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(Leader, J. Mouland Begbde )
Conducted by Alexander Gibson
Malcolm Arnold's second symphony was performed for the first time at Bournemouth earlier this year. I feel sure that the composer would agree that this time of day is as good as any for its performance, for he has himself drawn attention to its gay and light-hearted themes. This applies especially to the last movement, whose mam tune has a swaggering and comic lilt that will keep us whistling for the rest of the afternoon. There is, none the less, a sombre and elegiac third movement that is equally impressive, while the whole work reveals that happy certainty of orchestration which is one of Arnold's supreme gifts. Ernest Bradbury

Contributors

Leader:
J. Mouland Begbde
Conducted By:
Alexander Gibson
Unknown:
Ernest Bradbury

Seventh Birthday Celebration
Listeners who share Woman's Hour birthday meet some of their. favourite personalities at the microphone
'I Heard Tell....': W. R. Rodgers, the Irish poet, recalls some of the tales he has heard
Other People's Lives: Francesca French, who spent fifteen years in the Gobi Desert as a missionary, talks to Joan Yorke. (BBC recording)
Serial: ' The Mill on the Floss' by George Eliot
Abridged and read by Natalie Moya
The programme introduced by Jean Metcalfe

Contributors

Unknown:
George Eliot
Read By:
Natalie Moya
Introduced By:
Jean Metcalfe

A programme on things to read and see, presented mainly by under-twenties
Introduced by John Boorman
Janet Brighton on ' Little Boy Lost': the film from the novel by Marghanita Laski , starring Bing Crosby
Peter Deitch on ' The Doctor and the Devils': the story of the Burke and Hare murders, retold in film script form by Dylan Thomas
Guest, Frank Tilsley

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Boorman
Introduced By:
Janet Brighton
Novel By:
Marghanita Laski
Unknown:
Bing Crosby
Unknown:
Peter Deitch
Unknown:
Dylan Thomas
Unknown:
Frank Tilsley

with the original trio of blockheads
Harold Berens
Gladys Hay
Michael Moore and their harassed quizmaster,
Patrick Burns
Richard Gray
Sid Millward and the Nitwits with Wally Stewart
Script by Ronnie Hanbury and George Wadmore
Produced by George Inns

Contributors

Unknown:
Harold Berens
Unknown:
Gladys Hay
Unknown:
Michael Moore
Unknown:
Patrick Burns
Unknown:
Richard Gray
Unknown:
Sid Millward
Unknown:
Wally Stewart
Script By:
Ronnie Hanbury
Script By:
George Wadmore
Produced By:
George Inns

Light Programme

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