BBe TELEVISION PRESENTS 'Julius Caesar' BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The first production in a new series of 'World Theatre' plays TUESDAY RADIO TIMES

Going Straight Ted is mildly surprised at the TIlE restless talent of Bob Monkhouse success of the game, which is also proving finds a new outlet this week. After popular as far afield as . He first making his mark as a scriptwriter always regarded it as a relaxation from his on radio and television, and then as a comedian as co-author of The Archers. and compere, he is now to appear in his first straight role in a television play. In John General Gland Willard's comedv-thriller The Cat and the IN the current rush of retired Canary, which w~s the subject of a film starring ._' gentlemen to get their Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard, Monkhouse (] print one name has been will in fact be playing the Hope role, while absent-that of General Gland. It is Paulette's part will be played by Elvi Hale. outside Service circles he is mainly With this performance, as far as we can see, an associate of Hilda Tablet, Herbert Monkhouse has almost completed his develop­ Stephen Shewin, whose activities, ment into an all-round man of show business; time to time by Henry Reed, have it only remains for him to compose some music Third Programme listeners. and his versatility will be complete. Nor would But whatever its cause, General Gland's it surprise us to hear that he has alreadv done reticence has now been overcome, to the extent so: after all, he recently disclosed that he had of allowing himself (in the per>on of Der;di: been playing dramatic roles in provincial reper­ Guyler) to be interviewed on behalf of the !lilt tory, presumably in order to limber up for the by Michael Flanders, Dorothy Primrose, and greater things which begin on Saturday. Frank Duncan. And so on Wednesday, in Nota Drum ]'f7as Heard, the story of his wartime Henry Halt Word Spinners exploits will at last be told-an excellent THIRTY-FIVE yean of musical service 'FIFTY per cent. amusement, and fifty occasion for listeners to renew their "".IU'HIlI.'",!!' with the BBC-=---that's the proud record _ per cent. modest education,' is how Ted with Gland or to meet him for the of the silver-haired, bespectacled, affable (]U l\1ason sums up the appeal of My Word, Thev will also hear Hilda Tablet's Henry Han who this Saturday celebrates the which is returning to the Home Service this Iv1arc'h,' redised by Donald Swann. occasion with a star-studded television show. week with the n~w-familiar panel of Nancy There can be few big names in the entertain­ Spain, E. Arnot Robertson, Frank !viuir, and For the Deaf ment world who hav': not at one lime appeared Denis Norden. Ted knows all there is to know ON Sunday, May 17, BBC Televisill!! on a Henry Hall Guest Night, and few men about this programme, for he devised it with will be presenting Nap Hand, a farec and women in Britain over the age of twenty­ Tony Shryane, and to him falls the task each by Vernon Sylvaine and Guy Bolton one who do not recognise instantly the signing­ week of hunting up the quotations and phrases Harring Brian Rix and some of the Whitellal! off tune thot has for so lon.[( been the hall-mark which provide openings for the panel's wit. Company. This play, like The Small B

464 m., 647 kef,) 194 m. (1.546 kc/s) VHF: Wrotham 91.3 Mel. Light Programme 1,500 rn. (200 k~/') 247 m. (1.214 1",1.) VHF: Wrotham 89.1 Mels 8150 Deryck Guylcr in 'NOT A DRUM s.o IN SEARCH OF MUSIC 10 30 Greenwich Tim. SI""aJ WAS HEARD' Paul Martin • NEWS invites you to join him in listening to songs and tunes collected from all over the world 10.40 Gary Miller introduces ~~~~~~::; of Guest traveller NIGHTRlDE ']~\' ~ General C. Gordon Glover A journey into melody with music from for late evening with The Bay of Naples The Nightriders' MusiC ~ ~!Qf! He:~:eed Produced by Denit;;! Lewell Directed by (BEC recordjng) Malcolm Lockyer at the piRno Production by Douglas Cleverdon and General Gland ...... Deryck Guyler BEe Interviewf"l's .... Michael Flanders. 5.30 News Summary Glen Mason, Jo Shelton Dorothy Primrose. Frank Duncan The Michael Sammes Singers Herbprt Reeve ...... Hugh Burden ROUNDABOUT Jackie Brown Hilda Tablet...... Mary O'Farrell Music for everyone This week the jazz spotlight Elsa Strauss..... _, " .Marjorje Westbury News. views. and interviews focuses on Stephen Shewin ...... Car)eton Hobbs The latest and the best of records TOllY Kinsey The Tony Kinsey Quartet RU~$.ian Interrogalors: Michafol Flanders and Donald Swann Your host tonight js is t1Jere wlH>1I tire sJJollighl falls on jnzz Product ion by Cyril Drake and Terry Henebery Hilda Tab If-t' s • Rangoon March· Alan Dell in Nigltlridf> ul 10.40 tonight realised by Donald Swann This f'ditinn hlCludes News Summary at 11.30 (BEe recOl'ding) . I Let HlP Side Down t ~D()r(l{hy Priml"lHC is in 'Salad Days' al by Cardf'w Robinson 8.0 Midland Region the Vau.dez·illc Theall!', London) 2-The HOUFl8 Dramatic SOCiety presents 11.55 LATE NEWS To be repeated on May 26 The Peggy Lee Story GUILTY PARTY HE!-lRY REED writes: 'The~c recollec­ Roundabout's .<::jn~(T of the week: tions, elicited with some diffi.:uIty from Ronnie Carroll You too can be a detecti1)e 12.0 Big Ben General Gland, are not to be regarded devised by Tony Shryane Close'Down 3S a continuation of the Shewin-Tablet follmvE·d by -saga, which ended \v3th The Primal 6.29 \Veather and New,,,,, Headlines and Edward J. Mason Scelle, .1S if wcre . ... They are to be followed by Tonight's Topic Li.steners an-· jnvitt'!l to join with a Shipping Forf'cast on 1,.1)00 m. romidered merely as a p3rergon. if that.' D('nnis l,'/"j1:30n at the piano panel of ('XP'--Ttf> in t(·sting th(!ir powers of crink ddr·ction See also page' ,1 BBe 1\fi,llana Li;:..::ht Orchf's1ra (Lf'adH, Janl('s Hutehc-on) t Affair .(It a Fair t Condllctc:d 'by GilhHt Vinif'r Written by Edward J. Mason FUNCTIONAl Produc('(l 1), Traff(rd vVhite]ock Acto?"s: NO EXTRA Joe McCl·(·ady. private ANALYSIS S11ippjllg FOTf'('ast at 5.58 on 1,500 ill. FOR CREDIT No. S Inf':"p('clor Gallo\\'2Y by Hans Keller Mrs. Ros"ini. .. , ...... _..... [~laays Y'lling 6.45 . THE ARCHERS' Jim Black .. " .. ".Philj-p GarsU-,n-Jcmcs fhe Unity of C:ontr'htin,g Til '.·mes A story of country folk Tessa Blnck ...... NnrHl) RjcrlcllJ.<:: Cliff Old Curzon (piano) MacJonald...... " ...... Lc,sJie DU1111 and a spetion of the J. Mason g, pc 1"1.«: London Syrnphony Orchf'stra Editf·fl hy GncHr(:y Ba~el(~y John F. R. Burl-dey Fabian (Lui bv Pfter Cihbs) Pro.11l(",·j by TOllY Shryane Producpj l)y T\)]lY Shl'yanf Conducted' by Stanley Pope (BEe recording) (BEe }'c·cor.]ing) play PIANO CO:.'\'CEKi'O XO. 4, IN G pay. NO EXTRA rOE Cf