News, market trends, and current topics
Monday's 7.50 talk
and Programme News
The morning magazine
Introduced by JACK DE MANIO
Gear for Living
Talks by THE Rev. WILFRED GOWER
2: Peace
and Programme News
PAUL MARTIN looks back on 1945 A Sound Archives production
J. B. BOOTHROYD on The Difficulty of Avoiding Difficulties
9: Prize Performance with DORIT WELLES and members of the BBC
Drama Repertory Company
Produced by JOHN BRIDGES
Broadcast on May 28
Hugh Dickson reads "The Quincunx"
A short story by Walter de la Mare
When Walter Beverley inherited a house from his eccentric aunt. Miss Lemieux. he was irritated by his failure to discover the hiding place of her money. He did eventually find it, but in very unusual circumstances.....
Mozart
Records of movements from his symphonies
KEN BEAUMONT
AND HIS SEXTET
ILSE WOLF (soprano)
MARTIN Isepp (piano)
by Cynthia Wilmot with Retirement can often brim; fear of loneliness-a sense of frustration to the young at heart. But there are rewards to be found-even in the quiet backwaters of life.
Produced by ARCHIE CAMPBELL
Worcestershire v. Nottinghamshire at Worcester
Hampshire v. Surrey at Bournemouth
Middlesex v. Northamptonshire at Lord's
Third and final day
Reports by ALAN GIBSON. JOHN ARLOTT , and REX ALSTON
Symphony No. 6, in F major
(Pastoral) played by the BBC NORTHERN ORCHESTRA Leader, Reginald Stead
Conducted by STANFORD ROBINSON
and Programme News
Jimmy Edwards , Dick Bentley and June Whitfield with WALLAS EATON
THE KEYNOTES
BBC REVUE ORCHESTRA
Conductor, HARRY RABINOWITZ
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by CHARLES MAXWELL
Broadcast on Feb. 5, 1959
The famous entertainer talks to Jo JOSEPH about her life
Produced by RAYNER HEPPENSTALL
This week: Wales sung by ROWLAND JONES with THE JAMES Moody ENSEMBLE
violin
Records including music by Paganini Mendelssohn, , and Falla
by E. M. Forster adapted for broadcasting in thirteen episodes by LANCE SIEVEKING
Episode 12
Produced by WILLIAM GLEN-DOEPEL
Sunday's broadcast
Scenes from Glinka's opera with CHORUS OF THE
BELGRADE NATIONAL Opera and the LAMOUREUX ORCHESTRA
Conducted by IGOR MARKEVITCH on gramophone records
Introduced by CEDRIC WALLIS
A magazine of interest to all, with older listeners specially in mind, including:
Your Letters
Silver Lining: THE REV.
DOUGLAS SMITH deals with another aspect of loneliness
Me and My Dog: NAN Mac
DONALD visits the training centre for guide dogs for the blind at Leamington Spa
Breathing Space: two minutes with CAPT. W. P. KNOWLES, M.C.
Just John Ebdon
Introduced by STEVE RACE
and Programme News
The 126th Annual Meeting of the British Association ends tomorrow
+ ARCHIE CLOW reviews the proceedings and introduces some of the scientists who spoke in Southampton
Smoking
It has recently been made clear that the difference between what doctors personally think about smoking and what the public thinks is very large and could be dangerous.
'Six times as many people die each year of cigarette smoking as die on the roads.'
' Bronchitis, lung cancer, and heart disease are the killers.'
' The case against cigarettes is not scientifically proved.'
An enquiry conducted by RENE CUTFORTH
Produced by FRANCIS DILLON
From The Depot,
Royal Marines, Deal
ANONA WINN , JOY ADAMSON
JACK TRAIN, RICHARD DIMBLEBY
KENNETH HORNE in the chair
Produced by HUMPHREY BARCLAY
Last Thursday's broadcast
Records from Brazil
Introduced by ALBERTO PALAUS
by David Campton
Jean Anderson as Brcnda
Ella Milne as Coral
Jane Eccles as Lily with GEORGE WOOLLEY as the doctor
Produced by ANTHONY CORNISH
Fourth in a series of seven plays specially commissioned for radio
Part 1
The News
Party Political Broadcast on behalf of the CONSERVATIVE AND
UNIONIST PARTY
Part 2
Review of current affairs
John Ellison introduces a programme specially designed to reflect listeners' comments on current issues
PATRICK PIGGOTT (piano)