A reading for Sunday morning from 'The Lively Oracles' by Ernest Marshall Howse part of the chapter entitled 'The Background of the Bible'
Reader, Cyril Luckham
Forecast for land areas
BBC Concert Orchestra
Conductor, Vilem Tausky
Forecast for land areas
by Garth Benson
From the Church of St. Mary Redcliffe, Bristol
Introduction and toccata...William Walond
Two choral preludes...Bach
"Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam" (S.684)
"Meine Seele erhebt den Herren" (Magnificat) (S.648)
Fugue: Magnificat (S.733)...Bach
Prelude and fugue on B A C H...Liszt
(BBC recording)
Next week: H.A. Bate from St Mark's Church, North Audley Street, London
A request programme of records
Symphony No. 6, in C (Schubert)
Closing scene: Salome (R. Strauss )
BBC correspondents throughout the world talk about the news, its background, and the people who make it.
Forecast for land areas, followed by a detailed forecast for the South-East region
Forecast for land areas, followed by a detailed forecast for the South-East region
A novel by John P. Marquand adapted as a serial in twelve parts by H. Oldfield Box 9
-There's more than one way of living '
Produced by Wilfrid Grantham
Ella and Sinclair's cocktail party had proved as futile and inane as Jeffrey had anticipated. The only really pleasant moment had come when, quite unexpectedly, he had encountered Marianna Miller there.
Back at the apartment, his sister Ethel and his niece Gloria, visiting New York on what Ethel termed' a spree.' had been awaiting them. As alwavs the mixture of Madge and Ethel had been an awkward one; Jeffrey had felt uncomfortably suspended between the world of his married life and the world of his childhood.
Then the telephone had rung. It was
Jim, announcing that he had something urgent to tell his father, and was coming to New York immediately.
by Sir Edward Appleton , ..G.B.E., K.C.B., F.R.S.
4—Science for a Purpose
(i) Government Science
In this lecture Sir Edward Appleton considers the scientific activities carried out under direct Government support and control. An obvious instance is defence research on weapons of war. Work of this kind must proceed to a large extent in secret, otherwise much of its value would be lost.
Nuclear energy research is another official responsibility, for here the defence and civil interests are inextricably associated. But a modern Government assumes the further responsibilities of attempting to ensure work, health, homes, and food for everyone: all matters involving science.
A concert of songs and orchestral pieces given by Margaret Ritchie (soprano)
Charles Spinks
(organ and harpsichord)
The Goldsbrough Orchestra
(Leader. Emanuel Hurwitz )
Conductor, Arnold Goldsbrough
' The day of his coming'
Isaiah 2, vv. 10-17
Psalm 82 (Broadcast psalter)
Revelation 18, v. 21, to 19. v. 16
Lo. he comes with clouds descending
(BBC H.B. 35)
Malach) 3. v. 2a
followed by late weather forecast for land areas
