Introduced by Peter Noble
A story, a hymn, and a prayer
at the BBC theatre organ
Tommy Kinsman and his Dance Orchestra
Alan Clare at the piano
Conducted by Sidney Torch
Conductor, Mr. C. Nel
(Continued in next column)
(Leader, Donald Sturtivant )
Conductor, Gilbert Vinter
Gwent Lewis (tenor)
Today's story: ' Going to Market ' by Renée Hewitson Clarke , told by Daphne Oxeniford.
including:
Portrait of a Listener: where do you live-what is your family like-what are your special problems, vour plans, your fads and fancies? Barbara Crowther introduces Mrs. Alma Bellamy
Town Backyard and Cottage Garden: Margaret Spencer-Smith and Evelyn Gibbs talk about their gardening plans for the month
Behind the Headlines: a weekly feature to fill in the background to some recent news events
Serial:
' The Tortoise and the Hare by Elizabeth Jenkins
Abridged by P. J. R. Wright
Read by Sheila Mitchell
Introduced by Marjorie Anderson
Commentary by Raymond Glendenning, assisted by Claude Harrison as race-reader, from the Grand Stand, and by Peter O'Sullevan from a point down the Course.
From Newmarket Racecourse
and his Orchestra with Michael Holliday, Colin Prince The Highwaymen. The Stagecoachers
Coventry Hippodrome Orchestra
Conductor. William Pethers
Sandy Macpherson at the BBC theatre organ
Conducted by Harry Mortimer
Margaret Pollard (soprano)
on gramophone records
An early evening entertainiment featuring
Les Howard
Norman George and the String Serenaders. with the Northern Vaniety Orchestra Directed by Alyn Ainsworth
Introduced by Roger Moffat
with Kitty Bluett , Peter Sellers and Patricia Hayes , Charles Hawtrey
Kenneth Connor
a sixtiethbirthday talk by Vernon Bartlett
Vernon Bartlett 's memories of Geneva span the years from the brilliant opening ceremony in 1920 of the first of all the Assemblies of the League of Nations. Now he is back for the latest conference of the great powers, and tonight, on his sixtieth birthday, in a broadcast from Geneva, he recalls some of the outstanding men and events associated with the city's special role as a forum for world affairs.
Questions of the moment put by members of the audience are discussed by : Ralph Wightman
Robert Henriques
John Arlott
Ritchie Calder
Travelling Question-Master,
Freddy Grisewood
From the St. John's Hall,
Penzance, Cornwall
Produced by Michael Bowen
Chapter 4
Written by Henrik Ege
The Guide: Bernard Grun
The Visitor: Noelle Middleton with Julia Shelley
William Dickie , Irène Prador
Zither music played by Ernst Naser
BBC Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Leslie Woodgate )
BBC Concert Orchestra
(Leader, John Sharpe )
Conducted by Leo Wurmser
Produced by Edward Nash
Cyril Stapleton directs
The BBC Show Band
Pianist, Bill McGuffie
Sentimentalist, Julie Dawn
Songs from the Stargazers
For Sambas: Harold Smart and the Sambassadors
For Fun:
The Malcolm Mitchell Trio
Produced by Donald MacLean
' The Malacca Cane ' by Robert Kemp
Reader, Duncan Mclntyre
Last instalment: ' The Cane is Lost. but Happmess Discovered '
Softer music for the later hour including
The Voice of Romance:
Tino Christidi