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by Alfred Hollins from St. George's (West) Church, Edinburgh

Alfred Hollins, one of the best-known church organists in Scotland, has been organist and choirmaster at St George's West Church of Scotland since 1897. Although he has given this long service to Edinburgh, Hollins is a Yorkshireman, having been born in Hull, and educated at the Yorkshire School for the Blind, London.

Hollins studied the organ under the late Dr. E.J. Hopkins, and the piano under Professor Frits Hartvigson, Hans von Bulow, and Professor Max Schwartz. He began his public career as a solo pianist, appearing at Crystal Palace Concerts, and with Joachim and Piatti at the London 'Saturday Pops'. He has played the organ in many parts of the world, including America. Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. He has also given numerous organ recitals all over the United Kingdom.

Contributors

Organist:
Alfred Hollins

if Junior English
' Billy Beg and his Bull'
An Irish Story, told by Mary O'Farrell
(First broadcast on April 30, 1937)
3.5 * Interval Music
3.10 Topical Talks and Feature
★ Programmes
' Ballooning and Parachute Jumping '
KIT KENNY
This feature will give in dramatic form some of the adventures and incidents connected with early ballooning as well as the use of balloons and parachutes at the present day.
3.30 * Interval Music
3.35 Talks for Sixth Forms
* Forceful Thinkers—Voltaire '
F. C. GREEN, Professor of French in the University of Cambridge

Contributors

Unknown:
Billy Beg
Told By:
Mary O'Farrell

playing his original part in a radio version of the film
' MONTE CARLO
(by permission of Paramount Pictures) with Maggie Teyte in the rôle created by Jeanette Macdonald
Music and lyrics by Richard A. Whiting and W. Franke Harling
Lyrics by Leo Robin
Special incidental music and radio score by Jack Beaver
The Players
Nadine March, Ewart Scott , Gibb McLaughlin , Charles Mason , Arthur Pusey , George de Warfaz, Joan Young , Marie Lewis , Olwen Brooks ,
Olaf Olsen
The BBC Revue Chorus and augmented Variety Orchestra conducted by Louis Levy
At the BBC Theatre Organ,
Sandy Macpherson
Production by Douglas Moodie
Ernst Lubitsch 's Monte Carlo will be remembered by the majority who saw it as one of the gayest, brightest, and the most tuneful musical films ever made.
Tonight it comes on the air, complete with all the preposterous ingredients of plot that made it such a box-office success. When a wealthy countess, wriggling out of her marriage by a matter of hours, flees to Monte Carlo with her maid to discover Jack Buchanan awaiting her in the rôle of hairdresser, all kinds of possibilities open up.
To disclose the plot would be unfair, though there is no harm in saying that the barber is no true barber at all, as is discovered at a gala performance of Monsieur Beaucaire.
Monte Carlo ' trill be broadcast again tomorrow (Regional, 4.0)

Contributors

Unknown:
Maggie Teyte
Unknown:
Jeanette MacDonald
Unknown:
Richard A. Whiting
Unknown:
W. Franke Harling
Unknown:
Leo Robin
Unknown:
Jack Beaver
Unknown:
Ewart Scott
Unknown:
Gibb McLaughlin
Unknown:
Charles Mason
Unknown:
Arthur Pusey
Unknown:
Joan Young
Unknown:
Marie Lewis
Unknown:
Olwen Brooks
Unknown:
Olaf Olsen
Unknown:
Louis Levy
Production By:
Douglas Moodie
Production By:
Ernst Lubitsch
Unknown:
Monte Carlo
Unknown:
Monte Carlo
Unknown:
Jack Buchanan
Unknown:
Monte Carlo

Descriptions of the Commonwealth today recorded in Australia and introduced by Michael Terry
4, ' The Australian People-
Life in the Cities '
Colin Wills
(The series arranged in collaboration with the Australian Broadcasting
Commission)
Tonight's speaker is one of the Commonwealth's best-known journalists, who has made a name for himself both for articles on Australian life and for light verse that captures the atmosphere of the great Australian cities. Colin Wills is no stranger to the microphone, being the author of a weekly radio feature known as ' Topical Revue ' which is broadcast over the Australian National network.

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Terry
Unknown:
Colin Wills
Unknown:
Colin Wills

(First Season-6)
' Morning Heroes'
A symphony for orator, chorus, and orchestra, by Arthur Bliss
1 Hector's Farewell to Andromache. 2 The City Arming. 3 Vigil. 4 Achilles goes forth to Battle. 5 Spring Offensive-Dawn on the Somme
Orator, Valentine Dyall
The BBC Choral Society
Chorus Master, Leslie Woodgate
The BBC Orchestra
(Section B)
Leader, Paul Beard
Conducted by the Compose?
An article on ' Morning Heroes', by Scott Goddard , will be found on page 14

Contributors

Unknown:
Arthur Bliss
Chorus Master:
Leslie Woodgate
Leader:
Paul Beard
Unknown:
Scott Goddard

National Programme Daventry

About National Programme

National Programme is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 9th March 1930 and ended on the 9th September 1939. It was replaced by BBC Home Service.

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