George Elrick introduces your request records
Frederic Cooper and his Tipica Orchestra, with Hervey Alan
' The Hoard of Axel Johannsen ,' by Erie Wilson. Read by Robert Wyndham
Howard Lucraft and his Music
Billy Mayerl and his Music, with Mary Denise
Harold Coombs at the organ of the Granada, Tooting, London
BBC Midland Light Orchestra
Conductor, Gilbert Vinter
Freda Townson (contralto)
Your host. Roy Plomley, invites you to join him for half-an-hours entertainment. Music for dancing by the Tito Burns Sextet, with Ray Ellington. Guest artists, the Merry Maids. Guest accordionist, Bernie Fenton. Produced by Charles Chilton.
Today Joan Griffiths introduces: Jeanne Heal on ' Women in the News'; Iris Brooke on ' Clothes in our Grandmothers' Days' ;Antonia Ridge on ' A Holiday in Hospital';
Other Women's Lives—' Dress and Fashions in South Africa,' by Ursula Spicer ; and the current serial story, 'South Riding.' by Winifred Holtby , read by Olga Dickie
The Kursaal Orchestra, directed by Louis Voss
Nat Allen and his Orchestra
An everyday story of everyday people. Script by Lesley Wilson. Produced by Archie Campbell.
Robinson Cleaver at the organ of the Granada, Tooting, London
directed by Albert Sandier
Band of H.M. Royal Marines (Portsmouth Division), conducted by Major F. Vivian Dunn, M.v.o ., Director of Music, Royal Marines; with Trefor Jones (tenor)
and his Orchestra, with Pearl Carr and Sammy Herman
Portland Light Orchestra, directed by Fred Alexander
Thriller serial of the circus. Script by Geoffrey Webb. Produced by Raymond Raikes.
Six adventures about precious stones by Charles Hatton , based on original experiences of Louis Kornitzer. Produced by Cleland Finn. 3—'The Shirley Emeralds '
Toni and the North Pier Orchestra, Blackpool, with George Allen (bass), playing and singing for holiday-makers and the folks at home
A serial in eight parts. Adapted for broadcasting by Lester Powell from the novel by Kenneth Roberts. Produced by Ayton Whitaker
3—]'London 1765'
[starring] Richard Murdoch, with Kenneth Horne
Sam Costa, Marilyn Williams, Maurice Denham, Vivienne Chatterton, and Dick Griffin
The Dance Orchestra, conducted by Stanley Black.
(BBC recording)
(Repeats tomorrow at 6.20 (Home) and Sunday at 3.0 (Light))
Mooney and King
Don Kenito Renara from the Empire Theatre, Oldham. Introduced by David Southwood
A musical entertainment given by Jan van der Gucht (tenor), David Martin (violin), Leon Goossens and Natalie James (oboes), Dennis Brain and Norman del Mar (horns), Cecil James, Val Kennedy, Mary Hunt, and Vernon Elliott (bassoons)
with music by Felix Mendelssohn 's Hawaiian Serenaders , the songs of Rita Williams and Archie Coates , the Hawaiian guitar of Sammy Mitchell , and the chants of the Paradise Island Trio. Introduced by Sonny Miller. Presented by Ian C. Messiter
George Locke and "his Edwardians. From the Winter Gardens Pavilion, Weston-super-Mare