John Watt introduces your request records

A story, a hymn, and a.prayer

at the organ of the Tower Ballroom, Blackpool

Marcel Gardner and his Orchestra

' The Thief,' by Ruskin Bond
Read by Roger Delgado

(Leader. Jack Nugent )
Conducted by Arthur Anton

(Leader, James Hutcheon )
Conducted by Leo Wurmser
Una Hale (soprano)

and his Orchestra

Story: 'Tommy the Tugboat's Holtday,' by Dora Thatcher , told by Daphne Oxenford.

2-' Seekers of the Plains '
In the second of these three programmes George Farwell visits a village school in the New Guinea plains. Here the old way of life is more swiftly adapted than among the mountains, as people eagerly grasp the benefits offered to them by the white man.
(Recording made available by courtesy of the ABC. and previously broadcast on Monday)

Robert Naylor 's Valentine Girls
At the piano, Herbert Halliday
Presented by Herbert Smith

The serial which most listeners to Woman's Hour voted to hear again while their programme is off the air
The story, specially written for Woman's Hour, is told again by its author, Antonia Ridge
8-' Seeing the Tour de France '

Isy Geiger and his Viennese Music with Elsa Steck

Cecil Norman and the Rhythm Players

at the BBC theatre organ

BBC West of England
Light Orchestra
Conductor, Frank Cantell
Frederick Harvey (baritone)

Hans Soffer reminds you of A Year of Melody with his own arrangements of the tunes you were whistling in 1947

A miscellany of music and song by the BBC Revue Orchestra
Conducted by Harry Rabinowitz
Soloist, Andy Cole
Produced by Frank Hooper

Written by Eddie Maguire
' Purely Psychological '
Produced by Peter Eton

Meet the character with the straw hat, cigar, and glasses in his weekly get-together
Paid-up Members:
In Arrears:
The ' Know- All ' himself, Dave Morris with George Mitchell 's Five in a Bar and Jimmy Leach's 'Clubnighters'
Script by Dave Morris, Frank Roscoe and Wally Ashley
Produced by John Ammonds

The Maple Leaf Four
Louise Howard
Gabby, Zeke,
Ezra Jim Hawthorn , Happy Pappy and Slim Weston and his Smokey Mountain Boys
Produced by Jacques Brown
(The Maple Leaf Four are in Catlin's Show Time ' at Worthing Pier Pavilion)

starring Bob Hope with his special guests
Deborah Paget and Jerry Colonna also featuring
Bill Goodwin , Margaret Whiting
Les Brown and his Band of Renown
Written by Norman Sullivan and Charles Lee
Recorded in Hollywood and edited by Dennis Main Wilson

A song-a-minute sequence of popular melodies, old and new sung by Benny Lee , Pearl Carr
Franklyn Boyd , Jean Campbell
The Keynotes and the Johnston Brothers accompanied by The Steve Race Quintet with Bryan Rodwell at the electric organ
Devised and produced by Johnnie Stewart

'Trent's Last Case,' by E. C. Bentley
Read by Richard Hurndall 14 — ' No Neck in the Noose '

The Albany Strings
Directed by Reg Pursglove

followed by Shipping Forecast on 1,500 m. only