Market trends, news, weather
Thursday's 'Ten to Eight'
and Programme News
Radio's breakfast-time look at life around the country and across the world
Introduced by JACK DE MANIO
Prayer and Meditation
Led by THE Rev. PETER FIRTH in Manchester
and Programme News
by KENNETH COOK
Read by ALAN WHITE
Fifth of ten instalments
from the BBC Sound Archives Drinkers and their Drinks
David GRIFFITHS examines some of the pleasures and pains caused by alcohol in our society
Produced by Steve Allen
Extracts from the play by CORNEILLE tFrench for Sixth Forms series
Do you need a cabin boy?
2: What is a Fossil?
Written by Henry Marshall
American Political Institutions
2: Congressional Government by NORMAN HUNT
GALE PEDRICK makes a personal selection of items from the many broadcasts on BBC radio and television during the past seven days
Introduced by JOHN ELLISON
Extended version: Sun., 11.15 a.m.
The News and Voices and Topics in and behind the headlines
Introduced by WILLIAM HARDCASTLE
Thursday's broadcast (Light)
Today's story: ' The Story of the Two Bad Kittens ' by Peter Clissold
The story of Miobi, ' The Frightened One,' whose adventure brought him new courage and a new name—' The Slayer of Monsters ': by Joan Grant
Let's Join In series
1: The Fight Inside (i)
Man at war with himself
Script by Margaret E. Rose
Christian Focus series
A story from India, adapted for broadcasting by Melissa Wood
The clever bird helps the king. his master, to rescue a princess.
Stories and Rhymes series
by HUGH TRACEY
Dr. Tracey is Director of the International Library of African Music in South Africa, and has spent much of his life in recording and analysing the music of African peoples from the Sahara to the Cape. In this talk, illustrated from his collection of recordings, he argues that African music is the clearest evidence of the validity of a specifically African personality and culture
Broadcast on March 6
A radio correspondence column in which listeners add their comments to some of the views expressed in last Friday's Any Questions?
Thursday's broadcast (Light)
Abigail Adams
Written by NORMAN GEAR with Margaret Robertson as Abigail and David Knight as John Adams
Narrator, DAVID SPENSER
Produced by Dorothy Baker
See facing page
from Llandudno
Special guest: Sandy Macpherson
Landladies I have known: Wyn Calvin remembers them from Llandudno to La Buan
Change of Address: a discussion about retirement to coast and country between Amabel Williams-Ellis and I. B. Griffith; chairman, Harry Soan
Join in and Sing: Songs by Richard Rees (bass) accompanied by Maimie Noel Jones
Introduced by Alun Williams
Presented before an invited audience in the Arcadia Theatre, Llandudno
The Amateur Gentleman
A tale of Regency days by Jeffery Farnol adapted for radio as a serial in thirteen parts by FELIX FELTON and SUSAN ASHMAN
Barnabas has had another clash with Ronald Barrymaine. and he has ridden in the Steeplechase to win his wager with Sir Mortimer.
10: The Gathering Shadows
Produced by JOHN POWELL
and Programme News
with Nicholas Parsons
Written by ANTHONY MARRIOTT and ALISTAIR FOOT and featuring
DENISE BRYER and BOB TODD with BARRY CRYER and DAVID CUMMING
Music by THE TONY OSBORNE GROUP
. Produced by JOHN BRIDGES
Repeated: Sunday, 5.0 p.m. (Light)
Nicholas Parsons is in 'The Shooting Party ' at the Richmond Theatre
JAKOB GIMPEL (piano)
BEROMUNSTER RADIO ORCHESTRA Conducted by ERICH SCHMID
Part 1: Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 2, in F minor
by GEORGE GLOVER
Some aspects of Japan reflect ideas that have flowed in from the West, but there remains an older tradition
Part 2: Stravinsky
Ballet: Petrushka
Recording made available by courtesy of Swiss Radio followed by an interlude
The News
Background to the News
People in the News followed by NEWS-STAND
How 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 COLIN VALDAR
Last in a series of four talks by IAN MCDOUGALL
BBC Central Europe correspondent
4: Towards a New European
BENNY GOODMAN. BUD POWELL
Babs GONZALES , SONNY ROLLINS FATS NAVARRO, and others on gramophone records
