Bryan Michie introduces your request records
Bobby Pagan a.t the BBC theatre organ
Anton and his Orchestra
Conductor, Frank Cantell
England v. West Indies
First Day
Commentaries throughout the day given by Rex Alston , John Arlott , E. W . Swanton , and K. Ablack , with summaries by Arthur Gilligan
From Trent Bridge. Nottingham
(Continued)
' Knell of the Pendulum ' by J. Jefferson Farjeon
Read by Norman Shelley
England v. West Indies
First Day
Further commentaries
on gramophone records
A programme for children under five
Introduced by Olive Shapley
' What's Going On ': spotlight on current affairs
'Have you ever been to Abersoch?' This little village on the Caernarvonshire coast may seem rather remote but A. J. Costain thinks it is well worth a visit
' A Tune to Remind You': Spike Hughes continues his journey in search of your first romance
' Beginners in the Kitchen: What's Gone Wrong?' by Bee Nilson
' Around Britain on " Mishka ",' by Sigrid Lockwood
Poem: ' Andrea del Sarte ' by Robert Browning. Read by Carleton Hobbs
Felix Mendelssohn 's
Hawaiian. Serenaders with George Barclay
What Can We Do About It?
' Have we made the world ugly?' J. E. Barton asks in his last talk on design in everyday things. ' If so, what can we do to make things better?'
Primo Scala and his Accordion Band
at the piano.
Conducted by Ian Gourlay
(Continued)
A musical handshake between
London and the Continent
This week from London Ray Martin and his
' Melody from the Sky ' Orchestra
England v. West Indies
Further commentaries
A Scout Log-Book
Compiled by Lionel Gamlin
(in collaboration with The Boy Scouts Association)
Hands Across the Sea
The 19th Purley Troop (Surrey) exchange greetings by radio with their partners in the Scouts international ' link-up ' scheme, Group Five, Hilfertheem (Hilversum)
Soap-Box Car Racing
Commentary by Raymond Baxter from the old Crystal Palace circuit on the London and Home Counties Area semi-finals for The Scout Annual Soap-Box Derby,' to be run at Brighton on September 2.
More than a hundred Scouts are taking part in this novel event in home-made soap-box ' pedal cars open to three classes of drivers, Senior Scouts, Scouts, and Wolf Cubs.
'Holiday Patrol'
A Scouting adventure in three parts written by Bertie Chapman
1 — ' The Ship in the Bay '
Patrol-Leader Peter Frazer and the Puffin Patrol spend a camping holiday by the sea, build their own raft, and meet with some unexpected excitement.
including cricket close of play scores
Tunes you have asked us to play
invites all club members to its grand finale meeting with the Glee Club Sextet led by Harold Smart
Tonight's guests are:
The massed voices of Wembley Philharmonic Society
Male Voice Choir of ' N ' Division, Metropolitan Police and Ilford Girls' Choir r
Master of Ceremonies,
LesUe Mitchell
Produced by Dennis Main Wilson
From the Garrick Theatre, London
Heralding Variety in the North with the Kordites
The Gaunt Brothers
Roy Lester
Geraldine Farrar
Jack Watson
Claude Cavalotti
Derek Roy
Ray Martin and his Orchestra
Produced by Bowker Andrews
The Voice of Variety with the BBC Variety Orchestra
Conducted by Rae Jenkins
England r. West Indies
John Arlott on the day's play
Victor Silvester gives you a ten-minute dancing lesson, followed by thirty minutes of dance music to enable- you to practise the steps you have just learned
Produced by David Miller
' The Unbearable Bassington'
A story by Saki (H. H. Munro)
Read by Richard Hurndail
Episode 9
and his Players