A carol for the day and a Christmas reading by Adza Vincent.
(Recording of Thursday's broadcast)
Forecast for land areas
A guide to sound and vision broadcasts for Boxing Day and the Christmas weekend.
with David Oistrakh (violin).
Overture, Poet and Peasant (Suppe): Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; conductor. Sir Thomas Beecham, Bt.
Idylle (Suite Pastorate) (Chabrier): Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, conducted by Edouard Lindenberg
Rondo (Symphonie Espagnole) (Lalo): David Oistrakh (violin), with the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Jean Martinon.
Dubinushka (Rimsky-Korsakov): L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, conducted by Ernest Ansermet.
on gramophone records
A carol for the day and a Christmas reading by Adza Vincent.
(Repeated on Saturday at 6.50 a.m.)
Forecast for land areas
A guide to sound and vision broadcasts for Boxing Day and the Christmas weekend
Adrienne Cole (soprano), Frederick Stone (piano)
(BBC recording)
with the Melotones, Mattie McKane, Frank Ritchie with his guitar and the BBC Northern Ireland Light Orchestra
(Leader, David Adams)
Conductor, David Curry
(BBC recording)
(Leader, Reginald Stead)
Conductor, George Hurst
(BBC recording)
Norman Fisher the present Question-Master and some of the previous Question-Masters: Bernard Braden, Michael Flanders, Alan Melville answer questions sent by regular members of the Brains Trust.
Alan Bullock is in the chair.
(A sound recording of Sunday's television programme)
Questions for future programmes should be addressed to The Brains Trust, [address removed]
See page 4
Harry Davidson and his Orchestra
Guest artist, Ranken Bushby (baritone)
Introduced by Ivan Samson.
The programme includes: Imperial Twostep; Waltz; Barn Dance; Variety Foxtrot; Fifth Figure of the Lancers; Schottische; Veleta; Boston Twostep; On Leave Foxtrot; Manhattan Blues
Forecast for land areas, followed by a detailed forecast for the South-East region.
Short story by Kenneth Maconochie.
Read by Robert Rietty.
(BBC recording)
Written by Phil Park.
The story of 'Our Gracie' told by Bob Danvers Walker.
With Lilian Aza, Tommy Fields, Jack Hylton, Phil Park.
also the recorded voice of Gracie Fields
and The Linden Singers
BBC Variety Orchestra
(Leader, John Jezard)
Conductor, Paul Fenoulhet
(The recorded broadcast of Sept. 9)
A light-hearted discussion with music between this year's young heroes with the New Look and the Principal Boys of tradition
Introduced by Evelyn Laye with Marie Burke , Sonnie Hale
David Hughes , Clarice Mayne
Randolph Sutton , Tommy Steele
Bruce Trent , Dickie Valentine
Shani Wallis , Dorothy Ward also
The Linden Singers
BBC Variety Orchestra (Leader, John Jezard )
Conductor, Paul Fenoulhet
Written by Gale Pedrick
Produced by Michael North
A monthly programme reflecting life in the country.
Including:
Sounds of the month
Reports from the countryside
A Natural History contribution by Eric Simms
Introduced by C. Gordon Glover.
(BBC recording)
' presents
For Listeners of All Ages
(up to 100)
Leonard Henry as Simple Simon in an original radio pantomime
' Spaceman Simon ' by Philip Bentinck
Immortal:
Mortal:
Impossible: with The Arden Singers
(Conductor, William Bennett )
Music directed by Albert Webb
Additional material by Leonard Henry
Produced by Graham Gauld
Forecast for land areas,
A modern morality based on an old Hungarian fable
Written for radio by Peter Gurney
with music composed and conducted by Humphrey Searle
Ailsa Gamley (soprano) and the BBC Chorus
reads a selection from his
' Collected Poems' and links them with his own introductory comment
Loveday-Marriner-Hopkins
Trio:
Alan Loveday (violin)
Neville Marrmer (violin) Antony Hopkins (piano)
