Alan Gibson introduces your request records

A story, a hymn, and a prayer

at the organ of the Granada, Tooting

National Military Band
Conductor, George Holley

' A Bull Came to Our Street' byW. John Morgan
Read byCynddylan Williams

Strict tempo dance music played by Victor Silvester and his Ballroom Orchestra

Directed by George French

at the BBC theatre organ

(Led by Donald Sturtivant )
Conducted by Leo Wurmser

A programme for children under five
Nursery rhymes, stories, and music
'Are you ready for the music?' asks the announcer - and it is pleasing and interesting to learn from our correspondence how large is the number of under fives who are indeed ready actively to enjoy the musical excerpts which come at the beginning of their programme, and to discover which seem to emerge as their favourites. Very high on the list, we find, stand the 'Chinese Dance,' the 'Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy' and the 'Dance of the Little Swans,' by Tchaikovsky; the 'Prelude' theme, from the suite called 'The Birds' by Respighi; the Viennese Clock music from 'Hary Janos' by Kodaly, and part of an oboe concerto by Corelli. Greatly loved, too, are the bassoon antics of Senaille's 'Allegro Spiritoso,' the strident sounds of barrel organ tunes and the pretty tinklings of musical boxes while another universal favourite is 'Peter's Tune' from Prokofiev's musical fairy tale, 'Peter and the Wolf.' This is the piece we shall play again this week, to preface the familiar nursery songs and the stories. Today's story is called 'The Robin's Breakfast.' It is by Joan Barter, and will be told by Daphne Oxenford. (Elizabeth A. Taylor)

including:
Cooking with Ann Hardy : 7-Answers to listeners' queries about the basic essentials of good cookery
Letters from Peppino: Michael Harald tells the story of an Italian boy he knew during the war
Thirty-Six-Thousand Friends: Margery Wood, who was personal Private Secretary to the Lord Mayor of London during the year of the Coronation of George VI, talks about the interest of entertaining all the people who visit a Lord Mayor during his year of office
Personality Diary: Minnie Pallister is this week's diarist
Serial:
' Giant ' by Edna Ferber
Abridged by Barbara Henderson
Read by Jane Fergus
Programme introduced by Marjorie Anderson

Billy Mayerl and his Players
Mary Denise (soprano) and Gregori Tcherniak (balalaika) accompanied by Geoffrey Sisley (guitar)

Harry Leader and his Band

Mrs. Dale, the doctor's wife, records the daily happenings la the life of her family
Script by Basil Dawson
To be repeated tomorrow at 11.0 a.m. Bob and Jenny had tea with Gwen and David, and Billy stood for the first time.
Bob took David for a ride on his motor bicycle and they both fell off. Later in the week Bob met Linda Grant in the canteen at the airport. Isabel wanted Mrs. Freeman to be wardrobe mistress for the Operatic Society's Ohristmas production, but Mrs. Date thought itt would be too much for her. Mr Fulton made a scene in Mr. Roger's shop; and when Sally took him to rask over it he promised not to interfere again. They decided to send out Christmas cards from the shop. Mrs. Dale and Mrs. Morgan discussed The departure of the Lauries and the arrival of Dr. Gardiner.

by Simon Rattray
Adapted for broadcasting by Elleston Trevor
Cast in order of speaking:
Production by Norman Wright

and his Orchestra on gramophonp records

Six illustrated talks about light music
I-An introduction by Martin Cooper

A tale of the future
Music composed and conducted, by Van Phillips
Written and produced by Charles Chilton

Jet Morgan and his crew, having landed on the Moon, began their exploration of the lunar surface. But unexplainable things begin to happen; Jet disappeared for more than two hours and Doc saw the image of a dome-like structure appear on the televiewer screen.
The men were not sorry when the time to return to Earth came round but, when they attempted to take off, neither the rocket motor nor anything else in the ship would function.

Spotlighting the world of popular music
Show Band's Victim:
Max Bygnaves
Hit Parade
The best of the best sellers
-past and present
Fireside Melody: Bill McGuffie
The Stargazers' Music Shop
Songis in style
/ Hear a Violin: Louis Stevens
Just For You
Tunes you have specially asked for
BBC Show Band
Directed by Cyril StapLeton Julie Dawn , Harold Smiart
The Show Band Singers
Introduced by Rikki Fulton Productionby Johnnie Stewart

A story of the Boxing Ring in eight episodes by David Cameron and Terry Stanford
Round 2
Music composed by Jack Jordan
Production. by Vernon Harris

A programme of problems and brain-teasers devised for your entertainment
Beat the Expert with Jessie Matthews
Major Harry S. Knowles
Ask Me Another
Naomi Lewis
James Revie and Sam Pollock
Taking part in the sketches:
Maurice Denham, Virginia Winter, Ian Sadler, Gwen Day Burroughs
Chairman, Franklin Engelmann
Programme devised and written by John. P. Wynn
Produced by Joan Clark

A selection of Anglo-American light music given by the Light Music Choir of the Statsradiofonien, Copenhagen
Conductor, Sven Saabye
Siiddeutscher Rundfunk
Light Orchestra
Conducted by Robert Farnon
Pearl Carr (soprano)
The first of a series of recordings of the Light Music Festival in Stuttgart

'The History of Mr. Polly' by H. G. Wells
(to be read in fifteen instalments)
Reader, Ronald Simpson
11—' Flames in the High Street'

Jack Byfield and his Players
Frederic Curzon at the organ