News, market trends and current topics
Wednesday's 7.50 item
and Programme News
The morning magazine
Introduced by JACK DE MANIO
Kenneth Horne with a brief anthology
and Programme New.
2: Calculating 1: The Abacus by JAMES HAWTHORNE
Stage I by RACHEL PERCIVAL
Music selected and arranged by Vera Gray
Tuesday's broadcast
New Every Morning, page 87
Hail, gladdening Light (BBC
H. B. 416)
Psalm 100
Hebrews 12, vv. 1-13
Thou, whose almighty word
(BBC H.B. 185)
' The Fascination of What's Difficult
GILBERT PHELPS takes the title of a poem by W. B. Yeats as his theme in examining, with the help of recordings from the BBC Sound Archives, the various kinds of challenge faced by travellers and explorers in different parts of the world
2: Oceans
† Produced by David Allan
Written by Jenyth Worsley and introduced by JOHN CAMBURN
Electronics
Compiled and introduced by DEREK COOPER
Geography series
FOLLOW-UP
Practice in musical activities begun in the Music Workshop
Written by William Murphy
† PETER DUVAL SMITH describes some of the potions you can drink East of Suez
† NAN WINTON introduces this midday edition of a series designed to reflect listeners' own views on current topics. Letters on lively talking points of any kind are welcome for these broadcasts
Correspondents are invited to write to: Listening Post. BBC. Broadcasting House, London. W.1.
Wednesday's broadcast in the Light Programme
and Programme News
For children under five
Today's story: 'Toffee and the Grey Rabbit by JANE ALAN
A programme of poems by children
Introduced by ROBERT GITTINGS Adventures in English series
Written by Duncan Taylor
Stories from British History series
Chairman, T. C. WORSLEY
Broadcasting: BARBARA BRAY
Book: CHRISTINE BROOKE ROSE
Art: GEORGE MELLY
Film: EDGAR ANSTEY
Theatre: LIONEL HALE
Sunday's broadcast
A magazine of interest to all, with older listeners specially in mind, including:
Just John Ebdon
† Mingling with the Mighty:
ANNE CATCHPOLE takes a look at the waxworks at Madame Tussaud's and talks to visitors and people who work there
Keeping a Pet: 4-How to took after a cage-bird. NICK HENDERSON gives some advice
Your Letters
You asked us to play record requests
Introduced by KEN SYKORA
The Dragon Star by Angus MacVicar
Jeremy Grant works in the department of Space-Research. After an experiment on Martian probes he is sent on holiday. An odd kind of holiday, to say the least
1: The Calendar Gate
Produced by IAN WISHART See facing page.
Answers to listeners' scientific and technological questions In the chair:
PROFESSOR G. P. WELLS
Panel:
DONALD BROADBENT
Director of the Medical Research
Council Unit of Applied Psychology Cambridge
CLIFFORD BUTLER
Professor of Physics at Imperial College, London
SIR GRAHAM SUTTON
Director-General of the Meteorological Office
DESMOND MORRIS
Curator of Mammals,
Zoological Society of London
Programme arranged by ARCHIE CLOW
If you have a question you would like answered, send it on a postcard to: Who Knows BBC, Broadcasting House. London. W.I.
Benjamin Luxon (tenor)
The Festival Chorus
BBC Northern Orchestra Leader, Reginald Stead
Conductor, George Hurst
From St. George's Hall, Kendal See facing page
The News
Background to the News
People in the News followed by LISTENING POST
† LESLIE SMITH introduces this evening's edition of a programme designed to reflect listeners' own views on current topics. Letters on public affairs and issues of policy are specially welcome
