Gramophone records
and forecast for farmers and shipping
on gramophone records
Prayers, and readings from F. G. Peabody 's book, Mornings in the College Chapel'
and forecast for farmers and shipping
played by Harry Davidson and his Orchestra, directed by Sidney Davey
Band of the Coldstream Guards, conducted by Captain D. A. Pope , Director of Music, Coldstream Guards
From a canteen in Denby, with George Myddleton at the piano.
Paula Green , in company with Freddie Phillips and his Quartet. reviews some of the melodies that have successfully withstood the passing years. Introduced and presented by John Hooper
by John Galsworthy. Episode 10.
Scenes from the opera by Bedrich Smetana , sung in Czech. Libretto by Josef Wenzig
Cast, in order of singing:
Chorus of judges, soldiers, townsfolk Choir and Orchestra of the National Theatre, Prague. Conductor, Jaroslav Krombholc
The action takes place In Prague, in the reign of King Vladislav, at the end of the fifteenth century
' Drowsy Dormouse ' : a story by Elf Lewis Clarke , told by May E. Jenkin ('Elizabeth'). Chapter 3 — ' One Pill, Three Times a Day'
A play for broadcasting by Felicity Douglas , from the story by E. Nesbit. Produced by Josephine Plummer. Part 5-' Father Comes Home '
and forecast for farmers and shipping
Topical talk and sport
America v. Britain
London: Professor D. W. Brogan and Joyce Grenfell. Quiz-Master,
Lionel Hale : New YorkChristopher Morley and Jack Thomas. Quiz-Master, Alistair Cooke
In this last programme in the series, A. W. Menzies Kitchin, Ph.D., of Cambridge University, discusses some of the wider aspects of farming's future with E. M. Keatinge, now farming in Wiltshire, and C. E. Harvey, already well known in Northamptonshire
Flora Nielsen (mezzo-soprano)
Frederick Stone (accompanist)
Szimon Goldberg (violin)
Gerald Moore (piano)
Songs: Ganvmed; Wandrers Nachtlied (Ober alien Gipfeln); Die
Given before an audience in the Concert Hall, Broadcasting House, London
with Jack Train , Hugh Morton , Fred Yule , Lind Joyce , Diana Morrison , Deryck Guyler , Molly Weir , and Joan Harben. Augmented BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Guy Daines. Script by Ted Kavanagh. Produced by Francis Worsley
Walter Taplin discusses the Preparatory Committee to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment, which is meeting at Geneva
A weekly report on the journey of the King and Royal Family through the Union of South Africa and Rhodesia, from cables and recorded despatches from BBC commentators. Programme introduced by John Snagge and edited by Michael Barsley
A play for broadcasting by Cecily Pile. Produced by John Richmond and Victor Fairley. Bryan Powley. and Lionel Stevens
The action takes place some time In 1940
A series of talks by Professor John Foster of Selly Oak Colleges, Birmingham