John Watt introduces your request records
A story, a hymn, and a prayer
Reginald Porter-Brown at the BBC theatre organ
David Java and his Orchestra
and his Orchestra
Written by Geoffrey Webb and Edward J. Mason.
A story of country folk.
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra
(Leader, David Paget )
Conductor, Robert Busby with Gordon Parfitt (bass)
Introduced by John de Manio
(Leader, Reginald Stead )
Conductor, Charles Groves
A programme for children under five
A daily programme for women at home
Introduced by Jean Metcalfe and including
' Vanity Fair : The Paris Dress Shows.' Jeannette Maillaud talks about the new spring collections .
' Two Pins and a Ball of Wool,' by Caroline Brown
' Talking it Over with Marian Cutler ': an attempt to help listeners find a solution to some of their personal problems
' An Easier Time of It,' by Ruth Hilary , who describes the daily life of an American housewife compared with life in Britain
Serial: Love Story ' by Ruth McKenny. Abridged by Evelyn Gibbs. Read by Peggy Hassard
Charles Ernesco and his Sextet with Mervyn Saunders (tenor)
Working Order
2-' Smooth Running ' by Fielden Hughes
Jack White and his Band
Show tunes played by the BBC Welsh Orchestra
Conductor, Rae Jenkins with Pamela Petts (soprano)
(Continued)
at the BBC theatre organ
Conducted by Monia Liter
President, Frank Daunton
Makers of Music
2 — ' Strings and Bows '
Florence Hooton and Colin Sauer exchange views on string playing
Adventures in the exciting early days of the famous Force.
Tells a Story
'The Luncheon'
' Salvatore'
For the first time in his career Somerset Maugham is reading on the air a group of his own short stories, of which the last two are being broadcast this evening. The stories were published in his book ' Cosmopolitans ' in 1936. In ' The Luncheon ' Mr. Maugham recalls a misadventure that befell him when he was a young man Jiving in Paris and was ' earning bareiy enough money to keep body and soul together.'
In ' Salvatore * he draws the portrait of a man ' who possessed nothing in the world except a quality which is the rarest, the most precious, and the loveliest that anyone can have.'
In ' Records I Like'
with Wallas Eaton , The Keynotes
Many important reforms have been foreshadowed by the work of Royal Commissions. Who works for Royal Commissions? Are members paid? Can their recommendations be enforced ? Tonight's programme explains how they go to work
Script by John Harries
Produced by R. D. Smith
Series edited by Dennis Bardens
Stanley Black and the Augmented Dance Orchestra with Pearl Carr
Teddy Johnson and the Merrymakers
' The Hairless Mexican 'by Somerset Maugham
Reader, John Sharp
Part 2
and his Serenade Orchestra