followed by
Morning Music
BBC Northern Ireland Light Orchestra
Leader, David Adams
Conductor, David Curry
BBC Midland Light Orchestra
Leader, James Hutcheon
Conductor, Gilbert Vinter
George Scott-Wood and his Music
Ian Stewart and his Quintet
The Robin Richmond Trio
Godfrey Winn introduces your request records
A story, a, hymn, fund & prafyer
The Bowman-Hyde Singers and Players
Directed by Eric Wilson-Hyde
Cecil Norman and his Rhythm Players
by Tom Waldron
Read by Noel Johnson
(Wednesday's recorded broadcast)
Bringing you each week some of Britain's brightest and beat pop music groups and singers
Today:
The Ronnie Keene Six
The Quartette Italiano
with a song from Juliet Rolls
Produced by Geoffrey Owen
BBC General Overseas Service recording
with his Twelve O'Clock Spin of popular records.
from a lighting equipment factory in Birmingham
The Tracy Sisters
Jack Watson
Carmita
Reg Dixon
Harry Engleman (piano) Sid Gateley (string-bass) Bob Mansell (drums)
Presented by James Pestridge
with the BBC Midland Light Orchestra
Leader, James Hutcheon
Conductor, Gilbert Vinter
and Denis Martin.
News Summary at 1.30
followed by Cricket Scoreboard
Today's story: 'White Socks for Fuss-Penny ' by Ann Elliott, told by Julia Lang.
Introduced by Marjorie Anderson
and including
"Rome Revisited" by Diana Graves
"Out of the News": involving a topic of interest
"Monument to Olaf": Antonia Ridge recalls her Swedish grandfather
"French to Get By": Mr. and Mrs. Wood learn from Claudia Worsthorpe
Reading Your Letters
"Away From It All?": some aspects of country living
Norman Shelley reads from 'Wagstaff's England' by Robert Greenwood
(The fourth item is recorded)
Irene Prador offers a miscellany of music with a continental flavour
Produced by Mary Mitchell
Fredric Cooper and his Tipica Orchestra
and cricket scoreboard
Records spun by Robin Richmond for the young and the young at heart
and the Novelairs
Three Band Session
Today:
Count Basie and his Orchestra
Chaquito and his Orchestra
Percy Faith and his Orchestra
Introduced by Tim Gudgin
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 the three finalists, who have won through from the fifty-six contestants representing all parts of the British Isles, compete for the title 'Brain of Britain 1961'
Mrs. Irene Thomas, London, Singer, Mrs. Joan Taylor Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Lecturer, and the winner of last week's programme
featuring Wilfred Pickles
with Mabel Pickles and Eric James
from The Pavilion, Westgate-on-Sea, Kent
(Eric James is appearing at the Peasholm Park, Scarborough)
from Wolsey Hall, Cheshunt
where Roy Jenkins, M.P. and Peter Kirk, M.P. answer questions about The Common Market
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 Edmundo Ros
Produced by Edward Taylor
(The recorded broadcast of April 11)
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
Produced by Frank Hooper
Traditional and mainstream jazz played by Monty Sunshine's Jazz Band with Beryl Bryden and The Fairweather-Brown All Stars. Introduced by Alan Dell.
including
Harry Belafonte
Errol Garner
Sidney Bechet and Billy Eckstine
Introduced by Neil Stevens
Produced by David AIlan
