Steve Race introduces your request records
A story, a hymn, and a prayer
Ray Baines at the BBC theatre organ
Band of the Welsh Guards
Conducted by Capt. F. L. Statham
Director of Music
Light music string ensemble directed by Max Jaffa with Billy Mayerl (piano)
' The Billy Goat ' by Shaun MacManus
Told by James McKechnie
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra
(Leader. David Paget )
Conductor. Robert Busby with Joseph McNally (tenor)
(Leader, Philip Whiteway)
Conductor, Rae Jenkins
Joan Spencer (violin)
A programme for children under five
'Today,' wrote a mother, 'John met "Lorna Penguin" for the first time. I must say he rather enjoys having two people to do his programme. I think he feels more important now.' And this, we are pleased to say, seems to reflect the general feeling about our new system of presenters and storytellers. Our listeners will now meet Lorna Pegram again, for today she begins her second fortnight at the microphone. Today and on Friday she will introduce Julia Lang as story-teller to tell 'Charlie the Cat's Birthday' by A. W. Orchard, and 'The Silver Thimble' by Peggy Worvill. Tomorrow comes Daphne Oxenford with a story described by one little boy as ''Tisn't my fault' and known to others as 'The Tired Train,' by Leila Berg. Its repetitions and rhythms, suggestive of a train's onward movement, never fail to appeal. Much of the child's love of trains and cars can be traced to his response to their powers of movement, which are reflected, too, in the 'train' music by Roger Fiske which follows the story. Wednesday and Thursday bring Dorothy Smith with 'The Whistling Wind' and 'The Cow that Went for a Walk,' both by Hilda J. Rostron.
(Elizabeth A. Taylor)
Introduced by Jean Metcalfe and including
' Planning the Week's Meals ': this week Ann Hardy speaks to listeners living in the North
' Gardening Time': the first of three talks by Frances Perry about some of the jobs to be done in the garden now
' Of Mice and Me': a strange but true story told by Jimmy Dyrenforth
' The Tortoise that had a Baby in 1951': in this country the successful hatching out of tortoise eggs is unusual. Ivor Noel-Hume tells the story of the tortoise he bought that on arrival home settled down to produce a family
' Your Day-My Day': Arvilla McGuire and Rachel Bolton , who are secretaries, one in America and the other in Britain, spend a day together and compare notes.
Serial: Greengates ' by R. C. Sherriff. Abridged by Jane Bowness. Read by Walter Hudd
'For the Woman Listener'
Facing inside" back-cover
The Albert Delroy Trio
Carrilla Castelli (soprano)
Ernst Naser (zither)
Take Your Choice by Frank Whitehead
1 — ' First Ideas '
The first of five talks on vocabulary and the choice of words
When speaking or writing, first though's are not always best. In this talk the speaker discusses the search for the ' right' word.
Eric Winstone and his Orchestra
Mrs. Dale, the doctor's wife, records the daily happenings in the life of her family
Script by Joan Carr-Jones
(To be repeated tomorrow at 11.0 a.m.)
Last week Gerda was called away to look after her sister who was ill. She left a message for her husband with Paul Vernon, who decided to keep it to himself, to spite Henry Thornton. Henry was very worried when he had no news of Gerda. While Gwen and David were discussing the incident, Gwen felt that David was being a bit overbearing about it, so she hinted that Mr. Fulton might want her to travel abroad. The next morning David met Mr. Fulton and asked him if this were true. Mr. Fulton jumped to the conclusion that Gwen had heard from his agents that he had been invited to lecture in America. He went to tell Sally and began to make plans accordingly. When he spoke to his agents and found it was not so he was furious with Gwen. Bob came home for the week-end and was disgusted to learn Ashley had made a date with Miss Pink that he had no intention of keeping and that he had only made in order to impress Jenny. Mrs. Freeman went with Sally to her cottage to spend a few days in the country. While out walking she caught Joe Parsons poaching.
Principal characters this week: [see below]
A play for radio by James Forsyth
Characters in order of speaking:
Produced by Mary Hope Allen
(Continued)
at the BBC theatre organ
Introduced by Tony East
' Shut That Gate '
Allie Tyler introduces a discussion recorded in the Lake District between Youth Hostellers and young farmers on the farmers' case against the hikers and the townsmen's claim to enjoy the countryside; followed by some suggestions for better understanding between town and country
You're Only Young Onee
The everyday adventures of the Caldicott family
Script by Edward J. Mason
23—' Johnny gets married '
Written by Edward J. Mason and Geoffrey Webb.
A story of country folk.
A programme featuring unknown British artists
BBC Variety Orchestra
Conducted by Paul Fenoulhet
Introduced by Carroll Levis
Produced by Jacques Brown
6-London Docks by Stephen Grenfell
Produced by D. G. Bridson
with the Augmented Dance Orchestra Conducted by Stanley Black
Devised and written by Sid Colin
Produced by Roy Speer
Ted Ray introduces a programme for Services everywhere
Guests:
Veronica Hurst
Sam Costa 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
The George Mitchell Singers
Geraldo and his Concert Orchestra
Script by Bob Monkhouse and Denis Goodwin
Produced by Leslie Bridgmont and Frank Cooper
(Home)
and his Music with Dickie Valentine
Lita Roza , and Dennis Lotls
' A Rough Shoot' by Geoffrey Household
Reader, Lewis Gedge
8 — ' The Contents of the Briefcase'
The Spa Orchestra directed by Tom Jenkins with Keith Burrows (piano)
