and summary of today's programmes for the Forces
Records of Eddie Lang , the American swing guitarist
Exercises for men
7.40 Exercises for women
A thought for today
followed by Programme Parade
Some details about today's programmes
A talk about what to eat and how to cook it, by a doctor
A selection of records taken at random from the racks
at the theatre organ
News commentary and interlude
from p. 17 of ' New Every Morning' and p. 12 of ' Each Returning Day '
to records of The Lecuona Boys
11.0 Singing together
Herbert Wiseman
The jolly waggoner (English song) Little Bo-Peep (nursery rhyme)
The tree in the valley (English song)
11.20 Interval music
11.25 Senior English-3
English for pleasure
Making a film story
L. A. G. Strpng
11.40 English for under-nines
Designed by Jean Sutcliffe
1-Dialogue story
Popular dance-music and songs on gramophone records
or ' What they said about him then '
A story presented by Stephen Potter
3-Byron
Overture: Henry VIII
Theme and six diversions played by BBC Northern Orchestra
Leader, Laurance Turner
Guest conductor, Kneale Kelley
All sorts of people will tell us how, why, and where we should grow more food
A recording of last night's broadcast by J. B. Priestley
played by Herbert Fryer (piano)
Sonata in C minor, Op. 10, No. 1
Beethoven
1.50 The practice and science of gardening
' The glasshouse industry '
Dr. W. F. Bewley in discussion with Dr. B. A. Keen gives advice on the use of greenhouses, cloches, and frames
2.10 Interval music
2.15 Stories from world history by Rhoda Power
' Benvenuto Cellini and the statue of Perseus'
2.35 Interval music
2.40 Senior English-1
English for everyday use
' Writing about yourself '—(ii) by Douglas R. Allan
played by Florence de Jong at the theatre organ
How science turns what is harmful in nature to the benefit of mankind
1—' Decay ' by Dr. Harley Williams
Dr. Harley Williams is a well-'known novelist and a medical man who has made a special study of biological subjects. The purpose of his talk will be to show that decay, originally accepted by primitive man as an inevitable evil, has led to much advance in scientific knowledge and has frequently been turned to good.
Leader, J. Mouland Begbie
Conductor, Guy Warrack
or Wardens' frolics
The Lyrian Singers, conducted by Idloes Owen , invite you to join them in an informal sing-song held at a Wardens' post ' somewhere in Wales' with Norman Jones , Tom Hopkins , Geraint Evans , and Arthur Holland
TLyn Joshua will be in the chair
The programme devised by Ivor Owen
Produced by Glyn Jones
Trafodaeth rhwng gwraig y ty a garddwr
Sut i gael y gorau allan o'r ardd o dan yr amgylchiadau arbennig sy'n ffynnu eleni
(A discussion in Welsh)
Songs of the open air sung by Henryd Jones (baritone) and the male section of the Eryri Singers
' Down to the sea '
William Aspden invites us to join him on a leisurely ramble along the North Wales seashore
5.55 Children's Hour Epilogue
followed by National and Regional announcements
A serial story specially written for broadcasting by John Dickson Carr
5-A scream in the night
Produced by Val Gielgud
Music from The Seasons (Haydn)
1 Overture
2 Recit.: Behold where surly winter flies
3 Chorus: Come gentle spring
4 Recit.: At last the bounteous sun 5 Aria: With joy the impatient husbandman
6 Recit.: Laborious man tiath done his part
7 Trio and Chorus: Be propitious, bounteous heaven
8 Recit. and Aria: Our fervent prayers are heard
9 Duet and Chorus: Spring, her lovely charms unfolding
10 Chorus: God of light performed by Kate Winter (soprano)
Trefor Jones (tenor)
Harold Child (baritone)
BBC Chorus
(Chorus-master, Leslie Woodgate )
BBC Orchestra (Section C)
Led by Marie Wilson
Conducted by Trevor Harvey
A weekly series of talks about the people of the United States and the country in which they live
8— American aid to Britainby Allan Nevins , Professor of American History at Columbia
University, New York
(Chairman of the Nether Backwash Rural District Council, etc., etc.) returns to the Bench
Robb Wilton as Mr. Muddlecombe with Ernest Sefton as Mr. (Ee-what-a-to-do!) Battersburn
Produced by Max Kester
A musical tantivy by Stanley Lupino
Additional dialogue by Arty Ash with music by Billy Mayerl
Lyrics by Desmond Carter and Frank
Eyton
Radio adaptation by Henrik Ege
Cast
Betty Huntley-Wright , Syd Walker , Reginald Purdell , Hugh Morton , Betty Astell , Gwen Lewis ,
Sydney Keith , Reginald Palmer
BBC Chorus) and BBC Revue Orchestra under the direction of Hyam Greenbaum
Produced by Eric Fawcett
by Rutherford Mayne
Adapted for broadcasting and produced by James Mageean with a preface by Rutherford Mayne
Characters in Order of speaking :
' Bridge Head ' deals with the work done by officials of the Irish Land Commission in those areas of overcrowded little tenement farms in the West of Ireland which Rutherford Mayne calls the ' rural slums '. The action takes place in Stephen Moore's sitting-room in Monney's Hotel.
at the theatre organ
played by Henry Hoist (violin) and Frank Merrick (piano)
Directed by Sydney Lipton with Celia
