THE GENERAL

On Thursday night and Friday morning the BBC both in Television and Radio will be giving you the fastest possible service of Election Results. Here David Butler, one of the expert commentators on tv, explains the background to the broadcasts TELEVISION A Guide for Election Night AND RADIO 1: Terms the commentators use 2: The swing and what it means COVERAGE THERE are 630 constituencies in the United Kingdom in votes and more than 1,600 candidates. The number of seats won by a major is fairly BBC-1 will its one- party begin compre- DEPOSIT Any candidate who fails to secure exactly related to the proportion of the vote which hensive service of results on eighth (12.5%), of the valid votes in his constituency it wins. If the number of seats won by Liberals and soon after of L150. Thursday evening forfeits to the Exchequer a deposit minor parties does not change substantially the close. the polls STRAIGHT FIGHT This term is used when only following table should give a fair guide of how the At the centre of operations two candidates are standing in a constituency. 1966 Parliament will differ from the 1964 Parlia- in the Election studio at ment. (In 1964 Labour won 44.1% of vote and huge MARGINAL SEATS There is no precise definition the TV Centre in will be 317 seats; Conservatives won 43.4 % of the vote and of a marginal seat. It is a seat where there was a keeping you 304 seats; Liberals 11.2% of the vote and nine seats small majority at the last election or a seat that in touch with all that is �a Labour majority over all of going is to change hands. Sometimes people call parties four.) and Ian Trethowan likely on, bring- seats with of under 5,000, or under 10%, to date on the majorities ing you up But one can only decide when all the results. will be ' marginals.' latest They results are in what seats were marginal. How- backed a team of ex- really up by it is to list the or the or the under the ever, easy thirty, fifty, perts editorship 100 most Labour and Conservative seats of Paul Fox and Michael marginal on the basis of the 1964 results and to discuss them Peacock. There will also be (see Section 3). visits to key constituencies and other important places. SWING This word is used to describe in a single the in of the Labour and Although the television figure change the position Conservative since the last election. is coverage is basically similar parties Swing to the successful 1964 Elec- normally defined as the average of the change in the Labour Here tion operation there are two and Conservative share of the vote. for is what in a important innovations: a de- example might happen constituency: vice to give you the latest state of the parties on your screen all the time; and six 3: Seats to watch before midnight which will ' regional ' desks The Labour Party won in 1964 by a majority of If the Labour party is to increase its majority it used to detailed be bring you 1%. In 1966, if .five out of every 100 of the Con- must make some early gains. Here are Labour's on the Election's reports servatives' supporters vote Labour, the result could best prospects before midnight. progress in different parts of be a win for Labour by 11%, equal to a swing of the is country. (It important 5%. Thus a national swing of 5% to one party puts to note that the areas covered in danger all seats held by majorities of under 10%. the ' desks will by regional' Where there is a third party the picture is more not to necessarily correspond Swing, it must be remembered, is only the BBC's complicated. Regions.) a crude measure of the net change between the two The whole operation is de- biggest parties-in calculating it the other parties signed to keep you fully in have to be ignored. Here is an example: the picture in a way that only the BBC with its vast If the Conservatives are to regain power they resources can do in this coun- must make some gains in the early results. Their try. At the same time it will best prospects seem to be: be a window on Britain for much of the world: the pro- This shows a swing to Labour of 2%. Both Conserva- gramme will be taken by tives and Labour lost votes, but the Conservatives Eurovision and the North- lost more. To get the swing to Labour halve the American networks, two of difference (4%) and you get 2% (see Section 2). which will show it in colour. PERCENTAGE SHARE OF THE VOTE Constituen- The Radio master plan for cies vary greatly in number of electors and in the the Election, co-ordinated by proportion of electors actually voting. Therefore a The Liberal seat at stake Stephen Bonarjee, embraces direct comparison between changes in majority only among those likely the count before all the BBC regional studios (' X's fell by 5,000 while Y's only fell by 2,000') can to complete midnight is as well as five studios in Broad- be very misleading. Much more intelligible contrasts North (majority 5,136). Orpington (majority 3,072) can be made if all votes is not to make a declaration until after casting House, London, each are thought of as per- expected with a specialised purpose in centages of the total vote cast so that we can say midnight. feeding the main operation 'the Labour share of the vote rose by 3% in with such ingredients as news Barsetshire but fell by 1% in nearby Blanktown.' 4: Forecasting the winner of key results, outside broad- ELECTORATE This is, almost, the same as the Around 10 o'clock on Thursday evening the first casts from constituencies- adult population: around 36-million. Electoral constituency will give its verdict in the 1966 General there will be over forty out- registers were compiled in every constituency on Election. Instantly the figures will be computed and side-broadcast points all over October 10, 1965, and every British citizen over analysed and everyone will start guessing what the the country-and expert com- twenty-one then is technically entitled to vote. final majority will be. ment and analysis. Errors in the register may affect 3% or 4% of the The TV and radio commentators will say: The - - For further details see the population: a further 6% have moved house in the party will win with a majority of if the last six months and can vote or whole behaves like Exeter Thursday and Friday pages. only by post by country (or Cheltenham, returning to their old polling district. or Salford, or whoever wins the counting race).' They ELECTION.

will hastily add: But we can't be certain that the Why is it turning out like this? Is it the Liberal The hub of the Election Results country is behaving like this until we've had a few vote? Or the new towns? Is there any sign of people Service-the scene in the more results.' The commentator who is too precise abstaining from voting? Is behaving like studio at Television Centre too early may look a bit silly before the night is London? A host of such questions are stirred up as the results began to over. After the experience of 1964, partisans may by the results. come in during the last Election think it wise to wait a while before starting their Sometimes final answers may have to wait for celebrations-or drowning their sorrows. weeks-or for ever. But many can be answered How soon will it, in fact, be clear who has won? within minutes. Computers and experienced statisti- This naturally depends on how close the outcome-is cians will be working for BBC-tv and Radio through going to be. the night. By the time each result is broadcast, the If, in the early results, the swing from the 1964 computers (Honeywell H 200 for TV and IBM 7094 results is very small the tension will last quite for Radio) will have worked out swing and the turn- a long time. out. They will keep a running tally of all the votes But, if the swing is outside those margins, the cast and calculate up-to-date percentages for each commentators will be willing to commit themselves party. before very many results are in. Just how many They will analyse the results in each big city will also depend on how much the swing varies and each region and they will check whether rural between constituencies. or suburban or other types of constituency are out In the 1950s, in the great majority of constituen- of line with the rest of the country. A British cies, the swing was surprisingly close to the national election, however, presents, in computer terms, a Robert McKenzie will be using average. If you took a dozen seats at random, their very simple problem: the election results pro- a swing indicator to give a result would mirror the national result. Britain is a gramme must not, therefore, be seen as a great visual impression of likely united, not to say a uniform, nation politically. test of the studio computers. They will merely pro- majorities While the swing in the constituencies that report vide accurate information rather more quickly and early will probably mirror the swing in the rest more exhaustively than slide rules and adding of the country, the actual party strength may be a machines. However, with subtle analysis, the fuller bit misleading. Borough constituencies tend to count data from the computer will make it possible to the votes quicker than county constituencies, and give more exact forecasts rather earlier than ever Labour is stronger in the towns. Therefore Labour before and at the same time to tell you what lies is likely to get more seats in the early results behind the figures. than in the later ones. In the very close election of was 73 seats ahead on the results 1964, Labour Three rules declared overnight. But by the early afternoon of 5: golden Friday the Conservatives had pulled level as the (1) If the early results show any swing to Labour county returns came in. (and certainly if it is over 1%), Labour will be in If the Labour party is to win the 1966 election, again and with a reasonable working majority. it will have to be clearly in the lead by the time (2) If the Conservatives are to win, they must pick 100 results are in. And those 100 results should be up one or two seats in the first 100-and the swing in by midnight on Thursday. in votes must be clearly in their direction. The main interest in the election naturally lies (3) The more the swing varies in different parts in knowing who has won and by how much. But of the country, the longer it will be before anyone there will also be the fascinating question: Why? can go nap on the final majority. For viewers and listeners who wish to record the results as they are announced on Thursday and GENERAL Friday, here is a complete list the United of Kingdom's 630 Borough and County constituencies in alphabetical order. Under each constituency is the name of the Party which won the seat and its ELECTION majority at the 1964 General Election; By-Election figures are in brackets. CHART STATE OF PARTIES AT THE DISSOLUTION:

FOR RECORDING RESULTS Labour 314 Conservative and associates 303 Liberal 10 The Speaker 1 Vacant Seats 2

CONSTITUENCIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER:

GENERAL ELECTION: constituencies continued from pages 4 and 5 Covering the Election on Television

Television's most experienced commentators and reporters make up the team for the mammoth coverage of the election on BBC-1 tonight and tomorrow. They will provide with you with an up-to-the-minute and comprehensive service of election results together expert comment and analysis, vivid reports, and telling interviews from all over the country

IN THE STUDIO I

Harris Robert McKenzie Cliff Michelmore Ian Trethowan Robin Day David Butler Kenneth

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Peter Woou Jobn Tidmarsk John Timpson John Morgan James Mossman Alan Whicker

Kenneth Desmond Wilcox Derek Hart Michael Charlton Leonard Parkin Kenneth Wolstenholme Allsop

