Peirson Webber at the BBC theatre organ
and forecast for farmers and shipping
A gramophone miscellany
Reading and comment on Psalm 22, by the Rev. Ronald Falconer
and forecast for farmers and shipping
by a doctor
' Beyond One's Reach '
Prayer
Holy. Holy, Holy, Lord God almighty
(A. and M. 160; S.P. 187; C.H. 1: Tune Nicaea)
Interlude: ' Hatiko San '
Prayers; the Prayer for Today; the Lord's Prayer
Blest are the pure in heart (A. and M.
261; S.P. 455; C.H. 478: Tune, Franconia)
The interludes this term are stories from different countries, illustrating the work of the Christian Church throughout the world. Today you hear the story of Hatiko San, a Japanese soldier, who, during the war in China, made friends with Chinese Christians and later served in the bombed city of Osaka.
(piano)
PROSE AND VERSE READINGS. ' David at the Inn': an episode from ' David Copperfield ,' by Charles Dickens
Paraphrase 48
New Every Morning, page 99 Psalm 91 (Broadcast Psalter) St. Luke 8. w. 4-15
0 happy band of pilgrims (A. and M.
224; S.P. 599)
Ralph Wilson and his Dance Orchestra
from a canteen in Christchurch, Hampshire with Felix Mendelssohn and his Hawaiian Serenaders
Mary Naylor
Harry Mooney with Victor King
James Moody at the piano Presented by Bill Worsley
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A record programme of favourite music sung and played by world-famous artists of the past and present
Lunchtime scoreboard
TRAVEL TALKS. Great Cities of Other Lands. Dilys Powell talks about Athens
2.20 LET'S JOIN IN. ' How Brother Rabbit fooled the Whale and the Elephant': a traditional tale, dramatised for broadcasting by Jean Sutcliffe
2.40 LOOKING AT THINGS. Great Industrial Cities'
The work done in the factories, workshops, and mines of Britain is vital to the nation's economy, yet all too often the workers and their families have to live in overcrowded slum conditions, under a pall of smoke, with hardly any green grass or open spaces within reach. In today's broadcast you can hear how these conditions arose, and something of what is slowly being done towards putting things right so that in future we may be able to take pride in our great industrial cities.
Read by the author
James Stephens
Abridged by Becky Cocking
Instalment 6
' The Little Jan Pandrum '
A serial play for the younger listeners by Phyllis and R. C. Scriven
1—' The Silver Buttons '
Production by May E. Jenkin
Little Jan Pandrum, aged ten, the son of Great Panjandrum, goes out into the world to prove his worth and to learn how to he a Great Panjandrum like his father. His blue silk coat has magic silver buttons, which stay bright as long as he is on the right path but turn dull when he goes wrong. His companions are Jumping Bean in a wooden box, who warns him of danger, and Woppity. a rabbit.
Children who remember ' Baron Bear' will undoubtedly look forward to R. C. Scriven's new fantasy.
5.35 ' The Adventures of Smiley,', by Moore Raymond
1—' Smiley and the Pommy '
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Peter Dimuentes
Sandy Sandford
Marcia Owen with John Franz at the piano
Introduced by Neal Arden
Augmented Dance Orchestra Conducted by Stanley Black
Produced by Dennis Main Wilson
[Starring] Richard Murdoch and Kenneth Horne
with Sam Costa, Maurice Denham, Diana Morrison, Barbara Leigh
