Market trends, news, weather
Friday's 'Ten to Eight'
and Programme News
A Christian angle on the news
and Programme News
Parliamentarians scrutinise the week's work at Westminster and discuss what is making an impact on the world of politics
† TERENCE LANCASTER takes the chair
St. Mary Magdalen
New Every Morning, page 76
Jesus. Lord of life and glory
(BBC H B. 291)
Psalm 118, vv. 1-14
St. Luke 7, vv. 36-50
God liveth still (BBC H.B. 513)
Rhythmic Man
† DR. MARY LOBBAN of the National Institute for Medical Research, London talking to Pauline Hillman
If you get away from it, away from clocks and going-to-the.office-at-the-same-time-each-day, it seems that the body readjusts to a slightly longer 'day '-sometimes up to thirty hours. Of course, to test this you have also to get away from day and night-which is why Dr. Lobban has done so much of her work in the constant summer daylight of Spitzbergen.
Introduction to Chinese
A course of ten lessons in spoken Mandarin for complete beginners
Programme 8
Introduced by Lucia Liu
†Last Tuesday's broadcast (Study)
A booklet and record are available
Everyday German by Radio
A series of twenty programmes for listeners with a basic knowledge of the language, based on Erich Kastner's novel Drei Manner im Schnee
Introduced by Sabine Michael and Dieter Geissler
(Last Wednesday's broadcast - Study)
A booklet and records are available
A series of tifteen magazine-type programmes, including French songs and readings from the Penguin book of French Short Stories and The Pcnituin Book of French Nineteenth Century Verse, for listeners with some knowledge of French.
Programme 5
Heredia: Floridum Mare
Les bottes de sept lieues-5 Zangra
Le jour ou ca craQuera
Speakers, Paulette PRENEY
PAUL COUSTER , Louis BLONCOURT
Last Thursday's broadcast (Study)
A weekly survey of the world of motoring
The Ministry of Transport
Its work, problems, and day-to-day activities
† Bill HARTLEY and Jim PEST-
RIDGE interview some of the people whose work governs motoring in Britain together with the latest news of Roads and Traffic
Members of the public and invited personalities put questions to
JIMMY EDWARÐS, TED RAY
ALFRED MARKS, CYRIL FLETCHER
In the chair, MCDONALD HOBLEY
Special guest, MARJORIE PROOPS from an idea by Jimmy Edwards
Produced by Edward Taylor
†Broadcast on April 2 Light)
Jimmy Edwards is in ' Big Bad Mouse ' at the Shaftesbury Theatre. London
The Prisoner by Francis King with Eileen Atkins and Paul Hansard
† Produced by R. D. SMITH
See facing page
A Saturday Supplement to Woman's Hour
† Introduced by Marjorie ANDERSON
Time on Funafuti: JOHN D. STEWART reflects on the attitude of the Pacific Islanders
Are you sitting comfortably?: JULIA LANG talks to Mary Red cliffe about telling stories in Listen with Mother
Hostess to a Mental Patient: NAN COLLECOTT gives one example of voluntary help, and a psychiatrist comments on this and other work to be done
Quality Check: NORMAN TozER reports on Quality and Reliability Year
and Programme News
from the Royal Albert Hall , London
73RD SEASON
Opening Night
Part 1
See facing page and page 3 followed by an interlude
by R. F. Delderfield
with William Lucas and Josephine Tewson
Evening Prayers conducted by PENRY JONES
† played by AMARYLLIS FLEMING (cello) GEOFFREY PARSONS (piano)
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