AT REGIONAL DESKS

David Holmes Barker Esmond Wright Michael Barratt Kenneth Morgan Harold Webb Anthony BBC-1 FROM 9.25 p.m. to 3.30 a.m. IBBC-2 7.30 7.30 OUTLOOK for TOP OF THE POPS Thursday: MATHEMATICS IN ACTION A new look at Britain's best-sellers Logic and the Computer Discs-Stars-News Tutorial Programme 2 from this week's NEWS ... COMMENT ... ANALYSIS ... PREDICTION How can a computer be programmed TOP TWENTY to Ian Trethowan Robert McKenzie forecast election results? Introduced tonight by Cliff Michelmore Bill Coleman and Dr. Roger Sharp Savile Jimmy David Butler Robin Day Kenneth Harris explain how it is done Produced by JOHNNIE STEWART Directed by ANTHONY PRITCHETT They lead a team of commentators and reporters who tonight call on t Produced by EDWARD GOLDWYN Repeated next week For School* 8.0 the BBC's national network of outside broadcast cameras and regional studios, plus a highspeed computer, telephones, and tele- THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. 8.0 to bring you the fastest, up-to-the-minute Results Service is there-where he is needed- printers BBC-2 WORLD when the he is needed-from FROM PROFESSIONAL dedicated to the REPORTS organisation TENNIS world-wide fight against crime CHAMPIONSHIP and subversion John Morganwith The Rt. Hon. Harold Wilson starring starring in Huyton, The greatest players ROBERT VAUGHN in the world as Napoleon Solo DAVID McCALLUM James Mossmanwith The Rt. Hon. Edward Heath as Illya Kuryakin and in Bexley, Kent LEO G. CARROLL as Mr. Waverly Alan whicker in Trafalgar Square, London ft and John John The Deadly Goddess Affair Tidmarsh, Timpson, Peter Woon in which U.N.C.L.E. sends the sirs to at the three in sea to have a look see at Circe. Party Headquarters London Narouz ...... MICHAEL STRONG Colonel Hubris VICTOR BUONO FIRST RESULTS FROM Malik ...... JOSEPH SIBOLA Luca ...... DAN TRAVANTY CHELTENHAM REPORTER:DEREK HART Count Corragio STEVEN GERAY Mia ...... BRIONI FARRELL SALFORD,Lancashire REPORTER: STEVENS Angela ...... MARYA WOLVERHAMPTON REPORTER:FRANK BOUGH Rod Laver, Ken Rosewall Hamid ...... DAVID RENARD Pancho Gonzales, Lew Hoad Aeyesha...... STASSA DAMASCUS EXETER REPORTER:PETER MAGGS The four Doorman...... DAVIS ROBERTS top money-winners of the international Essex REPORTER:RAYMOND tournament BILLERICAY, BAXTER circuits battle for the BBC-2 World Tennis Championship 8.50 with special reports by trophy, and the lion's share of the THE NEWS KENNETHALLSOP, MICHAEL CHARLTON, , £5,000 prize money-the largest ever offered in this WILCOX,LEONARD KENNETH country for a DESMOND PARKIN, WOLSTENHOLME, single evening's tournament VINCENTKANE, DAVID LOMAX from 9.0 The Introductions, News, and from the counts in the key areas of THE FROST REPORT Interviews on , , Preston, Smethwick, Leyton, and from Dan Maskell and Jack Kramer Elections Barnstaple The Commentaries starring and interviews with the candidates who will make news tonight from BBC-2 outside broadcast cameras DAVID FROST A view of the entire tournament direct from the and Wembley Empire Pool featuring SPECIAL ANALYSIS ON and Sports Arena TOM LEHRER ESMONDWRIGHT Presented by A. P. Wilkinson with SCOTLANDBY and Alan Mouncer RONNIE BARKER WALESBY KENNETHMORGAN See page 51 RONNIE CORBETT THE NORTHBY HAROLDWEBB NICKY HENSON THE MIDLANDSBY MICHAELBARRATT SHEILA STEAFEL at 9.30 app. and THE WESTBY ANTHONYBARKER NEWSROOM I JULIE FELIX LONDONAND THE SOUTH-EASTBY DAVIDHOLMES Designer, Geoff Kirkland followed by I Producer, JAMES GILBIERT AND COMMENTS FROM THE WEATHER I See page 51 Nigel Lawson, Andrew Shonfield, Robert Carvel, Olivier Todd, Karl Meyer, Henry Trofinenko, and Theodore H. White 9.25 11.20* ELECTION RESULTS LATE NIGHT LINE-UP AS THEY COME IN Designer: Stewart Marshall Graphics: Roy Langhten Stay up a little longer with Research: Grahan Pyatt, Dick Leonard, Alan Perry, Mary Keene, Jean See also page 52 Dykall Denis Joan Producers: Richard Francis, Noble Wilsen, Nerman Tuohy, BakeweU Tayler, Michael BalkwlH Michael Dean 3.30 a.m.* Close Down Exeutivt Editors: MICHAEL PEACOCK and PAUL FOX and whoever else turns . up VHF and Wavelengths: page 6

VOICES 7.55 WEATHER 11.50 3.30 THE CRITICS 7.30 BERLIN and Programme News From the BBC Sound Archives Chairman, PHILHARMONIC F. Spencer Chapman PHILIP HOPE-WALLACE Theatre: HAROLD HOBSON ORCHESTRA THE NEWS t Introduced by HOME 8.0 LESLIE PEROWNE IAIN HAMILTON Conducted by Broadcasting: Book: CHRISTINE BROOKE-ROSE HERBERT VON KARUAN 8.10 South-East News Art: GEORGE MELLY Overture: Der Freischiitz a.m. FARMING TODAY (Weber) 6.35 12.0 AT THE BACK Film: DEREK PROUSE No. 5, in E flat Market trends, news, weather OF MY MIND Carl Symphony 8.15 TODAY Producer, Wildman major (Sibelius) Morris t Sunday's broadcast Revised second edition of the Johnny on gramophone records 6.50 TEN TO SEVEN breakfast-time magazine with memories of and Wednesday's ' Ten to Eight' people, places, happenings t Produced by David Allan THE ROBBERS 8.15 THE DEAD SEA DAVID COPPERFIELD 4.15 8.45 Night and day in the 800 SCROLLS 6.55 WEATHER AND DORA square miles within the juris- diction of the and An enquiry for the record and News Readings by GARY WATSON 12.30 WE BEG TO DIFFER Metropolitan Programme City of London Police-the rob- by D. G. Bridson from David Copperfield An open discussion of subjects bers are at work CHARLES DICKENS on which men and women tend 2: What the Scrolls Contain by In this programme MAURICE 7,0 THE NEWS t Broadcast in A Book at Bedtime, 1964 to disagree The second of three pro- DENNING interviews people who of with have suffered at the hands of grammes telling the story 7.10 South-East News the and MICHAELDENISON and DULCIE GRAY criminals, and Police spokes- discovery significance THE NEWS of the Scrolls that are still 9.0 JOHN BOULTING, JULIET HARMER men comment on what should caves be done in similar circum- being discovered in the Chairman, KENNETH HORNE above the Dead Sea 7.15 TODAY stances FOR SCHOOLS t Produced by Richard Dingley It includes translations of key and Radio's breakfast-time look at 9.5 Narrated by the Michael Denison and Dulcie Gray RONALD BADDILEY controversial passages from life around the country and RELIGIOUS SERVICE texts, and explains why they are across the world are in ' An Ideal Husband ' at the Produced for Primary Schools Strand Theatre. London t by ALAN BURGESS so important to our true under- Introduced by JACK DE MANIO music Repeated: Sunday, 9.0p.m. (Light) standing of the history and religi- Introductory ous beliefs of Judaism and EarlY 9.8 THE SERVICE Christianity. 4.45 HOME 7.50 TEN TO EIGHT There is a green hill (Tune, t A revised version of the programme Horsley: S.P. 131) 12.55 WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON broadcast tn 1957 The Meaning of the Cross Story: Signs of Life and Programme News A of interest to all, Last programme: April 7 t THE REV. H. A. WILLIAMS programme 5-The Cross with older listeners specially Dean of Trinity College, The for Goodwill in mind Cambridge Prayer 9.0 VERDICT OF When God made creation THE WORLD AT ONE including: (Tune, Kruger's Song-BBC 1.0 t Turning Points: JOHN ELLISON THE POLLS H.P.S.N. 17) The News talks to SIR DONALD WOLFIT t Tuesday's broadcast and t A Slight Twist of the Wrist: MICHAEL BARSLEY describes the Voices and Topics of a on the 9.28 Interlude in and behind the headlines consequences slip InVariations Other Home in the otherServices Home Ser- ice on Wimbledon Common vices. If no change is shown the Introduced by Jacob's Ladder: a chance to London is 9.35 HEALTH AND SCIENCE WILLIAM HARDCASTLE t programme broadcast. play the organ for a funeral Brighton. Folkestone. Bexhill (on Reproduction brought joy and peace to a 206 m.) broadcast the South and 4: Bringing up children A West programme. pensioner. personal story by t by MICHAEL SMEE JOHN HOLLOWAY read by BRUCE 1.30 BEEBY MIDLAND (276 m.; 1,088 kc/s) Series produced and edited Written by EDWARD J. MASON Presenter: Elizabeth Kilham Roberts Your Letters SCOTT 4.15-4.45 p.m. Atherton Brass En- by Produced TONY SHRYANE HARDIMAN semble and The Priory Slngersf by You asked us to BBC Political Correspondent Edited play... 6.10-6.15 News 9.55 MUSIC AND MOVEMENT by Godfrey Baseley record requests Trend Analysis: t Wednesday's broadcast (Light) 6.15-6.32 Topical investigation from Stag* 1 Introduced by KEN SYKORA MICHAEL SHIELDS East Anglia of RACHEL PERCIVAL Chairman 6.35-7.0 Record requests from the by National Opinion Polls BBC Show in Leicester Music selected and arranged 1.45 LISTEN WITH MOTHER Computer Forecasts: 7.0-7.30 Birmingham Wind Players: by Vera Gray STORY TIME Richard Orton. Hindemithf for children under five. 5.25 DAVID WILSON t Tuesday's broadcast at the IBM Data Centre t Today's story: Farewell to NORTH (434 m.; 692 kc/s: ' Political Analysis: 261 m.; 1,151 kc/s) The Little Wind makes a The Western Isles Noise ' by Mary Wandless ANTHONY KING 12.30-12.55 p.m. Record requests 10.15 DAILY SERVICE A story of the island of Mull Senior Lecturer in Government. for hospital patients New 102 abridged from the book by University of Essex 6.10-6.42 Voice of the North: Every Morning, page CAMPBELL K. FINLAY and EDWARD RAYNER regional magazine Lord, it belongs not to my care 2.0 FOR SCHOOLS of the BBC's Political Staff 6.42-6.47 Letter from Industryt H.B. 3: A Killer Killed (BBC 355) YOUR OWN LIFE Newsreaders: 6.47-6.50 Stock Market Report 40 The hunt for the killer dogs is Psalm children but dis- Robin Holmes and vv. 14-27 Writing by successful, Uncle Donald's St. Mark 13, listening to the series appearance increases John's JOHN SPURLING N. IRELAND (224 m.; 1,340 kc/s) Lo! he comes with clouds de- Ulster Farm Living Language series worries. Outside broadcast microphones 12.30-12.55 p.m. scending (BBC H.B. 35) are at each main H.Q. 6.10-6.32 Round-up Readers, Party 2.20 ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR BRYDEN STUART HENRY and in more than forty con- 6.35-7.0 Ulster Garden MURDOCH, stituencies 7.0-7.30 BBC Or- 5: in Mammals and MARY RIGGANS Charles FOR SCHOOLS Intelligence chestra, conducted by 10.30 Desmond Morris t Produced by IAN WISHART Mackerrast ART AND DESIGN by 9.0 It's Anyone's Guess t Science Work Units series The Easter Story As the polls close, Hardiman SCOTTISH (371 m.; 809 kc/s) Scott takes round the by MARGARET ROSE WEATHER you 9.5-9.28 a.m. Service for Primary 2.40 JOHN CHURCHILL, 5.55 Party H.Q.s. to Regional Schools! The Easter Story as seen by DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH and Programme News centres, and to an actual count 12.0-12.5 p.m. Gaelic News painters from Giotto to 1650-1722 in progress 12.5-12.15 Songs and music Rembrandt Written by Garry Lyle 12.15-12.30 Farm Journal A radio-vision programme t Stories from British History series THE NEWS 9.45 The News 2.20-2.40 Schools: Scottish Studiest t Monday's broadcast 6.0 4.15-4.45 Gaelic Service! A full bulletin 6.10-6.32 News. Sport from at home and abroad 10.50 Interlude 6.35-7.0 Music for the Bagpipes � 3.0 CHILDREN AND SOUTH-EAST 7.30-8.15 Come Thursday: light THE BIG 'R' 6.10 9.55 Early Omens entertainment 11.0 TIME AND TUNE news and the stories A Today's From the first ten to twenty End of term concert in Mr. programme about behind the news-Name in the results due in, it may be pos- SOUTH AND WEST (285 m.; Wazdir's cave children reading News-Scotland Yard Calling sible, with the aid of the com- 1.052 kc/s: 206 m.; 1,457 kc/s) -Sport-Preview to the a.m. t Introduced by Written and narrated puter, spot winning 8.15-8.40 Regional magazine JOHN CAMBURN Introduced by Tim GUDGIN Party 12.0-12.30 p.m. Record requests by STEPHEN GRENFELL Written and produced by Produced by the 12.30-12.55 The Farmer: magazine The current revolution In the 11.0-4.0 a.m. introduced by Ralph Wightman Jenyth methods and techniques of teach- South-East news unit 6.10-6.32 News. Round-up SERVICE 11.20 OIL AND GAS ing small children to read includes FLASH OF 6.32-6.37* Police Call the use of ' the talking typewriter,' KEY RESULTS 6.37*-6.40* Stock Market Reportt PIPELINES the Initial Teaching Alphabet, and Market 6.32 Stock Report As the flow of results reaches by MICHAEL SMEE the work of an American educa- WELSH m.; 881 a peak, Home Service concen- (341 kc/s) t Geography series tionist, Glenn Doman, in teaching 8.15-8.45 a.m. Good Morning, babies only a year old to read trates on a specially fast cover- Wales!: magazine words. 6.35 HOME TO MUSIC age of the key constituencies 12.30-12.55 Trem: and 11.40 END-OF-TERM CONCERT that will determine the out- p.m. people t Produced by ALAN BURGESS for the events A gramophone concert of all played you by come 12.55-1.0 News in Welsh. Weather the orchestral music heard LONDON STUDIO STRINGS A combined News. Current Affairs. 2.20-2.40 Schools: Wales-Its Life this term with opportunities Leader. Reginald Leopold and Outside Broadcasts presentation and People for listening children to join in t Conducted by See facing page and pages 2-7 6.10-6.35 News. Stock Market Re- * Approximate time LEON LOVETT ports. News in Welsh Written and produced at 11.45* Forecast for coastal waters 7.0-7.30 Pynctau'r Tir: farming by William Murphy t BBC recording with magazine t Music Workshop series STEVE BENBOW (guitar) Close Down at 4.0 a.m.* THURSDAY VHF and Wavelengths: page 6

