Introduced by Sam Heppner
A story, a hymn, and a prayer
Stanley Tudor at the organ of the Gaumont The'atre, Manchester
Harry Leader and his Band
Light Orchestra
Conductor, David Curry
' Eddie's Saga'
Written and read by Reed de Rouen
The Spa Orchestra
Directed by Tom Jenkins
(Leader, Philip Whiiteway )
Conductor, Rae Jenkins
Herbert Downes (viola)
A programme for children under five
A daily programme for women at home
Introduced by Jean Metcalfe and including
2.0-2.15 app. Richard Dimbleby describes from a launch on the Thames the procession of boats as the Lord Mayor of London goes from Old Swan Pier to Charing Cross Pier to inaugurate the Festival of Britain river bus service
'What I've Been Reading': Pamela. Hansford Johnson recommends some recently published books
' My Italian Household ': a talk by Naomi Jacob
Serial: Emma ' by Jane Austen. Abridged by Ursula Wood. Read by Julia Lang
(piano) on gramophone recorda
Cheltenham Gold Cup
Commentaries from the Grand-stand by Raymond Glendenning and by Michael O'Hehir from a point down the course
From Prestbury Park, Cheltenham
Spare Parts
5—' New Blood' by Stephen Taylor , M.D.
Band of the Royal Dragoons Conductor, Mr. A. F. Trythall
Conductor, Ian Whyte
Conductor, Ian Whyte
(Continued)
BFN Theatre Orchestra
Conducted by Milo Karatsch
at the BBC theatre organ
Written by Edward J. Mason and Geoffrey Webb.
A story of country folk.
with his crazy gang
Henry Lytton , Len Marten
Molly Weir , Deryck Guyler
Edna Fryer , Frederick Ferrari
The Mitchell Maids
BBC Revue Orchestra
Conductor, Robert Busby
Script by Charlie Chester
Produced by Leslie Bridgmont
Alan Breen (Leicester)
Tony Fisher (Manchester) Brenda Barron (Durham) Derek Marsden (Belfast)
John Besford (Billingham) Don Handford (Pontypool)
Brian Jones (Newcastle)
Jimmy Edmundson (Blackpool)
Rene Rhythm (Salford)
Norma Henry (Liverpool) Mary Wetton (Sheffield) Andrew Dowie (Dundee)
Betty Kerr (Belfast)
Master of Ceremonies,
Carroll Levis
The Dance Orchestra
Conducted by Stanley Black
Script by Aubrey Darners Walker
Production by Tom Ronald
A comedy by Horace Hughes and T. Wigney Percyval Adapted for broadcasting by Cynthia Pughe
Produced by Owen Reed in the BBC's West of England studios
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The rchroadcast of this recording made by Cyril Maude in 1947 had already been planned as a tribute to him on the occasion of his eighty-ninth birthday when the news of his death was received last February. It is fitting that the last record- ing he made should have been in the part which endeared him to theatre-goersmore than any other of the vast number that he played during his fifty years of distinguished activity in the th'atre. This broadcast, which he was to have introduced himself, will he prefaced by a tribute to him by his friend S. R. Little- wood, the dramatic critic.
and his Orchestra with Eve Boswell
Derrick Francis and the Geraltones
* A Damsel in Distress by P. G. Woclehouse
Reader, Richard HurndaU
13-' Keggs Is Persuasive '
Directed by Lionel Falkman