' Good News from Africa '
Talks by the Rev. Cecil Northcott
5-Blind Man's Treasure

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An up-to-the-minute guide for your listening and viewing

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' Good News from Africa'
Talks by the Rev. Cecil Northcott
6-Call of the Chief

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BBC correspondents throughout the world talk about the news, its background, and the people who make it

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A weekly programme about
. work in the world of science
Plastic not Elastic by J. F. Baker , O.B.E., D.SC, F.R.S.
Professor of Mechanical Sciences in the University of Cambridge

(died October 22,1959)
Harold Child (baritone) Frederick Stone (piano)
Granville Jones (violin)
Carl Pini (violin)
Songs:
An Mignon: Lied der Freude; Zigeunerlied
Duo in D. Op. 67 No. 2 Songs:
Lied der Harfnerin; Bitte, bitte; Sonntag und Montag

Christopher Denning went to Russia when he was seventeen and had some surprising adventures

Father most holy. merciful and loving
(BBC H.B. 167)
New Every Morning, page 50 Psalm 150 (Broadcast psalter) St. Luke 17. vv. 1-10
Teach me. 0 Lord. the perfect way
(BBC H.B. 473)

Jack Salisbury and his Orchestra

Overture. Don Quixote (Telemann):
Lucerne Festival Strings, led by Rudolf Baumgartner
Violin Concerto in G (K.216) (Mozart):
David Oistrakh (violin), directing thePhilharmonia Orchestra some recent gramophone records

Reports from Britain and overseas

featuring
Johnny Pearson at the piano
The Peter Yorke Orchestra with the Singing Strings
Presented by Frank Hoopei

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

with Wallas Eaton
Toni Eden
Sid Phillips and his Orchestra

Frankie Howerd (in a recorded programme) discusses with Roy Plomley the gramophone records he would choose to have on a desert island.

A new play for radio by Stephen Grenfell
Cast in order of speaking:
Schoolgirls, maid, photographer played by Judy Horn , Caroline Leigh
Verity Edmett. Nicky Edmett
Production by Audrey Cameron

to meet
Peter Ustinov
Grand Prix de Rock
Joyce Grenfell
' Boat-Train '
Stephens and Goodwright Bus-ride
Ivor CuUer from Y'Hup
Laurence Baskcomb
Atmosphere and the voice of the late
Gerard Hoffnung
Musical interludes on records chosen by Robert Irwin
Edited and produced by John Bridges

Introduced by Robin Holmes
BOOKS WE READ AND READ AGAIN: Maurice Lindsay and Neil Gunn on the works of Sir Walter Scott
LIBRARY LIST: John Morris on some recent books
THE LESSER KNOWN: Naomi Lewis talks about Edward Thomas
SPECIAL NOTICE: Maurice Crans ton reviews Wisdom of the West by Bertrand Russell

A musical programme for children under five with Ann Driver , Marjorie Westbury and Maurice Bevan
Roy Williams introduces today's items including ' The Postman ' and the music of the clocks

Jimmy Clitheroe as The Clitheroe Kid
1- with Peter Sinclair , Pat Burke
Leonard Williams , Diana Day
Peter Goodwright
The theme music by Alan Roper played by the BBC Northern Dance Orchestra
Conducted by Alyn Ainsworth with Jimmy Leach at the electronic organ
Written by James Casey and Frank Roscoe
Produced by James Casey
5.25 * Inishbahn Space Experiment *
by Charles Witherspoon
3 — ' A Perilous Picnic'
Produced by Cicely Mathews

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

Results, reports, and reviews
Today's programme includes:
Racing and Association Football Results
Association Football
A review of this afternoon's matches and eye-witness accounts of selected games
Minor Leagues: Results of matches played by clubs in the Athenian, Isthmian, and Southern Leagues
6.30 app. Rugby Union
Results and a summary of the highlights of major club fixtures
Racing
Tom Cosgrove discusses the prospects for the Cambridgeshire Stakes at Newmarket on Wednesday
Comment in Sport
Sports personalities express their views on affairs of the moment
Introduced by Jacob de Vries
6.50 app.-6.55 VHF : Rowridge
(92.9 Mc/s)
for the South Coast :
Area sports results

Harry Davidson and his Orchestra
Alexander Henderson (bass)
Introduced by Ivan Samson
Master of Ceremonies,
Charles Crathorn
Produced by Eric Arden
The programme includes: Crown Twostep: Waltz; Progressive Barn Dance; Shadow Saunter; Midnight Tango; Crinoline Gavotte: Allandale Waltz; Variety Foxtrot; The Caribbean

Chris Howland and Nan Winton talk to personalities who have come by land, sea, and air to be
' In Town Tonight'
Edited and produced by Peter Duncan

and introduces
Variety Playhouse Orchestra
(Leader, John Jezard )
Conducted by Vic Oliver
Variety Playhouse
Pocket Theatre starring Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert with Richard Caldicot
Written by Gavin Blakeney
To sing for you:
Barbara Howitt , Rowland Jones
Victoria Elliott
The George Mitchell Choir
To make you laugh:
Cardew Robinson , Ken Platt
Incidental music by Philip Martell
Continuity by Carey Edwards
Produced by Alastair Scott-Johnston

by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

A play for radio by Lester Powell
Adapted from the novel of the same name by Christianna Brand
Production by Bryan Izzard
Characters in order of speaking:

Evening prayers conducted by the Rev. Moore Wasson with the Northern Ireland Singers

followed by late weather forecast for land areas

I for .United Nations Day
FROM MOSCOW
Festive Overture
Shostakovich
U.S.S.R.
State Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Konstantin Ivanov
•
FROM GENEVA
Piano Concerto in A minor
Schumann
Wilhelm Kempff (piano)
Orchestre de la Suisse
Romande
Conductor, Ernest Ansermet
(Recordings)
Part of a concert given earlier this evening in Moscow, Geneva, and New York. under the auspices of United Nations Radio