News and market trends
Thursday's 7.50 talk
and Programme News
The morning magazine
Introduced by JACK DE MANIO
PROFESSOR G. WILSON KNIGHT talks about
Shakespeare and his faith
5: Shakespeare's England
and Programme News
given by GEOFFREY CHARD (baritone) with WILFRID PARRY (piano)
Written by Heinrich Minden
Intermediate German series
1: Evolution Today
Written by Henry Marshall
Some implications of the Common Market
1: On being a European by G. A. F. SCHEELE
and Programme News
GALE PEDRICK makes a personal selection of items from BBC radio and television
Introduced by JOHN ELLISON
Written by Garry Lyle
Travel Talks series
1: The Book of Deuteronomy
Programme written by Jack Shepherd
The Bible and Life series
by James REEVES
Stories and Rhymes series
BBC Scottish ORCHESTRA Led by Granville Casey
Conducted by GEORGE BARATI
ANTHONY JACKSON recalls his experiences of a dozen years ago when, as an army officer stationed in Berlin, he was ' captured ' by the Russians
The Hard Court
Championships of Great Britain
Commentary by MAX ROBERTSON from the West Hants Lawn Tennis Club, Bournemouth
A new magazine of interest to all, but with older listeners specially in mind including:
Lamb's House: ALEX ALLAN visits a historic building that is now an old people's Day Centre
Man of Brass: JOHN FAULDS relives some experiences from his sixty years as a brass band conductor
Music of Scotland: played by the BBC SCOTTISH VARIETY ORCHESTRA, conductor JACK LEON
Introduced by HOWARD LOCKHART
From Scotland
by Ouida dramatised by JOHN KEIR CROSS with Simon Lack
In Baden. Forest King. ridden by the Hon. Bertie Cecil , is doped and loses the race. Cecil, as a result, is in grave financial difficulty. To make matters worse he is accused by Baroni, a money-lender, of forging Rockingham's signature.
4: The King's Last Service
Pianist, ARTHUR DULAY
Produced by DAVID H. GODFREY
and Programme News
Some operatic characters come and go
Last of a series of record programmes
Introduced by EDWARD GREENFIELD
A survey of the international disaster and of the measures that are being taken to bring a full life to children suffering from congenital limb defects
Written and narrated by LEIGH CRUTCHLEY with the recorded voices of LADY (FREDERICK) HOARE
GEORGE CHATTERTON
The German experts, PROFESSOR JENTSCHURA and DR. MARQUART and doctors and specialists working in this country
Produced by MAURICE BROWN
Written and compiled by Leslie Baily SYDNEY MOSELEY
Early experiments in television WAL HANNINGTON
The unemployed ' hunger ' marches
JACK PAYNE
The tunes of the year
LORD REITH
Empire broadcasting begins SIR JOHN COCKCROFT and RITCHIE CALDER Splitting the atom
MARGARET LANE
A fabulous writer-Edgar Wallace
R. E. S. WYATT
' Bodyline bowling ' in Australia
THE RT. HON.
PHILIP NOEL-BAKER , M.P.
Disarmament-the last opportunity
ALDOUS HUXLEY
Brave New World with Stuart Hibberd , Dudley Rolph Leslie Baily , Ella Milne Eric Phillips , Alan Keith and Frederick Treves
The pages turned by FREDDY GRISEWOOD
Incidental music arranged and the Orchestra conducted by ALAN PAUL
Produced by VERNON HARRIS
Broadcast on January 24, 1960
The News
Background to the News
People in the News
tHow the dailies have handled the week's news, the opinions they have expressed, and current trends in and out of Fleet Street, are analysed by WILLIAM CLARK
Extracts read by JOHN SNAGGE and KENNETH KENDALL
A journalist from abroad looks at Great Britain this week
HERBERT DOWNES (viola)
WILFRID PARRY (piano)
