Gramophone records

and forecast for farmers and shipping

and his Orchestra

Bible readings on ' Faith through Doubt' with comment by the Rev. Roy McKay

and forecast for farmers and shipping

BBC Concert Orchestra
(Leader. John Sharpe )
Conductor, Charles Mackerras

The West Country Quartet:
Isabel Watts (soprano)
Gladys Jones (contralto)
Reginald Fry (tenor) George Walsh (bass)
Winifred Davey (piano)
(Continued in next column)

by Patrick Anderson , a Canadian poet now living in the Midlands
(The recorded broadcast of August 5 in the Midland Home Service)

HOW THINGS BEGAN. 1— ' What is a Fossil?': material compiled by Richard Palmer ; dramatic presentation by Honor Wyatt.

Be near us, Holy Trinity (BBC H.B
165)
New Every Morning, page 50
Canticle 1, vv. 1-15
St. Luke 7. vv. 1-10
God's law is perfect (BBC H.B. 456)

Sidney Davey and his Players

Singing Together
by William Appleby
Donkey riding (Sea song)
Golden slumbers (English song)
Sweet nightingale (English folk song)

11.20 The World of Work: Measuring Ourselves
by Alec Rodger, Director, Vocational Guidance Centre, Birkbeck College, London.

11.40 Intermediate French
Programme varie. Devinettes de plusieurs sortes.
Texte de Max Bellancourt.

Overture: Over the Sticks
Augmented
BBC Variety Orchestra
(Leader. George Deason )
Conductor, Paul Fenoulhet
TV: The Gay Bachelors
Theatre: Irene Prador
Variety: Eric Nicholson
Radio: Benny Lee
Late Extra
Presented by Bill Worsley

Shipping and general weather forecasts. followed by a detailed forecast for South-East England

More impressions of the many experiences that fall to her lot as a commentator
Produced by Tom Waldron
Second programme in the new series

FOR country SCHOOLS. Watching Birds.
2.0 THE music box, by Gordon Reynolds
2.10 ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS. Czechoslovakia: first of two illustrated talks by Vilem Tausky

A series of readings from books of travel and discovery
1—Measles in the Harem
Taken from
' The Southern Gates of Arabia' by Freya Stark
Reader, Betty Hardy
Freya Stark set out alone from the southern coast of Arabia to follow the ancient trade route-the great frankincense road-to the shores of the Mediterranean. She describes how she caught measles while staying as a guest at the fortress of Masna'a in the Wadi Do'an.

PROSE AND VERSB readings. A Leopard by Lake Elmenteita ,' from ' Ebony and Ivory ' by Llewellyn Powys

Anona Winn , Joy Adamson
Jack Train , Richard Dimbleby ask all the questions and Gilbert Harding knows some of the answers
Presented by C. F. Meehan

(Leader, Philip Whiteway ) Conductor, Rae Jenkins
Frederick Grinke (violin)

by Osbert Sitwell
Last of four extracts from his autobiography
Read by Hugh Burden
4-Sir George in Italy
Osbert Sitwell describes his father's last years in his castle in Italy.

For Younger Listeners
' The Castle in the Cornfield' by Geoffrey Dearmer adapted from the story by Barbara Leonie Picard
Produced by David Davis
5.30 For Children of Most Ages
Play Up!
A magazine programme of sports and games including
Curious moments in sport
Preparations for the Olympic Games
Coaching Corner
Pony Club Championships and a guest celebrity
Introduced by Peter Cranmer
Produced by Graham Gauld
5.50 The week's programmes

Shipping and general weather forecasts, followed by a detailed forecast for South-East England

Bickham Sweet-Escott comments on events abroad and on our relations with other countries
Bickham Sweet-Escott is a banker with special interest in Greece, the Middle East, and the Balkans. During the war he served in France, Italv, South-East Asia, North Africa, and the U.S.A.

A programme of favourite melodies from London shows with Vanessa Lee , Bruce Trent and the Albert Webb Orchestra Conductor, Albert Webb
Script by Roy Plomley
Introduced by John Hobday
Produced by Peter Haysom Craddy

with Tonia Bern
Ron Moody
Pamela Manson
Bob Sharpies and his Music
Script by George Wadmore
Richard Murdoch and Ian Grant
Produced by Leslie Bridgmont

Campoli (violin)
Josephine Lee (piano)

by Bernard Shaw
Part 1

Part 2

late weather forecast for land areas

A review of today's overseas commodity and financial news, and the London Stock Market closing report