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Overture: Carnaval (Dvorak) : Czech
Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Rafael Kubelik
Oboe Concerto in one movement
(Eugene Goossens ; Leon Goossens with the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Walter Susskind
Suite: Mother Goose (Ravel):
London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Fernando Previtali on gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Rafael Kubelik
Conducted By:
Walter Susskind
Unknown:
Fernando Previtali

Woman's Hour becomes Everybody's Hour
In this programme for the holiday season you hear :
' A Thorn in the Heart': a novel by T. 0 Beachcroft , abridged by Charles Hatton , read in serial form by Kelty MacLeod
' I Like This': records chosen by a Woman's Hour personality
This week, Minnie Pallister
' Old Folks' Corner': a place of their own for the over sixty-fives
Presented by Stuart Hibberd and Richard Tatlock
Programme introduced by Roy Williams

Contributors

Novel By:
T. 0 Beachcroft
Abridged By:
Charles Hatton
Unknown:
Kelty MacLeod
Unknown:
Minnie Pallister
Presented By:
Stuart Hibberd
Presented By:
Richard Tatlock
Introduced By:
Roy Williams

A programme about open-air sights, sounds, and activities, presented for family listening by comperes and commentators of the Younger Generation
This week's compere Is
Keith Lloyd
Week-end Aloft
Reports by young participants in the National Gliding Championship at Great Hucklow, with expert advice on how to take up the sport, and impressions recorded by a beginner during a trial flight
' What's Your Weather?'
Conclusions on the weather contest. The experts, J. S. Sawyer and V. R. Coles of the Meteorological Office, and the amateur eighteen-year-old Roy Fox compare notes on the problems and possibilities of weather forecasting
(Continued in next column)
Open Air Quiz
Scotland, the youth champions of the British Isles. have been challenged to a two-round contest on countryside pursuits by Ross Salmon (ex-cowboy and cattle rancher), Steven Marshall (Headmaster of llkeston Grammar School), and Joan Barlee. Girl Guide County Camp Adviser, Staffordshire
In the chair. Jack Longland

Contributors

Unknown:
Keith Lloyd
Unknown:
Ross Salmon
Unknown:
Steven Marshall
Unknown:
Joan Barlee.
Unknown:
Jack Longland

See column 1

A radio diversion for the whole family

Informally introduced by Rex Palmer

This Week You Meet:
Betty Marsden Robb Wilton in 'Councillor Muddlecombe, J.P.'
Bransby Williams
'Midge's Choice' Wilson Midgley talks about new books he has enjoyed reading, and Mary Wimbush, Deryck Guyler, Diana Maddox, Janet Morrison, Hamilton Dyce, and Cicely Hoye at the piano, present scenes from them
Leisure Serenade with Patricia Baird
A Wandering Minstrel with John Cameron
Alan Paul at the piano
The musical director is Paul Fenoulhet
BBC Variety Orchestra provides the music
Incidental music composed by Alan Paul
Production is by Alfred Dunning and Richard Keen

(BBC recording)
(Betty Marsden is appearing in Airs on a Shoestring' at the Royal Court Theatre, Sloane Square, London) at 8.0)

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