4.31 RACING RESULTS 8.40 SEMPRINI SERENADE with the SERENADE ORCHESTRA 4.32* DOUBLE SPIN Conducted by MARCUS DODS General LIGHT GORDON WATTS Semprlni with plays his own arrangements Playtime t Sunday's broadcast . am- WEATHER: NEWS Election 5.30 Records for the BREAKFAST SPECIAL younger listeners Tonight Radio employs its 9.30 LET'S FIND OUT with PETER LATHAM and at about unique flexibility to offer and the Music of the week: see Monday 5.0 Newly Pressed Sir Allen Lane voters a choice of publisher planned The latest singles NEWS Cicely Courtneidge three services each with 8.30 E.P.s and L.P.s comedienne and Metcast distinctive features. with four teenagers 5.31 ROUNDABOUT '66 putting the questions Results 4. 5, and 7 HOUSEWIVES' CHOICE and RADIO TIMES Chart for Recording Election pages 8.34 Fun, fact fiction In the chair, PETER HAIGH REGINALD DIXON with TIM BRINTON t Produced by David O'Clee Introduces your request records plus Tuesday's broadcast (Home) HOME-Fastest THE JUDD PROCTOR QUARTET Cicely Courtneidge is in 'The 9.55 FIVE TO TEN Spider's Web' at the Theatre Royal. 9.0 p.m. to 4.0 a.m. Script by Tony Aspler Windsor to a t DAVID DAVIS reads from Produced by PETER DUNCAN Final comments as the polls close lead up special The Pilgrim's Progress and RICHARD ILLCOX the constituencies of by JOHN BUNYAN service of ' flash ' results from all 10.0 ALL NIGHT the outcome of the 4: The Key Called Promise SPORTS REVIEW national significance, in which 6.33 WITH THE LIGHT High-speed computer pre- including Racing Results Election will be determined. 10.0 AS YOU WERE Tim GUDGIN presents a dictions from an early stage. A light-hearted look at the special Election Service Twenties and Thirties 6.45 THE ARCHERS This exclusive non-stop all- by JAMES MOODY Written by EDWARD J. MASON night service of music and essential Election news is LIGHT� Gayest AND THE Top HATTERS Repeated: Friday, 1.30 P.M. (Home) designed as much for early a.m. with CHERRY LIND and risers as for those who like to 10.0 p.m. to 5.30 HARRY DAWSON of gay music, 7.0 NEWS stay up late An exclusive non-stop all-night service Introduced by TONY RAYMONT State-of-the-Parties summaries of and RADIO NEWSREEL top-priority news 'flashes', and regular t Produced by Eric Arden and news summaries 11.45 2.30 every quarter on the quarter the latest results. Lively round-ups at p.m., 10.31 MUSIC WHILE WHAT DO YOU Radio Newsreel Round-ups at and 5.30 a.m. 7.31 11.45 p.m., 2.30 and 5.30 a.m. YOU WORK KNOW? with contributions from CHRISTOPHER JONES t JIMMY LEACH A competition for the title AND HIS ORGANOLIAN QUARTET and ROBERT WILLIAMS THIRD-Fullest Brain of Britain 1966 11.10 to 3.30 a.m. t Sunday's broadcast p.m. MORNING STORY All-Night Music Highlights from every constituency. 11.0 All the overnight results in full From the Midlands 10.0-11.45 p.m. can switch to this service 8.0 CHARTER PILOT THE NORTHERN DANCE ORCHESTRA Listeners to Home and Light A Question of Revenge choose A new series for radio conductor, BERNARD HERRMANN for detailed results whenever they t Written and read by JOHNNY PEARSON ALAN SMITH by Rex Rienits his piano and orchestra Ambulance to Algiers THE DALES THE DAVID SNELL TRIO 11.15 Bill Kerr as Steve McFarlane t Wednesday's broadcast and the Ian Wallace as Seppi Fiorelli MANY GUITARS OF WOUT STEENHUIS ACK'S BACK Flizabeth Morgan Introduced by Simon Oee 11.31 as Edwige Dubois Mr. Midnight-1.0 a.m. Acker Bilk introduces Russell Napier as Matt Lincoln KEN MACKINTOSHAND HIS his PARAMOUNTJAZZ BAND Judy Gale...... CHRISTINA GRAY ORCHESTRA and THE STRING CHORALE Dr. Kingsley...... GARARD GREEN featuring SHIRLEY WESTERN conducted by LEON YOUNG Duncan...... HOWARD PAYS and KENNY BARDELL t Produced by John Hooper from the Empire Ballroom, Inspector Picon...ANDREW SACHS Leicester Square Jean Brissant..KEITH ALEXANDER MIDDAY SPIN 1.0-2.30 a.m. and 2.45-3.30 a.m. 12.15 An Algerian businessman, taken ill Sounds Instrumental-spinning with JIMMY YOUNG on holiday on the Riviera, to be through the early hours with flown home, in charge of a some of the best orchestras, and a male nurse. Sounds a rou- bands and small combos on Hardiman Scott Michael Shields Anthony King 1.0 THE HANSON HOUR tine assignment-until Edwige record JOHN HANSON sings reports to Steve that the doctor is 3.30-5.30 a.m. A carrying a gun. A GENERAL ELECTION is a ' natural' for sound radio. and introduces Background music for all tasted corners of the Words and Music from t Produced by VERNON HARRIS * vast quantity of information from all the World of Show Business immedi- A combined presentation by country can be collected, sorted, and passed with the help of MYRNA ROSE NEWS News, which THE MICHAEL JOHN SINGERS 8.30 Current Affairs, Gramophone, and without the delays Popular Music Departments ately to the listening public and the AUGMENTED and Sports Results are inevitable in any other medium of communication. NORTHERN DANCE ORCHESTRA clear It nevertheless calls for technical skill, and a Conductor. BERNARD HERRMANN from appreciation of the situation as it develops, t Produced by Peter Pilbeam Woman's Hour visits Malta something John Hanson is appearing in 'When everyone involved. For the last few weeks You're Young ' at the Hippodrome. Now and again Woman's Hour takes and down the country as Golders Green, London off. Today it has landed in Malta, like three hundred people, up seem have been preparing G.C. Why Malta? There plenty well as in Broadcasting House, 2.0 WOMAN'S HOUR of good reasons apart from the fact with just as much energy that Malta is very pleasant in the themselves for the big night visits Malta. G.C. of its usual the candidates them- spring, green instead �but without the partisanship-as See columns 4 and 5 tawny brown, plenty of sun, wild throughout flowers and shining sea. There is its selves. All of them will be at concert pitch PATRICK WYMARK reads the team of history of successive invasion and tonight and most of tomorrow to keep Hall of Mirrors occupation, including that of the key by JOHN ROWAN WILSON 'front men' supplied with the latest information, Knights of St. John who withstood 'live' telephone t Fourth of nine instalments the Great Siege by the Turks in results as they come in, immediate 1565 and whose architecture lives on. which is the neces- interviews, and all the mass of data 3.0 MELODY FARE But there was, of course, a more commentaries. recent siege by Hitler's bombers in sary background for their ' ball-by-ball' Music in mood the Second World War. for which Another vital member of the team, already fully with KATIE BOYLE Malta was awarded her George the IBM t Produced by Bev Phillips Cross. primed-or, more precisely, programmed-is There will, no doubt, be listeners 7094 Its output, digested in the studio by with relatives who have served with cheap and plentiful and taxation low. computer. 3.31 MUSIC the British Forces in Malta and we Michael Shields of National Opinion Polls, will include Does this intrusion of the twentieth WHILE YOU WORK shall be talking to some of the century threaten Malta's deeply tra- a full of forecasts of the outcome from the servicemen and women who are still ditional outlook on life? service t BBC SCOTTISH VARIETY results are known. This will be part ORCHESTRA there. Malta has been independent As this issue of Radio TIMES goes moment the first Conductor, JACK LEON since 1964 but now there appear to to press, Anne Howells and I will of the Home Service coverage, with Hardiman Scott, be new invaders on the horizon; be in Malta making our recordings, tourists and BBC Political Correspondent, in the chair, and Anthony 4.15 THE DALES those anxious to retire infected perhaps with Election Fever, to villas in the sun, others seeking for in Malta, too, electioneering will King giving the political analysis. Repeated: Friday, 11.15 a.m. to start businesses where labour is be in full swing. WYN KNOWLES VHF and Wavelengths: page 6 THIRD NETWORK

