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BBC Variety Orchestra
Conductor, Paul Fenoulhet
Malcolm Lockyer and his Orchestra
Francisco Cavez and his Latin-American Rhythm
At 6.45 on 1,500 m.
G.T.S.; Shipping Forecast
Weather and News Summary at 7.30

Contributors

Conductor:
Paul Fenoulhet
Conductor:
Malcolm Lockyer
Unknown:
Francisco Cavez

Join community-singing with an invited audience from the VHF Exhibition at the Town Hall, Middlesbrough with Norman George (violin)
Susan Bailey (soprano) accompanied by Harry Hayward (piano)
Vernon Leigh (drums)
Conducted and produced by Bill Scott-Coomber

Contributors

Violin:
Norman George
Soprano:
Susan Bailey
Piano:
Harry Hayward
Piano:
Vernon Leigh
Produced By:
Bill Scott-Coomber

including
Guest of the Week: Johnny Dankworth
All Mod Cons' in a Compost Heap: by James Stevenson
Why Doesn't Daddy Come Home?: Elizabeth Smith describes the problems of her broken marriage
Reading Your Letters
Greenery-Yallery: Pearl Binder finds William Morris's ' Art Nouveau ' very much alive today
(Continued in next column)
The Joys of Living: 2-Laurie Lee, Diana Graves and Adrian
Seligman
Serial: ' Boy in a Grey Overcoat' by Jean Ross
Abridged by P. J. R. Wright
Read by June Tobin
The seventh of twelve instalments
Introduced by Marjorie Anderson
News Summary at 2.30

Contributors

Unknown:
James Stevenson
Unknown:
Jean Ross
Abridged By:
P. J. R. Wright
Read By:
June Tobin
Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson

News, views and music
Wednesday edition
Introduced by Jeremy Hawk
This edition includes:
A tip from David Johnson ,
Roundabout's Handyman
On the Spot Interviews by Tony Marriott
' Off the Spike ' News from George Martin
Appointment with a Doctor
6.29 Weather and News Headlines followed by Tonight's Topic
(Leader, David Adams )
Conductor. David Curry
Produced by John Simmonds
Shipping Forecast at 5.58 on 1,500 m.

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jeremy Hawk
Unknown:
David Johnson
Unknown:
Tony Marriott
Leader:
David Adams
Conductor:
David Curry
Produced By:
John Simmonds

GUILTY PARTY
Devised by Tony Shryane and Edward J. Mason
You too can be a detective
Listeners are invited to join with a panel of experts in testing their powers of crime detection
' The Gamblers'
Written by Edward J. Mason
Actors:
Panel of Experts:
John Arlott , F. R. Buckley
Robert Fabian
Produced by Tony Shryane

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Shryane
Unknown:
Edward J. Mason
Written By:
Edward J. Mason
Unknown:
John Arlott
Unknown:
F. R. Buckley
Unknown:
Robert Fabian
Produced By:
Tony Shryane
Joe McCready, private investigator:
Jon Farrell
Inspector Galloway:
Hamilton Dyce
Constable:
Christopher Hodge
George Barlow:
Arnold Peters
Harold Carr:
Wilfred Babbage
Rose Porcher:
June Spencer
Mrs Gantry:
Courtney Hope

with the stars, the music the discoveries, the shows
This week
Elsie and Doris Waters
There's nobody like 'em
Joan Carlyle and Forbes Robinson
The World of Opera
Doris Hare and Maurice Denham in ' Story Around a Song ' Script by Gene Crowley
The song: It's nice to have a man about the house '
Norman Vaughan
Now there's a funny boy
Eight Men and a Girl featuring Janet Waters with the men of The Adam Singers in a musical flirtation
The Malcolm Mitchell Trio
Singin' 'n' Swingin'
The Adam Singers
Directed by Cliff Adams Paul Fenoulhet and the BBC Variety Orchestra (Leader, John Jezard )
Additional material by Dick Vosburgh and Brad Ashton
Continuity by Betty Garland
Production by Trafford Whitelock

Contributors

Unknown:
Joan Carlyle
Unknown:
Forbes Robinson
Unknown:
Doris Hare
Unknown:
Maurice Denham
Script By:
Gene Crowley
Unknown:
Norman Vaughan
Unknown:
Janet Waters
Directed By:
Cliff Adams
Directed By:
Paul Fenoulhet
Leader:
John Jezard
Unknown:
Dick Vosburgh
Unknown:
Brad Ashton
Unknown:
Betty Garland
Production By:
Trafford Whitelock

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