' Christ Alive! '
Talks by Father Michael, s.s.p.
5—' The Living Spirit '

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

' Christ Alive! '
Talks by Father Michael, s.S.F.
6— ' Alive in you ? '

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

York Bowen and Harry Isaacs
The first of six programmes of music for two pianos, each of which will be divided between major established works in the repertory and works by British composers
Saturday, May 21: Mozart and Britten

Feast of St. George
0 God, thy soldiers' faithful Lord
(BBC H.B. 232)
New Every Morning, page 102 Psalm 114 (Broadcast psalter) St. John 11. vv. 11-26
Lord. while for all mankind we pray
(BBC H.B. 432)

Laura soave (Suite No. 2, Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute) (Respighi): Philharmonia Hungarica, conducted by Antal Dorati
Symphony No. 100, in G (Military)
(Haydn): Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; conductor. Sir Thomas Beecham, Bt . some recent gramophone records

Reports from Britain and overseas

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by Laurie Wyman
A weekly and surely fictitious account of events in a naval detachment only loosely connected with the Senior Service. with assistance from Michael Bates ,
Ronnie Barker and Tenniel Evans
Produced by Alastair Scott Johnston

Sir Adrian Boult discusses with Roy Plomley the gramophone records he would choose to have with him if he were condemned to spend the rest of his life on a desert island.

by Val Secretan
This is the story of a woman who tries to go back to the past and a man who tries to accompany her.

by Honor Arundel
Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company The Home Game is the story of Celia, a married woman, who is bored with her family's preoccupation with football and tries to make them have an interest in life other than the football field. Needless to say, she fails.
Both plays produced by Cedric Messina

News of books and their makers in reviews, quotations, interviews
Introduced by Robin Holmes

A musical programme for children under five with Ann Driver , Marjorie Westbury and Maurice Bevan
John Webster introduces today's items which include a walk to the railway station

For Children of Most Ages
' The Reluctant Dragon '
A play for St. George's day based on a story by Kenneth Grahame
Produced by David Davis
' So they set off up the hill arm-in-arm, the saint, the dragon, and the boy. The lights in the village began to go out, but there were stars and a late moon. Snatches of an old song were borne back on the night breeze. I can't be certain which of them was singing, but I think it was the dragon! '
5.30 For Older Children
Something About London
A monthly notebook introduced by John Ellison
Edited by Claire Chovil

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and introduces
Variety Playhouse Orchestra
(Leader, John Jezard )
Conducted by Vic Oliver
Pocket Theatre starring Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert
Written by Gavin Blakeney
To sing for you:
Edna Graham , Walter Midgley
To play for you:
Leon Gooseens
To make you laugh:
Chris Carls 'en, George Martin
Incidental music by Philip Martell
Continuity by Carey Edwards
Produced by Alastair Scott Johnston

by Val Gielgud
Of the British Army of Occupation in Austria:
Of UNRRA:
Of the Russian Army of Occupation in Austria:
Displaced Persons:
Production by Val Gielgud

followed by late weather forecast for land areas

Gordon Watson (piano)