Frank Weir introduces your request records
A story, a hymn, and a prayer
at the organ of the Tower Ballroom, Blackpool
Phil Tate and his Orchestra
' Come, Little Hunter '
Written by Ronald Wilcox
Read by Mary Wimbush
Light Orchestra
Conductor. David Curry
and his Orchestra with Cleo Laine
Tony Mansell and Frank Holder
(Leader, Philip Whiteway)
Conductor, Rae Jenkins
Marta Eitler (violin)
A programme for children under five
Today's story: - Jack, Jill, and Jock.' bv Phillips Soady , told by Dorothy Smith.
including
Guest of the Week: Terry-Thomas
How-and how not-to buy Shoes: Barbara Crowther puts questions to F. Digweed, manager of a London shoe store.
My Kind of Dog: the Pekingese. Ellie Howe talks about the history of the breed, and his own reasons for liking pekes.
Mary Hardie looks at her New Year diary.
Serial: 'Joy in the Morning' by P. G. Wodehouse
Abridged by Barbara Henderson
Read by Ronald Simpson
The eighth of ten instalments
Programme introduced by Jean Metcalfe
For Women Readers-page 27
played by the BBC West of England
Light Orchestra
(Leader, Frederick Lunnon )
Conductor, Frank Cantell
Sidney Davey and his Players
(Leader, Reginald Stead )
Conducted by Vilem Tausky
(Leader, David Paget )
Conductor, Harry Rabinowitz
Young people discussing the current films, books, plays, and tunes they like
Facing Odds tn War and Peace
This week Norma Ellis (Chairman), Margaret Gilder , Keith Chambers. and John Burley. with Wilfrid Noyce as guest, talk about:
' The Sea Shall Not Have Them ': directed bv Lewis Gilbert and starring Michael Redgrave , Dirk Bogarde. Anthony Steel, Nigel Patrick , and Bonar Colleano and ' South Col ': one man's adventure on the ascent of Everest, by Wilfrid Noyce
All Yours
Michael Flanders gives the results of last week's competition, and sets another one
Written by Edward J. Mason and Geoffrey Webb.
A story of country folk.
Aided and abetted by Bob Andrews introduce
Frankie Vaughan with Bert Waller at the piano
Top Tunes at Your Request
Leslie Welch
The Memory Man
Forces Show Radio Nutwork
These you have liked
—but not this way!
Albert Ward and Les Ward
Harmony in Discord
They're Crazy for You! Raymond Glendenning
Reports on sports
The Forces Tutor
The low-down on Ciwie Street
Malcolm Lockyer 's Concert Orchestra with the Knights Errant present
' The Girl of Your Dreams'
That dean of detectives
Klaxon Horne finds himself
* Without a Clue'
Fantastic adventures
To be continued in our next
Introduced by Roy Williams
Script by Larry Stephens and Jimmy Grafton with additional material by Peter Griffiths and John Vyvyan Produced by Trafford Whitelock
See column 4 and ' Both Sides of the Microphone '
A radio correspondence column of letters from listeners about last Friday's programme ' Any Questions?'
Introduced by Freddy Grisewood
Produced by Michael Bowen
Mantovani and his Orchestra on gramophone records
by Andrew Garve
(to be read in thirteen instalments)
Reader, David King-Wood
Abridger, Arthur Calder Marshall
British light music played by the * Bavarian Radio Orchestra
Conducted by Charles Mackerras with Jacqueline Delman (soprano) Frederick Harvey (baritone)
(This recorded programme was part of a grand concert recently broadcast by the Bavarian Radio in association with the BBC. It has been made available to the Light Programme by courtesy of Bayerischer Rundfunk. Munich)