Sam Heppner introduces your request records

Reginald Porter-Brown at the BBC theatre organ

'Important Materials: Aluminium and Magnesium ' by F. A. Fox

BBC Variety Orchestra (Leader, George Deason ) Conductor, Rae Jenkins with Janet Davis and the Eight Voices
Introduced by Franklin Engelmann

' Cleaning the Slate'
A Welsh short story
Written by D. Armael Thomas
Read by Philip Phillips

Bernard Monshin and his Rio Tango Band with Isabelita Alonso (soprano)

A Christmas holiday programme
Edited by Lionel Gamlin
' We Went to Mars '
Today you hear the last of three eye-witness accounts of Professor Andrew McGillivray 's amazing rocket-ship expedition to the planet Mars accompanied by Stephen MacFarlane , the novelist, and their three young friends— Paul and Jacqueline Adam and Mike Malone
These accounts have been based on the children's novel ' The
Angry Planet' by Stephen MacFarlane , and prepared for broadcasting by John Keir Cross

Conductor, Charles Groves
Stephen Wearing (piano)
Like other distinguished Russian composers, Glazunov, who died in 1936, had a curious career. Until about 1904 he composed prolifically; after that he produced only a few comparatively unimportant works. This Piano Concerto, finished in 1911 and dedicated to Leopold Godowsky, was his last important work. It is in two movements, the second consisting of a theme and nine variations, a form of which Glazunov was a master.

Introduced by Olive Stiapley
' For Your Library List': a book review by Janet Grey
' Ripe Old Age,' by a doctor. 2-' Keeping Well and Getting Well '
' What Our Listeners Think': a monthly discussion about the programme
Serial: The Paying Guest' by George Blake. Abridged by Hilton Brown. Read by John Laurie

Fred Alexander and his Players with Joan Young

Roland Peachey and his May Fair Orchestra

and his Ballroom Orchestra

BBC Scottish Orchestra
Conductor, Ian Whyte
York Bowen (piano)

A radio review for the under twenties
Introduced by John Webster
In the News
This week's news stories of young people and what they are doing
Question Time from Liverpool
Irene Evans, John Davies , and G. R. Jessel answer the questions, with Peter Watson in the chair
You're Only Young Once
The everyday adventures of the Caldicott family
13-In which father has a stroke of luck
Script by Edward J. Mason

Tunes you have asked us to play

The ships of Britain carried our fame as a trading nation to horizons far beyond Europe. Our prosperity depended on producing fine ships and good men to sail them. What is the state of British shipping today? Are we still supreme as shipbuilders ? Tonight's programme explores many aspects of a vital industry
Script by Stephen Grenfell
Series edited by Dennis Bardens

in an amateur talent contest
Introduced by Kenneth Horne accompanied by Charles Shadwell and his Orchestra
Producer, Alfred Dunning

' THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS' by Erskine Childers
Adapted as a serial in seven episodes by Valentine Dyall
6-' Finesse '
(Continued in next column)
Edited by E. J. King Bull Produced by Frank Hauser

visits Kirkcudbright, a picturesque country town in the south-west of Scotland
Musical illustrations provided by Violet Carson
Presented by Barney Colehan

and his Orchestra

* Further Experiences of an Irish R.M.' by E. CE. Somerville and Martin Ross
Read by Joe Linnane
' Sharper than a Ferret's Tooth '
Part 1

Felix Mendelssohn 's Hawaiian Serenaders with songs by George Barclay