for farmers
Speaker, C. A. Joyce
The morning magazine
Introduced by Peter Bryant
followed by an interlude
Good for a Laugh
Talk by Father George Songhurst
1: A Saint sad is a sad Saint
Second edition
Introduced by Peter Bryant
Recordings from the past and the present
Desmond Carrington is in STUDIO 53 to recall personalities and events from the world of entertainment
Including :
GERARD HOFFNUNG
FRED PERRY , TOMMY STEELE Russ CONWAY , JULIAN SLADE and WALTER Mac-queen POPE
Written and compiled by Desmond Carrington
Produced by John Powell
by Alisitair Cooke
Sunday's recorded broadcast
Antony Hopkins
Sunday's recorded broadcast in Network Three
Christopher Hyde-Smith (flute) Ernest Lush (piano)
Bright the vision that delighted
(BBC H.B. 269)
New Every Morning, page 1 Psalm 63 (Broadcast psalter) Acts 9, vv. 19-31
Put thou thy trust in God (BBC
H.B. 313)
Regional Variations (2)
Hymn-singing from Holyhead
Quartet in. G minor played by the Quartet Pro Musica Patrick Hailing (violin) Ernest Scott (violin)
Gwvnne Edwards (viola) Peter Halling (cello)
SINGING TOGETHER by William Appleby
11.20 SCIENCE IS EVERYWHERE
Keeping Warm
A programme of simple experiments which show how domestic hot water systems work and how some materials conduct heat more easily than others. Script by Frank Blackwell
Junior Science series
11.40 UN DRAME DANS UN CAFE
Jean-Paul has to take shelter from a storm. He runs into a cafe and there becomes involved in a curious case.
Script by Emile Harven
Intermediate French series
BBC Northern. Orchestra Leader. Reginald Stead
Conducted by Stanford Robinson
Forecast for land areas, followed by a detailed forecast for the South-East region
Regional Variations (2)
Desert Island Discs
Roy Plomley's castaway is comedian Richard Murdoch. Show more
Regional Variations (2)
I Ysgolion Cymru
PEOPLE, PLACES, AND THINGS Isambard Kingdom Brunei
Three programmes about a great engineer
2: The Great Western Railway
Script by John Merrett
2.0 THE MUSIC BOX
Gordon Reynolds introduces ten minutes of music for six-year-olds
2.10 VIENNESE OPERETTA
A programme introduced by Mark Lubbock
Orchestral Concerts series
2.30 THE JACKSONS
Betty Gets Married
Betty and Johnnie are married at the local church. The reception is held at the Jacksons' home
Script by D. J. Saint
2.50 PROSE AND VERSE
Blowing up a Train from ' Seven Pillars of Wisdom ' by T. E. Lawrence
by RODNEY ACKLAND adapted by Mollie Greenhalgh with Michael Hordern , Gwen Nelfion Produced by ARCHIE CAMPBELL
The action takes place at the Dvsons' house in North London between early May and late September 1911.
Saturday's recorded broadcast
sung by William McAlpine (tenor)
Clifton Helliwell (piano)
Advice and entertainment for retired people and older people generally, and a meeting place on the air for those concerned for their welfare
Time My Slave: Frances Gomm finds it difficult to reverse the habits of -a lifetime
Down the Map and Up Again: May Hankey describes some adventures on a holiday journey
Presented by John Dunn
A programme for the fives to eights
The Big Pond
Four plays by Bertha Lonsdale
2: A Night Watch in the Wood
Music for the flute composed and played by Bernard Herrmann Produced by Herbert Smith
Regional Variations (3)
Young Person's Forum on Books from Mansfield Woodhouse Manor County Secondary School, Nottinghamshire
Northern Film News
Lionel Gamlin reviews books for older children and introduces Irene Slade
Gerald Durrell is interviewed by Eileen Molony
Regional Variations (2)
News of the Month
Shane Fenton with the Fentones
Introduced by their leader
Shane Fenton (vocalist) Jerry (guitar) Bonney (bass-guitar) Mick (rhythm guitar) Tony (drums)
(BBC recording)
Forecast for land areas, followed by a detailed forecast for the South-East region
Regional Variations (7)
News. Stock Market Report
News
News. Round-up of events
News. Sport
News
News. Stock Market Report
South-Eastern News
Regional Variations (3)
Cricket Club
News in Welsh
AUDREY RUSSELL visits the Headquarters of the Foundation in Euston Road, London, where she is shown the Library with two hundred thousand books dating from 1467 onwards and the two famous medical museums.
