Sam Costa introduces your request records and at 9.30 app. Molly Weir gives today's Shopping Flash

A story, a hymn, and a prayer

at the BBC theatre organ

Jack Nathan and his Band

From the Midlands
' To Town with Rivers' by Dinah Peters
Read by Courtney Hope

Light Orchestra
Conductor, David Curry

played by Victor Silvester and his Ballroom Orchestra
Introduced by Victor Silvester

(Leader, Philip Whiteway ) Conductor, Rae Jenkins
Jack Brymer (clarinet)

A programme for children under five
Today's story: 'Paul's Daisies' by Joan Cass , told by Julia Lang

including:
Guest of the Week:
Ernest Thesiger
Recollected in Tranquillity: Eileen Ascroft recalls her stay in a Japanese hotel. May Profile: Dr. Marie Stopes interviewed by Herbert Hunter.
Report on Reports: Paul Leach draws attention to some more interesting reports published recently
Serial: The Lord and Mary Ann' by Catherine Cookson
(to be read in ten Instalments)
Abridged by Donald Bancroft
Read by Isla Cameron
3—' Hostile Visitor'
Programme introduced by Jean Metcalfe

illustrated in music by the BBC West of England
Light Orchestra
(Leader, Frederick Lunnon ) Conductor, Frank Cantell

Jack Coles and his Orchestre Moderne

Mrs. Dale, the doctor's wife. records the daily happenings in the life of her family
Script by Billy Thatcher

BBC Scottish Orchestra
(Leader, J. Mouland Begbie )
Conducted by Gerald Gentry

The rhythm supplied by Pete Rugolo and his Orchestra and the romance by the Voices of Walter Schumann on gramophone records
Shipping Forecast on 1,600 m.—5.58-6.0

A mirror of popular melody reflecting hit songs of today. yesterday, and tomorrow
Eric Jupp and his Orchestra with Jane Forrest , Bryan Johnson
Presented by John Simmonds

Written by Edward J. Mason and Geoffrey Webb.
A story of country folk.

followed by

Alan Dell makes a selection from the latest popular records

The last instalment of a serial by Francis Durbridge
'Return to Downburgh'
Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company
Production by Martyn C. Webster

Passages from Gilbert Harding 's autobiography ' Along My Line ' chosen by David Cleghorn Thomson and read by the author in six instalments

The celebrated French harpist plays with rhythm accompaniment
George Elliott (guitar) Leonard Cushion (bass)
Max Abrams (drums)

Inviting you backstage at your radio music-hall to meet
Jimmy Wheeler , Jean Parker
The Ray Ellington Quartet Reg Thompson , John Rorke
The Hindley Taylor Singers
Billy Ternent and his Orchestra
Continuity by Frank Roscoe Produced by John Ammonds

Ken Mackintosh and his Orchestra with Patti Forbes, Kenny Bardell, Don Cameron, and the Mackpies
Guests, The Keynotes

' The Gentle Years ' by T. Lovatt Williams
(to be read in fifteen instalments)
Abridged by Barbara Henderson
Read by Robert Harris
13— 'A Lover of Beauty'

Part 2: Latin-American
Francisco Cavez and his Latin-American Rhythm with Stuart Gordon
Guests, The Keynotes
Introduced by Bruce Wyndham
Production by Geoffrey Owen

followed by Shipping Forecast on 1,500 m. only