3.45 PETER CRIMES 9.40 CASTING OUT DEVILS Peter Pears Opera in three acts AT CORPINO and a prologue sings the t by NINA EPTON Music Britten THIRD During her search for out-of-the MUSIC by Benjamin title role programme programme Words by MONTAGUSLATER ordinary Spanish customs and in festivals. Nina Epton came across after the poem by George Crabbe an 7.0 a.m. NEWS SUMMARY archaic survival of exorcism on gramophone records 7.30 p.m. A MAN in Galicia. and Weather Forecast PETER , a fisherman LIKE THAT PETER PEARS () H. S. 7.4 OVERTURE GRIMES Ellen Orford, a widow, school- by Eveling 9.55 L'AMFIPARNASO Suite: The Fair Maid of Perth mistress of the Borough William Bob GRANT Act 3 (Bizet) at 3.45 CLAIREWATSON (soprano) First Observant Woman SUISSE ROMANDEORCHESTRA Captain Balstrode, a retired BARBARA GREENHALGH Conducted by ERNEST ANSERMET merchant skipper Second Observant Woman 10.35 THE LAST DAYS OF JAMES PEASE (baritone) ELLA ATKINSON 7.17* Eligie for cello and or- A WORLD OF PASTRY chestra (Fauré) Hobson, the carrier Jennie...... HELEN FRASER DAVID KELLY () Queer Man by FRANK FIELD SAMUELMAYES with the Young Lecturer in at ORCHESTRA 10.40 ARTIST OF Swallow, a lawyer HENRY Livings History BOSTON SYMPHONY BRANNIGAN the University of Keele Conducted by ERICH LEINSDORF THE MONTH OWEN (bass) Myra ...... PAMELA CRAIG Mrs. Sedley, a widow The Viennese satirist Karl Kraus 7.25' Bassoon Concerto in B flat Thomas Agnes ...... EILEEN DERBYSHIRE once described the old as Hemsley (baritone) (mezzo-soprano) John major (K.191) (Mozart) In his last .....CHRISTOPHER WILKINSON a ' research laboratory for world programme Auntie, landlady of The Boar First destruction.' GWYDIONBROOKE with the t THOMAS HEMSLEY JEAN WATSON Vagrant...HARRY MARKHAM Frank Field takes ORCHESTRA (contralto) his closet drama The Last Daws ROYAL PHILHAITMONIC accompanied by Her two ' main Second Vagrant...... ALAN Knox Conducted by SIR THOMASBEECHAM PAUL HAMBURGER Nieces,' attractions of Mankind as focusing concen- (piano) of The Boar Defence ...... ARTHUR Cox the sings trically destructive forces of 7.44* Symphonic Poem: Till MARION STUDHOLME(soprano) Judge ...... FRANK MARLBOROUGH 1914; in Viennese culture, in Eulenspiegel (Strauss) Fine knacks for ladies; In dark- Iris KELLs (soprano) Prosecution .....GEOFFREY BANKS Vienna, in the Austrian Empire. BERLIN PHILHARMONICORCHESTRA ness let me dwell ...... Dowland Bob Boles, a Methodist fisherman Miss Lisle...... VIVIEN WOOD in Europe Der Musikant; Benedeit; RAYMONDNILSSON Conducted by Geselle; (tenor) Harmonica player t Second broadcast WILHELMFURTWANGLER Herz, verzage nicht Wott The Rector... John LANIGAN (tenor) DOUG FORRESTER Ned followed by an interlude at 10.65 on gramophone records Keene, the apothecary t Produced by ALFRED BRADLEY 11.0 MUSIC MAKING GERAINTEVANS (baritone' To be repeated on April 17 NEWS SUMMARY Contrapunctus X (Art of Fugue) CHORUS ANDORCHESTRA OF THE 8.0 Bach ROYAL OPERAHOUSE, and Weather Forecast COVENT GARDEN L'AMFIPARNASO 11.6' Suite in D major (Gradus ad 8.45 From 11.0 Parnassum 82-87) Clementi Conducted by THE COMPOSER by Orazio Vecchi POLYPHONIA 8.4 in C The action takes place towards the in the Third Network 11.20* Quintet major (D.956) year 1830. in the Borough, a small NORMAN PLATT (speaker) SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Schubert fishing town on the East Coast DELLER CONSORT Leader, Denis East WILLIAMFELLOWES (piano) Honor PROLOGUEand Act 1 Sheppard (soprano) 11.0 THE NEWS t Conductor, BRYAN FAIRFAX AEOLIANSTRING QUARTET Ad 2: 4.43* Sally Le Sage (soprano) with Alfred Deller (counter-tenor) followed by with ACT 3: 5.35* Max JEAN HARVEY (violin and piano) BRUNO SCHRECKER(cello) Worthley (tenor) MARKET TRENDS Philip Todd (tenor) Adagio in E major, for violin t The thirteenth of fifteen pro- Maurice Bevan (baritone) and orchestra (K.261) Mozart grammes including the whole of 6.15 ORGAN RECITAL Clement! Gradus ad Parnassum. HANS MARTIN LINDE (recorder) 11.10 ELECTION 8.14* Symphony No. 99, in F by GEORGE MILES FFRDINAND CONRAD (recorder) major Molter 12.15 MIDDAY CONCERT Toccata V (Book 2) Frescobaldi OTTO STEINKOPF (dulcian) RESULTS B for SJ9* Ciacona in F minor GUNTHER LEMMEN 8.28* Rondo in flat major, BBC Scottish ORCHESTRA (viola da braccio) IN FULL piano and orchestra.... Beethoven Led by Leonard Friedman Pachelbel HEINZ OTTO GRAF The full details of every result 8.40' Symphony in B flat major Conducted by GRAHAMTREACHER t From the Church of St. James (viola da braccio) the Leicester declared overnight will be (1802)... Samuel Wesley Part 1 Greater. HEINRICH SPICKER broadcast on this Network, and (viola da braccio) it is therefore complementary Concerto for double string orches- HEINRICH HAFERLAND NEWS SUMMARY tra...... Tippett to the faster but more con- 9.0 (viola da gamba) centrated ' flash ' service to be and Weather Forecast 12.40* Overture: Cockaigne..Elgar WALTER GERWIG (lute) heard in the Home Service WALTER BERGMANN Newsreaders: NEWS SUMMARY (harpsichord) 9.4 THIS WEEK'S 1.0 DAVID BROOMFIELD and Weather Forecast Directed by ALFRED DELLER COMPOSER STUDY ACTS 1 AND 2 ANDREW GEMMILL Bach session Roy WILLIAMSON 1.4 CONCERT CALENDAR Recorded at a performance given Three sacred songs from in Olantigh House. Wye. Kent. t NEVILLE GARDEN looks at some during the Stour Festival 1965. Close Down at 3.30 a.m.* the Schemelli song book: non-broadcast musical events 6.30 p.m. ENGLISH USAGE Die bittre Leidenszelt In Scotland, Wales Jesus unser Trost und Leben taking place Second of three talks on con- aller GUter and the West during the next habits in Brunquell seven temporary speech or MARGOTGUILLEAUME (soprano) days writing A Man Like That HELMUTTRAMNITZ (organ) MIDDAY CONCERT t by GILBERTPHELPS Chorale Preludes 1.15 ' Do you know what follows me and goes before 9.12* Three Part 2 (Clavieriibung) AFTER-SCHOOL and moves all around? Failure. Absolute and Kyrle. Gott helliger Geist (S.671) Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune 6.39 abysmal failure. What a start I had as a baby. Dies sind die heil'gen zehn Debussy ENGLISH Gebot' (S.678) Good strong legs, fine bones, clear eyes, ten Christe aller Welt Trost (S.670) 1.27' Symphony No. 41, In C The fifth of the main series of major (Jupiter) (K.551)...Mozart toes, the usual complement of fingers, a good HELMUT WALCHA(organ) fifteen programmes for adults head for taking the G.C.E. 0 ' Level heights, not visibly deformed, a mind 9.27* Motet: Singet dem Herrn 2.0 ON STAGE examinations in English Language clean, innocent, and active as a new factory. tin neues Lied Music from opera and ballet and Literature, planned in associa- What a site for development. And what ensued? HERTA FLEBBEand tion with a National Extension ROTHAUDPAX BBC Concert ORCHESTRA Catastrophes. Calamities.' (sopranos) Leader, Arthur Leavins College correspondence course. FRAUKE HAASKMANN(contralto) Radio tutor, DAVID GRUGEON It is William Oaks down-trodden WILFRIEDKASTRUP (tenor) Conductor, VILEM TAUSKY speaking-middle-aged, Scriptwriter, Emmeline Garnett harassed at work and at home JOHANNESKORTENDIECK (bass) ELIZABETHFRETWELL (soprano) wage slave, henpecked with the JANET COSTER (mezzo-soprano) t Produced by Peggy Bacon until the fateful night when he blunders into a cocktail WESTPHALIANSINGERS Introduced by ANDREWGEMMILL Repeated on Saturday at 11.35 party given by the colour-supplement set. Liberated by ANDINSTRUMENTAIISTS a.m. Produced by Alan Abbott (Home) alcohol, he voices his opinions about politics so loudly Conducted by WILHELMEHMANN Details of the correspondence course that he has to be forcibly ejected. When his mind clears on gramophone records The programme Includes excerpts can be obtained from the National from: Extension College. Shaftesbury he can no longer face his monotonous existence and Road, Cambridge. STRAUSS AND LISZT Madam Butterfly Puccini decides to kick over the traces, but William is a man who 9.45 La clemenza di Tito Mozart takes his pleasures seriously, and even when he meets a with Oberon Weber 7.4 TOUTES DIRECTIONS' DIETRICH FISCIIEFT-DIESKAU younger woman who is willing to share her life with him, t Originally broadcast July 31. 1965 , A series of twenty programmes, (baritone) who he is tortured by conscience. Elizabeth Fretwell broadcasts by intended for listeners already Records including permission of Sadler's Wells Opera have some knowledge of French. A Man Like That Is one of the successful plays from Four songs by Liszt Company An imaginary roving reporter, the the BBC North and the Suite: Gilles Leroy. records his impres- competition organised jointly by Region Le bourgeois gentilhomme WILHELM KEMPFF sions of the different places he and the North-Eastern Association for the Arts. The author, by Strauss 3.0 visits each week. H. S. who a lecturer in Moral at (piano) Eveling, is Philosophy This programme Is being broadcast 5: En Peirigord University, has written three other plays for experimentally on the Zenith-G.E. Beethoven Introduced by KATIA ELLIS The An and Dance pilot tone stereophonic system from Andante favori In F major radio, Timepiece, Unspeakable Crime, the VIIF transmitters at Wrotham with the help of Emile Harven Ti Thi Daddy. In tonight's production Bob Grant plays the and Dover. Kent. To hear the pro- Rondo in G major, Op. 51 No. Written and produced gramme in stereophony a special Elsie troubled William, Helen Fraser is the girl friend, and receiver, or an adapter for use with 3.17' Brahms by Ferguson an existing receiver. Is necessary. Variations and Fugue on a Language consultant, Paul Couster Eileen Derbyshire plays the devoted Agnes who is deter- Listeners with normal VHF re- theme of Handel, Op. 24 mined to help her husband find a happy ending. ceivers will hear the programme t Monday's broadcast monophonically as usual. on gramophone records A booklet is available ALFRED BRADLEY FRIDAY

