BBC Midland Light Orchestra
Leader, James Hutcheon
Conductor, Jack Coles
BBC Northern Ireland Light Orchestra
Leader, David Adams
Conductor, David Curry
Edward Rubach Quintet
The Gerald Crossman Players
Horace Finch at the organ of the Empress Ballroom, Blackpool
BBC recording
Jimmy Hanley introduces your request records
A story, a hymn, and a prayer
The Bowman-Hyde Singers and Players
Directed by Eric Wilson-Hyde
The Gough-Adams Music
from the West
'A Hole in the Hedge'
Written and read by Norman Goodland
(Wednesday's recorded broadcast)
Bringing you each week some of Britain's brightest and best ' pop' music groups and singers
Today
The Hedley Ward Trio Sid Phillips ' Band with songs from Gerry Beckles
The programme Introduced by I'eter King
Produced by Brian Matthew
BBC General Overseas Service recording
with his
Twelve O'Clock Spin of popular records
from the Royal Pioneer Corpa Depot, Northampton The Polka Dots
Betty
Smith Rosemary Squires
George Martin
Revil Terry (piano)
Jack Peberdy (string-bass) Rex Bennett (drums)
Des McGovern (guitar)
Produced by Richard Maddock
with the BBC Scottish Variety Orchestra Leader, Jack Nugent
Conductor, Jack Leon and Kathie Kay
News Summary at 1.30 followed' by
Today's story Big Fat Puss-Cat ' by Sheila Hayley , told by Julia Lang ,
Introduced by Marjorie Anderson
Out of the News: involving a topic of interest
Babies need Love: says Kathleen Crayford
Matching the Dog to the Owner: discussed by Joan Joshua and Wilson Stephens
A Personal Pleasure: John Fieldwalker enjoys landscape painting
Reading Your Letters
Career in Cameo: Gordon Gow talks to Katina Paxinou
' The Town House' by Norah Lofts
Read by Judi Dench
Anne Blanchefleur 's Tale
The third and sixth Items are recorded
Irene Prador offers a miscellany of music with a continental flavour
Produced by Mary Mitchell
Harold Collins and his Orchestra
Produced by Betty Davies
and cricket scoreboard
Records spun by GRAHAM GAULD for the young and the young at heart
The Lawn Tennis Championships
Latest results and commentary by Max Robertson and Maurice Edelston with summaries and comments by Bea Walter From the All England Club
Three-Band Session
Today:
Billy May and his Orchestra George Shearing Quintet
Frank Cordell and his Orchestra
Introduced by Tim Gudgin
News Summary at 6.30 followed by Tonight's Topic
including racing results and cricket close of play scores
Franklin Engelmann is the Chairman of this general knowledge contest in which listeners from all over the British Isles compete for the title ' Brain of Britain 1961 '
SEMI-FINALS (ii)
Competing in the second round of the Semi-Finals are
Mrs. Joan Taylor
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Lecturer
Mrs. Helen Morris , Dundee Lecturer
P. H. B. Smith , Edinburgh Publicity Officer
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
Repeated on Saturday at 12 noon
Tickets for this series are available on application to [address removed]enclosing a stamped addressed envelope.
featuring
Wilfred Pickles with Mabel Pickles and Eric James from The Queen's Hall Seatord , Sussex
Presented by Stephen Williams
from the Town Hall, Maidenhead where
George Woodcock , C.B.E.,
General Secretary of the T.U.C. and L. J. Callaghan , M.P. answer questions about
The interest of the Trade Union Movement in Politics Chairman, Bernard Storey
Members of the public and invited personalities put questions to a team of distinguished experts
The great minds are Jimmy Edwards
Ted Ray
Tommy Trinder
Bernard Braden
In the chair, McDonald Hobley
This week's special guest Roy Plomley
From an idea by Jimmy Edwards Produced by Edward Taylor
The recorded broadcast of March 28
with the BBC Revue Orchestra Leader, Julien Gaillard
Conducted by Malcolm Lockyer Semprini plays his own arrangements for piano and orchestra
Tonight's programme includes
Songs of famous French artists
Concerto Appassionato................Semprini Melodies from Cinderella Rodgers Produced by Frank Hooper
Eddie Thompson and Friends
An informal session by The Eddie Thompson -
Trio Blair and Eddie Blair Tony Coe, Danny Mors
Joe Temperley, Bill Le Sage
Introduced by Alan Dell
Produced by Terry Henebery
A serenade for late nighters presented by Julitha Walsh
Produced by Mary Mitchell
