A recital by Dorothy Hildreth
Elegie - Rachmaninoff
Lyric Fragment, Op. 23, No. 3 - Medtner
Fairy Tale, Op. 20, No. 1 - Medtner
Etude Tableau, Op. 33, No. 8 - Rachmaninoff
Prelude in C minor, Op. 23, No. 7 - Rachmaninoff
A thought for today
Physical exercises for men
Bass, on gramophone records
News and a short summary of the day's programmes
A guide to the foods that are cheapest and best at the moment, by a hotel manager
at the organ of the Paramount Theatre, Glasgow
from page 33 of "New Every Morning"
from the Gaumont State, Kilburn, London
(All arrangements by Fred Hartley)
11.00 Singing Together (Ages 9-15) - Herbert Wiseman
A-roving (Sea Shanty) ; Will ye no' come back again? (Scots Song) ; Old King Cole (Nursery Rhyme)
11.20 Interlude
11.25 World History (Ages 9-12)
The Strange Adventures of John and Professor Wiseman
'The Rise of Islam - The Prophet Mahomet'
A dramatic interlude by Rhoda Power
11.45 Senior English (Ages 11-15)
Book Talk: "Black Beauty", by Anna Sewell - S.P.B. Mais
by Alan Gibson, from St. Margaret's, Westminster
Three men and a girl in close harmony (on gramophone records)
"In Tune with You"
Melodies for all moods on two pianos
(The Great Specific) sold by Mr. Flotsam and Mr. Jetsam, John Rorke, Rupert Hazell and Elsie Day, and Richard Hassett
The Three in Harmony
The Revue Orchestra
Prepared by Dick Pepper
Retailed by Ernest Longstaffe
2.00
The Practice and Science of Gardening (Ages 11-15)
The Garden in Wartime: Help for the Asking - B. A. Keen, F.R.S.
2.15
Interlude
2.20
Preparatory Concert Broadcasts (Ages 9-15)
Musical scenes and stories planned by John Horton
"A Musical Evening in the Year 1640"
Dramatic interlude by Jean Sutcliffe
2.40
Interlude
2.45
English for Under-Nines (Ages 7-9)
Action stories and plays - "Tom Thumb"
Arranged and presented by Sandy Macpherson at the theatre organ with Hugh Charles and Ross Parker, assisted by Esther Coleman
This is the first of a series of programmes of popular music by British composers in which you will not only hear their music, but meet them personally. Hugh Charles and Ross Parker are the author and composer of such well-known songs as 'There'll always be an England', 'Blue skies are round the corner', 'We'll meet again'.
Conducted by Gideon Fagan
W. A. Camkin
Campbell Murdoch (baritone)
Dennis Murdoch and Doris Hardcastle (two pianos)
A Christmas pantomime relayed from The Theatre Royal, Toytown
Effects by the Inventor
Book of words by S.G. Hulme-Beaman
A radio-dramatic serial by Norman Edwards.
A mixed menu of light fare with Eric Barker (the Prince of Satirists), Kenway and Young (the modern entertainers), and the Dance Orchestra, directed by Billy Ternent
followed at not earlier than 7.10 by Scottish and Northern Ireland
Announcements
Selections from the forty-eight preludes and fugues of Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in B flat (Book 1)
Prelude and Fugue in E flat minor (Book 1)
Prelude and Fugue in C minor (Book 1)
Prelude and Fugue in D (Book 1)
Played by Edward Isaacs (pianoforte)
A.K. Lawrence with Eric Newton
Presented by Harry S. Pepper and Ronald Waldman
The Three in Harmony, with James Moody
'Inspector Hornleigh Investigates' (No. 6 - 3rd series) by H.W. Priwin with S.J. Warmington as Inspector Hornleigh
Anniversary - Memories of famous first nights - Elizabeth Welch
Puzzle Corner - ?? Guess ??
Suzette Tarri as 'Our Ada'
The sixth of a new series by Robert Rutherford and Ronald Waldman
'Youth Takes a Bow', presented by Jack Hylton and compered by Bryan Michie
Singing commeres, The Three Chimes
The BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell
The Telephone Trio
An excerpt from "Who's Taking Liberty?"
A modern pantomime, with book and lyrics by Pamela Frankau and music by Mischa Spoliansky
Orchestra conducted by Muir Matheson
From the Whitehall Theatre, London
(in B flat)
1. Adagio - Allegro vivace.
2. Adagio.
3. Allegro vivace.
4. Allegro ma non troppo.
Played by the BBC Orchestra (Section B) (led by Marie Wilson), conductor, Sir Adrian Boult
A new play of Hadrian's Wall
Written for the microphone by L. du Garde Peach and produced by Cecil McGivern
Time, A.D. 395
Decurion, Balbus (a soldier), and another soldier (of the first Cohort of Tungrians); Flavius, a young Patrician; Tullus, Military Tribune commanding the Wall; Pythias, Greek Secretary to Tullus; Magnus Maximum, a Roman General (afterwards, Emperor); Eudda, a British Lord of Vaernarvon; Marcus, a Roman Officer; Helena, wife of Maximus and daughter of Eudda; Cyroc, a Pict; Hanno, a Briton, keeper of the wine-shop; Alaric, a Germanic Chieftain
