Wilfred Thomas introduces your request records
Louis Mordish at the BBC theatre organ
The Regent Orchestra
Conducted by John Thorpe
Conductor, Stanley H. Boddington
Alfred Swain (baritone)
' The Red Hat'
Written and read by Mabel Constanduros
BBC Augmented Revue Orchestra
(Leader, David Paget )
Conducted by Robert Busby with Eric Whitley (tenor)
Introduced by John de Manio
Conducted by Arwel Hughes
Lionel Bowman (piano)
A programme for children under five
Nursery rhymes, stories, and music
A daily programme for women at home
Introduced by Jean Metcalfe
' My Home in Yoruba Land,' by Folarin Coker
' Men in the Kitchen: Fish and Chips,' by Richard Freeth
' Don't be a defeatist about your looks,' by Mary Embrey
' A Parsee Wedding,' by the Reverend Dorothy Wilson. (BBC recording)
Serial: ' A Town Like Alice ' by Nevil Shute. Abridged by Brenda Markham. Read by Ronald Simpson
Fred Alexander and his Players with Anna Fellowes
Facing the Facts by John Coulson
1—' What are the Facts? '
The first of six talks about clear thinking
To make even the simplest decisions we have to collect facts and pick out the most important ones. Perhaps the most common mistake in thinking is failure to collect enough facts; in other words, jumping to conclusions.
Syd Dean and his Band
Mrs. Dale, the doctor's wife, records the daily happenings in the life of her family
Script by Lesley Wilson
London Light Concert Orchestra
Conducted by Michael Krein
London Light Concert Orchestra
Conducted by Michael Krein
(Continued)
The music you have asked for introduced and played by Sandy Macpherson at the BBC theatre organ
and his Band
Script by Edward J. Mason
Produced by Charles Lefeaux
President, Frank Daunton
Dance Music
3—' The Last Waltz'
This week's guest speaker is Reginald Legg
Round the British Isles with Top of the Form
John Ellison and Robert MacDermot are the Question-Masters in this inter-country contest between representative teams from girls' and boys' schools in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland
Robert Gordon's College, Aberdeen (Boys) v. Perth Academy, Perth (Girls)
Tunes you have asked us to play
New London Orchestra
(Leader, Leonard Hirsch )
Conductor, Alec Sherman
The Nitwits with Sid Millward , Wally Stewart
Sam Costa
Bobby Breen
Introduced by John Ellison
From Shepherd's Bush Empire, London
Produced by R. D. Smith
Script written by Dennis Bardens
Editor of the Focus series
In ancient times sugar was so scarce that it was thought to have magical qualities. Even a few generations ago it was considered an exciting, but entirely unnecessary luxury. Today sugar is an important basic food and a vital Industry on which many countries are almost wholly dependent. Tonight's programme discusses the part that sugar has played in the history of the Colonies, the problems bound up in world sugar production and distribution, and the immense organisation and effort involved in securing for the housewife a regular supply of the food she tends to take for granted
Edmundo Ros and his Rumba Band
From the Bagatelle Restaurant
10.40 Maurice Winnick and his Orchestra
From Ciro's Restaurant
' Mr. Midshipman Hornblower' by C. S . Forester
Reader, Alastair Duncan
2—' Even Chance '
John ReyndeTs with his Orchestra