A reading from
'Asking the Right Questions' by F. R. Barry
Reader, Sandy Grandison
Forecast for land areas
An up-to-the-minute guide for your listening and viewing
by the man from the ' Met ' Office
Introduced by Marjorie Anderson
As I See It: views from Peter Forster
Ngaio Marsh and Jack Warner : recent guests in Woman's Hour
Any Complaints About Builders? Alice Hope questions representatives of the trade
Naomi Jacob talking
A request programme of records Carnival Overture (Dvorak): Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch
Aria, Selva opaca (William Tell, Act
2) (Rossini): Renata Tebaldi (soprano), Santa Cecilia Orchestra, conducted by Alberto Erede
Symphony No. 5, in B flat (Schubert):
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: conductor. Sir Thomas Beecham , Bt.
Conducted by J. W. Lambert
Art: Nigel Gosling
Film: Fred Majdalany
Theatre: T. C. Worsley
Radio: Laurence Kitchin
Book: John Metcalf
Forecast for land areas, followed by a detailed forecast for the South-East region
Woodlands and Forestry
What sort of trees did the Romans find in Britain? What happened to our ancient woodlands and why do we now have planted forests of ' 'Christmas' trees?
MAXWELL KNIGHT discusses these questions with ALEX. S. WATT, F.R.S., and ALAN CONNELL , who also interviews HARRY LAW , head forester in Wyre Forest.
Produced by Bruce Campbell
BBC Scottish Orchestra (Leader, J. Mouland Begbie )
Conducted by Berthold Goldschmidt
PART 1
Neil M. Gunn talks with Maurice Lindsay
PART 2
For Children of Most Ages
Sunday at Five
Children Singing
Peggy recalls highlights of a musical holiday in Vienna, with the help of gramophone records
5.10 For Older Listeners
' Stories of the Saints ' by Norman Painting
The story of St. Richard of Chichester
Other parts played by Michael Shaw and Peter Wilde
Produced by Peggy Bacon
by Edward Leader
Forecast for land areas, followed by a detailed forecast for the South-East region
A summary of last week's events
Reginald Leopold and the Palm Court Orchestra
This evening's visiting artist,
Jacqueline Delman
by Alistair Cooke
A gallery of portraits in close-up
Sir John Barbirolli
Sir John Barbirolli 's first professional engagement was in a theatre-pit at the age of fourteen. He played in cinema, symphony, and opera orchestras and made a reputation in chamber music and as a solo cellist before he achieved his childhood ambition and became a conductor.
In conversation with his friend
C. B. REES , Sir John looks back over his life in music and indicates some of the principles by which it has been governed.
BBC Welsh Orchestra
(Leader, Philip Whiteway ) Conductor, Rae Jenkins
' Love is of God '
Deuteronomy 7, vv. 6-11
Psa]m 103, vv. 13-22 (Broadcast
Psalter)
1 John 4, v. 7, to 5, v. 3
Son of God, eternal Saviour (BBC
H.B. 377>
St. John 3, v. 16
followed by late weather forecast for land areas
Quartet Pro Musica: Patrick Halling (violin)
Ernest Scott (violin)
Gwynne Edwards (viola)
Peter Hailing (cello)