A Broadcasting Calendar

FRIDAY, APRIL 20th 10.45 Common Sense and the Child : by a Doctor .. N. 6.3o The Marleys of Tyneside .. N.R. • 7.10 Flowering Shrubs : Capt. R. H. Jenkinson N.

7.3o What I Believe-2. Rationalism : Julian Huxley .. N. 7.40 " The Dream of Gerontius," Part I : Leith Hill Musical

Festival, cond. R. Vaughan Williams .. L.R. 8.o The Production of Woollen Cloth : Ernest Asquith .. N.R. 8.zo Recital from Newcastle Cathedral-choir and organ .. N.R. 9.15 B.B.C. Chamber Concert : William Backhaus. Brahms, Chopin, Mozart, Schubert .. L.R.

10.30 Short Story-Are High : Peter Fleming .. N. SATURDAY, APRIL 21st 7.5 Time to Spare-another talk by a member of the unem- ployed 7.3o In Town Tonight .. .. N. 7.55 La Trariata, Acts I and II, relayed from La Scala, Milan L.R., &c.

9.zo " Water Front and Open Sea : Capt. David Bone .. N. 9.35 " The Extra Hour "--a Summer-time Symposium illus- trating William Willett's campaign ..

SUNDAY, APRIL 22nd 2.40 Queen Elizabeth's Subjects-the Earl of Essex : A. L. Rowse, Fellow of All Souls' College, Oxford .. .. N. 5.3o From Stone Age to Twentieth Century in New Guinea : Rev. J. D. Bodgcr, of the Anglican Mission in New Guir ca N. 5.45 Kolisch String Quartet. Beethoven and Schubert .. N. 7.3o Recital by Miriam Licctte. Mozart, Schumann, &c. N. 8 Quaker Service : Donald Gray, of York .. N.R. 8 Service from the Church of the Holy Rude, Stirling : Rev. W. Stevenson Stuart .. S.R. 9.5 Melodies of Christendom-anthology of sacred music directed by Sir Walford Davies .. .. N. 9.5 Sunday Orchestral Concert : Helen Perkin (piano) and the B.B.C. Orchestra, cond. Ansermet. Bach's Branden- burg Concerto No. t, &c. L.R., &c.

MONDAY, APRIL 23rd 2.15 Speeches following the Luncheon at the Shakespeare Birthday Celebration, Stratford-on-Avon : Lady Snowdcn, James Agate, Sir J. Martin Harvey .. All Regionals

5.15 The Swan of Aron : Play by L. du Garde Peach N.R.

6.5o New Books : Desmond MacCarthy .. .. N. 7.3o The Treaty of Versailles and After : Arnold J. Toynbee .. N. 8 A Northern Light in the Zenith-documentary recon- struction of the Working Men's Shakespeare Tercentenary Celebration, 1864 N.R. 8 Welsh Coal-4. The point of view of a Trades Union

Official . W.R. 8.15 Scenes from Shakespeare presented by Lillah McCarthy

and the Midland Regional Players from the Memorial Theatre, Stratford .. M.R.

9.12 The Week-end on the Road : Earl Howe .. N. 9.zo Royal Society of St. George Annual Banquet : Sir Austen Chamberlain proposes the toast of " England " .. N.

TUESDAY, APRIL 24th 1.15 Manchester Tuesday Midday Society's Concert : Grinke

2 Round the Countryside-Return of the Migrants : Eric Parker (for schools) ..

5.15 The Country Holiday-1. " The Stables " : children's play by Arthur Davenport .. 8.3o The Web of Thought and Action-3. The Politician in the Witness Box : Professor Levy and Sir Herbert Samuel .. 9.15 Folk Tunes from Gloucestershire : songs, bamboo pipes and orchestra 9.15 Birds of the Fame Islands : Percy Mail

9.2o Will Shakespeare : Clemente Dane's play .. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25th

10.45 Thinking Aloud : A. G. Street .. 6.3o Northern Eloquence-Speech on negotiations at Vienna during Crimean War : John Bright.. 6.5o Science in the Making : Gerald Heard .. 7.5 For Farmers Only : John Morgan. Commended to non- 7.3o " In Trouble "-the Causes of Crime : Discussion between Lt.-Col. Sir Vivian Henderson and Professor Cyril Burt ..

7.30 Students' Songs ..

8 Will Shakespeare : repeat performance ..

8.4o Through Persia : Mrs. 0. A. Merritt-Hawkes 9.20 The Cinema : Oliver Baldwin 9.35 B.B.C. Orchestra, cond. Anton Webem. Programme. includes Mahler's Nachtmusikcn THURSDAY, APRIL 26th 10.45 The Week in Westminster : Megan Lloyd George, M.P. N. 2 Nation Statcs and Other States : Stephen King-Hall (for schools).. • • .5.15 Merchants and Pirates of the Severn : L. du Garde Peach. Play for children .. 7.3o From Tolpuddle to T.U.C.-Robert Owen and the " Grand National' : H. L. Bealcs . 8 The Old.Music-Halls-the Empire. Last of the series .. 8.15 London Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Beecham, with Henry Hoist (violin) and Herbert Janssen (baritone) .. L.R. 9.20 The Week Abroad : Percy Philip (from Paris) .. .. N. 9.35 Leslie Bridgewater Harp Quintet, with Elena Daniell.

(soprano) .. • • N. Foundations of Music (6.30 N.) :

• April 20th. Corelli's Sonata da Camera : two violins and harpsichord. April 23rd, 24th, -25th, 26th. Brahms' Pianoforte Sonatas : Franz Osborn. N.

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