' Making a Minister'
Talks by the Rev. Cyril Follett
4-Munition maker
Forecast for land areas
A breakfast-time magazine
Introduced by Jack de Manio
' Making a Minister '
Talks by the Rev. Cyril Follett
5-Locomotive fireman
Forecast for land areas
A bulletin of food news to guide the household shopper
Compiled and read by June Jay
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Four hundred years ago today James Crichton , the original of the Admirable Crichton, was born at Eliock in Dumfriesshire. DUNCAN MACLEOD describes the life and career of this most extraordinary Scot.
Jean Austin Dobson (contralto)
Frederick Stone (piano)
BIZET
Gramophone records of his Overture ' Patrie' and movements from his incidental music to ' L'Arlesienne,' conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham , Bt.
Ken Beaumont and his Sextet
by John Buchan
Adapted for broadcasting in six episodes by J. C. Gosforth
5-' The Adventure of the Dry-Fly Fisherman'
Other parts played by Hugh Dickson Wilfrid Grantham , Willoughby Gray
George Merritt , and John Scott
Production by Frederick Bradnum
Harry Davidson and his Orchestra
Barbara Sumner (soprano)
Introduced by Ivan Samson
Master of Ceremonies,
Charles Crathorn
Produced by Fredric Bayco
The dances: Military Twostep; Waltz: Wedgwood Blue Gavot te ; White Rose Tango; Petite Mazurka; Imperial Waltz; Felice Foxtrot ; Saunter Regalia; Rosetta Twostep
The songs: Waltz Song from Merrie England; Hold your hand out, you naughty boy
Forecast tor land areas. followed by a detailed forecast for the South-East
Gale Pedrick selects highlights from BBC Sound and Television
Introduced by John Ellison
Edited by John Haslam
A programme of old favourites
Joan Price (contralto) with Ruby Taylor (piano)
Dudley Savage (organ) and a chorus from the Western Opera Players
Chorus-Master. Colin Shiner
Introduced by Dudley Savage
Charles Richardson introduces the third of four record programmes recalling the great American showman with the music from some of his famous extravaganzas
The novel by Francis Brett Young arranged for broadcasting in nine parts by Lionel Brown
PART 7
Produced by David H. Godfrey
From the BBC Sound Archives
Front Page
Stories behind the headlines told by the people who made them
' Nine-Days' Wonder '
From time to time a new sensation fills the newspapers only to disappear from the front page after a few days. Flying Saucers, the Girl Pat , Amy Johnson 's flight, the Loch Ness Monster ... these and many others are recalled with contemporary recordings.
Written by Gordon Cruickshank
Narrated by Alexander Moyes
Produced by Denys Gueroult
(Leader. Reginald Stead)
Conducted by Stanford Robinson
Rosemarie Wright (piano)
For Children of Most Ages
Off the Beaten Track
A journey with a recording car along mountain paths in North Wales to meet some of the interesting people who live and work in Snowdonia Guide, Alun Williams
Production by Ifan 0. Williams
5.25 The Five Shilling Holiday '
The story of a riding adventure to the Island of Lindisfarne
Written by Lorna Hill
Adapted by Muriel Levy
1— The Bet '
Produced by Herbert Smith
Forecast for land areas, followed by a detailed forecast for the South-East region
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Part 1
Second of two talks by Percival R. Kirby
The wreck of the East Indiaman Grosvenor off the coast of the eastern Cape in 1782 is famous for the legends of sunken treasure. Professor Kirby is more interested in the human side of the disaster, and describes how, by pursuing every clue from documents to a teaspoon handle, he has unearthed the stories of many who sailed in her and of their bereaved families at home.
Part 2
John Freeman faces personal questions from
Barbara Wootton
George Scott
Malcolm Muggeridge
A weekly report from the BBC's science correspondent, C. L. Boltz
Jurgen Hess (violin) Ernest Lush (piano) Schubert Sonatina in A minor
Sonatina in D