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TIME AND tune, by Doris Gould
11.20 THE WORLD OF WORK. People engaged in catering discuss their work with Rose-Mary Sands. (BBC recording) -
11.40 TALKS FOR SIXTH FORMS. Thinking Mathematically. 3—'Number, Magnitude, and Accuracy,' by G. J. Whitrow , Reader in Applied Mathematics, Imperial College of Science and Technology
The speaker discusses the application of numbers to problems of the world around us, and illustrates the distinction between precise and approximate mathematics.

Contributors

Unknown:
Doris Gould
Unknown:
Rose-Mary Sands.
Reader:
G. J. Whitrow

TRAVEL TALKS. Everyday Things. Colin Jackson describes a visit to a tea plantation in Ceylon
2.20 LOOKING AT THINGS. Towns of the Future. Fello Atkinson talks about streets and shops
2.40 SENIOR ENGLISH i. National Velvet,' by Enid Bagnold. Adapted for broadcasting by Christine Dudley. 1— ' The Brown Family'

Contributors

Unknown:
Colin Jackson
Talks:
Fello Atkinson
Unknown:
Enid Bagnold.
Broadcasting By:
Christine Dudley.

A London Symphony played by the BBC Scottish Orchestra
(Leader, J. Mouland Begbie )
Conducted by Sidney Newman
In Vaughan Williams' London Symphony there is a quiet Prologue, in which Big Ben sounds across ' the beauty of the morning '; we are then plunged into the turmoil of the city. The slow movement is is like a reverie in a secluded square; the Scherzo is a lively Nocturne. Pageantry is evoked in the finale, and the work is rounded off by an Epilogue. H.R.

Contributors

Leader:
J. Mouland Begbie
Conducted By:
Sidney Newman

' Mumfie the Admiral' by Katharine Tozer
Adapted by Edward Mills
4—' Promotion for Mumfie'
Produced by Herbert Smith
Mumfie and his friend Scarecrow have followed Selina to the bottom of the sea and have set out to search for the Admiral who disappeared long ago. In the pirates' cave they find Selina, who is to be made Queen of the Pirates at a feast that night. With the help of Fat, a sailor, and Alabama, the pirates' cook, they rescue the Admiral, who has been a prisoner. The whole party plans to get out of the pirates' cave, but they fall into the power of Captain Davy Jones.

Contributors

Unknown:
Katharine Tozer
Adapted By:
Edward Mills
Produced By:
Herbert Smith
Unknown:
Captain Davy Jones.
Mumfie:
Audrey Cameron
Scarecrow:
Frank Crosland
Selina:
Sandra Brown
Davy Jones:
Hugh Morton
The Admiral:
Fred Fairclough
Alabama:
Geoffrey Banks
The Old Lady:
Sybil Holroyd
Her grandchildren:Tom:
Alan Rothwell
Marabella:
Sheila Armstrong
Fat a sailor:
Fred Wilson
Clem, a pirate:
Norman Somers

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