A reading for Sunday morning from
'Friendship ' by R. W. Emerson
Read by Hugh David
and forecast for farmers and shipping
and forecast for farmers and shipping
Overture, Il Signer Bruschino (Rossini): Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Alceo Galliera
Piano Concerto No. 5, in E flat (Emperor) (Beethoven): Artur Schnabel (piano), with the Philharmonia. Orchestra, conducted by Alceo Galliera
on gramophone records
A programme for those interested in brushing up their French
Cast in order of speaking: [see below]
Peter and Helen Lamb are back in Marseilles and 'have returned their hired car. Before leaving by train for Paris they call at the Post Office to ask whether there are any letters for them.
Je viens d'apprendre, I have just learned; renconitrer, to meet; compter, to expect to, cour (on); remettre, to postpone; le destinataire, addressee; en majuscules, in capital letters; un arrondissement, district (in Paris); la banlieue, suburbs; recrire, to rewrite; le siecle, century; la bouillabaisse, Provencal fish-soup; le poulpe, octopus; ]a langouste, lobster; l'ail, garlic.
Conducted by Sir Gerald Barry
Books: Alan Pryce-Jones
Art: Colin Maclnnes
Films: Freda Bruce Lockhart
Theatre: Eric Keown
Radio:Rose Macaulay
Shipping and general weather forecasts,- followed by a detailed forecast for South-East England
Introduced by Ralph Wighttman from Wenn's Hotel
King's Lynn, Norfolk
Singer, Clarence Wright accompanied by Freddiie Phillips (guitar)
Produced by Francis Dillon
BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader,Paul Beard )
Conducted by Rafael Kubelik
Part 1
by Maurice Cranston
As a boy of fourteen the speaker visited Rudyard Kipling at his home en Sussex. In this talk he recalls his impressions of the veteran novelist, and their conversation on life and authorship.
For Children of Most Ages
' Desert Mission '
A play by P. H. Burton
Produced by Elwyn Evans
Savings Groups
Gordon Cummings explains how to get in touch with savings groups in schools, streets, factories, and other places. There are also special savings schemes for the Forces
Shipping and general weather forecasts. followed bv a detailed forecast for South-East England
England v. Scotland
Songs of the birds from a Suffolk wood in competition with those heard from a wood in the Border country
Commentators:
Douglas Fleming (England)
Henry Douglas Home (Scotland) with Percy Edwards to act as referee
Introduced by Brian Johnston
Etudes symphoniques, Op. 13 played by Paul Badura-Skoda (piano)
Appeal on behalf of the British Empire Cancer Campaign by the Chairman, Lord Horder, G.C.V.O., M.D.
Contributions will be gratefully acknowledged and should be addressed to [address removed]
For more than a quarter of a century the British Empire Cancer Campaign has been organising intensive research into the cause and cure of the disease, and appeals for funds to continue and expand its work. The objects of the Campaign are defined as ' the attack and defeat of the disease of cancer in all its forms by research into its causes, distribution, symptoms, pathology, and treatment.' It is a voluntary organisation which links up the various cancer research groups within the Empire.
An entertainment for radio based on two hundred and eighty-seven versions of the story known in England as ' Cinderella '
Music composed and arranged by Francis Collinson and conducted by Charles Prentice
Written and produced by Francis Dillon
' Remember The Lord Thy God '
Psalm 107, w. 1-9 (Broadcast Psalter) Deuteronomy 8. vv. 1-18
God of mercy, God of grace (BBC
Hymn Book 455)
Collect for Rogation Sunday