Light Orchestra
Conductor, David Curry
BBC Midland Light Orchestra
(Leader. James Hutcheon )
Conducted by Leo Wurmser
Sidney Davey and his Players

Introduced by John Watt

A story, a hymn, and a prayer

at the organ of the Odeon, Leicester Square

Phil Tate and his Orchestra

' A Part of the School by Marjorie M. Moore
Read by Philip Scott

Script by Robert Turley

Sandy Macpherson at the BBC theatre organ

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

Cathie Haigh
Clarence Wright
George Betton
Hugh Harden
G. H. Elliott and the Palace of Varieties Chorus
Chairman, Rob Currie
Presented by C. F. Meehan in collaboration with Ernest Longstaffe who also conducts the BBC Variety Orchestra
(Leader, John Jezard )

Ken Mackintosh and his Orchestra with Kenny Bardell
Kay Elvin , Bobby Johnson and The Mackpies
Presented by Cyril Drake
News Summary at 1.30
Shipping Forecast at 1.40 on 1,500 m.

Today's story: ' Blackberry Pie ' by Ellen Evans , told by Daphne Oxen ford.

including
Quest of the Week: Sir Miles Thomas, D.F.C., M.i.Mech.E., M.S.A.E.
Housewife's Book Choice: Elizabeth Berridge recommends some recent books
Reading Your Letters: expressing listeners' points of view
A Personal Letter to Woman's Hour listeners from Audrey Russell in Canada.
Serial: 'The Sunset Hour' by Margaret Summerton
Abridged by Donald Bancroft
Read by Mary Wimbush
The eleventh of fifteen instalments
Introduced by Marjorie Anderson

A handicap for three-year-olds and upwards run over a distance of two-and-a-quarter miles.
Commentary by Raymond Glendenning assisted by Roger Mortimer as race-reader, from the Grandstand, and by Peter O'Sullevan from a point down the course
From Newmarket Heath

Ronnie Munro and his Orchestra

The Neville Hughes Septet
Presented by John Simmonda

The International Players Directed by Gilbert Vinter
The Harlequins
Directed by Sidney Sax
David Buchan (piano)

with Rose Brennan , Larry Gretton and Ross MacManus
Introduced by Peter King
Produced by John Kingdon

including
The arrival of Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh at Patrick Henry Airport, Virginia, at the start of their visit to the United States
A direct report from Douglas Willis. who describes the scene at the airport

Dick Emery , Warren Mitchell
Pearl Carr , Ronald Chesney
Stanley Unwin
BBC Variety Orchestra
Conductor, Paul Fenoulhet
Script by Ronald Wolfe
George Wadmore and David Climle
Produced by Roy Speer

A serial in six parts by Giles Cooper from the novel by John Wyndham
[Starring] Patrick Barr and Monica Grey

A mysterious blindness has struck everyone who watched the brilliant flashes that lit the whole sky two nights ago. The streets of London are full of groping, desperate, hungry people, for all gas and electricity services have broken down. Bill Masen at first imagines he alone has escaped with his sight but he rescues Josella from a blinded tough.
The general calamity gives their chance to the triffids, highly poisonous carnivorous plants, with the power of lumbering about on their stubby roots. These monstrosities were extensively farmed for the sake of their valuable oils, but now they are beginning to break out of their enclosures.
Bill and Josella escape from the chaos in the streets into a luxurious flat whose owners have disappeared. They see a searchlight in the sky, and realise that there must be other sighted people left.

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

of Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh
The day's events
Introduced by Godfrey Talbot
The programme includes recordings by Godfrey Talbot and Douglas Willis of the Royal arrival in the United States and visit to the Jamestown Festival

Songs from the sound-tracks
Edited by Desmond Carrington and Spencer Hale
Devised and produced by Peter Duncan

Dance music designed for late listening played by The Johnny Dankworth Orchestra with songs in the individual style of Cleo Laine and featuring
The Dave Lee Trio
The Laurie Monk Quartet
The Dickie Hawdon Quintet and the Johnny Dankworth Seven
Produced by Jimmy Grant

followed by Shipping Forecast on 1,500 m. only