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played today by BBC Revue Orchestra (Leader, Antony Gilbert )
Conductor, Harry Rabinowitz
BBC Variety Orchestra
(Leader, John Jezard )
Conductor, Paul Fenoulhet
The Malcolm Lockyer Quartet and Eddie Palmer at the novachord

Contributors

Leader:
Antony Gilbert
Conductor:
Harry Rabinowitz
Leader:
John Jezard
Conductor:
Paul Fenoulhet
Unknown:
Malcolm Lockyer
Unknown:
Eddie Palmer

including:
Still Life: Jeanne de Casalis tells the tale of a plant
Kevin FitzGerald talking
The Murderous Innocence of the Sea: A holiday experience recollected by Patricia Ash ' Things oft thought ': 1-Patric
Dickinson introduces a poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Serial: Anna Karenina ' by Leo Tolstoy
Adapted in seventeen parts by Claire Alexander
Read by Sir Donald Wolfit
Part 2
Introduced by Marjorie Anderson

Contributors

Unknown:
Jeanne de Casalis
Unknown:
Kevin Fitzgerald
Unknown:
Patricia Ash
Unknown:
Gerard Manley
Unknown:
Anna Karenina
Unknown:
Leo Tolstoy
Unknown:
Claire Alexander
Read By:
Sir Donald Wolfit
Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson

Frances Day, Diana Decker
Zoe Gail v.
Gerard Hoffnung , Ian Messiter
Eric Sykes
Referee, Michael Jackson
Each contestant, having no clue to the subject matter, is called upon to speak for sixty seconds, without hesitation, repetition or deviation. Is it possible?
Devised by Ian C. Messiter Production by C. F. Meehan

Contributors

Unknown:
Diana Decker
Unknown:
Zoe Gail
Unknown:
Gerard Hoffnung
Unknown:
Ian Messiter
Unknown:
Eric Sykes
Unknown:
Michael Jackson
Unknown:
Ian C. Messiter
Production By:
C. F. Meehan

You too can be a detective
Devised by Tony Shryane and Edward J. Mason
Listeners are invited to join with a panel of experts in testing their powers of crime detection
' Crash Dive'
Written by Edward J. Mason
Actors:
Joe McCready (Private Investigator)
Jon Farrell
Experts: John Arlott
F. R. Buckley , Robert Fabian
Produced by Tony Shryane (

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Shryane
Unknown:
Edward J. Mason
Unknown:
Joe McCready
Unknown:
Jon Farrell
Unknown:
John Arlott
Unknown:
F. R. Buckley
Unknown:
Robert Fabian
Produced By:
Tony Shryane
Inspector Galloway:
Hamilton Dyce
Bob Norris:
Geoffrey Lewis
Pat Norris:
Anne Cullen
Sally Greenway:
June Spencer
Jack Bolton:
Ronald Baddiley

Music in all directions
Introduced by Gordon Clinton
Celebrity Choice
Bernard Miles with Renata and the Montmartre Players directed by Henry Krein The Well-Tempered Singers and the London Theatre Orchestra
Conducted by Reginald Kilbey Produced by Charles Beardsall

Contributors

Introduced By:
Gordon Clinton
Unknown:
Bernard Miles
Directed By:
Henry Krein
Conducted By:
Reginald Kilbey
Produced By:
Charles Beardsall

at the Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
A report by Rex Alston illustrated with recorded commentaries on some of the main events
This Athletics meeting is one of the events arranged in connection with the British Trade Fair and Exhibition in Helsinki, and the small British team taking part has been selected from the athletes who are at present on tour for International matches against Poland and Germany.

Contributors

Unknown:
Rex Alston

' There's Something in the Air '
Ronnie Aldrich and the Squadronaires with Peter Morton , Joan Baxter
Andrew Reavley and Ken Kirkham
The Clarinet Capers of Sid Phillips and his Band with Tony Mansell
The Latin-American Music of Paul Brousse and his Orchestra
Produced by John Hooper

Contributors

Unknown:
Ronnie Aldrich
Unknown:
Peter Morton
Unknown:
Joan Baxter
Unknown:
Andrew Reavley
Unknown:
Ken Kirkham
Unknown:
Sid Phillips
Unknown:
Tony Mansell
Unknown:
Paul Brousse
Produced By:
John Hooper

Light Programme

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More