Speaker,
The Very Rev. George Reindorp
Forecast for land areas
An up-to-the-minute guide for your listening and viewing
A breakfast-time magazine including Olympic report direct from Rome
Introduced by Jack de Manio
' Crossing Frontiers'
The Rev. Kenneth Slack introduces comment by churchmen from different parts of the world
Forecast for land areas
An up-to-the-minute guide for your listening and viewing
Second edition including Olympic report direct from Rome
Introduced by Jack de Manio
See Light Programme
by Alistair Cooke
Alec Robertson introduces some of the music to be broadcast from the Promenade Concerts during the coming week
WAGNER
A gramophone record of the ' Siegfried Idyll' played by the NBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Arturo Toscanini
Come let us to the Lord our God
(BBC H.B. 487)
New Every Morning, page 72 Canticle 4 (Broadcast psalter) 2 Kings 4, vv. 8-17
Just as I am. without one plea (BBC
H.B. 292)
Gramophone records of scenes from favourite operas
This week:
Verdi's ' II Trovatore '
A series of four weekly programmes
2-A Public School
A boy in a black gown crosses an empty quadrangle, bells ring the changes, choristers in chapel intone a psalm.... so begins another day at school.
This is an attempt to portray a school through the events of its daily life, in the classroom, the staff room, and on the playground. It is also an attempt to show what schools have in common and what divides them from each other.
Compiled and produced by Owen Leeming
(The recorded broadcast of May 13)
(Leader, Philip Whiteway ) Conductor, Rae Jenkins
Forecast for land areas, followed by a detailed forecast for the South-East
. region
A Piece of Chalk from ' Tremendous Trifles by G. K. Chesterton read by Cameron Miller
A Piece of Cheese
How beorge brought the cheese from Liverpool to London from ' Three Men in a Boat' by Jerome K. Jerome read by Stanley MacKenzie
played by the BBC Midland Light Orchestra
(Leader, James Hutcheon ) Conductor, Jack Coles
A new play for radio by Richard Townshend Bickers
Cast in order of speaking:
Pianist at The Mask Club
Alan Paul
Production by Audrey Cameron
David Lang, having remained in the Royal Air Force after the war, returns to London after a considerable absence; and, in the hope of contacting his wartime bomber crew, he goes to The Bells, where they always foregathered. He manages to contact them all but one-Stefan Zalek-who seems to have disappeared. Stefan's sister, Lise -a cabaret singer — enlists David's help in the ' Search for Zalek.'
Gordon Farrall (bass-baritone)
Frederick Stone (piano)
Advice and entertainment for retired people and older people generally, and a meeting place on the air for those concerned for their welfare
Pride in Pocket: Is this where it should be? Grace Stuart suggests there are times when it is better not
' Come Along, Ladies!': the second of two talks in which
W. R. Woods remembers working in a London shop fifty years ago
Presented by John Dunn
For Children of Most Ages
'Treasure Island'
Robert Louis Stevenson 's adventure story abridged by Barbara Henderson and read in ten episodes by Derek McCulloch
6-'Flag of truce '
5.15 For Younger Listeners
Nursery Sing-Song with Vi and Trevor
5.30 For Older Children
On Record
Roy Bradford reviews a mixed bag of recent records
5.50 The week's programmes
Forecast for land areas, followed by a detailed forecast for the South-East region
Sheila Randell (piano)
