played today by BBC Revue Orchestra (Leader, Antony Gilbert )
Conductor, Harry Rabinowitz
BBC Variety Orchestra
(Leader, John Jezard )
Conductor, Paul Fenoulhet
Cecil Norman and the Rhythm Players with Danny Levan
News Summary at 7.30 and 8.30
Gilbert Harding introduces your request records
News Summary at 9.30
A story, a hymn, and a prayer
Conductor, Rex Mortimer
Ken Beaumont and his Sextet
' Time to Think ' by William Porritt
Read by Barbara Lott
at the BBC theatre organ
with records for your midday mood
from the canteen of a toffee factory, near Birmingham
Frances Taylor and Gerald Delmondi
Bernard Spear , Barbara Leigh
George Martin
Harry Engleman (piano)
Vic Mortiboys (string-bass)
Bob Mansell (drums)
Introduced by James Pestridge Produced by Richard Maddock
this week presents
Ronnie Keene and his Orchestra with Russ Hurren and guest artists:
Marion Keene and Maurice Allen
News Summary at 1.30
Shipping Forecast at 1.40 on 1,500 m.
Today's story: ' Spoon Faces ' by Irene Hope , told by Julia Lang
including
La Retraite: a story from France told by Antonia Ridge
Reading Your Letters and Answering Your Questions: a selection, from the Woman's Hour post, of letters asking for Information
The Worst of Being a Guest: Helen MacGregor recalls some incidents in other people's houses
The Opposite Sex: 5-Concerning husbands
Baby on Loan: Catherine Edwards describes her experience of pre-adoption foster-mothering
(Continued in next column)
Serial: 'Village Diary ' by ' Miss Read'
Abridged by Honor Wyatt
Read by Mary O'Farrell
The fifth of eight instalments
Introduced by Marjorie Anderson
News Summary at 2.30
Band of the Welsh Guards
Conducted by Major F. L. Statham
Director of Music
News Summary at 3.30
BBC West of England
Light Orchestra
Conductor, Frank Cantell
BBC Northern Dance Orchestra
Conducted by Alyn Ainsworth
Jack Byfield (piano)
The Pavilion Orchestra
Conducted by Sidney Bowman
with Margaret Bond and Matt Monro and featuring
Tubby the Tenor and The Slidemen
Introduced by Bruce Wyndham
Produced by John Kingdon
News Summary at 6.30
Written by Edward J. Mason and Geoffrey Webb.
A story of country folk.
From the R.A.F. Station,
Fighter Command,
Odiham, Hants with The Stargazers
Alma Cogan
Tony Fayne and David Evans
James Moody (piano) Bert Weedon (guitar) Max Abrams (drums)
Presented by Bill Gates
A battle of the sexes
Elizabeth Allan , Diana Decker
Gwen Plumb 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 Produced by C. F. Meehan
Music in all directions
Introduced by Franklin Engelmann
In Search of a Song
Shirley Abicair.
The Linden Singers
Sidney Bright and his Music and the BBC Concert Orchestra
(Leader, William Armon )
Conductor, Vilem Tausky
Produced by Charles Beardsall
You too can be a detective
Listeners are invited to join with a panel of experts in testing their powers of crime detection
' Tea for Two'
Written by Edward J. Mason
Actors:
Experts: John Arlott
F. R. Buckley , Robert Fabian
Devised by Tony Shryane and Edward J. Mason
Produced by Tony Shryane
A round-the-world trip in story and song
BBC Variety Orchestra
(Leader, John Jezard )
Conductor, Paul Fehoulhet
Written by Alan Reeve-Jones and Edwin Braden
Produced by John Hooper
You are invited to dance to the music of Victor Silvester and his Ballroom Orchestra
Produced by David Miller
Instruments and voices blend in music for the late evening with Osian Ellis and the BBC Studio Choir
Conducted by William Llewellyn
Produced by Charles BeardsaU
followed by Shipping Forecast on 1,500 m. only
