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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 from the Assembly Hall, Macclesfield, with the Darby and Joan and Old People's Clubs featuring
The Dormel Singers
Conductor, Dorothy Mellor
Harry Hayward (piano) Douglas Linton (drums)
Produced and compered by Bill Scott-Coomber

Contributors

Conductor:
Dorothy Mellor
Piano:
Harry Hayward
Piano:
Douglas Linton
Unknown:
Bill Scott-Coomber

Guest of the Week: the Rt. Hon. C.F. Cobbold, Governor of the Bank of England

Don't Go On About It: four people talk about the subjects that bore them

Legal Roundabout: Dudley Perkins comments on recent cases in the Law Courts
Reading Your Letters

It Has Happened: tale of a television set told by Doris Reese

Serial: 'My Brother Michael' by Mary Stewart
Abridged by Edward Blishen
Read by Mary Wimbush
The seventh of fourteen instalments

Introduced by Teresa McGonagle

(The second and third items are recorded)

See page 4

News Summary at 2.30

Contributors

Unknown:
C. F. Cobbold
Unknown:
Dudley Per
Told By:
Doris Reese
Unknown:
Mary Stewart
Read By:
Mary Wimbush
Introduced By:
Teresa McGonagle

The Two Thousand Guineas
A race for three-year-old colts and filliel run over a distance of one mile.
Commentary by Raymond Glendenning, assisted by Roger Mortimer, from the Grandstand, and by Peter Bromley from a point down the course
From Newmarket

Contributors

Commentary By:
Raymond Glendenning
Assisted By:
Roger Mortimer
Unknown:
Peter Bromley

News, views, and music
Wednesday edition
Introduced by Jeremy Hawk
This edition includes: On the Spot Interviews by Tony Marriott
'Off the Spike' News from George Martin
Stanley Dangerfield answers the letters you send to Pets' Post-bag
6.29 Weather and News Headlines followed by Tonight's Topic
BBC Northern Ireland Light Orchestra
Conductor, David Curry
Produced by John Simmonds
Shipping Forecast at 5.58 on 1,500 m.

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jeremy Hawk
Unknown:
Tony Marriott
Unknown:
George Martin
Unknown:
Stanley Dangerfield
Conductor:
David Curry
Produced By:
John Simmonds

Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon in LIFE WITH THE LYONS ' Maid to Measure ' with Barbara Lyon , Richard Lyon
Molly Weir , Doris Rogers
BBC Variety Orchestra (Leader, John Jezard )
Conductor, Paul Fenoulhet
Written by Bob Block
Brad Ashton and Bebe Daniels
Production by Tom Ronald

Contributors

Unknown:
Barbara Lyon
Unknown:
Richard Lyon
Unknown:
Molly Weir
Unknown:
Doris Rogers
Leader:
John Jezard
Conductor:
Paul Fenoulhet
Written By:
Bob Block
Written By:
Brad Ashton
Written By:
Bebe Daniels
Production By:
Tom Ronald

Devised by Tony Shryane and Edward J. Mason
You too can be a detective
' The Man in the Lift '
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
Unknown:
John Arlott
Unknown:
F. R. Buckley
Unknown:
Robert Fabian
Produced By:
Tony Shryane
Joe McCready, private investigator:
Jon Farrell
Inspector Galloway:
Hamilton Dyce
Mrs Bosworth:
Gladys Young
Zoe Bosworth:
June Spencer
Harry Bosworth:
Leslie Dunn
Mr Croker:
Geoffrey Lewis

The stars, the music the fun, joie de vivret
Georges Gugtary France's favourite stage and recording star
Cyril Fletcher grapples with his French grammar Betty Paul and Robert Beatty in ' Story Around a Song '
Script by Robert Bishop
The song: I dreamt
I was back in Paris
Stephane Grappelly
Gallic charm and music too
Bill Reid
Fresh from the Left Bank-so gauche
Eight Men and a Girl featuring Janet Waters with the men of the Adam Singers in a Parisian musical flirtation
The Adam Singers
Directed by Cliff Adams Paul Fenoulhet and the BBC Variety Orchestra
Production by Trafford Whitelock

Contributors

Unknown:
Cyril Fletcher
Unknown:
Betty Paul
Unknown:
Robert Beatty
Script By:
Robert Bishop
Directed By:
Cliff Adams
Directed By:
Paul Fenoulhet
Production By:
Trafford Whitelock

An uninterrupted sequence of familiar tunes
Introduced by Gerry Grant
PART 1: SIMPLE MELODY featuring the BBC Variety Orchestra with the String Choir
(Led by John Jezard )
Conducted by Paul Fenoulhet
The Donald Purchese Quintet and Stars on Record
Perry Como
Doris Day
The Ray Conniff Singer*
News Summary at 11.30
PART 2: DREAMY MELODY
A late evendng rendezvous with ' Music to Midnight'
Produced by Bill Sullivan and Norman Mead

Contributors

Introduced By:
Gerry Grant
Unknown:
John Jezard
Conducted By:
Paul Fenoulhet
Unknown:
Donald Purchese Quintet
Produced By:
Bill Sullivan
Produced By:
Norman Mead

Light Programme

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More