played today by BBC Scottish Variety Orchestra
(Leader, Jack Nugent )
Conductor, Jack Leon
Melody on Strings directed by Max Jaffa
The Tunesmiths directed by Sidney Bright

This weekend's food news by Molly Weir

Records you have asked to hear

A story, a hymn, and a prayer

The Cotton Pickers and The Danny-Levan Quartet
Producer, Jimmy Grant

Sidney Davey and his Players

Songs and music recorded in European countries
Introduced by Roy Williams

Eric Darby at the piano

and his Pieces of Eight with Betty Taylor and Franklyn Boyd

A daily programme from the National Radio Show at Earls Court
Today's disc-jockey, David Jacobs talks to visitors to the Show and challenges the BBC Gramophone Library to find their choice in record time

What's On Today?
A magazine programme including:
Football League: Charles Buchan in London, David Coleman in Birmingham, and H. D. Davies in Manchester, give the latest news and their opinions about this afternoon's games
Scottish League: by Tommy Muirhead Athletics: Harold Abrahams , in Warsaw, talks about the International match between Poland and Great Britain
Racing: Raymond Glendenning discusses the prospects for the Prince Edward Handicap at Manchester
Introduced by Eamonn Andrews
Produced by Angus Mackay

at the BBC theatre organ

A musical programme for children under five
Ann Driver , Marjorie Westbury , and Maurice Bevan include, ' A Frog he would a-wooing go ' and some games in the garden in a programme introduced by John Webster. (BBC recording)

and his Players

(105th Annual Contest) from the King's Hall, Belle Vue , Manchester Commentary by Phillip Dobson

Henry Riddell talks to people out for the day and invites them to challenge Gerald Shaw at the BBC theatre organ to play their favourite tune

at Manchester
The Prince Edward Handicap
A handicap race for three-year-olds and upwards over two miles, three furlongs, and seventy-five yards
Commentary by Raymond Glendenning, assisted by Claude Harrison as race-reader
From Castle Irwell Racecourse

(Continued)

Poland r. Great Britain at the Decennium Stadium,
Warsaw
Latest news and commentaries by Rex Alston and Harold Abrahams

Commentary on the second half of one of today's Football League matches

A return visit to Belle Vue , Manchester, for the results of the Championship

Eamonn Andrews introduces a comprehensive and up-to-the-minute survey of the day's sport from reporters and observers throughout the country and overseas
5.0 Football and Racing
The day's results read by John Hobday
6.10 app. Special Reports and news flashes and interviews from the grounds
6.50 app. Classified Football
Results
Today's programme includes:
First Division: Birmingham City v. Newcastle United; Blackpool v. Arsenal; Sunderland v. Aston Villa; Tottenham Hotspur v. Burnley
Second Division: Blackburn Rovers v. Lincoln City; Stoke City v. Charlton Athletic
Scottish League: Tommy Muirhead on an outstanding match
Athletics: Harold Abrahams reports from Warsaw on the International match between Poland and Great Britain
Inter-Regional Quiz
Sports Report v. Sport in the West
A four-a-side challenge contest on Association Football, Athletics, Boxing, and Cricket
THE TEAMS
Sports Reports Charles Buchan , Norris McWhirter , Frank Butler , E. W. Swanton
Sport in the West: Jimmy Ure. Jack Gregory , Gordon Hazell , David Moore
Produced by Angus Mackay
Shipping Forecast at 5.58 on 1,500 m. only

Excerpts from operetta opera, ballet, musical comedy played by the BBC Welsh Orchestra
(Leader, Philip Whiteway) Conductor, Rae Jenkins

A Toot on the Flute
A survey of the flute in the jazz field
Written by Harry Giltrap and Frank Dixon
Introduced by Frank Dixon

including cricket close of p]ay scores and Charles Buchan on today's football

Parti

8 — ' How I crossed the River Chindwin' by John Seymour
Try as he would, says John Seymour , he could never strike the heroic note while playing his part in the prosecution of the last war. But he does put forward the claim that he was the first man of the Fourteenth Army to cross the River Chindwin.

Part 2
From the Royal Albert Hall, London

Gramophone records of some" favourite music

and his
Latin-American Orchestra from Edmundo Ros ' Club, London

followed by Shipping Forecast on 1,500 m. only