BBC Revue Orchestra
Conductor, Harry Rabinowitz
BBC Variety Orchestra
Conductor, Paul Fenoulhet
Cecil Norman and the Rhythm Players with Danny Levan
News Summary at 7.30 and 8.30
Ralph Reader introduces your request records
News Summary at 9.30
A story, a hymn, and a prayer
Conductor, J. J. Stobbs
Ken Beaumont and his Sextet
' Kennedy ' by Leslie Godfrey
Read by Molly Rankin
Script by Billy Thatcher
at the BBC theatre organ
with records for your midday mood
WORKERS' PLAYTIME from a factory in Letchworth, Herts with Tollefsen
Billy (Uke) Scott
Bernard Spear
Jill Day
James Moody (piano) . Bert Weedon (guitar) Max Abrams (drums)
Presented by Bill Gates
Don Smith and his Orchestra with Marjorie Daw and Franklyn Boyd and featuring
'The Smith Request Corner'
(Don Smith and his Orchestra are appearing at the Cresta Ballroom, Luton)
News Summary at 1.30
Shipping Forecast at 1.40 on 1,500 m.
Today's story: Dan Pig ' by Peggy Worvill , told by Daphne Oxenford
Reading Your Letters and Answering Your Questions: a selection, from the Woman's Hour post, of letters asking for information
As I See It: observations from Kevin FitzGerald
Remembering My Mother: E. M. Delafield-as her daughter Rosamund Truelove thinks of her
Hints That May Help: about the care of furniture; the choosing of fish; and the washing of fabrics and dishes I
A Dog's Life: a talk by S. P. B. Mais
Serial: ' The Shadow of Time ' by Christopher Landon Abridged by Neville Teller
Read by Russell Napier
The seventh of ten instalments
Introduced by Marjorie Anderson
News Summary at 2.30
Band of H.M. Royal Marines (Plymouth)
Conducted by Captain W. Lang , M.B.E.
Director of Music
News Summary at 3.30
BBC West of England
Light Orchestra
Conductor, Frank Cantell
Script by Billy Thatcher
BBC Northern Dance Orchestra
Conducted by Alyn Ainsworth
Norman Whiteley (piano)
The Granville Players
Directed by Cecil Woods
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 Geoffrey Webb and Edward J. Mason.
A story of country folk.
visits St. Ives
The picturesque fishinfr town on the Cornish Riviera with Mabel at ' The Table' and Harry Hudson at the piano
Presented by Stephen Williams
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?
TUESDAY TUNETIME Music in all directions
Introduced by Franklin Engelmann with Owen Brannigan
BBC Chorus
(Trained by Alan G. Melville )
Sidney Bright and his Music
BBC Concert Orchestra
(Leader, William Armon )
Conductor, Vilem Tausky
Produced by Charles Beardsall
You too can be a detective
* Fire Escape'
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 Fenoulhet
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