and summary of today's programmes for the Forces
Conducted by W. Haydock. (Gramophone records)
seven years ago
Popular records of August 1935
A thought for today: Rev. F. A. Cockin, Canon of St. Paul's
' Running the Kitchen', by Ruth Drew
Record programme of tunes and songs from the stage, written and arranged by Roy Plomley
at the organ of the New Victoria Cinema, Bradford
and his Orchestra
from p. 73 of ' New Every Morning ' and p. 64 of ' Each Returning Day '
Percival Mackey and his Orchestra
Conductor, Ernest W. Goss
No. 103-Kenneth Blain. The interviewer, Wilfred Pickles. Produced by Richard North
Ruth Naylor (soprano) and Nina Milkina (piano)
French Folk-songs:
0 mes morts tristement nombreux (0 departed friends)
Promenade matinale (Morning walk)
Munition workers entertain fellow members of the staff to a lunch-time concert at a factory somewhere in the South '
with Ceinwen Rowlands , Don Donovan , and Bruce Dargavel. Chorus and Orchestra, under the direction of Idris Lewis. Presented by Mai Jones
and the Dance Orchestra, with Sid Buckman and Ken Beaumont
Conductor, Guy Warrack
Two brothers of the eighoenth century, George Keith , Tenth Earl Marischal , and Field-Marshal James Keith. Talk by Alexander Keith. (Previosuly broadcast on June 29)
and his Orchestra, with Doris Cowen and Samuel Worthington. From the Tudor Restaurant, Kingston
Repeat of yesterday's specially recorded broadcast
Sgwrs gan E. Morgan Humphreys. (Talk in Welsh)
Story for the youngest listener: ' Wee Sammy Sawdust', by Winifred Miller
' Beside the Seaside '—No. 1 : an old-fashioned concert party, devised by R. Gordon MacCallum
' Fuel Flash' for housewives, and National and Regional announcements
Ian Hay, Athene Seyler, Sonnie Hale, Henry Hall, Billy Milton, and Billy Ternent are some of the famous people who provide specially recorded problems for this contest devised by Neil Munro and arranged and presented by Ronald Waldman and Audrey Cameron in aid of the Red Cross Penny-a-Week Fund. All entry fees are devoted to the fund.
The last day for posting entries is Thursday, August 27, and the address is £250 Red Cross Radio-Contest, London, W.C.2.
The results of this contest will be announced after the 6.0 p.m. News on Sunday, September 13, and also in the Radio Times published September 18.
Description of some recent research, by Dr. C. C. Paterson
2—' H.O. Ratings'. The training of . seamen ratings enlisted for ' hostilities only'. Written and produced by Robert Speaight
Last concert of the season
BBC Symphony Orchestra (leader, Paul Beard ), conducted by Sir Henry Wood '
From the Royal Albert Hall , London
(by permission of the Air Council). Conducted by Wing Commander R. P. O'Donnell , M.V.O., Organising Director of Music, Royal Air Force Russian Sketch : Gypsies and Cossacks
A story of the significance and power of rural American newspapers and the men who publish them, by Frank Butler. Feature programme produced by Charles A. Schenck , Jnr., and recorded in the New York office of the BBC
'Shortened form of Evensong
Conducted by Harold Lowe , playing two Suites by Herman Finck (Old and New)
My Lady Dragon-Fly : I-The Call of the Sun ; 2-The Bull-Frog's Shadow ; 3-The Dance of the Silver Pool ; 4-Golden Days ; 5-The Love Spell ; 6-The Last Dance of Summer
Marie Antoinette : I-In the Streets of Paris ; 2-At the Court of Versailles ; 3 -The Queen's Minuet ; 4-The Tragedy of the Bastille
Short story written by James Mc-Cormick , read by Wilfred Pickles
and his Band