on gramophone records Great Bass Ballads: introducing: Chorus, Gentlemen. The Midshipmite. Ho, Jolly Jenkin. My Old Shako. They all love Jack. A Sergeant of the Line
Conductor, William Haydock
The personnel of this popular and very successful band is composed entirely of Lancashire pit workers. For many years the ' Bickershaw ' have been hard to beat at the big festivals and competitions. In the last eighteen years they have won over 200 prizes, including fifty ' firsts '. They won the Crystal Palace Championship in 1935 and 1936.
and a short summary of the day's programmes
at the theatre organ
Popular Medley: introducing : Roll out the Barrel (Vejvoda). Deep Purple (de Rose) One day when we were young (Strauss). Run, rabbit, run (Gay)
by Berta Bolden
Conducted by Eric Fogg
from page 73 of ' New Every Morning'
W. P. Matthew gives some hints about Christmas presents you can make at home
in a quarter of an hour of tunes old and new
11.0 Singing Together: Herbert Wiseman
11.20 . Interlude
11.25 World History (Ages 9-12)
' St. Cecilia', a dramatic interlude about Christianity in the Roman
Empire, .by Rhoda Power
11.40 -Interlude
11.45 Senior English (Ages 11-15)
Book Talk: ' His Job', by Grace Sartwell Mason
L. A. G. Strong
Adapted by Michael Redgrave from the story of the same name by ' Q '
Adapted for broadcasting by Stephen Jack
Scene: The inside of a log hut, high in the Arctic Circle
Time: The 1880's
Production by Howard Rose
String Quartet in A, Op. 41, No. 3
1 Andante espressivo-Allegro molto moderato. 2 Assai agitato. 3 Adagio molto. 4 Allegro molto vivace played by the Virtuoso String Quartet:
Marjorie Hayward (violin), Edwin Virgo (violin), John Yewe Dyer
(viola), Cedric Sharpe (violoncello)
at the organ of the Granada, Tooting, London
2.0 Science and Gardening (Ages 11-15)
The Garden in Wartime 'The Soil and Moisture'
B. A. Keen , F.R.S.
2.15 Interlude
2.20 Music and Movement for Juniors (Ages 7-9)
Ann Driver
2.40 Interlude
2.45 Action Stories and Poems for Under-Nines
Conductor, P. S. G. O'Donnell
A principal fight, by Thomas Woodrooffe and W. Barrington Dalby , from the Stadium Club, Holborn
A talk about books by John Gloag
Conductor, Ian Whyte
5.0 A New Story of the Four Pigs and Brock the Badger by Alison Uttley told by Mac
5.15 The Zoo Man
Old friends once again, including
Jack Train , Lorna Stuart , Brian Lawrance , Dick Bentley and George Moon , and the Orchestra
The programme presented by Bill MacLurg
A new serial play by Francis Durbridge
Episode2, ' Concerning ZA'
Production by Martyn C. Webster
Conducted by Charles Groves with Gladys Ripley (contralto)
At the piano, Gwen Williams
A miniature musical comedy, with book and lyrics by Margaret Howe and music by Geoffrey Henman
The action takes place in the bar, the manager's office, and the beauty parlour of the hotel
The Cavendish Three. The Orchestra conducted by Hyam Greenbaum
Production by Roy Speer
(Section A) Leader, Paul Beard
Conducted by Clarence Raybould
An excerpt from George Black 's new Intimate Rag
'BLACK VELVET'
The cast includes Vic Oliver , Pat Kirkwood , Roma Beaumont ,
Debroy Somers and his Band from the London Hippodrome
Laughter Night, with George Robey
Florence Desmond
The Western Brothers
. Major and Minor
Nellie Wallace
The BBC Variety Orchestra, conductor Charles Shadwell
Presented by Harry S. Pepper
A play for broadcasting by Robert Gittings
Time: 1685 and onwards
Incidental music to Otway's play collected and arranged by Lionel Salter
Production by Barbara Burnham
by Irene Kohler
