Familiar tunes featuring the BBC Revue Orchestra with the String Choir
Leader, Julien Gaillard
Conducted by Malcolm Lockyer The Stan Reynolds Octet
The great minds are:
Jimmy Edwards , Ted Ray
Tommy Trinder , Cyril Fletcher
In the chair, McDonald Hobley
Special guest: Eric Robinson
Last Tuesday's recorded broadcast
Some more of the records you have asked to hear played by Peter Brough assisted by Archie Andrewa
A story, a hymn and a prayer
The best of today's pop entertainment featuring
Matt Monro
The Avons
Keith Kelly
Bill Forbes
The Bert Weedon Sextet
The Ted Taylor Four
Ronnie Aldrich and the Squadcats with Joan Baxter and Bobbie Burns
Folk Beat Music from
The Galliards
New to You
Spinning the latest releases
Cat's Call
Disc stars you've requested
Introduced by Brian Matthew
Produced by Jimmy Grant
Franklin Engelmann is the Chairman of this general knowledge contest, In which listeners from all over the British Isles compete for the titte ' Brain of Britain 1961'
5: MIDLANDS
AND EAST ANGLIA
The contestants representing the Midlands and East Anglia are:
Mrs. Margaret Stockbridge , Cambridgeshire
Michael Warde , Suffolk Surveyor
Arthur Jackson , Norfolk Bank official
Ralph Conisbee , Bedfordshire Retired schoolmaster
The programme also includes ' Hear! Hear! '
A test of memory for listeners at home and in the audience
The programme devised and written by John P. Wynn
Produced by Joan Clark
Last Thursday's recorded broadcast
with Eamonn Andrews
What's on Today?
A magazine programme, Including: Rugby Union: Bill McLaren on Scotland v. Wales: Sammy Walker on Ireland v. England
Football League: Clifford Webb in London, Charles Harrold in Birmingham. and Bill Bothwell in Manchester give the latest news and their opinions about this afternoon's games
Scottish F.A. Cup: Tommy Muirhead sums up the prospects for the Second Round ties
Cricket: Crawford White reports from Melbourne on the fifth Test Match between Australia and the West Indies
Racing: a preview of today's meetings
Rugby League: by Alan Dixon Produced by Angus Mackay
featuring the British Concert Band
Conducted by Gilbert Vinter and String Song
Conducted by Ronald Binge with the London Studio Players
Solo violin, Reginald Leopold and the George Mitchell Singers
Guest singer,
Raimund Herincx
Introduced by John Dunn
Produced by Geoffrey Brand
and his
Latin-American Orchestra
and his Septet
Commentary by Alan Clarke on the second half of one of today's English League matches
4.5 app. Classified half-time scores
with Ian Stewart
with Eamonn Andrews
A comprehensive and up-to-the-minute survey of the day's sport from importers and observers throughout the country and overseas
5.0 Football and Racing: the day's results read by John Webster and Gerald Sinstadt
5.10 app. Special Reports and news flashes and interviews from the grounds
Rugby Union: Reports by Bryn Thomas on Scotland v. Wales and by Rex Alston on Ireland v. England
First Division: Arsenal v. Cardiff Citv: Aston Villa v. Tottenham Hotspur: Burnley v. Sheffield Wednesday: West Ham United v. Everton: Wolverhampton Wanderers v. Manchester United
Second Division: Southampton v. Ipswich Town; Sunderland v. Middlesbrough
Scottish F.A. Cup: Tommy Muirhead reports on a Second Round tie
Cricket: Jack Fingleton, in Melbourne, reports on the fifth Test Match between Australia and the West Indies
Talking Sport: Leading players, administrators and journalists join Eamonn Andrews at the microphone to discuss topics of the moment
5.52 app. CLASSIFIED FOOTBALL RESULTS Produced by Angus Mackay
Community singing from Penzance, Cornwall
Master of Ceremonies Bernard Fishwick
Conducted by Lawrence Adam with Dorothy Harwood (soprano) Arthur Parkman (piano) Produced by Brian Patten
Reflecting International, Commonwealth and United Kingdom artists appearing currently before London audiences
What's New in the Theatre
The Song of the Week
Record Event
London Cabaret
Lisa Roza at Quaglino's Restaurant, London and a collection of other items
Introduced by Wilfrid Thomas who goes back-stage and all over the place digging up unusual personal stories
with The Bill Shepherd Singers and the BBC Revue Orchestra, Leader, Julien Gaillard, Conducted by Malcolm Lockyer
Produced by Trafford; Whitelock
BBC General Overseas Service recording
Clifford Webb summarises the clay's outstanding games
invite you to
International Star Time with gramophone records, of soma of their favourite artists
Recording
Henry Krips conducts the BBC Concent Orchestra
Leader, William Armon with Beryl Kimber (violin)
Introduced by Roy Williamson Produced by Geoffrey Brand
From the Assembly Hall, Royal Tunbridge Wells
In association with rhe
Borough of Royal Tunbridge Wells
Modem
Records introduced by Steve Race
played by David Jacobs
An up-to-the-minute survey of popular records featuring those currently climbing the Top Twenty and a review of the very latest releases
Produced by Derek Chlnnery