George Scott-Wood and his Accordion Band

Forecast for land areas

and his Rio Tango Band

' Is Religion too Expensive ? '
Bible reading and comment by the Rev. Fenton Morley

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The Langham Light Orchestra
Conductor, Maurice Miles

Norman Tattersall (baritone)
Mary Murdoch (oboe)
Josephine Lee (piano)

Programme written and narrated by Brian Everett
Deception is a small volcanic island five hundred miles south-east of Cape Horn. Here a British aerosurvey team has established a base from which, using amphibious aircraft and helicopters, it is carrying out a close land and air survey of 50,000 square miles of British Graham Land.

CESAR FRANCK
Records of instrumental music including the Prelude, Chorale, and Fugue

Thy hand. 0 God, has guided (BBC
H.B. 187)
New Every Morning, page 96 Psalm 42 (Broadcast Psalter) Acts 18. vv. 12-23
Hark, the glad sound (BBC H.B. 490)

The Gerald Crossman Players

played by Liza Fuchsova and Paul Hamburger

presents his performance at a Hollywood club on gramophone records

from the canteen of a steel works at Dukinfield, Cheshire with Ken Dodd, Shani Wallis, Hal Garner, The Harmonichords, The Harry Hayward Trio
Introduced by Randal Herley
Produced by James Casey

Forecast for land areas. followed by a detailed forecast for the South-East region

Harry Davidson 's Orchestra and his Folk Dance Band
Guest artist:
Raymond Newell (baritone)
Introduced by Frederick Allen
Master of Ceremonies, Arthur Ives
Caller, Jack Hamilton
Producer, Stanton Jefferies

with Eric Jupp and his Orchestra and Norrie Paramor and his Orchestra on gramophone records

Further commentary

Berta Ruck talks to Kenneth Harris about her early days in Wales, and later in London where at the literary parties of the day she met many eminent people including Edith Nesbit , Bernard Shaw , Augustus John , and H. G. Wells
Produced by Aled Vaughan

A programme of music heard in London theatres this year on gramophone records

Further commentary

A comedy for radio by Wolfgang Hildesheimer.
English version by Harvey Unna.

For Children of Most Ages
For Your Bookshelf
' A Number of Things '
Eric Keown reviews a choice of the new books about practical things and people
5.25 May We Recommend ... ?
More dramatised excerpts from stories that used to be widely read by children
' What Katy Did at School' by Susan Coolidge and ' The Pathfinder' by J. Fenimore Cooper
Short scenes taken from these books and dramatised by Marion MacWilliam and Ian G. Ball
Those taking part include:
Effie Morrison , Joan Fitzpatrick Mary Riggans. Eileen McCallum
James Sutherland , Douglas Robin
Ivor Philipps , Bill Hill
Produced by Kathleen Garscadden

Forecast for land areas, followed by a detailed forecast for the South-East region

(Leader. Tom Jenkins )
Conducted by Michael Krein

A weekly programme about work in the world of science
Last Year's Seeds by Brian J. Harrison Department of Genetics,
John Innes Horticultural Institution
Gardeners know that some seeds age more quickly than others, and the claim that someone has germinated wheat from a Pharaoh's tomb crops up periodically. Mr. Harrison, who has been studying the causes of the ageing and death of seeds, discusses some of the many factors involved.

The Melos Ensemble:
Gervase de Peyer (clarinet)
Paul Draper (bassoon)
Neill Sanders (horn)
Eli Goren (violin)
Ivor McMahon (violin) Cecil Aronowitz (viola)
Terence Weil (cello)
Adrian Beers (double-bass)
Before an invited audience in the Concert Hall, Broadcasting House, London. Tickets may be obtained from Ticket Unit, Broadcasting House, London. W.1

Being intimations by various speakers of inglorious clouds they trailed in their infancy and adolescence
I-Being Inadequate by Viscount Hailsham, Q.C.
Much was expected of a little boy who was, as he says, 'the grandson of a saint.' But from his first encounter with bees, and on through the trials of his early school days, he suffered an ignominious sense of inadequacy whenever he was expected to display physical or moral courage.

From the Marlowe Theatre,
Canterbury
Anona Winn , Joy Adamson
Jack Train , and Kenneth Home ask all the questions and Gilbert Harding knows some of the answers
Presented by C. F. Meehan

In Honour of Earl and Countess Attlee

and his Latin-American Orchestra

followed by late weather forecast for land areas

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