A Broadcasting Calendar

FRIDAY, MAY 4th

17.os South Africa-Diamonds and Gold : Leonard Barnes .. N. 18.30 Made in the North-Artificial Silk Dress Material : William Hilton .. 19.10 May in the Garden : C. H. Middleton dleto•n• •. • N.R.N

19.30 What I Believe-4. The Unitarian': Rev. R. F. Rattray, of Cambridge .. .. N. 19.30 Songs of Vaughan Williams .. L.R. 20.0o The Gesture : Repeat performance of E. M. I:relaneld's radio play .. L.R. 20.15 London Music Festival Concert : Orchestra, Carl Flesch (violin). Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. r, Beethoven Concerto in D, Braluns' Symphony No. 3 .. N.

21.20 Short Story-Dinosaur Earth : E. .A.rnot Robertson .. N.

SATURDAY, MAY 5th 10.45 A Traveller in search of Music : Philip Thornton.. .. N. 18.30 The Land Speed Record : Sir Malcolm Campbell .. N. 18.45 The Effects of Unemployment in South Wales : Sir Percy Watkins N.

19.05 Time to Spare-the series by the unemployed themselves N. 19.30 Three Valleys Festival Concert - Mendelssohn's " Elijah " W.R., &c. 19.45 The Week in Scotland : George Blake .. S.R.

21.20 "Waterfront and Open Sea " : Captain David Bone .. N. 22.00 Oxford University e. Columbia University-Transatlantic debate : "Freer trade the chief hope for national progress

and international peace" L.R. 24.00 The Kentucky Derby-running commentary from the race- course at Louisville, Kentucky • • • • N.

SUNDAY, MAY 6th 14.40 Queen Elizabeth's Subjects-Sir Walter Raleigh : A. L. L.R. M.R. N. N. N.

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TUESDAY, MAY 8th 13.15 Manchester Tuesday Midday Society's Concert .. All Regionals 19.20 Debussy programme : Gwenyth Misselbrooke (piano) .. N. 19.30 The Helston Furry Dance-Eye-witness account from PlymouthW.R. 19.40 The Web of Thought and Action-What's the Good of Anything ? : Professor Levy.. .. .. N. 20.10 Royal Command Variety Performance from the London Palladium. Prologue and Epilogue by John Drinkwater N. 21.35 The Northern Naturalist-The Lonely Loch : Percy Mail N.R.

22.10 Fidetio, Act II, from Covent Garden L.R. WEDNESDAY, MAY 9th

10.45 Thinking Aloud : A. G. Street . .. N. 14.55 The Chester Cup-Running Commentary by R. C. Lyle .. N. 17.15 "The Zoo Man" conducts a microphone round the London Zoo .. .. • . .. N.

18.50 Science in the Making: Gerald Heard .. .. N.

19.05 For Farmers Only : Ohli Morgan •-• N. 19.30 The Child in Trouble: Basil Henriques, J.P. N. 20.00 "Scrapbook for 1914 "-repeat performance .. L.R., &c. 20.15 London Music Festival Concert : Vladimir .Horowitz and

the B.B.C. Symphony Orchestra. Cyril Scott's new prize Overture, Bax Symphony, Tchaikowsky Concerto, Elgar's Enigma Variations .. ; . THURSDAY, MAY Toth

10.45

The Week in Westminster : Ronald Cross, M.P. .. • N.

17.15 The Waterways of England-8. The Mersey Clippers: • L. du Garde Peach .. .. • • . .. N. 18.30 The May Fair at Hereford; and the Well-Dressing at Tissington-Eye-witness accounts' .. • M.R.

19.45 Through Foreign Eyes-r. The World looks at Britain N.R.

ao.00 Pursuit of Adonis : Ernest Milton plays leading role in play

by Herbert Farjeon and Horace Horsnell N.

21.20 The Week Abroad .. • • • : • • .. :. N.

21.35 Recital: Henri Temianka (violin), Andres Segovia (guitar) N. Foundations of Music (r84o N.) -

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May 4th. Bach's Art of Fugue : organ and two harpsichords. May 7th, 8th, 9th, loth. Bach's Choral Variations : C. H. Trevor

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16.00 The Templars (songs). .. N. 16.50 Bach Church Cantata NC). ro6 .. N. 17.30 Pillars of the English Church-Thomas Arnold : Canon 17.45 Brosa String Quartet and Jakob Gimpel (piano) .. N. 20.00 Service from the Studio : Very Rev. C. A. Alington, Dean of Durham (late Headmaster of Eton) .. .. N. 20.00 Special Meeting from the Friends' House, Euston Road :

Harold J. Mor6nd and Herbert G. Wood .. L.R. 20.00 Roman Catholic Service from St. Chad's, Birmingham : Father C. C. Martindale, S.J. M.R. 20.00 Presbyterian Service from Bala : Principal David Phillips . • W.R.

21.05 London String Players, Elsie Suddaby, Leon Goossens L.R.

MONDAY, MAY 7th 18.50 Books in General : Desmond MacCarthy .. N. i9.30 The Treaty of Versailles and After :. Arnold J. Toynbee . N. 20.15 London Music Festival Concert : B.B.C. Symphony Orchestra, Chorus of Boys and distinguished Soloists in Hindemith's " Das UnaufhOrliche "-oratorio in 3 parts.. 20.30 Afternoon-a play in one act : Coventry Repertory Company 21.15 The Week-end on the Road : " Ixion "

21.20 "Mind, the Doctor "-Refuge in Illness : by a Doctor .. 21.35 "Scrapbook for 1914" arranged by Leslie Baily

21.20 Two Plays for Broadcasting-Voices of Nature and Death