from page 25 of ' New Every Morning
Intermediate French
Dialogue-' Une Journee aux sports d'hiver '
ROBERT BONGRAND and YVONNE
OBERLIN
(Scotland)
11.20 Interval Music
11.25 Senior Geography Man and Nature
' Africa'
' What Insects do—Locusts'
H. B. JOHNSTON
The speaker this morning is one of the world's greatest experts on the locust problem, and recently represented Uganda and Tanganyika at the International Locust Conference in Brussels.
It is probably true that locusts have plagued man as long as he has existed on the earth. They are older than the pyramids or the Stone
Age. While modern methods of fighting them have done a lot to combat the menace in certain parts of the world, they still remain the terror of the hot-country farmer.
There are few creatures that multiply at so astonishing a rate, and the Arabs have a saying to the effect that the locust lays ninety-nine eggs, for if it laid a hundred the world could not contain all the tribe that would be produced.
The speaker will describe some ravages by locusts that he has seen, and will tell you about three particular methods used to combat them.
by Pamela Norris
by Al Collins and his Dance Orchestra
(by permission of the Savoy Hotel, Ltd.)
from the Gaumont State, Kilburn
Ⓓ at the Organ of the Empress
Ballroom, Blackpool
Nature Study
Round the Countryside
' Badgers, Hedgehogs, and Moles'
ERIC PARKER
2.25 Interval Music
2.30 British History
Ⓓ 'The Spanish Armada'
D. SCOTT DANIELL
by Thomas Hardy , read by V. C.
Clinton-Baddeley
6— 'A Meeting of the Quire '
(West of England)
Leader, Harold Fairhurst
Conductor, Richard Austin
Solo violoncello, Feuermann from the Pavilion, Bournemouth (Soloist, FEUERMANN)
' Dog Shows'
Barbara Rothwell Fielding
with Brian Lawrance
(All items arranged by Fred Hartley )
including Weather Forecast
What does the housewife want ?
The consumer's preferences and how the British farmer tries to meet popular demand in the face of strong overseas competition, by Anthony Hurd
The BBC Orchestra
(Section C)
Led by Marie Wilson
Conducted by the composer
Overture, Life and Love
Rhapsody, King Orry
Suite, East of Suez
1 Aziza, the Temple Dancer. 2 Moti Lal , the Charmer of Snakes. 3 Susuki, the Geisha
(First Performance)
Variations on a Once Popular
Humorous Song
Once again Haydn Wood comes to the microphone and conducts a programme of his own compositions, including the first performance of a suite ' East of Suez '.
The programme as a whole shows
Haydn Wood in the light of a serious composer. His lightest effort, however, is the ' Variations on a Once-Popular Humorous Song', which was originally written as a musical jest. It is based on a comic song which once enjoyed great popularity -' If you want to know the time, ask a p'liceman '. This tune is subjected to seven variations and a symphonically extended finale. Although the whole work sets out to entertain rather than to uplift, throughout the music is characterised by its fastidious and skilful workmanship.
No. 3
A weekly entertainment which includes something for everybody
Presented by William MacLurg
' The Lucky Melody' the popular song of the week
' Mr. Medlar Lends a Hand ' by the Melluish Brothers
'Sitting Out'
A romantic interlude with Brian Lawrance and Jill Manners
' Is That The Rule ? ' in which prominent sporting personalities will give their expert opinion on matters of topical interest
' Hands Across the Sea ' This song takes me home
' Enter Sexton Blake '
Written in serial form for broadcasting by Ernest Dudley on a synopsis by Berkeley Grey
An adventure of the great detective, not forgetting his youthful assistant,
Tinker, with George Curzon as ' Sexton Blake ' and Brian Lawrance as ' 'Tinker'
Episode 3-' Mr. Brant gets a Shock ! '
' Here you are then ! '
A selection of melodies you have chosen
Listeners' Corner
Edited by Adrian Thomas
Songs, anecdotes, and verses contributed by listeners
The music played by Rae Jenkins 's Lucky Dip Orchestra, under the direction of Jack Clarke
Being a weekly account of the proceedings of the Rural District
Council of Nether Backwash
Presided over by none other than
Mr. Muddlecombe, J.P. in other words
Robb Wilton
Minuted by Max Kester and Anthony Hall
' United States of America and Canada'
Sir Frederick Whyte , K.C.S.I.
Interlocutor, C. K. Webster , Stevenson Professor of International History, London School of Economics
including Weather Forecast and Forecast for Shipping
A. Wilson
Pianoforte music played by Cyril Smith
Cyril Smith 's first London recital in 1932 established his reputation, and since then he has appeared at most of the important concerts and festivals in this country. He won his first music prize at the age of nine and was -thereafter successful in winning a great many more. He was appointed Professor of Pianoforte at the Royal College of Music at the age of twenty-five.
Conducted by the Rev. W. H. Elliott
Organist, Reginald Goss-Custard from St. Michael's, Chester Square
Alistair Cooke
(From America)
Conductor, P. S. G. O'Donnell
from the Cafe de Paris
on gramophone records
