Ernest Dudley introduces your request records
A story, a hymn, and a prayer
Henry Croudson at the BBC theatre organ
Victor Silvester and his Ballroom Orchestra
Conductor, A. W. Parker
Written by Geoffrey Webb and Edward J. Mason.
A story of country folk.
Conductor, Rae Jenkins
John Shineboume (cello)
A programme for children under five
Nursery rhymes, stories, and music
Introduced by Mary Hill and including
' Visit to Fiji,' by Joan Dilnot
The speaker recently spent some days in Suva in the Fijian islands. She describes the kindly, happy people; the glorious brightly coloured flowers, the fruit to be had for the picking; and the cool houses of plaited palm.
' Speaking from Experience': the second of a new series of talks by Marian Cutler
' U — A — X." Starting this month, films at the cinema are labelled by the British Board of Film Censors U, or A, or X. This arrangement is explained today by Honor Earl who was a member of the advisory committee set up jointly by the Home Office and the Ministry of Education ' to consider the effects of attendance at the cinema on children and adolescents '
' Looking at Pictures': Ruth Drew interviews Sir Gerald Kelly , President of the Royal Academy, on how to get the maximum pleasure from a visit to an art gallery
Serial: Middlemarch ' by George Eliot. Abridged by Nancy Pusey. Read by Carleton Hobbs
Ronnie Pleydell and his Orchestra
Robert McKenzie , a Canadian observer, contributes some notes on recent events, and introduces a guest speaker who discusses a topical theme. The programme concludes with ' This week's talking-points '
The Filmay Light Orchestra
(BBC recording)
(To be repeated on Monday at 11.0 am)
Southern Serenade Orchestra directed by Lou Whiteson with Isabelita Alonso (soprano)
Sandy Macpherson at the BBC theatre organ
and his Rumba Band
A new radio version by John Keir Cross
Written as a serial in four parts
Part 4
Story presented by Valentine Dyall
Concertina player, Alf Edwards Production by Ayton Whitaker
on tomorrow's fixtures
with Harold Berens , Leon Cortez
Miriam Karlin , Eric Phillips
Stephen Jack , Arthur Haynes
The Dance Orchestra
Conducted by Stanley Black
Production by George Inns
Questions of the moment put by members of the audience are' discussed spontaneously by Ralph Wightman
Lord Elton
Wilson Harris
Maurice Edeliman , M.P.
Travelling Question-Master,
Freddy Grisewood
From Kingswood Church Hall, near Bristol
Produced by Nicholas Crocker
Lord Elton is an author, broadcaster, Fellow of Queen's College. Oxford, and a non-party politician.
Wilson Harris, author and journalist, has been Editor of The Spectator since 1932. He was a Member of Parliament (Independent) for Cambridge Uni.versity from 1945 to 1950.
Maurice Edelman, a newcomer to the programme, is Member of Parliament (Labour) for Coventry North. He has travelled in Russia on business and has written two books on the Soviet Union. He worked as a war correspondent in North Africa and Normandy, and is specially interested in town planning and housing.
Tunes you have asked us to play
by Edward J. Mason
1 — ' The vanishing lady-with incidental music'
Music specially composed by Basil Hempseed
Production by Cleland Finn
and his Orchestra
' The White Monkey ' by John Galsworthy
Reader, Ronald Simpson
Part 5
Lloyd Thomas at the organ of the Granada, Tooting, London