Charles Smart at the BBC theatre organ
and forecast for farmers and shipping
' Something to See '
Talks by the Rev. Arthur H. Gray ,
The North Church, Aberdeen
5 — ' Grace and You '
and forecast for farmers and shipping
by a doctor
PROSE AND VERSE READINGS. ' Tom Paints the Fence.' from ' Tom Sawyer ' by Mark Twain
9.15 GENERAL SCIENCE. Great Discoveries about the Earth. 1 — ' What Shape is the Earth? ' Script by J. G. Porter , Ph.D., F.R.A.S. (BBC recording)
10.5 NEWS COMMENTARY
Praise ye the Lord (BBC Hymn Book
280)
New Every Morning, page 58
Psalm 146 (Broadcast psalter)
St. Mark 6, vv. 1-13
Ye holy angels bright (BBC Hymn
Book 286)
Jack Simpson and his Septet
TIME AND TUNE, by Doris Gould
11.20 the WORLD OF WORK. What Kind of Work shall I Do? ': a talk by Alec Rodger , Director of the Vocational Guidance Centre at Birkbeck College, London.
11.40 TALKS FOR SIXTH FORMS. Current Affairs
from the Cambridge Hall,
Southport with Peter Cavanagh
Marcia Owen , Harry Bailey
Jimmy Leach and his Organolian Quartet
Presented by Philip Robinson
(Peter Cavanagh and Marcia Owen are appearing at the Garrick Theatre, Southport; Harry Bailey , in ' Top of the Town at the Opera House, Blackpool)
and forecast for farmers and shipping
TRAVEL TALKS.'In the Hot Lands': Colin Turnbull describes a visit he made to the pygmies of the Congo forests
2.20 LOOKING AT THINGS. A series of programmes designed to awaken interest in the shape and colour of things around us. Introduced by Anthony Bertram
2.40 SENIOR ENGLISH 1. ' Bird Cay': a story of buried treasure, by H. de Vere Stacpoole , adapted for broadcasting by Honor Wyatt. 1-' The Sailing of the Albatross '
3 — ' An Expedition to Sotherton Court'
(Leader, John Sharpe )
Conductor, Gilbert Vinter
Edith Vogel (piano)
Four programmes in which Audrey Russell visits the former homes of famous English authors
I-Keats Grove, Hampstead
Anthony Jacobs reads extracts from Keats' writings
Produced by Peter Duval Smith
milly-Molly-Mandy Dresses Up': a story written and told by Joyce Lankester Brisley
' Cousin Jenny
A serial play in sixparts by G. M. Wilson
5 — ' Denby Broad '
Production by May Jenkin
It was certainly a bit of bad luck for the fearless, self-confident Babs to fall downstairs and sprain her ankle just as she was setting out to dance at the village concert. But to have her place taken by Jenny, whom she had always despised, and to learn that Jenny had been the success of the show was more than Babs could stand. For a whole week she refused to speak to Jenny and the atmosphere of the house has been anything but happy. To make matters worse, Jenny has still not found the ideal subject for her scholarship painting.
Shipping and general weather forecasts. followed by a detailed forecast for South-East England
The marches played by Morris Motors Band
Conductor, G. V. Brooks
The waltzes played by the Raeburn Orchestra
Conductor, Wynford Reynolds
' He Sings to a Small Guitar'
by Alistair Cooke
Some diversions on a car journey with Peter Ustinov
Peter Jones and the Aeolian Players
Written by Peter Ustinov
Edited by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Pat Dixon
Emelie Hooke (soprano)
Ernest Lush (accompanist)
William PIeeth (cello) Margaret Good (piano) :
Of Beethoven's five sonatas for cello and piano, the third, in A major, has won the greatest favour, by reason of the beauty of its themes and the perfection of its workmanship. The cello announces the opening melody, the piano continuing at the sixth bar. Then. after a brief cadenza, the process is reversed before the music grows more animated. The Scherzo, with its rhythmical ingenuities, is followed by a brief but exquisite Adagio; and this leads into the final Allegro vivace. H.R.
