Alan Adair , as host, invites you to join him in an early morning entertainment on gramophone records
A varied sequence of popular music played by the BBC Midland Light Orchestra (conductor, Gilbert Vinter), with songs by Tessa Deane (soprano) and Harold Williams (baritone), and organ solos by Leslie Taff.
From the Regal Cinema, Darlaston.
(BBC recording)
The full regimental band of the Coldstream Guards, conducted by Captain Douglas A. Pope , Director of Music, Coldstream Guards, with the Corps of Drums of the 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards (Drum-Major L. Birkett )
Richard Dimbleby , with the BBC Mobile Recording Unit, visits the Croydon district and invites people to choose their favourite records and say a few words to the listener. Programme presented by John Shuter
From Bradford Cathedral, conducted by the Provost, the Very Rev. J.G. Tiarks
Presented by Alan Clarke in London and Corporal Hedley Chambers, llth Hussars, in Hamburg
Programme produced and transmitted jointly by the BBC and, in Germany. by the British Forces Network
A radio parlour game with Richard Dimbleby Anona Winn , Jack Train , and Daphne Padel asking all the questions, and . Stewart MacPherson knowing all the answers. Presented by Cleland Finn.
The music of Peter Yorke with his Concert Orchestra, and the voices of Paula Green and Steve Conway. Presented by Roy Speer
Omnibus edition of last week's adventures. Script by Geoffrey Webb. Serial edited and produced by Raymond Raikes
Others taking part are Erik Chitty ,
Malcolm Hayes , Natalie Kent , and Michael Kent
A visit to Waterlogged Spa at Sinking-in-the-Ooze. ' Double or Quits ' cash quiz, conducted by Joe Linnane. Produced by Leslie Bridgmont.
From the People's Palace, London with Vincent Tildsley 's Mastersingers
Charlie Chester
Sid Millward and his Nitwits
Frankie Howerd
George Crow
Ivy Peace
Betty Powis-Emery
Geraldo and his Orchestra
Produced by Joy Russell-Smith
Last Thursday's broadcast repeated
Recording of last Thursday'* broadcast in the Home Service
with all the old log-cabin favourites:
Buck Douglas , The Old Cowpuncher ' ; Peggy Bailey , ' Sweet Voice of the West'; Norman Harper , 'The Yodelling Buckaroo'; Ronnie Brohn and his ' ole squeeze box'; Gerry Fitzgerald , 'Corporal of the Mounties ' ; and the Home Town Mountain Band. Presented by Charles Chilton
America v. Britain
A contest to find out who knows more about the other's country
London: Professor D. W. Brogan , Joyce Grenfell. Quiz-Master, Lionel Hale NewYork: Christopher Morley ,
John Mason Brown. Quiz-Master, Alistair Cooke
Weekly programme produced jointly in London and New York. (BBC recording)
A happy-go-lucky, carefree entertainment featuring
Sylvia Welling
James Etherington
Chick Fowler
A successful discovery and the latest radio discoveries
Guest stars, Charles Penrose and the Radio Revellers
Billy Ternent and his Orchestra
Introduced by Carroll Levis. Script by Robert Buckland. Produced by William Worsley
Community hymn-singing from the Salvation Army, Regent Hall , Oxford Street, London, with the Regent Hall Band and Songster Brigade. Hymns introduced by Commissioner John J. Allan and conducted by Major Wesley Rich
accompanied by the Concert Orchestra, directed by Bruce Campbell. Introduced by Philip Slessor. Presented by Roy Speer
A programme of melody introduced and played by Sandy Mac pherson at the theatre organ
Christian hymns, their music, and their meaning.
