A reading taken from
'God and the Rich Society' by D. L. Munby
Reader. John Forest
Introduced by Marjorie Anderson
Legal Roundabout: Dudley Perkins comments on cases in the Law Courts
This is Your Wife: a diversion on a hackneyed theme
Dilemma: a mother describes a shock and its effect on her
Dropping In: Leslie Smith attends a one-day conference on group tensions.
A weekly review edited by Anna Instone and Julian Herbage
Introduced by Julian Herbage Edward German (1862-1936) by Mark Lubbock
Purcell's Fantasias and In Nominee by Denis Stevens
Musical Profile: Georg Solti by Harold Rosenthal
Two Books by Pianists reviewed by Joan Chissell
Chairman, Walter Allen
Book: Alan Brien
Art: Eric Newton
Film: Dilys Powell
Theatre: Eric Keown
Broadcasting: Jacques Brunius
Forecast for land areas, followed by a detailed forecast for the South-East region
Listeners' questions about the countryside answered by Eric Hobbis, Maxwell Knight and Ralph Wightman
Question-Master, Vincent Waite
Fernande Kaeser (piano)
BBC Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra Leader. Paul Beard
Conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent Part 1
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'Almost my first memory of that journey is of twenty-nine boys standing forlorn on the platform at Calais, discussing the lowness of the platform. "It's mad," said Smith, "well, how do you get into the train then?"'
Edward Blishen recalls a journey to Switzerland he is not likely to forget.
Part 2
byRUDYARD KIPLING adapted by Maurice Brown
How the Rhinoceros got his Skin told by David
Recorded broadcast of April 6. 1959
The Elephant's Child
Produced by Josephine Plummer
Recorded broadcast of March 30, 1959
Poetry in the afternoon chosen and introduced by Rumer Godden
1: The Universe
' I fill the earth, the whole world and the streams of ocean far and wide with myself. Tell me my name.'
Readers:
Rumer Godden
David Lloyd James
David Davis
Catch Phrases
The Rev. J. S. Wood discusses four common ways of looking at life
2: I'm keeping my fingers crossed
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
Visiting artist, Iris Villiers
by Alistair Cooke
by WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY dramatised as a serial for broadcasting in thirteen parts by Howard Agg
Pen attends a party given to launch the Pall Mall Gazette, and he becomes a regular contributor to the magazine, with great success. His uncle tells him that Sir Francis and Lady Clavering are in town for the Season and Pen calls on them. There he meets Blanche Amory and realises how easy it would be to fall in love with her all over again.
7: Fame and Folly
Produced by MARTYN C. WEBSTER
The fruit of the spirit is goodness
Proverbs 2, vv. 6-12, 20
Psalm 15 (Broadcast psalter) St. Luke 6. vv. 20-45
0 for a heart to praise my God
(BBC H.B. 334)
St. Matthew 5, v. 16
followed by late weather forecast
Organ recital byMargaret Cobb