Robert MacDermot introduces your request records
A story, a hymn, and a prayer
Nelson Elms at the BBC theatre organ
Hugh James and his Orchestra
BBC Welsh Orchestra
(Leader, Philip Whiteway)
Conductor, Rae Jenkins
' The Gambling Ghost by Dal Stivens
Told by Tom Lake
and his Band with Terry Devon and Paul Vaughan
A correspondence column of the air
Edited and introduced by Adrian Thomas
(Leader, J. Mouland Begbie )
Conducted by Alexander Gibson
A programme for the under-fives
Nursery rhymes stories and music
A daily programme for women at home
Introduced by Jean Metcalfe and including
' How Much do We Know? ': 4— Epilepsy, by a neurologist
' Reading your letters and answering your questions': a weekly programme contributed by listeners
' Jottings from an Australian visitor's day-book' by Marjorie Plunkett
' Around and About Britain': the Scottish scene
Serial: To Let Furnished ' by Josephine Bell. Abridged by Michael Bell. Read by Patience Collier
and his Serenade Orchestra with John Lewis (tenor)
Bill Savill and his Orchestra
Mrs. Dale, the doctor's wife, records the daily happenings in the life of her family
Script by Lesley Wilson
Felton Rapley at the BBC theatre organ
Northern Variety Orchestra
(Leader, Norman George )
Conducted by Alyn Ainsworth with songs from Les Howard
Adrienne Cole , Harry Dawson and Sidney Burchall with the Spa Orchestra directed by Tom Jenkins
Introduced by Michael Brooke
A slice of life served up for family listening by Ailie Tyler and Robert Anderson
Blood Transfusion
An under-twenty blood donor, recorded on the spot, describes what happens during a blood donation, and afterwards interviews the patient
Collectors' Corner
A young Dixieland enthusiast introduces the record of his choice
Top of the Ladder
Janet Grant , fresh from nursing in the Malayan jungle, gives a young probationer some unscripted advice
You're Only Young Once
Adventures of the Caldicott family
(Fourth series)
Script by Edward J. Mason
3-' In which Peter turns a blind eye '
A story of country folk.
with Graham Payn
Joan Heal , Dora Bryan Irlin Hall , Diana Decker
Myles Eason , Ian Carmichael
Hilary Allen , Pam Marmont
Jeremy Hawk , Timothy Spencer
George Benson
Music under the direction of Norman Hackforth
Presented by Tennent Productions Ltd.
Directed by William Chappell Introduced by Brian Johnston
From the Globe Theatre, London
Introduced by Richard Murdoch Kenneth Home , and Sam Costa
The Singers Benny Lee
Dorothy Squires
The Merrymakers
Guest Comedian
Cyril Fletcher
Show Time John Mills and Elizabeth Sellars in excerpts from the film
' The Gentle Gunman '
Novelty Corner
Introducing Forces to the Forces and Sirdani , the 'Gulli-Gulli Man'
Solo Pianist
Mewton-Wood
The Peter Knight Singers
Augmented Dance Orchestra Conducted by Stanley Black
Script by Bob Monkhouse and Denis Goodwin
Produced by Leslie Bridgmont and Frank Hooper
The story of a musical rivalry that spanned a century
Third of eight weekly programmes
At a time when the whole world looked to Paris and Vienna for its music-the music of the cafes, dance halis, theatres, and boulevards, this rivalry was concentrated in the lives of Jacques Offenbach (composer of Tales of Hoffmann '), Johann Strauss (the waltz king '), and his son Johann II (composer of ' Die Fledermaus and ' The Blue Danube ').
Lorely Dyer (soprano)
Thomas Round (tenor)
Ronald Evans (baritone)
BBC Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Leslie Woodgate )
BBC Concert Orchestra
(Leader, John Sharpe )
Conductor, Gilbert Vinter with Keith Pyott as the Voice of Paris and Rudolph Offenbach as the Voice of Vienna
Written by Maurice Gorham
Devised by Kenneth Pakeman
Produced by Malcolm Baker-Smith and Kenneth Pakeman
and his Music Makers with Lorna Haven and Maurice Allen and The Stargazers
' More Work for the Undertaker' by Margery Allingham
Reader, Howard Marion-Crawford
12—'Miss Evadne entertains '
Restful music played by Harold Coombs (organ)
Harold C. Gee (violin)
Guest Artist:
Ernest Bichard (tenor)
From the Pavilion. Bournemouth
