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Wednesday's 7.50 talk
and Programme News
The morning magazine
Introduced by JACK DE MANIO
' All Things New '
Talks by FR. HUGH McKAY , O.F.M.
4: New Men
and Programme News
by GAVIN MAXWELL abridged by Donald Bancroft read by GABRIEL WOOLF Fourth of ten instalments
to HAROLD WILLIAMSON about Fact and Fiction
' I've got six books about war ... big books.'
' I only tell a lie in the afternoon.'
' What will a child learn sooner than a song? ' Pope
† HULL ORPHEUS JUNIOR CHOIR
Conductor,
WINIFRED ASHTON LEEDS HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR Conductor, DONALD HUNT
CROSS FLATTS PARK JUNIOR GIRLS SCHOOL CHOIR
Conductor, WINIFRED MOSELEY
Rossini
Records of excerpts from his opera William Tell
New Every Morning, page 4
Jesus, good above all other
(BBC H.B. 72)
Canticle 10
1 John 3, vv. 1-12
A great and mighty wonder
(BBC H.B. 41)
CECIL NORMAN
AND THE RHYTHM PLAYERS
BBC CHORUS
Conducted by ALAN G. MELVILI. E
The rediscovered island
The story of a journey compiled and narrated by IAIN and NORA CRAWFORD
† Broadcast on November 12
BBC SCOTTISH ORCHESTRA
Leader, Trevor Williams
Conducted by BERNARD KEEFFE
Forecast for land areas. Detailed forecast for the South-East
played by Victor Silvester and his Ballroom Orchestra
on gramophone records
Chairman, ROBERT ROBINSON
Theatre: PHILIP HOPE-WALLACE
Broadcasting: JOHN GROSS
Book: HELEN GARDNER
Art: JOHN RICHARDSON
Film: ROGER MANVELL Sunday's broadcast
from the BBC Sound Archives
Is Life a Boon?
At the start of a new year both the young and the old consider the future
By selecting recordings from the past and the present. JEAN STROUD attempts an answer
†Introduced by DENYS GUEROULT
A radio cartoon concerning the further adventures of a clever inventor, a baby dragon, and a duck
Written by MARCARET POTTER
Incidental music composed by HENRY REED and played by THE HARRY HAYWARD SEXTET
1: The Cup that Cheers! Produced by TREVOR HILL
SIDNEY HARRISON introduces a programme for young musicians
This week's guests: From Wales:
DAVID THEODORE JONES (oboe) Accompanist, MARY KENDALL
From the North:
CHOIR OF WIRRAL COUNTY
GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
Conductor, DORIS PARKINSON
From London:
PAUL ROWLAND (harpsichord)
Speakers from different parts of Britain describe occasions that gave them a sense of pride and achievement
1: BRIGADIER
A. G. L. MACLEAN. C.B.E. describes the first night of the Military Tattoo at the Edinburgh International Festival
Forecast for land areas. Detailed forecast for the South-East
A discussion by ERIC EWENS and CHRISTOPHER SYKES with illustrations read by NORMAN SHELLEY Produced by DOROTHY BAKER
See page 38 followed by an interlude
Introduced by ARCHIE CLOW
News and comment on recent events in the world of science and technology
The News
Background to the News
People in the News
' From today it is amazing to look back at the tremendous hazards faced by pioneers who. in primitive aeroplanes, tried to fly round the world only forty years ago.'
WING-CMDR. NORMAN MACMILLAN talks about the first ever world flight and how it ended in near-disaster
Introduced by SIR ALAN COBHAM
† Produced by JOHN BLUNDEN
Britten
String Quartet No. 2 in C major played by THE AMADEUS QUARTET
Norbert Brainin (violin) Siegmund Nissel (violin) Peter Schidlof (viola) Martin Lovett (cello) on a gramophone record
