Jonah Barrington introduces your request records
Louis Mordish at the BBC theatre organ
Front New York to Brazil
‛ And So To Bed
Tom Driberg , M.P., the original ' William Hickey ' of the Daily Express, talks about reading diaries
London Light Concert Orchestra
Conducted by Michael Krein
‛ A Spy Story’ and ‛ An Eastern Tale ’
Written and read by Hubert Foss
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Adapted as a serial in six parts by Peggy Wells
6—‛ Our eyes have seen great wonders’
Others taking part: Alastair Duncan , Eric Lugg , Bryan Powley , Andrew Churchman , Stanley Groome. Ronald Sidney , and Hugh Manning
Produced by Ayton Whitaker
Conductor, Gilbert Vinter
Frank Titterton (tenor)
and his Band
Introduced by Olive Shapley
' Preparing Your Garden for the Winter': Gordon Forsyth describes how to protect your plants from frost, damp, and stormy weather
' Beginners in the Kitchen': Dorothy Taylor gives some recipes for sweet sauces
' The Cost of Living': A series of questions and explanations about the country's housekeeping and how it affects our own. 3— Honor Croome talks about the fear of unemployment and explains what is meant by a slump
' Trans-Canada Trek ’—2, by Pamela Lee : from the Okanagan to the Prairies.
Serial: ‛ Icedrome ’ by Frank Tilsley , abridged by the author. Read by Freda Falconer
chosen by Mrs. E. Henson of Banstead, Surrey played by David Java and his Orchestra with Eric Whitley (tenor)
Jack White and his Band
A message of comfort and cheer for all who are ' in trouble, need, sickness, or any other adversity'
John Williams , of the Religious Broadcasting department, introduces the first of six talks by the Rev. Leslie Kingsbury , Rector of Tansor, near Peterborough
Harold Warrender is referee in a game to test the wits and Imagination of three victims
Conductor, Kemlo Stephen
and his Band
The Promenade Players
Conductor, Sidney Bowman
with his crazy gang
Ken Morris , Arthur Haynes Len Marten , Edwina Carol
Henry Lytton , Frederick Ferrari
BBC Revue Orchestra
Conducted by Frank Cantell Produced by Frank Hooper
Tunes you have asked us to play
1—‛ The Great Fire of London '
A team of BBC correspondents make an excursion into the past and use modern news-reporting technique to give an account of the fire which all but destroyed the City of London in September 1666 with Audrey Russell , Matthew Halton
Richard Dimbleby , Colin Wills and Richard Williams
Compiled and produced with the aid of the BBC Research Unit by W. P. Rilla
Introduced by John Watt
Melodies from:
' Bless the Bride'
'Tough at the Top'
' Sauce Tartare'
' Carissima '
' Lilac Time'
' Her Excellency'
' White Horse Inn '
' Annie Get Your Gun! '
Singers include:
Bill Johnson
Maria d'Attili
George Tozzi
Brian Reece
Muriel Smith with Helen Clare
John Hanson and the Wardour Singers
BBC Variety Orchestra
Conducted by Rae Jenkins
Produced by Michael North
Each week Victor Silvester gives you a ten-minute dancing lesson. Then follows thirty minutes of dance music played by his Ballroom Orchestra to enable you to practise the steps you have just learned
Produced by David Miller
' A Ship of the Line ' by C. S. Forester
Read by Philip Cunningham
4—‛ An Easy Prize'
Jack Byfield and his Players with Frederic Curzon at the organ