t Market trends and news
Wednesday's "Ten to Eight".
and Programme News
The morning magazine
Introduced by JACK DE MANIO
Meditation t A reading from
Michel Quoist 's
Prayers of Life
and Programme News
by Joan GOLDMAN abridged by Eileen Capel
Read by SHEILA MITCHELL
A series on the work of war-time agents on special operations in Occupied France
Written by ROBERT BARR with as 6: Five Hours to Kill
Produced by CHARLES MAXWELL
A programme about ships old and new, sailors and shipping men. and the sea which is their life
Introduced by SIR IVAN THOMPSON t Produced by Herbert Smith
tby PROFESSOR DEREK ELLIS
Between 1953 and 1957 Professor Ellis spent two years- Including one winter-in Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic. He was there to explore new fisheries for the Canadian and American Governments, but he came back with some new stories as well.
New Every Morning, page 58
Stand up, and bless the Lord
(BBC H.B. 268)
Psalm 93
Luke 10, vv. 25-37 (N.E.B.)
Love divine, all loves excelling
(BBC H.B. 329)
by Mary Norton arranged as a dramatised reading in four parts by BERTHA LONSDALE
4: Mrs. Driver on the Warpath
Produced by HERBERT SMITH t Broadcast on April 26
Some of the world's greatest and most popular records of past and present
Introduced by JACK PAYNE
Second hearings of the programme in which scientists and technologists answer listeners' questions
In the chair.
PROFESSOR G. P. WELLS
Panel:
T. E. ALLIBONE
Central Electricity Generating Board
JOHN MASON
Imperial College, London
JOHN MAYNARD SMITH and PALMER NEWBOULD
University College, London t Arranged by Archie Clow
and Programme News
For children under five t Today's story: ' Tilly Tele phone,' by PHYLLIS SMITH
Introduced by MARJORIE ANDERSON
In Time for the 'Twelfth': did people travel north last night for the opening of the grouse shooting season? JOAN PYPER was on the platform at Euston
Out of the News: involving a topic of interest
Answer and Comment
The Nelson Touch: COMMANDER IBBETT spins a yarn
Paris Pop School: the chanteuse MIREILLE talks to KEVIN HOLLAND about her Conservatoire de la Chanson
Recording
PATIENCE COLLIER reads
All the Days of Minnie Sue by SUSAN BELL
Chairman, J. W. LAMBERT
Film; DEREK PROUSE
Theatre: RONALD BRYDEN
Broadcasting: JACQUES BRUNIUS
Book: RICHARD MAYNE
Art: EDWARD LUCIE-SMITH
Produced by Carl Wildman t Sunday's broadcast
An account of the Origins and Consequences of a celebrated Literary Quarrel
Written and narrated by VINCENT BROME with Cecile Chevreau. Peter Bartlett Derek Birch , Eric Phillips
Andrew Sachs. Ralph Truman
Produced by TRRENCE TILLER
Recordings from overseas radio stations t Introduced by MARGARET HUBBLE
A magazine of interest to all with older listeners specially in mind, including: t We all fall down: the heroic story of the Eyam Plague in the Peak District of Derbyshire. On the eve of the 300th anniversary, PETER WHEELER talks to THE REV. ERNEST M. TURNER , Rector of Eyam
First Aid for Wild Birds: further advice from MRS. JOAN HICKS of the Ashington Bird Sanctuary. Sussex
Toheroa-hunting: MARY PENSON describes a unique expedition in New Zealand
Your Letters
You asked us to play ... record requests
Introduced by KEN SYKORA
Pigs Have Wings by P. G. Wodehouse abridged by Geoffrey Jaggard in six parts
Jerry Vail, Lord Emsworth's former secretary, has found a pig in the kitchen of the house he has rented. It is Queen of Matching-ham, which has been stolen from Lord Emsworth's rival, Sir Gregory Parsloe.
Part 6
Read by BASIL JONES
and Programme News
Maureen Smith (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra Led by Norman Nelson Conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent
From the Royal Albert Hall, London
The News
Background to the News
People in the News followed by LISTENING POST
GILES PLAYFAIR introduces this evening's edition of a series designed to reflect listeners' own views on current topics
t Impressions of a return to Australia by BARRY CARMAN
' Strine ' is a recently discovered dialect of Australian, and in Strine their ' Gloria Sarah Tich ' is what, according to politicians, Australians are prepared to die for. Strine is just one of the new things and people Barry Carman found when he returned to Australia after sixteen years away.
Schumann
Fantasie in C major. Op. 17 t played by EIRA WEST (piano)
