Frank Weir introduces your request records
A story, a hymn, and a prayer
at the BBC theatre organ
Ian Stewart and his Quintet
* Steer Course 180' by N. J. Crisp
Reader, Norman Shelley
A record miscellany
and his Band with Marion Williams , Mel Gaynor
Johnny Worth and the David Ede Quintet
(Leader, Donald Sturtivant )
Conductor, Gilbert Vinter
A programme for children under five
Today's story: ' The Axle's Broken ' by Helen Christison , told by Julia Lang
including
Frontier Incident in the 'Thirties: Marion Lindval tells of her meeting with a spy-and its consequences
Making Cakes with Ann Hardy : first of four talks
Window Over the Kitchen Sink: Honor Wyatt recalls her memories of Ibiza
Looking at Pictures with Mervyn Levy : the last of six talks on the ideas that produced the great ' Isms ' of modern art
Serial:
' Joy in the Morning' by P. G. Wodehouse
Abridged by Barbara Henderson
Read by Ronald Simpson
The seventh of ten instalments
Programme introduced by Jean Metcalfe
For Women Readers-page 27
and his Viennese Music
Norah Gruhn (soprano)
Band of the Royal Horse Guards (The Blues)
Conducted by Captain J. E. Thirtle ,
Director of Music
Mrs. Dale, the doctor's wife, records the daily happenings in the life of her family
Script by Jonquil Antony
at the BBC theatre organ
and his Salon Orchestra
Billy Thorburn at the piano
and his Band with Betty Miller
Into a New World
The jump from school life into the first job creates problems which have to be faced and overcome by nearly everyone, and many recur with each change of job. Tonight, helped by both adults and under-twenties. Parade attempts to offer advice on how to get the job, how to settle down. and how not to lose it
(Continued in next column)
Top of the Ladder: Joyce Grenfell
Carole Allen , an amateur impressionist, interviews Joyce Grenfell in her theatre dressing-room, and seeks advice about the way to the top
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Tunes you have asked us to play
The Lee Ephraim Story Written and narrated by John Watt
The Singers:
Iris Villiers , Billie Baker
Clarence Wright , Laurie Payne
BBC Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Leslie Woodgate )
BBC Concert Orchestra
(Leader. John Sharpe )
Conductor, Charles Mackerras
Programme produced by Michael North
Lee Ephraim was known at one time as the ' Mystery Man of the Theatre.' It was a title that he deserved. He was a retiring man who never thrust himself into the limelight and yet, though his name might not be known to the wide public, he had as many successes to his credit as many more flamboyant managements. The Desert Song was his greatest triumph but he was also responsible for Rose Marie , Gay Divorce, On Your Toes, all the Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert shows during the war, and also Carissima.
Being a chronicle of the life and misadventures of Anthony Hancock , the celebrated waif
The ' Hancock Theme ' and other incidental music composed by Wally Stott
The Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra
Conductor, Harry Rabinowitz
Written by Alan Simpson and Ray Galton
Produced by Dennis Main Wilson
with Edmundo Ros and his Band
Learn to dance the exotic rhythm of the mambo, samba, son-rumba, guracha. baion, and bolero mambo
Ballroom host, Edmundo Ros
Devised and presented by David Miller
' The Riddle of Samson' by Andrew Garve
(to be read in thirteen instalments)
Reader, David King-Wood
Abridger,
Arthur Calder Marshall
10—' Olivia's Version'
moves out of doors
' Under the Stars' to find the music of Don Carlos and his Samba Orchestra