(to 11.00)
From the new West Regional transmitter, 968 kc/s (309.9 m).
A programme of light music by The Western Studio Orchestra.
(See article and note on page 136)
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At the Organ of The Regal, Kingston-on-Thames
(Daventry National Programme)
Relayed from Bright's Cafe, Clifton, Bristol
Particular Pets: No. 6: What about your pussy? by Ray Kay.
Xylophone and Vibraphone solos by Leonard Hibbard.
Now you will hear all about Bumble's Music by Doris Twinn
Weather Forecast, First General News Bulletin and Bulletin for Farmers followed by Regional Announcements and Market Prices for Farmers in the West
(By permission of the Air Council)
Relayed from Bristol's 'Ideal Homes' Exhibition, Colston Hall, Bristol
by Laurence Housman and a little music
1. Leading Strings
Characters:
Queen Victoria; Prince Albert
Scene One of the private apartments at Windsor Castle, 1841, at 10 o'clock in the morning.
2. His Favourite Flower
(A political myth explained)
Characters:
The doctor
The statesman
The housekeeper
Scene: In the bedroom of the statesman; about 1880.
3. A Great Relief
Characters:
Queen Victoria
Sir Henry Ponsonby
Mr. Gladstone
Mrs. Gladstone
Scene: Queen Victoria's private apartment at Buckingham Palace, March 3, 1894.
In these days of political perplexity and international uncertainty, it is perhaps refreshing and, maybe, illuminating to look upon the great political figures of the past.
'The Victorian Era,' says Mr. Housman, 'has ceased to be a thing of yesterday it has become history.... Why should I trouble to resuscitate these Victorian remains? My answer is because I myself am Victorian, and because the Victorianism to which I belong is because the so rapidly into history, henceforth to present to the world a colder aspect than that which endears it to my own mind.... Under this rose shaded lamp of history, domestically designed, I would have these old characters look young again, or not at least as though they belonged to another age.'
As the title indicates, the plays will be interspersed with a little music.
(to 22.45)
West Regional transmitter, 968 kc/s (309.9 m.)
Dance Music by The B.B.C. Dance Orchestra, directed by Henry Hall.
(See article and note on page 136)
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