Produced by Geoffrey Topping
Regional Variations (2)
Scots Fiddle Music
A weekly review of what the papers in South-East England are saying
Regional Variations (2)
BBC Scottish Orchestra, conducted by James Lockhart. Brahms, Haydn. Thorpe Davie, Britten
Fifth Year
A weekly contest between choirs from all over the United Kingdom
Eleventh of twelve programmes in the national competition
MALE VOICE CHOIRS
Glasgow Philharmonic Choir Conductor. John Rankin
Seven Towers Male Voice Choir Conductor, William Livingstone
YOUTH CHOIRS
Hull Orpheus Junior Choir Conductor, Winifred Ashton Orpington Junior Singers
Conductor, Sheila Mossman Introduced by John Hobday
Produced by John Fawcett Wilson
The finalists in each class will take part in a nation-wide broadcast on June 27.
Regional Variations (2)
Byd Natur: Brains Trust
A selection of recorded wit, music, and humour
Introduced by Basil Boothroyd of * Punch ' including
CHARLES RICHARDSON
' The Scottie who knew too much by James Thurber
John BRYNING , DEREK BIRCH ROLF LEFEBVRE
' Who's got time for reading? ' by Gerald Holgate
FREDA DOWIE
' Spiral Staircase ' by Dim Pares
NIGEL ANTHONY and KEITH BUCKLEY ' She was bald, but ' by Derek Lowe
HERMIONE GINGOLD mehitabel finds a home by don marquis
BRYAN KENDRICK
' The Chair' by Peter Elliot
ROLF LEFEBVRE , WILFRED BABBAGE DEREK BIRCH
' Hold my briefcase ' by Donald Webster
MAIRHI RUSSELL
' Nature is Wonderful by Nesta Pain
CHARLES SIMON and DEREK BIRCH
' Have a pinch ' by Geoffrey Stephens
KEITH WILLIAMS and HAYDN JONES ' Spriggs ' by Kenneth Campbell Musical interludes on records chosen by Robert Irwin Edited and produced by John Bridges and Richard Thomas
Regional Variations (3)
Gerard Souzay, baritone; Dalton Baldwin, piano: Schumann; Villa-Lobos
As North
A public audience in Bury St. Edmunds questions
Umberto Morra formerly Director of the Italian Institute in London
IN ROME
Meyer Sluyser writer and broadcaster
IN HILVERSUM
John Crider author and journalist IN NEW YORK and Laurens van der Post writer and traveller who is with Mary Stocks
IN BURY ST. EDMUNDS
Arranged by Norman Macdonald
by TYRONE GUTHRIE with Denys Hawthorne
Sebastian Shaw
It is said that their past lives float before the eyes of drowning men. From a ship, bound for China, a young clergyman has fallen overboard..... As he struggles for life in the water, pictures float before his eyes and voices sound in his ears, voices of his past life.
Edward, as a boy....Robert Langley Edward, as a man.Denys Hawthorne
Produced by JOHN GIBSON
The News
Background to the News
People in the News
Regional Variations (2)
Carol Galbraith, soprano '
Dining Out by Massimo Bontempelli (d. 1960) translated by William Dale Reader, John Bluthal
Regional Variations (2)
News Headlines: prayers
followed by late weather forecast
Benthien String Quartet Ulrich Benthien (violin)
Rudolf Maria Miiller (violin) Martin Ledig (viola)
Wolfram Hentschel (cello)
Recording of part of the Thursday Invitation Concert of March 2, in the Third Programme