,
1939
They said It Couldn't Possibly Happen, but it did. If you listen on Thursday, March 27, at 7 p.m., you will hear the explanation of the extraordinary happenings at Lyttonscourt. In the meantime try to think out a solution for yourselves.
by Pipe-Major Robert Reid
by G. H. Clutsam and others sung by Ida Shepley
Denis O'Neil and the BBC Theatre Chorus accompanied by BBC Theatre Orchestra
Leader, Tate Gilder
Programme presented by Gwen Williams and conducted by Charles Groves
A programme of music for modems featuring
Jack Payne with his Orchestra
Peggy Cochrane , Bruce Trent ,
Georgina, and Anne Shelton
Compere, David Miller
A quarter-of-an-hour of familiar music and a reading, arranged by Sir
Walford Davies
with Vivian Paget and Bert Soar