Sam Costa introduces your request records

A story, a hymn, and a prayer

at the BBC theatre organ

Lou Preager and his Orchestra
(Lou Preager and his Orchestra are appearing at the Hammersmith Palais, London)

' The Big Fish ' by Douglas Railton
Reader, Francis de Wolff

A record miscellany

and his Band with Betty Miller

(Leader, Donald Sturtivant )
Conductor, Gilbert Vinter
Ian Blair (baritone)

Today's story: 'Betsy,' by Hugh E. Walker , told by Daphne Oxenford

including
Dressed for the Theatre: from the stage box at an evening performance Ailsa Garland describes what the audience are wearing.
(Continued in next column)
Homeless Children and Childless Homes: 2-Margaret Kornitzer looks at the adoption position in Britain today; a husband analyses his own objections to the idea of adopting; a mother describes finding and choosing her baby
School for Hoteliers: Edith Garland went to Yugoslavia and stayed in a ' learners ' hotel
Climate and Character: Sir Graham Sutton , Director of the Meteorological Office, talks about the influence of climate on the character of nations
Serial:
' The Murder of Roger Ackroyd ' by Agatha Christie
Abridged by Honor Wyatt Read by James McKechnie
The twelfth of fifteen instalments
Programme introduced by Jean Metcalfe
For Women Readers-page 27

Ralph Elman and his Tzigane Orchestra with Janina Jasinska and Hugh David
Produced by Eric Arden

Ford Motor Works Military Band
Conductor, Major G. H. Willcocks M.V.O., M.B.E. ,

at the BBC theatre organ

with the Josef Hofer
Schrammel Quartet

at the piano

and his Orchestra with June Marlow , Colin Prince
Michael Holliday , The Stagecoachers

With six weeks to go till Easter, Parade's under-twenty reporters introduce their first impressions of two more enterprising holidays, and include some tips on how to make a beginning
Up in the Air
Diana Carter , airborne above Hampshire, takes a first lesson in gliding and interviews some of those taking a holiday course
Hillcraft:
Andrew Bainbridge reports on a course run by the Youth Hostels Association, North Wales together with some tips on taking your bike abroad
Programme devised and produced by Tony Gibson and Jack Singleton
(s)

Written by Geoffrey Webb and Edward J. Mason.

Visits
The British Army of the Rhine at Minden, Westphalia, Germany with Mabel at • the table' and Harry Hudson at the piano
Presented by Stephen Renaud Williams
(Home); Sunday at 11.0 a.m. (Light)

in which Al Read takes life as he finds it and invites you to meet
A famous guest
A highlight in music and the Kordites
The Augmented
BBC Northern Variety Orchestra
Conducted by Alyn Ainsworth
Produced by Ronnie Taylor

The Albert de Courville Story
Written by Gale Pedrick
Narrated by Henry Oscar
The Singers:
Billie Baker , Joan Young
Clarence Weight
BBC Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Leslie Woodgate )
BBC Concert Orchestra
(Leader. John Sharpe )
Conductor, Charles Mackerras
Programme produced by John Tylee
A magic still lingers about thename of Albert de Courville , whose spectacular shows adorned the London Hippodrome around the 1920s. He brought colourful and exciting shows to a people who were tired of the drab austerity of everyday life. His successes began with Hullo, Ragtime in 1912, and many middle-aged listeners will find among their souvenirs the programmes of de Courville shows with such titles as Razzle- Dazzle, Zig-Zag, The Whirligig, The Whirl of the World, and Jig-Saw. It was de Courville who first brought the music of George Gershwin to this country, and the companies he engaged sparkled with famous names.

in which Frankie Howerd introduces
The voices of: Lee Young and Joan Regan
The nimble fingers of: Dolores Ventura
(Continued in next column)
Apologises for:
Gladys Morgan and Billy Ternent and is proud to welcome this week:
Terence Morgan
Billy Ternent and his Orchestra
Script by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
Produced by Alastair Scott-Johnston

Introduced by David Lloyd James and Eric Simms and including recordings of February sounds
Produced by Arthur Phillips

to Edmundo Ros and his Latin-American Orchestra
Learn to dance the exciting steps of the bolero rumba, son samba, baiao, and the mambo
Ballroom host, Edmundo Ros
Devised and presented by David Miller

' The Uninvited' by Frank Chittenden
(to be read in fourteen instalments)
Reader, Cyril Shaps
Abridger, Edgar Holt
9-' Captain Nash Entertains

to the music of Don Carlos and his Samba Orchestra
(Don Carlos and his Samba Orchestra are appearing at the Colony Restaurant. London)