BBC Scottish Variety Orchestra
Conductor, Jack Leon
Louis Mordish and his Players
The Strolling Players
Directed by David Wolfsthal
News Summary at 7.30 and 8.30
Some more of the records you have asked to hear
News Summary at 9.30
A story, a hymn, and a prayer
Johnny Duncan and his Blue Grass Boys
The Bill Bailey Skiffle Group
Introduced by Brian Matthew
Produced by Jimmy Grant
The Promenade Players
Conductor, Sidney Bowman
Michael O'Duffy (tenor)
Sheila Larchet (harp)
Light Orchestra
Conductor, David Curry
Introduced by Maurice O'Callaghan
with music and memories from the year
1945 including
VE-Day Celebrations
Moscow Dynamos fogged down
King Haakon returns to Oslo
76th Birthday of Sir Harry Lauder
VJ-Day Celebrations and some of the songs that made the year's top twenty Presented by Paul Martin
Produced by Harold Rogers
Ted Heath and his Music with Bobbie Britton and Peter Lowe
Produced by John Hooper
News Summary at 12.30
Football League: Charles Buchan in London, David Coleman in Birmingham. and Bill Bothwell in Manchester give the latest news and their opinions about this afternoon's games Scottish League: by Tommy Muirhead Amateur International: England v. Scotland by W. J. Hicks
The Grand National: Raymond Glendenning discusses the prospects from the course at Aintree
Rugby Union: Wales v. France by J. B. G. Thomas
Rugby League by Alan Dixon
Table Tennis: Victor Barna talks about the final ties in the English Open Championships at Wembley
Introduced by Eamonn Andrews
Produced by Angus Mackay
BBC Midland Light Orchestra
Conductor, Gerald Gentry
Shipping Forecast at 1.40 on 1,500 m.
Music and songs of some of the leading popular song-writers
This week: Harry Warren with, among others, records by Frank Sinatra. Jo Stafford
Eddie Fisher and Carmen Miranda
Presented by John Hobday
Produced by Derek Chinnery
and his Orchestra
Commentary by Raymond Glendenning, assisted by Claude Harrison as race-reader, from the Grandstand; Robert Haynes, assisted by Aubrey Renwick, at the second fence; Michael O'Hehir at Becher's Brook; and Peter O'Sullevan at the twelfth fence
FROM AINTREE
Plan of the course: page 7
on gramophone records
Commentary on the second half of one of today's League matches
and his Sextet
Introduced by Eamonn Andrews
5.0 Football and Racing
The day's results read by John Webster
5.10 app. Special Reports and news flashes and interviews from the grounds
Information Desk
Experts answer your questions and problems concerning sport
Talking Sport
Leading players, administrators, and journalists join Eamonn Andrews at the microphone to discuss topics of the moment
5.50 app. Classified Football
Results
Today's programme includes:
First Division: Chelsea v. Sunderland; Manchester City v. Leeds United; Preston North End v. Leicester City; Sheffield Wednesday v. Manchester United; West Bromwich Albion V. Wolverhampton Wanderers
Second Division: Cardiff City v. Blackburn Rovers; Stoke City v. West Ham United
Scottish League: Tommy Muirhead on an outstanding match
Amateur International: England V. Scotland by W. J. Hicks
The Grand National: Extracts from the recorded commentary on today's big race at Aintree
Rugby Union: Wales v. France by J. B. G. Thomas
Produced by Angus Mackay
A session of music from ' Spanish to Skiffle' with Ken Sykora
The Ike Isaacs Guitar Group
Brian Daly
Don Johnson
Dorita and Pepe
Introduced by Brian Matthew
Produced by John Kingdon
A programme of traditional mainstream and modern jazz on gramophone records
Produced by Jack Dabbs
Charles Buchan summarises, the day's outstanding games
Three hours of words and music
Introduced by Charles Richardson and Tim Gudgin with Btars-In terviews-Features
Bhort Stories-News-Comedy and Personalities and featuring the recorded music of The BBC Northern Dance Orchestra conducted by Alyn Ainsworth with Sheila Buxton and Jimmy Leach at the electronic organ Charlie Katz and his Novelty Sextet
Continuity script by Charles Richardson
Edited and produced by John Bridges
News Summary at 8.30 and 9.30
In which Jack Payne introduces popular gramophone records from here, there, and everywhere
and his
Latin-American Orchestra
From Edmundo Ros' Club, London
News Summary at 11.30
followed by Shipping Forecast on 1,506 m. only