Australia v. England" at Brisbane Cricket Ground
Commentary during the last half hour of the second day's play
Commentators: Alan McGilvray
Victor Richardson
A. G. Moyes and Bernard Kerr
Introduced by George Elrick
Nelson Elms at the BBC theatre organ
Joseph Muscant and his Orchestra
Omnibus edition
Script by B. D. Chapman
Other parts played by Michel Bazal gette. Peter Creswell , Hamilton Dyce, David Peel , John Serret. Jeanette Tregarthen. and Neil Tuson
Produced by David H. Godfrey
and his Band
What's on today
A magazine programme including: League Football: Charles Buchan selects as his match of the day the First Division game between Tottenham Hotspur and Middlesbrough
Scottish League: a preview of the outstanding matches by Tommy Muirhead
The First Test Match: a report on the first day's play in the match between Australia and England at Brisbane
Racing: a preview by Raymond Glendenning of the race for the Queen Elizabeth Handicap Steeplechase at Hurst Park
Introduced by Geoffrey Peck
Edited by Angus Mackay
(Plymouth)
Conducted by Capt. R. H. Stoner
Director of Musdc
John Madin at the BBC theatre organ
Queen Elizabeth Handicap Steeplechase
Commentary on the race by Raymond Glendenning, assisted by Tom E. Webster as race-reader
From Hurst Park Racecourse
Conductor, David Curry
March, The Band Plays (Reed): Band of the Scots Guards, conducted by Major S. Rhodes. M.B.E.
Rustic Dance (Charles Woodhouse, arr. Roger North): Band of the Grenadier Guards, conducted by Major F. J. Harris
March, Army and Marine (Zehle): Band of the Coldstream Guards. conducted by Capt. Douglas A. Pope
Selection The Shamrock (Myddleton): Band of the Royal Artillery, conducted by Lt. Col. Owen Geary, M.B.S.Ã
on gramophone records
Gateshead v. Tranmere Rovers
Commentary by Alan Clarke , with summaries by Michael Betts , during the second half of the match
From Redheugh Park. Gateshead-upon-Tyne
and his Rumba Band
BBC West of England
Light Orchestra
Conductor, Frank Cancell
David Southwood describes an excerpt from the Warner Brothers' drama
'Caged' starring Eleanor Parker with Agnes Moorehead , Ellen Corby
Hope Emerson , Betty Garde and Jan Sterling
From the Regal Theatre. York
including football results
Special reports on: Football League: Bolton Wanderers v. Arsenal, by Henry Rose; Manchester United v. Newcastle United, by H. D. Davies; Tottenham Hotspur v. Middlesbrough, by W.J. Hicks; Wolverhampton Wanderers v. West Bromwich Albion, by Teddy Eden; Swansea Town v. Notts County, by Vincent Jones
Scottish League: Tommy Muirhead on an outstanding match of the day
Racing: extracts from the commentary on the race for the Queen Elizabeth Handicap Steeplechase
The First Test Match: a report on the first day's play between Australia and England
Expert Opinion: Joe Mercer, Captain of Arsenal, gives the second of three talks in which the modern footballer is compared with the player of the past
Talking Sport: J.L. Manning on topics of the moment
Introduced by Raymond Glendenning
Edited by Angus Mackay
Graeme Bell 's
Australian Jazz Band
(on the occasion of its second visit to London) in a programme of two beat jazz from Down Under
Presented by John Foreman
Jazz for Moderns
The Eddie Taylor Group
Introduced by Lou Preager
Producer, Jimmy Grant
A talk by Dudley Perkins of special interest to relations of mental patients in hospital and at home, and to parents of backward children
on today's football
A series of eight programmes in dramatic form about some of the problems of everyday life in 1950 Written and produced by Jenifer Wayne
Narrator, James McKechnie
6-The Cost of Going to Law
Two men, earning the same money, want to go to law for the same reason, but one can have legal aid, and the other cannot. This programme explains why.
The third of a series of four broadcasts in which Godfrey Winn suggests some new books for family reading
Sidney Torch and his Orchestra featuring
Edmund Hockridge (baritone)
Carole Carr
Monia Liter (piano) and the Torch Singers
Introduced by Bruce Wyndham
'The Swan Lake' by Tchaikovsky
The story adapted by Ursula Roseveare and told by Bruce Belfrage with the BBC Midland Light Orchestra
(Leader, Frank Thomas )
Conductor, Gilbert Vinter
Oscar Rabin and his Band
Edmundo Ros and his Rumba Band
The Johnny Paradise Orchestra with the Mermaids