Tom Masson introduces your request records

A story, a hymn, and a prayer

at the BBC theatre organ

Ian Stewart and his Quintet

Mrs. Dale, the doctor's wife, records the daily happenings in the life of her family
Script by Hazel Adair

Billy Mayerl and his Players with Mary Denise (soprano)

' MacTalla's Holiday' by lain Crawford
Read by Roddy MacMillan

Conducted by Captain J. F. Dean
Director of Music

BBC Northern Orchestra
(Leader, Reginald Stead )
Conductor, John Hopkins
From the Town Hall,
Manchester
(Continued in next column)
By arrangement with Manchester Corporation

Today's story: ' Blackie and Snowball ' by Joan E. Cass , told by Dorothy Smith.

including:
Elizabeth Hay talks about growing cacti
I Work at Home: Brian Murtough talks about the change in his life since he became his own boss
I Knew Her: Beverley Nichols recalls some memories of Dame Nellie Melba
Behind the Headlines: a weekly feature to fill in the background to some recent news events
Serial:
' Faster, Faster! ' by E. M. Delafield
Abridged by Audrey Lucas
Read by Marjorie Westbury
Programme introduced by Marjorie Anderson

and his Band

The Bobby Howell Orchestra

Mrs. Dale, the doctor's wife, records the daily happenings in the life of her family
Script by Hazel Adair

The music you have asked for introduced and played by Sandy Macpherson at the BBC theatre organ

Northern Variety Orchestra
(Leader, Norman George )
Conducted by Alyn Ainsworth with songs from Les Howard

Lionel Gamlin looks through the BBC Recorded Programmes Diary for 1953 and invites you to listen again to some of the broadcasts that took place during this week last year
Produced by Phyllis Robinson

Tunes you have asked us to play, including some records chosen by Service men and women overseas

Written by Edward J. Mason and Geoffrey Webb.
A story of country folk.

Raymond Glendenning on tomorrow's fixtures

with Kitty Bluett , Peter Sellers
Patricia Hayes , Charles Hawtrey
Kenneth Connor
Script by Eddie Maguire
George Wadmore , and Ted Ray
Produced by George Inns

A well-known impressionist entertains
This week : Beryl Orde with Harold Smart at the electric organ
Presented by George Inns

Questions of the moment put by members of the audience are discussed by: Ralph Wightman
John Arlotit
The Rt. Hon. Hugh Gaitskell ,
C.B.E., M.P.
Sir Gurney Braithwaite , Bt., M.P.
Travelling Question-Master,
Freddy Grisewood
Produced by Michael Bowen
From the Guildhall, Salisbury

A musical entertainment for the end of the week
Victoria Campbell and John Hanson with the BBC Concert Orchestra
(Leader, John Sharpe )
Conducted by Sidney Torch
Ian Wallace and the BBC Men's Chorus
Conducted by Cyril Gell
Frederick Stone at the piano
Band of the Scots Guards
Conducted by Lieut.-Col. S. Rhodes , M.B.E.
Director of Music
Introduced by Philip Slessor
Produced by Campbell Ricketts

where dance music is played by Joe Loss and his Orchestra with Rose Brennan
Howard Jones and Toni Ventro and Steve Race and Malcolm Lockyer and the host is Edmundo Ros
Part 1 includes
' Talking of Dancing' by Norton Colville
Producer, Donald MacLean

' Natural Causes,' by Henry Cecil (to be read in fifteen instalments)
Reader. Peter Cushing )
10—' Mr. Bean on the Scent'

Part 2 includes the Francisco Cavez Quartet