John Ellison introduces your request records

A story, a hymn, and a prayer

at the BBC theatre organ
Favourites Old and New

Oscar Rabin and his Band

and his Orchestra with Jean Campbell and Barry Kent

'All For Your Delight' by Robert Lait
Read by Francis de Wolff

BBC Revue Orchestra (Leader, David Paget )
Conductor, Harry Rabinowitz with Amy Shuard

(Leader, J. Mouland Begbie )
Conducted by Alexander Gibson

Today's story: ' Rackettypan the Scarecrow ' by Ursula Hourihane , told by Julia Lang

including:
Reading Your Letters: the latest selection from the Woman's Hour mailbag
Changing Fathers, by Dorothy Frend
At the London Theatre: two playgoers describe plays seen recently in London
A Holiday was Arranged, by Ba Mason
Serial:
' The Gipsy's Baby ' by Richmal Crompton
Abridged by Barbara Henderson
Read by Mary Hignett
Programme introduced by Jean Metcalfe

and his Bohemian Players
Gerald Young (accordion)

Metropolitan Police
Central Band
Conducted by Roger Barsotti
Director of Music

Geraldo and his Orchestra with Jill Day and Roy Edwards introducing
Swingtime
The String Choir
London Rhapsody
All-Time Hit Parade and Geraldo at the piano

at the BBC theatre organ

Musicorda String Orchestra

101st edition
*
A Court of Inquiry
An Extraordinary Commission consisting entirely of members of the Younger Generation has invited the following experts to testify freely from their knowledge and experience on: The Question at Issue:
' Does the younger generation deserve the newspapers it gets?'
Mr. Harry Deverson
Picture Editor of a national daily paper
Mr. Gilbert Harding
A ' personality ' who writes a weekly column in the Sunday
Press
Mr. Frank Owen
Sometime editor of a Services newspaper, a national morning paper, and a London evening paper
Additional evidence will be called as appropriate, and a mixed audience of the general public assist in the unscripted proceedings
(BBC recording)

From St. Saviour's Parish Hall,
Jersey
At the piano. Harry Hudson
Presented by Stephen Williams

8-Ralph Richardson
In
' The Tale'
A dramatised adaptation of the story by Joseph Conrad
Music directed by Sidney Torch Produced by Harry Alan Towers

A memoir in music by John Watt and Gale Pedrick
The story of Adele Len6tre as told by herself
(Continued in next column)
Singer, Clarence Wright
BBC Chorus
(Chorus-Master. Leslie Woodgate )
BBC Concert Orchestra (Leader. John Sharpe )
Music adviser and Director of Music
Muir Mathieson
Produced by Michael North

Can England regain her traditional football supremacy? There is that historic defeat by Hungary to be avenged. And what are our chances in the World Cup series to be played in Switzerland this summer?
Men well known in the game, both here and on the Continent, give their opinions - some recorded, some from a studio in London - on how best to raise the level and effectiveness of England's contribution to international football.
Among those taking part are:
Arthur Drewry, C.B.E., President. Football League
Walter Winterbottom, Manager of England
Billy Wright, Captain of England
Stanley Cullis, Manager. Wolverhampton Wanderers
George Raynor, National Coach of Sweden
Vittorio Pozzo, formerly Manager of Italy
Frank Swift, ex-England goalkeeper
Geoffrey Green
In the chair, Raymond Glendenning

West Indies v. England
Fourth Test Match: last day
Summary by E. W. Swanton, cricket correspondent of the Daily Telegraph
From Port of Spain, Trinidad
ShouJd reception conditions be unfavourable, details of The day's score will be given from the studio

Cyril Stapleton directs
The BBC Show Band
Pianist, Bill McGuffie
Sentimentalist, Julie Dawn
Songs from the Stargazera
For Sambas:
Harold Smart and the Sambassadors
For Fun:
The Hedley Ward Trio
Producer. Donald MacLean

' Fear to Tread ' by Michael Gilbert
(to be read in fifteen instalment*)
Reader, Colin Gordon
2—' Sergeant Donovan'

Softer music for the later hour
For Romance: Tino Christidi