Franklin Engelmann introduces your request records

A story, a hymn, and a prayer

at the organ of the Gaumont Theatre, Manchester

Felix King and his Orchestra
(Felix King and his Orchestra are appear' ing at the Colony Restaurant, London)

From Scotland
" Narrow Pavement' by Alistair MacCrae
Read by Bryden Murdoch

Script by Billy Thatcher

Conductor, David Aspinall

and his Bavarian Band with Hilde Lergens
Ernst Frank and Fredi Bina

featuring Jerry Fielding and his Orchestra, The Calvin Jackson Quartet and the American Band of the A.E.F., Conducted by Major Glenn Miller, on gramophone records

Today's story: 'Cress Sandwiches for Tea ' by Joan E. Cass , told by Julia Lang.

Including
Reading Your Letters: expressing the listeners' point of view
New Home for Old: Mabel Van -stone tells how she and her husband solved the problem of keeping up a house that was too big
Making Your Garden Grow: Jim Middleton meets another listener to discuss her gardening problems
Off to Canada: Patricia O'Higgins talks about her decision to emigrate next month
The Guest is Always Right. Not always. Emily Walter , a hotelier's wife, reflects on the way some people behave
Serial:
'Madam, Will You Talk?' by Mary Stewart
Abridged by Edward Blishen
Read by Mary Wimbush
The second of fifteen Instalment.
Programme introduced by Marjorie Anderson

(Leader, J. Mouland Begbie )
Conductor, Ian Whyte

Band of the Royal Army Medical Corps
Conducted by Major L. D. Brown , M.B.E.
Director of Music

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

at the BBC theatre organ

Orchestra conducted by Harold Barlow and Frank Black

A programme of dance music with Les Howard and the BBC Northern Dance Orchestra
Conducted by Alyn Ainsworth
Presented by Geoffrey Wheeler

Record Interlude

A contest between thirty-two amateur choirs from all over England
The second of four programmes in Round 2
MIXED CHOIRS
Sale and District Musical Society
Conductor, Alfred Higson
Etruscan Choral Society Conductor, May Walley
CHILDREN'S CHOIRS
Marigarth Singers
Conductor, Marie Hogarth .
Highgate School Choir
Conductor, Edward T. Chapman Introduced by Antony Hopkins Produced by Charles Beardsall
All choirs in Round 2 have been invited to take part in a ' Banner of St. George Concert at the Royal Albert Hall, London, on April 27.

A series about you and your job presented by members of the Younger Generation
The Colonial Service
The service contains people of almost every skill and profession. In this programme, which was recorded in Kenya, Glyn Roberts shows you a little of the life of a District Commissioner and a District Officer — coping with finance, mixing with the ' locals,' learning the language, and so on. Their experiences serve as a guide for all who wish to enter the Colonial Service with its many branches.
Introduced by Don Durbridge
Queries arising from this programme can be sent to Crossroads, BBC, London, W.I. A selection will be answered in a special edition on March 26.

visits the villages of Over, Middle, and Nether Wallop,
Hampshire with Mabel at ' the table ' and Harry Hudson at the piano
Presented by Stephen Renaud Williams

Tunes you have asked us to play including some records chosen by Service men and women overseas
Presented by Marjorie Anderson

A play for radio by Edmund Crispin

[Starring] John Wyse, Anthony Nicholls

Melodious Memories of 1938 Larbara Leigh (soprano)
Harry Dawson (tenor)
Laurie Payne (baritone)
Recorded contributions by C. A. Lejeune and W. Macqueen-Pope
BBC Chorus
(Trained by Alan G. Melville )
BBC Concert Orchestra
(Leader, William Armon )
Conductor, Vilem Tausky
Script by Roy Plomley
Introduced by John Hobday
Produced by Eric Arden

and his Music with Bobbie Britton and Peter Low *

' Cry, the Beloved Country ' by Alan Paton
(to be read in ten instalments)
Abridged by Audrey Lucas
Read by Carleton Hobbs
Instalment 2

Soft and sentimental music on records for late-night listening

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