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BBC Revue Orchestra
Conductor, Harry Rabinowitz
BBC Northern Ireland Light Orchestra
Conductor, David Curry
Victor Silvester and his Ballroom Orchestra
(BBC recording)

At 6.45 on 1,500 m.
Greenwich Time Signal; Shipping Forecast

News Summary at 7.30

Contributors

Musicians:
BBC Revue Orchestra
Conductor:
Harry Rabinowitz
Musicians:
BBC Northern Ireland Light Orchestra
Conductor:
David Curry
Musicians:
Victor Silvester and his Ballroom Orchestra
Presented by:
Geoffrey Owen

A voyage of discovery to find music from the New World and the Old with The Xavier Cugat Orchestra from America and Jean Faustin and his Orchestra from France.
Introduced by Denys Gueroult.
(BBC recording)

News Summary at 1.30
Shipping Forecast at 1.40 on 1,500 m.

Contributors

Musicians:
Xavier Cugat Orchestra
Musicians:
Jean Faustin and his Orchestra
Presenter:
Denys Gueroult

Including:

Coconuts and Crocodiles: 'Mama-Doetari' speaks of her life and work in Tanganyika. (First of two talks)

Report on Reports: Paul Leach draws attention to some interesting reports published recently.

The People I Meet: Johnny Morris offers some more reminiscences of his travels around and about.

Reading Your Letters

Good Cooks' Club: how to make left-overs palatable.
(BBC recording)

Serial: The Devil and Mary Ann
by Catherine Cookson.
Abridged by Donald Bancroft.
Read by Isla Cameron.
The ninth of ten instalments.

Introduced by Marjorie Anderson.
(Isla Cameron is in 'The Rose Tattoo' at the New Theatre, Liverpool)

News Summary at 2.30

Contributors

Speaker (Coconuts and Crocodiles):
null 'Mama-Doetari'
Reporter (Report on Reports):
Paul Leach
Speaker (The People I Meet):
Johnny Morris
Author (The Devil and Mary Ann):
Catherine Cookson
Abridged by (The Devil and Mary Ann):
Donald Bancroft
Reader (The Devil and Mary Ann):
Isla Cameron
Presenter:
Marjorie Anderson

Run over a distance of about two miles, four furlongs.
Commentary by Raymond Glendenning, assisted by Claude Harrison as race-reader at the Grandstand, Peter Montague-Evans at Becher's Brook, and by Raymond Brookes-Ward at the twelfth fence.
From Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool
See page 9

Contributors

Commentator:
Raymond Glendenning
Race-reader:
Claude Harrison
Assisted by:
Peter Montague-Evans
Assisted by:
Raymond Brookes-Ward

A musical journey to different countries on a magic carpet woven by the BBC
West of England Light Orchestra.
(Leader, Fredrick Lunnon)
Conductor, Frank Cantell
Guide, Hugh Shirreff
Today's tour includes Portugal, Spain, Corsica, Austria, Rumania, Central Asia, and Sweden.

Contributors

Musicians:
The BBC West of England Light Orchestra
Leader:
Fredrick Lunnon
Conductor:
Frank Cantell
Guide:
Hugh Shirreff

John Ellison and Robert MacDermot are the Question-Masters in this general knowledge contest between representative teams from girls' and boys' schools in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland
6-Wales
The County Grammar School
Cardigan (Girls) v.
The County Grammar School for Boys, Barry
Questions set by Tom Williams
Produced by Joan Clark

Contributors

Unknown:
John Ellison
Unknown:
Robert MacDermot
Unknown:
Tom Williams
Produced By:
Joan Clark

[Starring] Bernard Braden and Dick Bentley
with Vivienne Martin
The Singer, Lorrae Desmond
and 'Nearly Everybody Else,' Bernard Cribbins
Music written and arranged by Bob Sharples and played by the BBC Revue Orchestra
(Leader, Antony Gilbert)
Conductor, Harry Rabinowitz
Script written by David Climie and Pat Dunlop
Produced by Leslie Bridgmont

Contributors

Singer:
Lorrae Desmond
Unknown:
Bernard Cribbins
Arranged By:
Bob Sharpies
Leader:
Antony Gilbert
Conductor:
Harry Rabinowits
Written By:
David Climie
Written By:
Pat Dunlop
Produced By:
Leslie Bridgmont

Light Programme

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