Speaker, Canon Wilfrid Garlick
Forecast for land areas
An up-to-the-minute guide for your listening and viewing
Talk by the Rev. John Huxtable
Forecast for land areas
by Alistair Cooke
Antony Hopkins
In this series of weekly programmes Antony Hopkins usuallv discusses a work to be broadcast during the week; sometimes he goes further afield in his choice of topic.
Mendelssohn
Gramophone records of some of his songs
Come down, 0 Love divine (BBC H.B.
149)
New Every Morning, page 44 Psalm 86 Acts 2, vv. 1-13
Our blest Redeemer (BBC H.B. 160)
Gracie Fields in personal conversation with John Freeman
Harold Hobson , Patricia Brent
(Leader, Philip Whiteway )
Conducted by Arwel Hughes
Forecast for land areas. followed by a detailed forecast for the South-East
Johnny Morris talks about some of the singers he has known
' Most other animals are content with a good feed, but not the human animal -he must be entertained.'
Accompanist. James Walker
Presented by Brian Patten
The novel by Andrew Garve dramatised for radio by Anthony Aspinall
Produced by Archie Campbell
to poems by William Ernest Henley
Sybil Michelow (contralto)
Clifton Helhwell (piano)
Varicose Veins: a talk by a physician
The Block: A.H. Chesworth tells another story about his friends and their club activities
Presented by John Dunn
Junior Theatre presents
'The Grey Bird'
Written by George Ewart Evans
Final episode:
' The Grey Bird Takes Off '
Produced by Peggy Bacon
5.30 Now Showing in London
A review by Eric Gillett of some of the new films and plays
5.50 The week's programmes
Forecast for land areas, followed by a detailed forecast for the South-East
The most memorable events in a decade of entertainment
1957
Narrator. MICHAEL DENISON
PETER NOBLE, MARGARET LOCKWOOD
NIGEL STOCK, J. C. TREWIN
IAN MAIN with selections from the shows of the year:
' Damn Yankees ' ; ' Free as Air '
'At the Drop of a Hat '
' Bells Are Ringing ' ' Good Companions ' and featuring on gramophone records:
Fred Astaire. Janis Paige
Cyd Charisse , Carol Richards
Bing Crosby , Louis Armstrong
Grace Kelly with The George Mitchell Choir
BBC Revue Orchestra
(Leader, Julien Gaillard )
Conductor, Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Roy Plomley
Production by Tom Ronatd
Schubert
Sonata in B flat (D.960) played by Maurice Cole (piano)