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Overture, Martha (Flotow): Boston
Promenade Orchestra
Violin Concerto No. 2, in B minor
(Paganini): Yehudi Menuhin , with the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Anatole Fistoulari
Suite. Der Rosenkavalier (
Richard Strauss ): Hall6 Orchestra, conducted by Sir John Barbirolli on gramophone records

Contributors

Unknown:
Yehudi Menuhin
Unknown:
Anatole Fistoulari
Unknown:
Richard Strauss
Unknown:
Sir John Barbirolli

A programme for children under five

A certain boy wants a story about a bus. 'He has a conductor set,' says his mother, 'and for five months now he has practically lived in it so you can see that a bus story would mean a great deal to him.' Stories about mechanical things may have various kinds of appeal for our children, including that which arises from the compelling preoccupation in this present age with all things mechanical, and that which derives from children's interest in doing what grown-ups do and which leads them, by imitative play, to assimilate the knowledge they gain from their observations.

'Barnaby's Bus,' by Ann Elliott, includes both these elements. It will be told tomorrow by Dorothy Smith, who will also be back on Friday with Eileen Mathias' story, 'Little Pig Out in the Rain.' Today and on Thursday our storyteller is Jul Lang with a tale by Mary Higson, 'From the Cabbage Patch to Australia,' and 'A Present for Tony' by Maya Elkan, while on Wednesday we shall hear from Daphne Oxenford about 'Mr. Rooster' by Monica Jarrett. (Elizabeth A. Taylor)

St. Patrick's Day Edition
Introduced by Doreen Hepburn
' Planning the Week's Meals ' : Florence Irwin speaks to listeners about Northern Ireland dishes
' Pram into Typewriter': Janet McNeill talks about the problems facing a wife turned authoress
' Farmer's Wife': Molly McClin tock describes her life on a County Antrim farm
' Travelling Answerer ' : D. G. Waring talks about a curious job that has taken her to every part of Northern Ireland in the past five years
Mattie McKane sings traditional Ulster songs
The Vincent Lowe Trio plays Irish dance music
Joseph Tomelty , Ulster actor and playwright, reads his own short story ' Lucinda and the Birds'
For the Woman Listener' Facing inside back cover

Contributors

Introduced By:
Doreen Hepburn
Unknown:
Florence Irwin
Talks:
Janet McNeill
Unknown:
Molly McClin
Talks:
D. G. Waring
Unknown:
Mattie McKane
Unknown:
Vincent Lowe Trio
Unknown:
Joseph Tomelty

Mrs. Dale, the doctor's wife, records the daily happenings in the life of her family
Script by Joan Carr-Jones
Last week Gerda confided to Dr. Dale that she and her husband had quarrelled over a position he wished to take in the North. Gerda did not approve of it because of his poor health. Mrs. Morgan and Susie took the twins to a baby show and afterwards discovered that Mrs. Morgan had brought back a strange baby in mistake for Cherry. Both Susie and Mrs. Morgan became hysterical but eventually Cherry was traced and safely returned to her mother. Bob invited Ashley Weston to stay at Virginia Lodge while his theatre was being decorated. Ashley arrived, and from the first night looked like being a difficult guestl
Principal characters this week:
(Cavan Malone is appearing in ' The Constant Couple ' at the Winter Garden Theatre, London)

Contributors

Script By:
Joan Carr-Jones
Unknown:
Ashley Weston
Unknown:
Cavan Malone
Mrs Date:
Ellis Powell
Dr Dale:
Douglas Burbidge
Gwen Owen:
Beryl Calder
David Owen:
Frank Partington
Bob Dale:
Leslie Heritage
Sally Lane:
Atvys Maben
Mrs Freeman:
Dorothy Lane
Mrs Morgan:
Grace Allardyee
Henry Thornton:
Hugh Moxey
Mrs Taylor:
Beatrice Varley
Richard Fulton:
Norman Chidgey
Paul Vernon:
Cavan Malone
Ashley Weston:
Raymond Young
Jenny Owen:
Patricia Field
Miss Pink:
Viola Merritt
Zenobia Parsons:
Thea Wells
Maud French:
Gwen Day Burroughs
The Rev Francis Austen:
John Kidd

by Ronald Adam
Adapted for broadcasting by Mollie Greenhalgh
Characters in order of speaking:
Frances Strannack. Catherine Campbell
Produced by Ayton Whitaker

Contributors

Unknown:
Ronald Adam
Broadcasting By:
Mollie Greenhalgh
Unknown:
Frances Strannack.
Produced By:
Ayton Whitaker
Alec Strannack:
David Markham
Dr Masterman:
Richard Williams
Mr Carew:
Eric Anderson
Detective-Inspector Forshaw:
Philip Lennard
Zanucek:
John G Heller

Sports Pavilion
A fortnightly magazine edited and produced by Alec Weeks and Harold Rogers
Club Chairman, Stan Tomlin
Sports Pavilion Quiz: Round 4
Referee, Rex Alston
The hosts: nineteen-year-old Jack Brown and seventeen-year-old Christopher Davies
The visitors: Molly Hide (Captain of England's Women's Cricket XI). and Ted Ditchburn (Tottenham and England goalkeeper)
Boxing
The highlights of the A.B.A. Youth Championships picked out by Eamonn Andrews
Star Turn
Tim Maloney champion steeplechase-jockey
Gossip Column
1952's busiest day of sport, investigated by Geoffrey Peck
You're Only Young Once
Script by Edward J. Mason 22-' Peter helps Colin out'

Contributors

Produced By:
Alec Weeks
Unknown:
Harold Rogers
Unknown:
Stan Tomlin
Unknown:
Rex Alston
Unknown:
Jack Brown
Unknown:
Christopher Davies
Unknown:
Ted Ditchburn
Unknown:
Eamonn Andrews
Unknown:
Star Turn
Unknown:
Tim Maloney
Unknown:
Geoffrey Peck
Script By:
Edward J. Mason

featuring the ' All-Winners ' Discoveries
John Killick of Portsmouth
Sylvia Graham of Wallasey
Colin Poulson of Sutton Coldfield
Clive Robson of Philadelphia. Co. Durham
Patricia Birch of Bradford
BBC Variety Orchestra
Conducted by Paul Fenoulhet
Introduced by Carroll Lewis Produced by Jacques Brown

Contributors

Unknown:
John Killick
Unknown:
Sylvia Graham
Unknown:
Colin Poulson
Unknown:
Clive Robson
Unknown:
Patricia Birch
Conducted By:
Paul Fenoulhet
Introduced By:
Carroll Lewis
Produced By:
Jacques Brown

Ted Ray introduces a programme for Services everywhere
Guests:
Lana Morris
Bob Monkhouse and a sporting celebrity
The Forces try to stump
Leslie Welch , the Memory Man
Carole Carr sings songs of the Servicemen's choice
You've Asked For It
Bringing sounds for Servicemen overseas to remind them of home
The Stargazers i
The George Mitchell Singers
Geraldo and his Concert Orchestra
Script by Bob Monkhouse and Denis Goodwin
Produced by Leslie Bridgmont and Frank Hooper

Contributors

Introduces:
Ted Ray
Unknown:
Lana Morris
Unknown:
Bob Monkhouse
Unknown:
Leslie Welch
Unknown:
Carole Carr
Unknown:
George Mitchell Singers
Script By:
Bob Monkhouse
Script By:
Denis Goodwin
Produced By:
Leslie Bridgmont
Produced By:
Frank Hooper

Light Programme

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