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A programme for children under five
Nursery rhymes stories, and music
'Bovver dat,' said a little girl to her mother after a ' Listen with Mother ' broadcast, ' you better write to dat lady I So her mother did-to ask why we no longer played and sang the nursery rhyme ' One, two, three, four, five.' We had introduced it into some of the earlier broadcasts in an incomplete version-but so many children were ' sorry ' for us because we ' didn't know ' the whole rhyme, and so many wrote to tell us how it should end, that we discontinued using it until we could make a new recording. Whereupon numerous requests like the one above quickly made us aware how popular a rhyme it was. Even more illuminating, we thought, was the persistence of the requests over the weeks. Not hearing the nursery rhyme did not mean that the children forgot about it, or that they accepted the inevitable and ceased to ask for it. Impressions are vivid when you are under five and the desire to repeat an enjoyed experience is very strong. This favourite rhyme has been back in the programmes for some time now, and our young listeners can enjoy it still again this week. Elizabeth A. Taylor

Contributors

Unknown:
Elizabeth A. Taylor

Today and Yesterday
1 — ' From Open Field to Hedgerow ' by K. C. Boswell
In his first talk Mr. Boswell reminds listeners that the cry for more food is not new; he illustrates the great changes in agriculture with a scene in a Midland village where the inhabitants are asked to consider the question of enclosing their fields.

Contributors

Unknown:
K. C. Boswell

Mrs. Dale, the doctor's wife, records the daily happenings in the life of her family
Script by Lesley Wilson
Last week Mac iold Bob he had decided not to open the new branch after all. Mrs. Dale and Mrs. Freeman had words, and Mrs. Freeman packed her things and left Virginia Lodge. Gwen and Isabel Fielding flew home on Friday because Isabel thought from her husband's letters that he was ill. Mrs. Freeman had a row with her landlady as Captain and Mrs. Lacey's cats had a fight and some china was broken.

Contributors

Script By:
Lesley Wilson

Melodies in reminiscent mood played by Tolchard Evans and his Pioneers of Rhythm sung by Dinah Kaye , Don Emsley
Ken Beaumont , Bob Brown
Introduced by Rex Palmer
Musical arrangements remembered by Ray Terry

Contributors

Played By:
Tolchard Evans
Sung By:
Dinah Kaye
Sung By:
Don Emsley
Unknown:
Ken Beaumont
Unknown:
Bob Brown
Introduced By:
Rex Palmer
Unknown:
Ray Terry

with Paul Carpenter
Benny Lee
Daphne Anderson
Deryck Guyler
Johnny Johnston
The Piccolinos
(Continued in next column)
The Dance Orchestra
Conducted by Stanley Black
Produced by Charles Chilton

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Carpenter
Unknown:
Benny Lee
Unknown:
Daphne Anderson
Unknown:
Deryck Guyler
Unknown:
Johnny Johnston
Conducted By:
Stanley Black
Produced By:
Charles Chilton

A serial in eight parts by Gerald Verner
5—' Tuesday Evening '
Production by David H. Godfrey

Contributors

Unknown:
Gerald Verner
Production By:
David H. Godfrey
Inspector Frost:
Richard George
Vanessa Lane:
Margaret Diamond
Mrs Langdon Humphreys:
Courtney .Hope
Simon Gale:
Ivan Samson
Martin Gale:
Richard Hurndall
Jill Hallam:
Joan Matheson'
landlord:
Stanley Groome
Mrs Barrett:
Elsa Palmer
Wardress:
Joan Geary
Margaret Hallam:
Grizelda Hervey
Miss Ginch:
Winifred Oughton
Robert Upcott:
Howieson Culff
Doctor Evershed:
Geoffrev Lewis
Major Fergusson:
Felix Felton

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