at the organ of the Empire, Leicester Square
Tunes to Sing *
featuring Billy Mayerl
by George Eliot : a reading by Eric Gillett
Clive Richardson and Tony Lowry at two pianos
by Herbert Murrill
from swing to classics
with Iris Loveridge (piano). Natalie James (oboe), Cecil James (bassoon), and the Blech String Quartet
on gramophone records
Conducted by H. C. Burgess
Conductor, Wilfred Dawson
conducts the BBC Orchestra
Today's episode in the day-to-day history of an ordinary family. Produced by Peter Watts.
Virtually nothing was known about the cause of yellow fever till scientists tackled the problem during the present century. It is now known that the disease is caused by an ultramicroscopic virus and a successful vaccine has been evolved.
Scottish Variety Orchestra: conductor, Kemlo Stephen
Recording of yesterday's broadcast
Each week Sandy Macpherson invites a well-known guest to accompany him on a stringed instrument. This week, Paul Adam
and his Sextet
Song successes from stage, film, and Tin Pan Alley which you may like to remember, sung by Olive Groves , Denny Dennis , and Edna Kaye. Music played by the augmented Dance Orchestra, conducted by Stanley Black . Produced by David Porter.
Conductor, Frank Cantell
' Talking of Jazz': Matyas Seiber and Denis Preston discuss jazz and folk music. Gramophone programme, produced by Sheila Fryer
Weekly preview of Saturday's sporting events
Records that your relatives and friends in the Forces at home, in the British Army of the Rhine, and in the Home Fleet have asked us to play
A weekly party for Forces in hospitals everywhere, with Margaret Lockwood and Jeanne de Casalis; Two competitions - 'Stars and Sterling' and 'Sporting Chance,' with John Snagge and a famous sportsman; Claude Hulbert and Enid Trevor; Avril Angers; Charles Ernesco and his Sextet and Rita Williams. Produced by Jill Allgood and C. F. Meehan.
John Rorke
(Air Force Edition)
A Home Forces entertainment for all serving afloat or overseas. You are invited on a visit to that famous station in ' Laughter Command ' — ' Much- Binding -in-the-Marsh,' to meet Richard (' Stinker Murdoch , Kenneth Horne , Sam Costa , their guest, and an ' 'all-star' R.A.F. Orchestra, directed by Sidney Torch. A Service ' Double or Quits ' cash quiz. Produced by Leslie Bridg mont.
Ernest Dudley 's weekly preview of crime and mystery fiction, with a dramatised thrill from each book. Produced by Audrey Cameron
and his Orchestra, in a programme of uninterrupted music
and his Rumba Rhythm, from the Bagatelle Restaurant, London