Conductor, E. Godfrey Brown
A reading from Froissart's Chronicles by Giles Playfair
A commentary on the match by P. G. H. Fender from Lord's
Directed by Henry Hall
including Weather Forecast
by Hans Andersen
Read in his own translation by Paul Leyssac
from Queen's Hall, London
(Sole Lessees, Messrs. Chappell and Co., Ltd.)
G. Thalben-Ball
Fanfares for the sequence of Dominion Greetings composed by Arthur Bliss
The BBC Military Band
Conductor, B. Walton O'Donnell
Messages from overseas arranged in co-operation with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the Australian Broadcasting Commission, the National Broadcasting Service of New Zealand, the South African Broadcasting Corporation, All-India Radio, the Government of Bermuda, and the British General Post Office.
The BBC also gratefully acknowledges the co-operation of the High Commissioners for Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Southern Rhodesia, and of the India Office, the Burma Office, the Dominions Office, and the Colonial Office.
by His Majesty the King
and Forecast for Shipping
Coronation News
A Programme of Dance Music from the British Isles
Devised and presented by Paul Askew featuring:
Bobby Hind and his Band from the Beach Dance Hall, Aberdeen
The Orpheans, directed by Frank Rea from the Orpheus Restaurant, Belfast
Larry Brennan and his Band from the Tower Ballroom, Blackpool
Douglas Swallow and his Band from the Palais de Danse, Birmingham
Glyn Samuel and his Band from the Rolls Hall, Monmouth
Harry Evans and his Band from the Grand Hotel, Torquay
The programme linked together by The BBC Dance Orchestra directed by Henry Hall from London
