The Channel Crossing
Richard Dimbleby reports from the s.s. Dinard as drivers from Glasgow cross the Channel
Introduced by Robert MacDermot
Stanley Tudor at the organ of the Gaumont Theatre, Manchester
Citizens of the Commonwealth
4-India
Kenneth Boswell discusses India's place in the Commonwealth with B. M. Toofan , an Indian journalist working in London
Billy Munn at the piano
London Light Concert Orchestra
Conducted by Michael Krein
' Carnivorous Champ'
Written and read by Bill Naughton
Mrs. Dale, the doctor's wife, records the daily happenings in the life of her family
Script by Jonquil Antony
and his Pieces of Eight
Boulogne: Continental Motoring
Richard Dimbleby describes the scene at the starting-point as competitors leave the Gare Maritime at one-minute intervals on their 250-mile drive to Luxembourg
(Leader, J. Mouland Begbie )
Conducted by John Hopkins
A programme for children under five
Nursery rhymes, stories, and .music
Introduced by Olive Shapley
' Good Cooking: Brandy-snaps with a Cream Filling,' by Jacqueline Rose
Today's Guest: 'I Used to be Shy,' by Dilys Powell
' Beyond the Arctic Circle': Bettine Palmstrom , who is married to a judge in Finmark, describes her life in this remote county of Norway
' Living - room, Play - room,' by Rosalinna Leonard , who describes how she copes with the familiar domestic problem of having one sitting-room for the use of children and grown-ups
Serial: ' The Paying Guest,' by George Blake. Abridged by Hilton Brown. Read by John Laurie
Falkman and his Apache Band with Anna Fellowes
Jack Nathan and his Band
by Arthur Watkyn
Adapted for radio by Mollie Greenhalgh
Characters in order of speaking:
Scene: An inn on Windwhistle Hill in Southern England, in the winter of 1651 Produced by Donald McWhinnie
by Arthur Watkyn
(Continued)
The Promenade Players
Conductor, Sidney Bowman
Sydney Piddington and his wife Lesley Pope entertain you in their own kind of mystery
Commentator, Stephen Grenfell
Producer, Ian C. Messlter
Philharmonia Orchestra
(Leader, Manoug Parikian )
Conducted by Constant Lambert The programme includes music by Sousa Waldteufel,Rossini , and Introduced by Christopher Stone
by Rolf Boldrewood
Adapted as a serial for broadcasting in ten parts by Rex Rienits
4 - 'The Prison-Break '
Other parts played by: Richard Beynon, William Collins, Victor Maddern, and John Stacey
Music composed by Kenneth Pakeman and played by the Augmented BBC Variety Orchestra
Conductor, Rae Jenkins
Produced by Archie Campbell
with George Betton
Elsie Prince
Harry Mooney
Tudor Evans
Jill Manners
Harry Mooney and Victor King
Chairman: Rob Currie
Supported by: Billy Howard , Connie Fraser Harry Loman , Sunny Rogers
Ricardo Pasquale
Palace of Varieties Chorus
BBC Variety Orchestra
Show produced and conducted by Ernest Longstaffe
Reports from Luxembourg and Hamburg
The BBC team report by telephone after their drive across France with the competitors
Tom Walkerley describes activities at the Rally Control Point in Hamburg as Scandinavian drivers arrive from Oslo and Stockholm
and his Orchestra
'The Cathedral' by Hugh Walpole
Read by Carleton Hobbs. Part 1
Archdeacon Brandon of Polchester Cathedra) enjoys a mood of exaltation, which his son Falk does something to reduce. Mrs. Brandon fails to get the library book she wants, and the new Treasurer, Canon Ronder, arrives in Polchester.
The Spa Orchestra directed by Tom Jenkins with Iris Loveridge (piano)