(From Birmingham)
Conducted by E. A. PARSONS

(From Birmingham)
BILLY FRANCIS and his BAND
Relayed from the West End Dance Hall
WORTLEY ALLEN presents ' Characters from
Dickens'

(From Birmingham)
' About Scotland and the Scots,' by Angus Wilson
Scots Songs by JANET MACFARLANE (Soprano) 'The Hungry Child's Alphabet — Breakfast,' by Margaret Madeley
Songs by CUTHBERT
FORD (Baritone)

TIME Signal, GREENWICH; WEATHER FORECAST, FIRST GENERAL NEWS Bulletin

(From Birmingham)
THE BIRMINGHAM
STUDIO ORCHESTRA
Conducted by JOSEPH LEWIS
MARJORIE TILSON
(Mezzo-Soprano) OLGA THOMAS
(Pianoforte)

(From Birmingham)
WALTER JoNES and PARTNER (Light Songs and Harmony)
JOCK MARRISON (Scots Songs and Stories)
PAULINE and DIANA (Instrumentalists)
GEORGE GREGORY (Comedian)
PHILIP MIDDLEMISS and WINIFRED WYNTON in ' Snatches of Conversation '
PHILIP BROWN 'S DOMINOES DANCE BAND

WEATHER FORECAST; SECOND GENERAL NEWS
BULLETIN

(From Birmingham) THE BIRMINGHAM
STUDIO ORCHESTRA.
Conducted by Joseph LEWIS
HELEN ALSTON
(Soprano)
Thomas, although known almost wholly now by Mignon, was the composer of at least twenty operas and full-sized ballets which enjoyed great popularity in the second half of last century. In his own day, indeed, he was easily the most popular of composers for the Paris stage. The latter part of his life was spent, however, in teaching, as head of the famous
Paris Conservatoire-a post which he held for twenty-five years. It was the success of his Opera Hamlet, following on Mignon, which won him that distinction, and to Mignon he owed the award of the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, which was given him on the occasion of its thousandth performance.
The Opera Raymond, of which only the Overture is now played, although that is well known and popular, appeared in 1861.

THE PICCADILLY PLAYERS, directed by AL STARlTA, and THE PICCADILLY GRILL BAND, directed by JERRY Hoey , from THE PICCADILLY
HOTEL