A talk by C. A. Joyce
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A breakfast-time magazine
Introduced by Jack de Manio
A talk by C. A. Joyce
Forecast for land areas
An up-to-the-minute guide for your listening and viewing
A bulletin of food news to guide the household shopper
Compiled and read by June Jay
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Interval music
Prayer
0 worship the King (S.P. 618, C.H. 9.
D.S. 11, P.H. 17. all omitting vv. 3-5: Tune, Hanover)
Interlude: The Boyhood of Jesus
Prayers: the Prayer for Goodwill; the Lord's Prayer
Blest are the pure in heart (S.P. 455,
C.H. 478. P.H. 136. BBC Supplement 17: Tune. Franconia)
Blessing
SIBELIUS
Gramophone records including the Symphony No. 7 in C, played by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Sir Thomas Beecham, Bt.
Eddie Strevens and his Quartet
and his Latin-Amerdcan Music
Three talks on the North Atlantic voyages of the Norsemen by Gwyn Jones author of a new English translation of the Icelandic chronicle, Egil's Saga
3-Westwards to North America
(circa 986)
Professor Jones discusses how three attempts to establish a Viking colony in North America were all frustrated by the bitter resistance of the Indians.
Harry Davidson and his Orchestra
Guest artist,
Rene Soames (tenor)
Introduced by Rex Palmer
Master of Ceremonies,
Charles Crathorn
Produced by Fredric Bayco
The dances: Liberty Twostep: Waltz: Eva Threeste-p: Progressive Barn Dance: First and second figures of the Tango Quadrille: Starlight Saunter: Caribbean Twostep: Western Schottische; Viennese Waltz
The songs: Little grey home in the West: Two lovely black eyes
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From the many broadcasts on BBC sound and television during the past seven days Gale Pedrick selects highlights to hear again
Introduced by John Ellison
Edited by John Haslam
with Buddy Bregman and his Orchestra, The Poll Winners (Shelley Manne, Barney Kessel and Ray Brown), Claude Thornhill and his Orchestra, on gramophone records
The Antrim Coast Road is one of the most beautiful in Europe. This programme tells how the engineer, William Bald , drove this famous roadway round the glens and cliffs of the Antrim sea-board 130 years ago.
Written by N. D. Harrison
Others taking part:
Michael Brown. Denis Scott Brian Lockhart , Leslie Kelly Sam McCready , John MeDade
Billy Hynes , Ann Maguire
Produced by Sam Hanna Bell
A weekly exploration of the BBC Sound Archives
Front Page
Stories behind the headlines told by the people who made them
5-The Famous retell some anecdotes of their early experiences and talk of the personalities they knew and the world as they saw it
Written by Gordon Cruickshank
Narrated by Alexander Moyes Produced by Denys Gueroult
(Leader Reginald Stead )
Conductor, George Hurst
Wilfred Brown (tenor)
For Children of Most Ages
' The Life and Strange
Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner by Daniel Defoe
(1660-1731) told in six readings by David
2—' Crusoe makes his home comfortable '
5.15 For Older Children
' Special Courier'
A new serial play in six parts by John Darran
2-' Kyanga '
Production by Ifan 0. Williams
Dan Masters and Brick Travers follow up a trail leading them to the waterfront cafe of Madame Kellino. There their dangerous mission explodes into action and lands them as prisoners aboard the s.s. Falcon.
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Part 1
Part 2
played by Granville Jones (violin)
Celia Arieli (piano)