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ALFRED DELLER (counter-tenor)
WALTER BERGMANN (harpsichord)
ARNOLD GOLDSBROUGH ENSEMBLE
Trio-Sonata No. 9, in C minor The earth trembled; Beauty thou scene of love; Since from my dear Astrae's sight; Sweeter than roses
Trio-Sonata No. 11, in F minor Broadcast on November 24,
1962, in the Third Programme

Contributors

Unknown:
Alfred Deller
Harpsichord:
Walter Bergmann

ROGER LORD (oboe)
WILLIAM WATERHOUSE (bassoon)
ERICH GRUENBERG (violin)
NELSON COOKE (cello)
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Leader, Erich Gruenberg
Conducted by TREVOR HARVEY who also introduces the music
The programme includes:
Movements from Haydn's Concertante in B flat major for four solo instruments and orchestra; the four Ritual Dances of the seasons from Michael Tippett 's The Midsummer Marriage; and also works by Purcell and Borodin
From the Royal Festival Hall, London

Contributors

Violin:
Erich Gruenberg
Cello:
Nelson Cooke
Leader:
Erich Gruenberg
Conducted By:
Trevor Harvey
Unknown:
Michael Tippett

Introduced by BILL HARTLEY
Audible Warnings: GEOFFREY HANCOCK reviews present legislation and its interpretation
Emergency! Emergency signals and warnings used by official vehicles, together with comments from their drivers
Tokyo Traffic: Motoring problems in Japan by JOHN BARR Shortened version of Friday's broadcast in Network Three

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoffrey Hancock
Unknown:
John Barr

Wilfrid Hyde White and Richard Murdoch in Problem in the Park with Roy DOTRICE
NORMA RONALD , David GRAHAM
Written and produced by EDWARD TAYLOR Broadcast on January 15 in the Light Programme

Contributors

Unknown:
Wilfrid Hyde White
Unknown:
Richard Murdoch
Unknown:
Roy Dotrice
Unknown:
Norma Ronald
Unknown:
David Graham
Produced By:
Edward Taylor

Sir Learie Constantine, cricketer, barrister, and High Commissioner for Trinidad and Tobago, discusses with Roy Plomley in a recorded programme the eight records he would take to a desert island.

(Broadcast on February 4)

Contributors

Presenter:
Roy Plomley
Castaway:
Sir Learie Constantine
Producer:
Monica Chapman

The Woodcut by William Eedle with Wilfrid Lawson
For as long ago as she can remember, Elizabeth has had loveduty—devotion ' dragged from her ' by a fond but exacting father. Now in her middle-age, she finds the habit has become too strong to break. Produced by ARCHIE CAMPBELL

Contributors

Unknown:
William Eedle
Unknown:
Wilfrid Lawson
Produced By:
Archie Campbell
George Canting, a retired marine engineer:
Wilfrid Lawson
Elizabeth, his widowed daughter:
Joan Haythorne
Stephen, his grandson:
Ian Ricketts
Tom Burden, a lodger:
Kenneth Hyde
Ann Semper, a visitor:
Joan Matheson

A programme for the under-fives Introduced by PETER HAWKINS
5.15 FIVE-FIFTEEN
The last edition of the magazine for everyone
Castles on the Air F.R.BUCKLEY
For Boys
R. J. MARTIN : coins
For Girls
RUTH WYATT: beauty care
Luck of the Draw
This week's record request
Odd Creatures Eric ROBERTS
What Happens Next?
MALCOLM HAYES tells a serial story by Geoffrey Morgan Introduced by GRAHAM GAULD
5.40 SOUND OFF
Music for the brass band played by young musicians 2: THE FOREST OF DEAN
JUNIOR BRASS BAND

Contributors

Introduced By:
Peter Hawkins
Unknown:
R. J. Martin
Unknown:
Eric Roberts
Unknown:
Malcolm Hayes
Story By:
Geoffrey Morgan
Introduced By:
Graham Gauld

HARRY DAVIDSON
AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Introduced by IVAN SAMSON
Master of Ceremonies, CHARLES CRATHORN
Produced by FREDRIC BAYCO
The dances: Waltz; Marine Fourstep; Victorian Gavotte; Saunter Regalia: Midnight Tango: Waltz Camay; Mill-brook Foxtrot
Tickets for this programme arc available on application to [address removed] enclosing stamped addressed envelope

Contributors

Introduced By:
Ivan Samson
Produced By:
Fredric Bayco

Introduced by Vic Oliver
The singers
Victoria Elliott
Kenneth Macdonald
Edric Connor
First broadcast Keith Raggett
Violin played by Alan Loveday
Comedy from June Whitfield
Leslie Crowther
Ronnie Barker
Playhouse Theatre
Alec Clunes *
BBC REVUE ORCHESTRA
Conducted by VIC OLIVER
Script by Carey Edwards
Leslie Crowther , George Evans and Derck Collyer Produced by GEOFFREY OWEN

Contributors

Introduced By:
Vic Oliver
Singers:
Victoria Elliott
Singers:
Kenneth MacDonald
Violin:
Keith Raggett
Played By:
Alan Loveday
Unknown:
Leslie Crowther
Unknown:
Ronnie Barker
Unknown:
Alec Clunes
Conducted By:
Vic Oliver
Script By:
Carey Edwards
Script By:
Leslie Crowther
Unknown:
George Evans
Unknown:
Derck Collyer
Produced By:
Geoffrey Owen

The Sign of the Four
The novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Adapted by MICHAEL HARDWICK in the series
Murder for Pleasure with Carleton Hobbs and Norman Shelley
Cast in order of speaking:
Baker Street Irregulars:
Robert Dodson , Timothy Palmer Anthony Paul. Ronald Williams
Other parts played by Timothy West. Will Leighton and Duncan McIntyre Produced by VAL GIELGUD

Contributors

Novel By:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Adapted By:
Michael Hardwick
Unknown:
Carleton Hobbs
Unknown:
Norman Shelley
Unknown:
Robert Dodson
Unknown:
Timothy Palmer
Unknown:
Anthony Paul.
Unknown:
Ronald Williams
Played By:
Timothy West.
Unknown:
Duncan McIntyre
Produced By:
Val Gielgud
Dr Watson:
Norman Shelley
Sherlock Holmes:
Carleton Hobbs
Mrs Hudson:
Grizelda Hervey
Mary Morstan:
Elizabeth Morgan
Thaddeus Sholto:
Philip Leaver
Major Sholto:
George Curzon
McMurdo:
Duncan McIntyre
Mrs Bernstone:
Harriet Petworth
Inspector Athelney Jones:
George Merritt
Sergeant:
Will Leighton
Sherman:
Norman Claridge
Mrs Smith:
Carmen Hill
Jacky:
Charles Eley
Wiggins:
Glyn Dearman
Jonathan Small:
Malcolm Hayes

Busoni PHILIP LEVI (piano)
YFRAH NEAMAN (violin)
HOWARD FERGUSON (piano)
Staccato Study after Mendelssohn
Trill Study after Gounod Sonatina brevis
Sonata No. 2, in E minor, for violin and piano Second broadcasts

Contributors

Piano:
Philip Levi
Violin:
Yfrah Neaman
Piano:
Howard Ferguson

BBC Home Service Basic

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