5.0 HEY PRESTO-IT'S ROLF! BBC-1 * BBC-2 ROLF HARRIS introduces 11.0-11.25 6.0 a.m. the first of a new series PLAY SCHOOL This week's guests include ELECTION RESULTS A for children at MARTIN GRANGER PUPPETS programme home AS THEY COME IN MICHAEL ALLPORT Science Day Designer, Stewart Marshall LEN LOWE Presenters, Graphics, Roy Laughton PADDY JOYCE Carol Chell, Terence Holland Research, GRAHAM PYATT GEORGE CLAYDON In the story chair, DICK LEONARD, ALAN PERRY Script by MARY KEENE, JEAN DYBALL BOB BLOCK H. E. Todd Producers, RICHARD FRANCIS Music by Pianist, Rudi Van Dijk NOBLE WILSON, NORMAN TAYLOR THE BERT HAYES SEXTET MICHAEL BALKWILL Graphics, Hilary Hayton t Producer, Film Executive editors, PETER WHITMORE editor, Terry Corneliui FOX MICHAEL PEACOCKand PAUL Bert Hayes Is appearing at Butlln's Hotels. Directors, Ann Reay See panel Cllftonville: Michael Allport appears by David Turnbull arrangement with Paul Raymond Producer, CYNTHIA FELGATE 59 * See page Editor, Joy WHITBY

PROGRAMMES FOR SCHOOLS Because of the public interest in the Election Results As They Come In 5.25 6.5 there will be no programmes for Schools Some of the normal ELECTION RESULTS TOWN AND AROUND today. have Friday repeats of programmes been cancelled, while others have See panel Election Special the week: been placed earlier in from 2.30 Merry-Co-Round: Tuesday at repeated Thursday at 9.35 a.m. London and the South-East Wed. at 2.55 Exploring Your World: 5.55 Introduced by and the Welsh Economy Geography 10.23 a.m. THE NEWS Corbet Woodall (BBC Wales): Wednesday at

followed by THE WEATHER 6.30 ELECTION FILM PREVIEW A look at the films on BBC Television and the new features on release RESULTS Introduced by Philip Jenkinson ... ANALYSIS NEWS ... COMMENT who discusses the background stories and making of Love is a Many-Splendored Thing Robert McKenzie William HOLDEN, JENNIFER JONES Cliff Michelmore, Ian Trethowan, Bolero GEORGE RAFT Robin Day, Kenneth Harris Lucky Jim David Butler, IAN CARMICHAEL who call on the BBC's national network They lead a team ./ commentators and reporters , ARTHUR HAYNES a computer, telephones by courtesy of Rank of outside broadcast cameras and regional studios, plus high-speed Election results service The Silencers and teleprinters to bring you the fastest up-to-the-minute with DEAN MARTIN as Matt Helm by courtesy of Columbia with views and opinions from home and abroad, including Blasgow ... Liverpool ...Swansea ... Appearing in the studio: ... ... ... Birmingham... Exeter GEORGE RAFT ... The West End and in London: DowningStreet... The City Presented by Christopher Doll ... Mew York ... Paris ... Zurich BOWRIDGE, BRIGHTON REPORTS FROM THE AND COMMENTS FROM 6.30-7.0 Pie in the Sky: strange hap- Shonfield penings at Warininster-fact or COUNTS AT Nigel Lawson, Andrew ftctiont Olivier Todd Monmouth; Aberdeen Robert Carvel, Karl Meyer, Henry Trofimenko 7.0 REPORTERS Interviews with today's newsmakers, THE NEWCOMERS Kenneth Allsop,Derek Hart,Alan Whicker Trade Union leaders, and industrialists. Devised by Colin Morris Alun Williams,Desmond Wilcox,Michael provincial editors Charlton, James Mossman,John Morgan, The story of a London family TIMETABLE adapting to life in a country town Leonard Parkin, Fyfe Robertson, Michael TODAY'S a.m. Ellis Cooper...... ALAN BROWNING Robert Coulter 6.0 a.m.-6.30 Vivienne Cooper.....MAGGIE FITZGIBBON Parkinson, of the Parties and State Arthur Huntley...... TONY STEEDMAN a.m. Eunice Huntley...... SALLY LAHEE John Tidmarsh, John Timpson, Peter 6.30 a.m.-8.0 Lance Cooper ...... RAYMOND HUNT News. Today's Papers with Robert Sir Percy Eden...... LOCKWOOD WEST Woon at the three Party Headquarters Peter CONNOR in Robinson. Party Gains. Overnight High- Connolly...... PATRICK London at P.C Gregson ...... DAN MEADEN lights, and Regional comments Amelia Claythorne NAOMI CHANCE SPECIAL ANALYSIS ON 6.40 a.m., 7.10 a.m. and 7.40 a.m. Joe ...... DENIS COWLES Jack...... GEOFFREY TYRELL a.m. Scotland by Esmond Wright 8.0 a.m.-10.0 Gran Hamilton...... GLABYS HENSON National survey with Regional comments Fire Chief ...... KEVIN STONEY Wales by Kenneth Morgan at 8.10 a.m. and Regional Round-up Jeff Langley...... MICHAEL COLLINS Mrs. Langley...... JOAN NEWELL The North by Harold Webb at 9.10 a.m. Janet Langley...... SANDRA PAYNE Dick Alderbeach 10.0 a.m.-5.0 p.m...... KEITH SMITH The Midlands by Michael Barratt Andrew Heenan.. JONATHAN BERGMAN Results as they come in The West Barker Story by JOHN O'TOOLE by Anthony 5.25-5.55 p.m. Script by c E. WEBBER London and the South-East by Summing up the day: Party totals and Producer. MORRIS BARRY David Holmes final results t Directed by PIERS HAGGARD FRIDAY

