at the Organ of the Gaumont Palace
Cinema, Birmingham
John Bee showed his musical mettle by playing the National Anthem at the age of two and a half. When he was twelve he held an appointment as church organist, and he gave a pianoforte recital a year later. At fifteen he was organist at the Lincoln Methodist Church, playing to a congregation of over 1,000 people. Then came the war. He joined up in his teens, rose to the rank of lieutenant, and won the M.C. in 1918. On being demobilised he resumed his organist work and gave many recitals in the Northern and Eastern counties. He was solo pianist and accompanist for the Lincoln Musical Society, playing such important works as the Grieg concerto. He has been playing in Gaumont cinemas since 1930, and is now solo organist at the Gaumont, Worcester. He broadcasts from Birmingham as the acoustics are so good there, and on September I last year gave his first broadcast on the organ that listeners will hear today.

Leader, Philip Whiteway
Conductor, Walton O'Donnell

'Mr. Wilkes at home in his own bar-parlour'

The tenth in a series of programmes that are being broadcast weekly to the Empire

' The Parson'
The Rev. William Sole
(From West of England)

at the piano

A programme of popular dance music on gramophone records

A Musical Melodrama
Book and lyrics by Raymond Newell
Music by Michael North
Cast Orchestra under the direction of Rae Jenkins
The programme produced by William MacLurg
The scene is a little village somewhere in England and the time the good old days
Here is a programme written in the very best traditions of old-world melodrama-a story redolent of dispossessed tenantry, innocent rustic beauty, and villainy of the deepest and most conventional dye.
The wicked squire of this village of yesterday is known, in the words of his own song, as ' ... the villain, the menace, the cur
With a sneer and a twisting lip,
With sleek black hair. and curled moustache,
On a horse, with a riding whip.'
He loved the pretty young Widow Melvin , and, being refused, plans to turn her from her cottage. However, her daughter, the village belle, with the help of her lover, as upright a young blacksmith as ever strode a village green, rescues her from her plight and sends the squire packing to the tune of his diminishing ' Ah-ha's '.
A curious coincidence attaches to the authors of this musical melodrama. Raymond Newell , who, in his own words, has sung on the radio for fourteen years. in shows ranging from opera to concert party, studied as a youngster under Dr. Fred Wadely, now Organist of Carlisle Cathedral. Dr. Wadely is now married to- the sister of Michael North , who is responsible for the music this afternoon. North and Newell have been friends for many years, but this is the first time that they have collaborated in this way. Raymond Newell himself has had the idea of writing a radio show for some time, and it represents his first achievement in this line.

Proprietor-Fabre Fatscher
Augustus Franzel 's Schrammel
Quartet
Reserl, the landlord's daughter-
Emmy Ludwig
Jacques Brown and Rita Cave and the villagers and tourists are waiting to welcome you