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An Easter holiday programme
Edited by Lionel Gamlin
Music Maker's
Diary Kenyon Emrys-Roberts looks through the diaries of some great composers and makes a note of the work that brought them fame
Today, Sir Edward Elgar
The Comet
Charles Gardner , the BBC's air correspondent, and Charles Clif ford tell you the story of the De Havilland ' Comet,' the world's fastest airliner.
Music Maker in Action
Tollefsen pays a welcome Easter holiday visit with his accordion

Contributors

Edited By:
Lionel Gamlin
Unknown:
Diary Kenyon Emrys-Roberts
Unknown:
Sir Edward Elgar
Unknown:
Charles Gardner
Unknown:
Charles Clif

Introduced by Olive Shapley
' Spring Repairs to the Lawn,' by R. B. Dawson
' Illustrating Magazines,' by Jock Gaffron
Jock Gaffron is a commercial artist who docs illustrations for a number of popular periodicals. He takes you behind the scenes and describes some of the rules that an artist has to observe in this kind of work.
' I Worked in a Cholera Hospital': Dina Cemernic recalls how she helped to fight an epidemic in Hong Kong
' Children with Hobbies’: recordings made at the Camberley Hobbies' Exhibition ' Nature Quiz,' in which some of -the children's questions are answered by J. W. Lester and L. C. Bushby of the London Zoo, together with David Seth-Smith , the Zoo-man. Question-Master, Maxwell Knight
Serial: 'The Kon-tiki Expedition,' by Thor Heyerdahl. Abridged by Audrey Jones. Read by Gerik Schjelderup

Contributors

Introduced By:
Olive Shapley
Unknown:
R. B. Dawson
Unknown:
Jock Gaffron
Unknown:
Jock Gaffron
Unknown:
Dina Cemernic
Unknown:
J. W. Lester
Unknown:
L. C. Bushby
Unknown:
David Seth-Smith
Question-Master:
Maxwell Knight
Unknown:
Thor Heyerdahl.
Abridged By:
Audrey Jones.
Read By:
Gerik Schjelderup

Heralding Variety in the North with the Kordites
Billy (Uke) Scott
Charlie Clapham
Hubert Moore
Stanelli
Joan Hinde
Derek Roy
Ray Martin and his Orchestra
Produced by Bowker Andrews

Contributors

Unknown:
Billy (uke) Scott
Unknown:
Charlie Clapham
Unknown:
Hubert Moore
Unknown:
Stanelli
Unknown:
Joan Hinde
Unknown:
Derek Roy
Unknown:
Ray Martin
Produced By:
Bowker Andrews

A musical entertainment given by Jan Smeterlin (piano)
Geoffrey Gilbert (flute)
Jack Brymer (clarinet)
John Alexandra (bassoon)
Dennis Brain (horn)
Maria Korchinska (harp)
Alfred Cave and Leonard Dight
(violins)
Watson Forbes (viola)
John Moore (cello)
James Merrett (double-basa)
Arranged by Basil Douglas

Contributors

Piano:
Jan Smeterlin
Flute:
Geoffrey Gilbert
Clarinet:
Jack Brymer
Bassoon:
John Alexandra
Horn:
Dennis Brain
Harp:
Maria Korchinska
Harp:
Alfred Cave
Harp:
Leonard Dight
Viola:
Watson Forbes
Cello:
John Moore
Cello:
James Merrett
Arranged By:
Basil Douglas

Light Programme

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