9.5 BEWITCHED BBC-1 A comedy film series BBC-2 starring ELIZABETH MONTGOMERY as Samantha 7.30 7.30 DICK YORK as Darrin OUTLOOK THE LANCE PERCIVAL in for Friday: Madison Avenue SHOW Fastest Gun on SUIVEZ LA PISTE touch almost starring ... Samantha's magic Follow Your brings Darrin face to face with the Up French LANCE PERCIVAL champ. in a twenty-five episode and featuring Larry Tate...... DAVID WHITE thriller serial Gladys Kravitz...... ALICE PEARCE Michael Rothwell written EMILE DE HARVEN Kovacks ...... ROGERTORREY by Elaine Taylor Kovacks' Manager HERBIE FAYE 13: La ' Rose Guest star, Tommy Carter...... ROCKNE TARKINGTON A rose in Pigalle. Its thorn?� HUGH LLOYD poisoned needle. Musical direction by Monique Messine MALCOLM LOCKYER 9.30 as Catherine Léger Design by Peter Brachackl Michel Forain t Produced by KENNETH CARTER NANCY WILSON as Jean Dacier One of the world's greatest and Gisele Grimm, Gerard Buhr cabaret stars Course devised by accompanied tonight by Michel Blanc and Ormond Uren 8.0 Ted Heath Language advisers, Denys Player and John Trim ELECTION SURVEY and his Orchestra Designer, Stuart Walker The Prime Minister Tonight Miss Wilson sings: Directed by JOHN PRESCOTT THOMAS FIREWORKS The Result in Perspective t Produced by COLIN NEARS THE GRASS IS GREENER The Outcome THE VERY THOUGHTOF YOU discussed by: SATIN DOLL 8.0 The Rt. Hon. Roy Jenkins THE Boy FROM IPANEMA The Rt. Hon. Enoch Powell THE DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES THIS MAN CRAIG GLADI AM and How starring THE Music THAT MAKES ME DANCE A look at the future JOHN CAIRNEY t Production, Introduced by STEWART MORRIS and Cliff Michelmore ELLEN MclNTOSH Vera Miles On with LEONARD MAGUIRE Wednesday evening she was one of in the Ian Trethowan 9.55 guest stars in Arrest and Trial. Tonight she and Time for Protest plays the part of the mysterious Robert McKenzie by DAVID TURNER Mrs. Wallace (above) in The Virginian introduces at 8.50 David Butler Ian Craig...... JOHN CAIRNEY Great Characters in Opera Alex Wishart...... MICHAEL ELDER and Lucy COWAN...... HILARY PATERSON Girl Robin Day selling papers JAN COWAN Professor Watson...... OGILVIE CROMBIE Editors, Verdi's Reverend Drummond.CAMPBELL GODLEY 10.5 JEREMY ISAACS and DERRICK AMOOME Councillor Mackintosh CLEM ASHBY WHEELBASE RIGOLETTO Jock Mays...... PHIL MCCALL Questioner John SHEDDEN Barrie Gill The last of seven programmes James covers the world of Italian bari- Craig...... BRIAN PETTIFER the featuring the great Margaret...... ELLEN MCINTOSH Coventry car worker 8.50 tone in some of his most famous Mrs. Ferguson...... PEKOE AINLEY I'M ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY roles Mr. Campbell ...... WALLACE CAMPBELL operatic Jim Lorimer Paul More than 50,000 men and women THE NEWS KERMACK work in the car factories Guest artist, Girl Teacher...... EMMA CHAPMAN of Coventry Mr. and they earn some of the highest Renata Scotto as Gilda Andrews...... W. H. D. Joss wages in Britain. Robertson...... LEONARD MAGUIRE But a better pay packet has produced no solution to Monterone...... DAVID KELLY Miss Law... Linda Pettifer the Robert strike and stoppage problem. So Sparafucile...... DENNISWICKS David WILSON is it that matters Mary...... SHIRLEY STEEDMAN money most to the The New Philharmonia Orchestra car-maker? Or beer and bingo, fish- John McGrath...... ANDREW BROWN and Leader, HUGH BEAN Andrew ...... DEREK WHYTE ing football? A Conducted by Edward Downes Councillor McGrath JAMES GIBSON Wheelbase enquiry Mrs. Bridie ...... MARJORIEDALZIEL from the Midlands Designer, Marilyn Taylor Councillor Linklater...... VICTOR CARIN t Producer, PATRICIA FOY Councillor Currie...... HARVEY SCOTT Director, Willie Sinclair...... ALEX MCCRINDLE JOHN MILLS See page 59 Designer, Walter Miller Produced by BRIAN ROBINS Producer. ANTONY KEAREY 10.40 t Directed by IAN MACNAUGHTON See page 59 GOING FOR A SONG 10.30 and Customers connoisseurs NEWSROOM explore the world of 8.50 followed by ANTIQUES THE VIRGINIAN with THE WEATHER starring Max Robertson JAMES DRURY as The Virginian Resident connoisseur, The Man Who Couldn't Die Arthur Negus Judge Henry Garth...... LEE J. COBB 10.50 Produced JOHN IRVING by Mrs. Wallace...... VERA MILES LINE-UP REVIEW t From the West William Bradford...... JEFF MORROW Lt. Paul Kenner...... WALTER BROOKE A weekly Tom Rodell ...... PAT MCCAFFRIE supplement George Mitchell JAMES DOOHAN reflecting 11.10 Mr. Bemis...... BRENDAN DILLON the world of television THE WEATHER Alex...... E. J. ANDRE Kitty Rodell...... ANNE Loos Denis Tuohy Close Down Betsy...... ROBERTA SHORE and tonight's guests Garth is Judge driven to doubt his discuss topics arising out of NancyWilson own sanity when everything seems to that the viewers' comments the American and cabaret prove man he has killed in famous jazz t BBC recording self defence is still alive. Anycomments for discussionshould be singer can be seen in her own show at 9.30 addressed to: Late Night Line-Up. BBC Repeat. Television Centre. London. W 12. FRIDAY VHF and Wavelengths: page 6

