Bob Danvers-Walker introduces your request records
played by the Southern Serenade Orchestra directed by Lou Whiteson
' A Midsummer Night's Dream '
-Shakespeare's happiest play
An illustrated talk by J. B. Bamborough
(Woolwich)
Conducted by Lieut-Col. Owen Geary, M.B.E .
Director of Music
Trefor Jones (tenor)
' Five of You '
Written and read by Richard Hughes
and his Orchestra
Conductor, Charles Groves
Introduced by Olive Shapley
' What's Going On ': spotlight on current affairs
' The Spinsters' Day,' by Jennifer Ellis
'Talking and Playing,' by Joan Barker , the pianist
' Teaching Children to Dive,' by Mary Wood
' Beginners in the Kitchen-Grilling and Pot Roasting,' by Dorothy Taylor
Serial: ' Silas Marner,' by George Eliot. Abridged by Becky Cocking. Read by Ivan Samson
Ralph Elman and his Bohemian Players with Stephen Manton (tenor)
Syd Dean and his Band
Mrs. Dale, the doctor's wife, records the daily happenings in the life of her family
Script by Jonquil Antony
A message of comfort and cheer for all who are ' in trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity ' .
Today's speaker, who is introduced by Stuart Hibberd , is the Rev. Leslie Kingsbury , Rector of Tansor, near Peterborough
Referee: Harold Warrender
Victims:
Anona Winn , L. A. G. Strong
Humphrey Lestocq
Inquisitors:
Patricia Laffan , Kim Peacock
Alan Campbell-Johnson
Conductor, Kemlo Stephen
and his Rumba Band play dance music in Latin-American style
Jack Leon and his Orchestra
with his crazy gang
Ken Morris , Arthur Haynes Len Marten , Edwina Carol
Henry Lytton , Frederick Ferrari
BBC Revue Orchestra
Conducted by Frank Cantell
Script by Charlie Chester
Produced by Frank Hooper
Tunes you have asked us to play
5-The Great Armada
A team of BBC correspondents applies modern news-reporting technique to an account of the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 with Anthony Kimmins
Thomas Woodrooffe
John Arlott , Robert Barr
Compiled with the aid of the BBC Research Unit by Martin Chisholm and Terence Tiller
Produced by Maurice Brown
in an amateur talent contest
Introduced by Kenneth Horne accompanied by Charles Shadwell and his Orchestra
Produced by Alfred Dunning
First of a series of programmes in which Wilfred, assisted by some friends, reads a selection of his favourite poems
His guests this week include:
Binnie Hale , Betty Hardy
Arthur Marshall , Colin Wills
Arranged and presented by Wilfred Pickles
with Jack White and his Band
From the Astoria Dance Salon, London
* Murder Must Advertise' by Dorothy L. Sayers
Read by Alan Wheatley
4—' Surprising Metamorphosis of Mr. Bredon'
Mr. Bredon goes to see his brother-in-law, who happens to be an officer of the law. Mr. Bredon turns out to be someone else.
Jack Byfield and his Players with Frederic Curzon at the organ