George Scott-Wood and his Accordion Band
and forecast for farmers and shipping
A gramophone miscellany
A talk by Hugh Ross Williamson
and forecast for farmers and shipping
BBC Scottish Variety Orchestra
Conductor, Kemlo Stephen
Quartet in E flat (K.493) played by the Richards Piano Quartet
by Alistair Cooke
RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY. ' Belief in Christ and the Modern Mind.' ' The Decline of Confidence': Douglas Stewart , Minister of Pinner Free Church, introduces the series and discusses the contribution of modern creative writers to the understanding of contemporary problems. (BBC recording)
10.0 Announcements
10.5 News commentary
Christ, whose glory fills the skies (A. and M. 7: S.P. 26)
New Every Morning (revised) 87 Psalm 119 (5) 1 Corinthians 2. vv. 1-13
Lead, kindly Light (A. and M. 266;
S.P. 554)
Band of the Royal Artillery (Woolwich)
Conducted by Lieut.-Col. Owen Geary , M.B.E.
Director of Music
SINGING TOGETHER, by William Appleby
The British Grenadiers (Old English
Song) 11.20 HOW THINGS BEGAN. I-Man the tool-maker shows forethought and skill. Script by Rhoda Power.
11.40 INTERMEDIATE FRENCH. Programme varie. Aujourd'hui encore les auditeurs doivent travailler avec nous. Done crayons ou plumes a la main! Texte de Jean-Jacques Oberlin
BBC West of England
Light Orchestra
Conductor, John Bath
and forecast for farmers and shipping
STORIES FROM WORLD HISTORY. ' Balboa.' Script by June Hodge
In 1513 the Spaniard Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Danen and reached the western shore of the American continent. It was he, and not the ' stout Cortes ' of Keats' poem, who discovered the Pacific Ocean.
2.25 SENIOR ENGLISH I. Book Review. ' Dr. Syn,' by Russell Thorndike. An introduction to a tale of Kentish smuggling two hundred years ago. Script by James Reeves
2.50 ORCHESTRAL CONCERT SERIES. ' The Opera Overture ' : an illustrated talk by Boyd Neel
3.10 LET'S HEAR IT AGAIN.
Conductor, Mansel Thomas
Leslie England (piano)
and his Rumba Band
and forecast for farmers and shipping
from a canteen in Swindon
with Ribton and Richards
Isabelita Alonso
Sam Costa
James Moody at the piano
Introduced and produced by Bill Worsley
by Dick Cross
A play with music, based on the novel by Tobias Smollett
Music composed by John Buckland and conducted by Clifton Helliwell
Cast in order of speaking:
Other parts played by Margaret Vines , Ronald Sidney. Bryan Powley , Harry Hutchinson , Richard Hurndall , and Malcolm Hayes
Produced by Wilfrid Grantham