7.40 REGIONAL 10.15 DAILY SERVICE 3.30 CAKES AND ALE 6.35 HOME TO MUSIC ELECTION FOCUS New Every Morning, page 1 by Somerset Maugham i Scottish Dance Music Lo, God is here (BBC H.B. dramatised BBC SCOTTISH VARIETY ORCHESTRA Taking a closer look at results 264) by HOWARD AGG of interest to the South- Conducted by IAIN SUTHERLAND HOME special Psalm 99 with Raymond Huntley East and Midlands with ARCHIE DUNCAN(accordion) St. Mark 13, vv. 28-37 Barbara Mitchell, Kenneth Hyde An author unearths TEN TO EIGHT Christian, dost thou see them some discon- CHALLENGING 6.35 a.m. FARMING TODAY 7.50 (BBC H.B. 339) certing facts while preparing the 7.0 t Prayer and meditation biography of a famous novelist. Market trends, news, weather BRASS Ashenden...... RAYMOND HUNTLEY A radio competition 7.55 WEATHER Alroy Kear...... KENNETH HYDE TEN TO SEVEN 10.30 FOR SCHOOLS Lady Hodmarsh...... OLGA LINDO for bands 6.50 and Programme News Ten to UND DER HUND MIR MACH! Amy Driffield...... EVA STUART Second t Thursday's ' Eight Millicent, Duchess of Ewell Semi-final Written by Milo Sperber Two bands for a 8.0 THE NEWS NICOLETTE BERNARD compete place WEATHER t Intermediate German series Lord Scallion..GORDON GARDNER in the Final in St. George's 6.55 Rosie Driffleld.BARBARA MITCHELL Hall, Bradford, on April 8 and News Programme 8.10 TODAY 10.45 FRENCH FOR Mary-Ann...... MARY O'FARRELL The Judges: Ellen...... SULWEN MORGAN Election Special BEGINNERS Captain Rodney Bashford THE NEWS Vicar...... JAMES THOMASON and Harry Mortimer 7.0 Second edition / Lesson 23: Revision His Wife...... GLADYS SPENCER Introduced by TOM NAISBY Written by Raymond Escoffey Mr. Galloway...PETER BARTLETT 7.10 TODAY TODAY'S PAPERS t for use with the Mrs. Barton Trafford 8.35 A programme JANET BURNELL 7.30 ENTERPRISE Election special film strip Special Allgood Newton..HUGH MANNING or How to succeed in With two-thirds of the results in, REGIONAL Produced MARTYN C. WEBSTER 8.40 11.0 HOW THINGS BEGAN by industry by really trying how do the Parties stand? t Broadcast on January 27, 1964 ELECTION FOCUS 11: What we have learned this 1: Frank Schon of Whitehaven Which will form the next Govern- year mentf Taking a closer look at results The firelighter factory that t Written by Leonard Cottrell 4.45 HOME into a a full break- of special interest to the South- grew 120 million chemi- Today brings you East and Midlands Observer sequence by Rhoda Power THIS AFTERNOON cal plant fast time round-up of over- night actuality, expert analy- t The DICK t Introduced by KEITH MACKLIN 11.20 YOUR MAGAZINE Flying Clogmaker: sis of results so far, national 8.50 DAVID COPPERFIELD TURNER, recently returned See facing page and international reaction, and Poems and short stories from the Leper Colonies in computer predictions for key AND DORA written by children Uganda, talks to ALAN DIXON the 8.0 CLEVELAND results still to come, with Readings by GARY WATSON t Listening and Writing series Trouble with eventual overall majority t Transport: from David ' Before be a honey, ORCHESTRA Introduced JACK de MANIO Copperfield you pay�now by by CHARLES DICKENS 11.40 TALKS FOR SIXTH And don't forget to warm your Conducted by George Szell in A money! ' t Broadcast Book at Bedtime, 1964 FORMS From the TODAY'S PAPERS MARJORIE WILKINSON recalls the 7.35 Current Affairs: a broadcast 1965 Vienna Festival 9.0 THE NEWS on a subject of topical interest Prague trams in the frozen heart of Europe Symphony No. 31, in D major t I Still Haven't Unpacked: Haydn FOR SCHOOLS 8.23* No. 3 9.5 12.0 Announcements WILLIAM HOLT tells OLIVE SHAP- Symphony AN ACT OF WORSHIP LEY about his recent trek Peter Menin Other Home Services across on his first broadcast in this country In Introductory music Europe horse, Trigger 8.44' Symphony No. 3, in F Variations in the other Home Ser- 9.8 THE SERVICE PICK OF THE WEEK major Brahms vices. If no change is shown the 12.10 t Please, Mr. Lowry, I've 7s. 6d.! London is broadcast. of GALE PEDRICK makes a personal L. S. LOWRY talks to HAROLD Recording made available by cour- programme King glory, King of peace tesy of the Austrian Radio Brighton. Folkestone. Bexhill (on (Tune, Gwalehmai) selection of items from the RILEY, another Northern artist, 206 m.) broadcast the South and many broadcasts on BBC radio about a very young lady in West Interlude: A Service in pre- programme. paration for Easter and television during the past search of a picture 9.20 VICTORIAN GEMS seven MIDLAND (276 m.; 1,088 kc/s) The Prayer of St. Richard days t Cranny's Oatcakes: The sweet OF THE MUSIC-HALL 6.10-6.15 p.m. News Introduced by JOHN ELLISON taste of success-as discovered Alleluya, sing to Jesus (Tune, JOHN SKINNER The our fathers 6.15-6.32 Enterprise: magazine Hyfrydol) Extended version: Sun., 11.15 a.m. by songs sang 6.35-6.40 Anglers' Corner to the Guitar: from 6.40-7.0 Records introduced by Wednesday's Service tSongs SYLVIA EAVES, JOHN GOWER Denis Detheridge Mari GRIFFITH BENNY LEE, RITA WILLIAMS 7.30-8.0 Recent verse from the 12.55 WEATHER Introduced by BARRY CHAMBERS CHARLES WEST, CHARLES YOUNG Midlandst 9.28 A WORLD OF SOUND from the North of and Programme News THE CANTERBURY SINGERS NORTH (434 m.; 692 kc/j: Playing the Fool 261 m.; 1,151 kc/s) THE London THEATRE ORCHESTRA JIMMY JACOBS and GORDON SNELL 5.25 STORY TIME Conducted by ALFRED RALSTON 7.40-7.50 and 8.40-8.5O a.m. How investigate the art of humour the North Polled 1.0 THE WORLD AT ONE Poor Relations Narrators: 6.10-6.30 p.m. Voice of the North: with the help of the BBC CHARLES CHILTON, HARRY LANDIS magazine Sound Archives Election Edition radio serial in regional A eight parts Produced CHARLES CHILTON 6.30-6.47 Sports Preview Produced Sheila Anderson Introduced by ERIC MASCHWITZ by 6.47-6.50 Stock Market Reportt t by by t Broadcast on January 9 6.50-7.0 Record Break WILLIAM HARDCASTLE dramatised from the novel COMPTON MACKENZIE N. IRELAND (224 m.; kc/s) 9.55 FOR SCHOOLS by TEN 1,340 6: Christmas comes but once a year 10.0 O'CLOCK 7.40-7.50 and 8.40-1.50 a.m. Re- MUSIC AND MOVEMENT THE ARCHERS The gional News 1.30 Laurence Armitage...VICTOR LUCAS News 6.10-6.32 p.m. Round-up Stage 2 Written by EDWARD J. MASON John Touchwood.RICHARD HURNDALL 8.0.8.45. St. John Passion: soloists. Background to the News t Wednesday's broadcast Produced by TONY SHRYANE Eleanor Touchwood Belfast Philharmonic Society BETTY HUNTLEY-WRIGHT People in the News Chorus, City of Belfast Orchestra. Edited conductor. Maurice Miles. From by Godfrey Baseley James Touchwood...NORMAN WYNNE POST-ELECTION SPECIAL the Ulster Hall. Belfast t Thursday's broadcast (Light) Beatrice Touchwood 8.45*-9.0* Short Brian Tonight's special edition analyses story by BETrY BASKCOMB just what happened in the Election Friel. read by Maurice O'Calla- SPICE ghant Hugh Touchwood...... MICHAEL and discusses the first steps in 9.0*-10.0 St. John Passion. Part 2 1.45 LISTEN WITH MOTHER George Touchwood.HAMLYN BENSON the formation of a new Govern- for children under five Hilda Curtis...... JoAN MATHESON ment and the likely consequences SCOTTISH (371 m.; 809 kc/s) Mrs. Woriolk EVA STUART for the nation. 7.35-7.50 and 8.35-8.50 a.m. Scot- t 'Today's story: Harold HOWARD KNIGHT tish News and Today's Papers Taddy's Tail ' by Jane Shaw Bertram...... NICHOLAS CHARLES 12.0-12.5 p.m. Gaelic News Viola ...... BERYL CALDER 10.45 IMMIGRANTS 12.5-12.15 Songs and music STAINES 12.15-12.30 Farm Journal FOR SCHOOLS Frida...... RITA IN SCHOOL 12.30-12.45 Robert Kemp Talking 2.0 Edith Armitage...... ANNA BURDEN -5t LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD Doris Hamilton...... MARGARET WARD t GERALD DENLEY taught in a school 12.45-12.55 Announcements Clerk...... KEVIN MCHUGH in Coventry attended by a large 6.10-6.32 News. Sport The traditional story 11.2-11.10 News. Forecast for with music Fiske Charles Cotton...... JOHN BOXER proportion of Indian children. He by Roger FARRELL found the strains considerable both fishermen t Let's Join In series Mr. Ricketts Jon 11.10-11.15 Prayers Maude ...... MIRIAM MARGOLYES for the Indians and himself. SOUTH AND WEST (285 m.; 2.20 TWELVE HOURS t Produced by NORMAN WRIGHT 10.59 Weather 206 forecast 1,052 kc/s: m.; 1,457 kc/s) OF DAYLIGHT 7.40-7.50 and 8.40-8.50 a.m. Elec- WEATHER tion News Episodes from the Gospels 5.55 11.0 NEWS SUMMARY 6.10-6.32 p.m. News. Round-up 11: The witnesses and Programme News 6.35-6.45 What's On?: preview by Robert C. Walton 11.2 A BOOK AT BEDTIME Script 6.0 THE NEWS WELSH (341 m.; 881 kc/s) t The Bible and Life series A Fall of Moondust 7.40-7.50 a.m. Election Special: ARTHUR C. CLARKE the election in Wales 6.10 SOUTH-EAST by 8.40-8.50 Election Special: second In the Air 2.40 MY OWN WORK Read RICHARD HURNDALL edition Today's news and the stories by 9.5-9.28 Welsh Service for Schools The job of the air hostess then and now Poems by listening children behind the news-Scotland t Ninth of fifteen Instalments 9.55-10.15 Welsh Schools: Rhyme Stories and Rhymes series Yard week's and -and in the future-is examined in Calling-This Sonut main talking point put in Per- 11.15 JAZZ AT NIGHT 10.15-10.30 Welsh Service the programme at 3.0. This picture � � 11.20-11.40 Schools: Early Stages spective Sports Spot FRED WARDELL GRAY, ERROLL GARNER in Welsht taken in 1930 shows that the care of 3.0 AIR HOSTESS STREETER on Gardening and others 12.25-12.55 p.m. Os ac Onibal: ' review of the week the passenger has always been one Eyes on the Wide Blue Introduced by Tim GUDGIN on gramophone records 12.55-1.0 News in Welsh. Weather of the foremost of her duties. Yonder' � or not! Produced by the 6.10-6.35 News. Stock Market Re- South-East news unit 11.45* Forecast for coastal waters ports News in Welsh (Photograph by courtesy United NIGEL MURPHY 9.20-10.0 Record requests intro- of by duced by Alun Williamst Air Lines) t Produced by Francis Dillon 6.32 Stock Market Report Close Down at 11.48* VHF and Wavelengths: page 6 FRIDAY

