Reading from Thomas a Kempis'
' The Imitation of Christ ' translated by Leo Sherley-Price
Read by Charles Maunsell
and forecast for farmers and shipping
BBC Midland Light Orchestra
Conductor, Gilbert Vinter
Overture, Oberon (Weber): Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Nicolai Malko
Oboe Concerto in C minor (Marcello):
Léon Goossens (oboe), with the Philharmonia String Orchestra, conducted by Walter Susskind
Symphonic Poem: The Pines of Rome (Respighi): NBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Arturo Toscaninl on gramophone records
Une voiture a soi
A programme for those interested in brushing up their French
Script by Emile Harven and M. J. MacDonald
Heten and Peter Lamb arrive in Marseilles from Paris. They want to see something of Provence and have hired a small car, which waits for them outside the sta-ion. The car agent is mos.t helipful, but misunderstandings arise
Mon brique.t ne marche pas, my lighter won't work; a I'arrière, behind; a I'avant, in front; le coffre a bagages, the luggage boot; rouler (conduire) vite, to drive fast; Ie reservoir contient environ 30 litres d'essence, the petrol tank holds about 30 litres (6-7 gallons); mettre ]a voiture en marche, to start the car; le contact, ignition; le démarreur, starter; Ie starter, choke; le volant, steering wheel; les phares, headlights; l'embrayage, clutch
Conducted by Basil Wright
Radio: Frank Tilsley
Books: Pamela Hansford Johnson
Art: Eric Newton
Films: Edgar Anstey
Theatre: Philip Hope-Wallace
and forecast for farmers and shipping
During the past week Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal. Highness the Duke of Edinburgh have continued their visit to Victoria
Thomas Wynford Vaughan and Audrey Russell describe some places visited by the Royal Party; Godfrey Talbot reports on the progress of the tour
The Menai Straits
Singers :
The Marden Girl Singers,
Caernarvon
Directed by W. J. Owen
Edited by .Betty Pierce-Jones Presented by Ifan 0. Williams
BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard )
Conducted by Eugene Goossens
Part 1
Reminiscences by Gilbert Murray,O.M. , o.m.
3-Gilbert Murray recalls his time in Cambridge and his friendship with Professor Verrall, William Archer , Bernard Shaw , and Granville Barker
A series of six talks
Shipping and general weather forecasts, followed by a detailed forecast for South-East England
Sonata in B minor played by Louis Kentner (piano)
by Florida Scott-Maxwell
In this talk, which she describes as flight of questions on age,' Mrs. Scott-Maxwell presents grow!ng old as an absorbing occupation. For .the old can put many questions to .themselves and to the young; and the young may find it strange to believe how busy in mind they may be at rhe age of seventy.
Please see foot of page and page 3
' The Way of the Cross '
Psalm 121 (Broadcast psalter) St. Luke 4, vv. 1-15
Lord, who throughout these forty days (BBC Hymn Book 83)
Hebrews 4, vv. 15-16
