Introduced by Desmond Llewelyn
A story, a hymn, and a prayer
at the BBC theatre organ
Ian Stewart and his Quintet
' Like a Fool ' by James Pattinson
Read by Geoffrey Wincott
Conductor, Albert Coupe
(Leader, J. Mouland Begbie )
Conducted by Gerald Gentry
and his Music with Bobbie Britton and Peter Lowe
A programme for children under five
Today's story: Albert, the Station Cat ' by Hilda Roberts , told by Julia Lang
including
Janet Teissier du Cros speaking from Paris Clinic for Old Clothes: Alice
Hooper Beck prescribes the treatment. The first of four talks
Any Child Can Make It: suggestions for Christmas presents by Honor Wyatt
Spinning a Yarn: Commander Ibbett's tale today concerns a serpent
Serial:
' Queen in Waiting by Norah Lofts
Abridged by Becky Cocking
Read by Richard Hurndall
The twelfth of fifteen instalments
Programme introduced by Jean Metcalfe
Artists from the Commonwealth of Nations gather in London to send greetings in song to their folks at home and to listeners in the Motherland
(Continued in next column)
Robert Easton (United Kingdom) introduces
Edith Osler (South Africa)
Lorrae Desmond (Australia)
Edmund Hockridge (Canada)
George Browne (West Indies) and The Johnston Singers
(United Kingdom)
The Frank Baron Trio
BBC Revue Orchestra
Conducted by Harry Rabinowitz
(South Africa)
Produced by Glyn Jones
(United Kingdom)
Metropolitan Police Central Band
Conducted by Roger Barsotti -
Director of Music
Mrs. Dale, the doctor's wife, records the daily happenings in the life of her family
Script by Patricia Rowan
at the BBC theatre organ
and his Salon Orchestra
John Hauxvell (baritone)
Winifred Davey
A programme presenting the hit songs of the moment, introduced by singing personalities of today with Malcolm Lockyer and his Orchestra
Produced by John Hooper
with Wilfrid Thomas
'It will have blood, they say, blood will have blood'
Diana Carter and Bernard Rudden discuss first impressions of the new film 'Joe Macbeth,' starring Paul Douglas and Ruth Roman and directed by Ken Hughes.
Guest critic, Dilys Powell
Chairman, Norma Ellis
visits the Queen Elizabeth
Homes of Recovery for the Newly Blind, Torquay with Mabel at ' the table ' and Harry Hudson at the piano
Presented by Stephen Renaud Williams
Alma Cogan , June Whitfield and Wallas Eaton with The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra Conducted by Harry Rabinowitz
Announcer, David Dunhill
Script: Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
8—' Forty Fathoms Dead'
The story of Stoker Chief Petty Officer
William Brown
Written and produced by Alan Burgess from a story by Maytum White
When E41 of the 8th Submarine flotilla sank off Harwich there began for William Brown an adventure unsurpassed in the annals of underwater history.
From a cliff Butler iromotion
George Adams (Great Yarmouth) v. Vispi Banaji (India)
Six-round middleweight contest
Commentary by Simon Smith , with inter-round summaries by W. Barrington Dalby
From the Hippodrome,
Great Yarmouth
on gramophone records
Programme written and narrated by Dr. D. C. Martin of the Royal Society
This week M.V. Tottan sails for the Antarctic mainland. On board will be an advance Royal Society party of ten men, including three scientists, who are to establish a research station on the shores of the Weddell Sea, south of seventy-five degrees latitude. This operation is part of Britain's contribution to a forthcoming world-wide scientific survey.
The Melody in Modern Music
Introduced by Dick Norton
Illustrated with gramophone records
' Captain Cut-Throat' by John Dickson Carr
(to be read in fifteen instalments)
Abridged by Eve Howland
Read by Roger Delgado
7—' The Technique of Captain Cut-Throat'
A new presentation of music for voices and strings created and conducted by Ronald Binge with the Silver Strings
BBC Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Leslie Woodgate ) and featuring Max Jaffa
Introduced by Marjorie Anderson
Programme produced by Edward Nash