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A weekly review edited by Anna Instone and Julian Herbage
Introduced by Julian Herbage
' The Masses of William Byrd ' by Alec Robertson
Liszt's Faust Symphony ' by Humphrey Searle
Musical Profile-Lawrence Tibbett
(born November 16, 1896) ' by Arthur Jacobs
Classical piano duets for all ' by John Lade

Contributors

Edited By:
Anna Instone
Edited By:
Julian Herbage
Introduced By:
Julian Herbage
Unknown:
William Byrd
Unknown:
Alec Robertson
Unknown:
Arthur Jacobs
Unknown:
John Lade

' Morning Heroes'
A Symphony for orator, chorus and orchestra
City of Birmingham Choir City of Birmingham
Symphony Orchestra (Leader, Norris Stanley)
Conducted by David Willcocks
Orator, Christopher Hassall
From the Civic Hall, Wolverhampton

Contributors

Conducted By:
David Willcocks
Unknown:
Christopher Hassall

Reminiscences by Ludwig Koch
In his lifetime Ludwig Koch has graduated from recording pet canaries on a wax cylinder to the great northern diver in the wastes of Iceland.
This week he celebrates his seventy-fifth birthday, and in this programme, accompanied by his wife, he talks about his life's work in the field of wildlife and music recording.
Produced by Tony Soper

Contributors

Unknown:
Ludwig Koch
Unknown:
Ludwig Koch
Produced By:
Tony Soper

For Older Children
' Men of Letters '
A series of six plays written by Howard Jones
2—Captain Marryat with Alec Clunes as Captain Marryat
Other parts played by Nigel Anthony. Robert Bernal
Glyn Dearman , Richard George
John Glyn-Jones , Malcolm Graeme
Production by Eve Burgess
Captain Marryat served for many years in the Royal Navy and his experience provided him with authentic details for his stories of life at sea in the early nineteenth century.

Contributors

Written By:
Howard Jones
Unknown:
Alec Clunes
Played By:
Nigel Anthony.
Played By:
Robert Bernal
Played By:
Glyn Dearman
Played By:
Richard George
Played By:
John Glyn-Jones
Unknown:
Malcolm Graeme
Production By:
Eve Burgess
Captain Harrison:
Ronald Simpson
Mr Otley:
Preston Lockwood
Mary Bunn:
Janet Burnell

Appeal on behalf of the British Legion Haig's Fund by Major J. T. Spinks , J.P., National Chairman of the British Legion.
Contributions will be gratefully acknowledged and should be addressed to [address removed]
The British Legion Haig 's Fund, so far as its resources will permit, is available to consider assistance to all ex-Servicemen and women of all ranks, of all Services and of all wars. The British Legion's 5,000 Service Committees functioning throughout the country are available at all times to give advice and assistance wherever possible. Its annual expenditure exceeds £ 1,000,000, which sum is necessary to meet the many heavy commitments it has pledged itself to maintain

Contributors

Unknown:
J. T. Spinks
Unknown:
Legion Haig
Unknown:
Legion Haig

A novel by John P. Marquand adapted as a serial in twelve parts by H. Oldfield Box
6 — Careful how you stir them, George
Other parts played by Brian Haines and members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company
Produced by Wilfrid Grantham
Jeffrey Wilson , a successlul play-doctor, is married to a woman with whom he has little in common. His main affections are centred on Jim, the eldest of his three children. But Jim is of military age; and the war situation has brought to a head all Jeffrey's personal anxieties and dissatisfactions.
At Fred and Beckie's pretentious old farm house in Connecticut, where he and his wife Madge have gone for a weekend party, Jeffrey is appalled by the contrast between its frills and showiness and the stark realities of the world situation. He has sought a momentary escape by slipping out into the moonlit garden; and there Marianna Miller , the young actress who has so long been his friend, has joined him.

Contributors

Novel By:
John P. Marquand
Unknown:
H. Oldfield Box
Played By:
Brian Haines
Produced By:
Wilfrid Grantham
Unknown:
Jeffrey Wilson
Unknown:
Marianna Miller
Jeffrey Wilson:
Bernard Braden
Madge, his wife:
Helen Horton
Fred:
John McLaren
Beckie:
Tucker McGuire
Marianna Miller:
June Tobin
Minot Roberts:
Guy Kingsley Poynter
Buchanan Greene:
Philip Keatley
Sir Thomas Leslie:
Derek Prentice
George:
Peter Claughton
Jesse Fineman:
Harry Towb

Gwen Catley (soprano)
Joyce BIackham (mezzo-soprano)
Andrew MacPherson (tenor) Thomas Hemsley (baritone)
Winifred Davey , Peter Gellhorn
(two pianos)
Devised and introduced by Stanford Robinson

Contributors

Soprano:
Gwen Catley
Mezzo-Soprano:
Joyce Biackham
Tenor:
Andrew MacPherson
Baritone:
Thomas Hemsley
Baritone:
Winifred Davey
Baritone:
Peter Gellhorn
Introduced By:
Stanford Robinson

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