Introduced by Steve Race
A story, a hymn, and a prayer
at the BBC theatre organ
Birmingham Hippodrome
Orchestra
Conductor, Frank Hagley
Joe Saye at the piano
and his Orchestra with Paul Rich
' Rusty ' Hurren, Jimmy Mayers and the Sunspots
and his Orchestra
(Leader, J. Mouland Begbie )
Conductor, Ian Whyte
for children under five
Woman's Hour becomes Everybody's Hour
In this programme for the holiday season you hear:
' At the Villa Rose ' : a novel by A. E. W. Mason , abridged by Audrey Lucas , read in serial form by David Garth
' I Like This': records chosen by a Woman's Hour personality
This week, Ruth Drew
' Old Folks' Corner': a place of their own for the over sixty-fives
Presented by Stuart Hibberd and Richard Tatlock
Programme introduced by Marjorie Anderson
A programme of light music arranged and played by Jack Byfield and his Players with Frederic Curzon at the organ and Olga Gwynne (soprano)
The Danny Levan Quartet
at the BBC theatre organ
Conductor, C. A. Waters
Directed by Louis Voss with Gerald Young (accordion)
and his Orchestra with Colin Prince
June Marlow Elizabeth Batey, Michael Holliday
The Highwaymen and the Stagecoachers
Written by Geoffrey Webb and Edward J. Mason.
A story of country folk.
including cricket close of play scores
A parlour game in which a panel of experts tries to discover the name of visitors to the studio who bear the same name as famous people
The Panel:
Frances Day, Phyllis Cradock Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Chairman, Raymond Glendenning
with Betty Driver
Can You Beat ... Pharos and Marina
Those Amazing Australians
The Dargie Quintet
Forces Quiz with Michael Miles
The Blonde Bombshell of the Keyboard Dolores Ventura
Woolf Phillips and the Skyrockets Orchestra
Script by Ronnie Hanbury and George Wadmore
Produced by Jacques Brown
The music and life of Giaoomo Puccini in four episodes written and arranged by Spike Hughes
4—'Winter'with James McKechnie as Puccini and Gladys Young as Elvira
Produced by Malcolm Baker-Smith
and his Orchestra with Martin Moreno and Monty Norman
'Captain Jan' by Jan de Hartog
(above) to be read in fifteen instalments
Reader, Eric Phillips
2—'The Voyage Out'
Directed by Ernest Penfold with George Barclay