2.0* WOMAN'S HOUR 7.31 MOVIETIME ELECTION Introduced by Excerpts from three PAMELA CREIGHTON British comedies t April Foolery: JOHN EBDON with On Nurse SPECIAL LIGHT some Carry thoughts for the day starring KENNETH CONNOR t Food for Passover: ELAINE KENNETH WILLIAMS GOLDMAN describes food Jews and SHIRLEY EATON The Last 5.30 a.m. DAWN may eat Lap Spying Reading your Letters ELECTION SPECIAL starring KENNETH Williams Approximately one-third of t Different from All the overnight Election what I ex- the Election results are de- pected: a personal story from and BARBARA WINDSOR news, actuality, and analysis, a mother clared presented in a special Radio Carry On Cleo today-the day after Newsreel London-Art Centre of round-up for early y the starring SID JAMES Polling-and the overall risers, World: a report by BARRIE STURT-PENROSE CHARLES HAWTREY result is still in doubt with contributions from and AMANDA BARRIE PATRICK WYMARK reads CHRISTOPHER JONES and Introduced by Gordon Gow ROBERT WILLIAMS Hall of Mirrors by JOHN ROWAN WILSON Adapted by Lyn Fairhurst TODAY'STIMETABLE IN THE THREERADIO SERVICES Produced 5.45 BREAKFAST SPECIAL t Fifth of nine instalments by Tony Luke with BRUCE WYNDHAM Recording 5.30 a.m. LIGHT JOSEPH SEAL and the 3.0* 8.0 JOEY Dawn All the news in a Music of the Week: see Monday t at the organ Election Special: overnight of the ABC A comedy of Additional Election Theatre, special round-up for early risers. Kingston-upon-Thames East End Caffi-Society minutes from 8.30 NEWS Summaries in the Light every fifteen The Politician 12.30 and Metcast 11.0 a.m. to 3.0 p.m., with extended summaries at 3.31 MUSIC with and 1.30 p.m. WHILE YOU Alfie 8.34 HOUSEWIVES' CHOICE WORK Bass, Harry Fowler, Valerie REGINALD DIXON t Isy GEIGER Kirkbright AND HIS VIENNESE Music and introduces your request records 7.10 and 8.10 a.m. HOME John BADDELEY,CÉCILE CHEVREAU 4.15 THE DALES YSANNE CHURCHMAN,Kim GRANT a full breakfast-time round-up of 9.55 FIVE TO TEN Today brings you ' Produced by EILEEN CULLEN ANTHONYJACKSON, BOB TODD what of results so far, This happened overnight, analysis Friday ': miscellany and ANDREW SACHS Written by Terrance Dicks and t Introduced BRYAN national, and international reaction, computer pre- by MARTIN Script by Rex Edwards t Produced eventual by JOHN BRIDGES dictions for key results still to come, with the Repeated: Monday, 11.15 a.m. election edition CAN'T HELP SINGING overall majority. There is also a special 10.0 Mrs. Dale...... JESSIE MATTHEWS 8.30 at One. Some favourite songs sung by ' Dr. Dale...... CHARLES MOIRA ANDERSON SIMON and Sports Results Mrs Freeman...... DOROTHYLANE with BRUCE TRENT Sally Fulton...... MARGARET WARD 8.40 ANY QUESTIONS? and the to 4.30 THIRD Bob Dale...... LESLIE HERITAGE A spontaneous discussion 10.0 a.m. p.m. BBC SCOTTISHVARIETY ORCHESTRA by Jenny Dale...... SHIRLEY DixoN Lord BOOTHBY,K.B.E. on the fastest Conductor, Jack Leon David 10.0 a.m.: A special service concentrating Owen ...... LEE PETERS SIR GERALD NABARRO from t Produced by EDDIE FRASER ' flashes ' from the key constituencies, with reaction Gwen Owen ...... AUNE WAITES EDGAR LUSTGARTEN the Tom Draycott...... JOHN PULLEN three main Party headquarters. 10.31 MUSIC RENÉE SHORT Odd-Jobs...... JOHN HOLLIS 3.0 for all those who have not Travelling Question-Master p.m. An exclusive service WHILE YOU WORK Emily Tidd.....CORAL FAIRWEATHER been able to listen earlier in the day. During FREDDY GRISEWOOD consistently t CECIL NORMAN Arthur Sofner WILFRID CARTER Produced this will be broadcast AND THE RHYTHM by Michael Bowen period all today's results to date PLAYERS Moira ...... EVA STUART from the BBC Show, Leicester in Gunnel alphabetical order. Hobjar..MARGARETA BOURDIN Repeated: Sunday 1.10 p.m. (Home) 11.0* MORNING STORY Danny 4.0 p.m.: The main contributors to radio's Election Rockshaw.DoNALD MCKILLOP Views for use in ' Any Answers? ' From Scotland Mrs. Rockshaw CECILEChevreau (next Thursday at 9.30 p.m.) should marathon compare notes on the outcome. be addressed to the BBC. Foreign Business Transacted marked' Bristol, theOther BBC parts Dramaplayed by members of Any Answers? ' by DOROTHY K. HAYNES Repertory Company Read by ALEX MCCRINDLE 4.31 RACING RESULTS 9.30 FRIDAY NIGHT IS MUSIC NIGHT THE 11.15* DALES 4.32* DOUBLE SPIN From of the Enterprise t Thursday's broadcast GORDON WATTS Camden Theatre dance with SIDNEY TORCH conducts the 'YOU'RE always making a song and MUSIC IN THE AIR BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA 11.31 Playtime Leader, Arthur about our failures, and shortcomings. Why THE LONDON LIGHT Leavins about our CONCERT ORCHESTRA Records for the younger Friday Night's Star Singers don't you sometimes tell people listeners CYNTHIA GLOVER Conducted successes? ' The cry goes up regularly from t by MONIA Liter 2nd at MICHAEL WAKEHAM with often with the additional 5.0 THE FRIDAY NIGHTERS industrialists, Newly Pressed Directed JOHN rebuke and carping David BUCHAN (piano) by MCCARTHY that all this knocking The latest singles VIC HAMMETT (piano) E.P.s and L.P.s frustrates the efforts of industry to project a good 12.15* MIDDAY SPIN METROPOHTAN POLICE BAND Conductor, image of Britain in overseas markets. presents 5.31 ROUNDABOUT '66 ROGER BARSOTTI, M.B.E. Golden Discs One answer is that a thriving and very vocal indus- Fun, fact and fiction Introduced by Jimmy KINCSBURT into Some of the world's greatest with Tim BRINTON Produced by WILLIAM DAVIES try, called ' Public Relations,' has been called and most records of popular for news, being to make sure that industry's achievements are, past and present views, comments and the best on record 10.31 LIGHT NIGHT to say the least, not overlooked; and that part of the t Introduced by JACK PAYNE plus EXTRA Job of the press and the broadcasting media, so far THE DENNIS WILSON Quartet from into the relations business them- 12.30 ELECTION SUMMARY Peter Haigh going public Script by Tony Aspler and Don Davis selves, is to question and probe the claims of public MIDDAY SPIN Produced by PETER DUNCAN with the Friday Show 12.35 and DAVID O'CLEE that welcomes relations experts. continued Saturday featuring However, the point is taken, and for the next four 6.33 SPORTS REVIEW THE DUDLEYMOORE TRIO 1.0* THE JOE LOSS SHOW Weeks we are going to concentrate, with an appro- including Racing Results and the MIKE SARNE COLUMN priately sceptical glance where necessary, on success, featuring plus the first news of THE JOE LOSS ORCHESTRA THE Saturday demonstrable or A one-man firm in Cumber- 6.45 ARCHERS with TOM MANGOLD potential. with Stars and land which has in twenty-five years into one Singing Written by EDWARD J. MASON PETER STEWART developed Rose BRENNAN Produced of the nation's chemical the collabora- ROSS McMANUS, LARRY GRETTON Produced by TONY SHRYANE by DAVID CARTER leading plants; Edited and DAVID HATCH tion between industry and science which harnessed Guesting on the Beat Scene by Godfrey Baseley THE MINDBENDERS t Repeated: Monday, 1.30 (Home) atomic energy to the electricity grid; the rehabilitation Introduced by TONY HALL 1.31 BLUES IN THE NIGHT of a basic industry--cotton-which had fallen on hard Produced by Don George NEWS Sweet swinging sounds 7.0 for times; the quality and range of British research Joe Loss and his Orchestra are at late night listening the Palais and RADIO NEWSREEL with Workers and the problem of translating their ideas into HECTOR STEWART t Produced by John F. Muir industrial output: these will be our themes, told mostly 1.30 ELECTION SUMMARY by the men who have done, or are doing, the job. The ' Approximate time 2.0 NEWS SUMMARY man will have to convince, on behalf of the rest 1.35 THE JOE LOSS SHOW they t BBC recording and Weather Forecast of us, is Keith Macklin. STANLEYWILLIAMSON continued Close Down at 2.2 a.m. FRIDAY VHF and Wavelengths : page 6 THIRD NETWORK

10.0 ELECTION SPECIAL 10.0 a.m. 4.30 For full details see panel and ELECTIONSPECIAL p.m. previous page 10.0 AMajority-big or small 3.0 Classified Results STUDY THIRD session programme This service concentrates on the An exclusive service for those who fastest 'flashe' from the key have not been able to listen consis- 6.30 p.m. SHORTHAND ERIK SATIE constituencies, with reaction from tently today. During this period, 7.30 p.m. DICTATION Trois the three main Party Headquarters today's results will be broadcast gnossiennes 100-140 w.p.m. Prélude: Les fils des dtoiles in alphabetical sequence Presenter: Nardiman Scott t Compiled by JOYCE HARDBISON Airs a fatre fuir 50-80 w.p.m.: 7.46' Trend Analysis: Michael Shields Monday 6.30 p.m. Trois gymnopidies A booklet is available 7.54* Sports et divertissements and Political Analysis: Anthony King 4.0 SummingUp JEAN-JOEvL Barbier (piano) Edward Rayner PAINTING OF on The main contributors to radio's 6.45 gramophone records Newsreaders: Onglas Smith and notes THE MONTH 1966 Election marathon compare 8.10 A DOLL'S HOUSE Robin Holmes on the outcome The theme for this year's series is Dutch Painting from the seven- by Henrik Ibsen teenth century to the present day Adapted MAX FABER 4: FAMILY CROUP by with Sheila Shand Gibbs 8.4 MORNING CONCERT BRITAIN'S IN A LANDSCAPE 4.30 (painted c. 1640) Daphne Slater, William Eedla Suite in D major (Jeremiah CATHEDRALS by Frans Hals Nora Helmer Clarke) London) L'OISEAU-LYREORCHESTRAL AND THEIR MUSIC (National Gallery, SHEILA SHAND GIBBS Speaker, FRANCISHOYLAND Ellen, the maid MUSIC ENSEMBLE Worcester programme Conducted by PIERRE Colombo Artist and teacher, CEiCILE CHEVREAU t Introduced by Chelsea School of Art, London Torvald Helmer, a 8.18* Violin Concerto in E minor JOHN BETJEMAN lawyer (Mendelssohn) Produced by George Walton Scott WILLIAM EEDLE CHOIR OF WORCESTERCATHEDRAL Mrs. Christina 7.0 a.m. NEWS SUMMARY RUGGIERORicci with the To be repeated on Saturday at Linde LONDONSYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Organist and 10.30 DAPHNE SLATER and Weather Forecast a.m. (Home) Conducted by PLERINOGAMBA Master of the Choristers. A book is available, price 35s. Dr. Rank...... DAVID MARCH 8.45* Pas de deux: PaquJta CHRISTOPHERROBINSON Nils Krogstad ...... HAYDN JONES OVERTURE (Minkus) HARRY BRAMMA Anna-Marie, the nursemaid 7.4 LONDONSYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (assistant organist) 7.0 CHINA MOLLY RANKIN Overture: Euryanthe (Weber) Conducted by RICHARDBONYNGE Choir: Eight programmes on aspects of Pianist, CICELY HOYE PHlLHARMONIAORCHESTRA on gramophone records My shepherd is the living Lord the evolution of contemporary Tomkins The action takes place in the Conducted by China Helmers' flat in Christiania during WOLFGANGSAWALLISCH 9.0 NEWS SUMMARY Laetentur coeli. Byrd 2: Nationalism and the Search for Christmas 1879. Remember not, Lord, our offences Renewal: 1912-1949 7J3* Spring (Grieo) and Weather Forecast Produced by CHARLES LEFEAUX Purcell by PROFESSOROWEN LATTIMORE (soprano) Organ: t Third broadcast 9.4 THIS WEEK'S of the University of Leeds with the Allegro maestoso (Sonata in G DURING THE INTERVAL(9.0*-9.10*) VIENNA OPERAORCHESTRA COMPOSER major)...... Elgar Overthrowing the old empire was one thing; finding a new political A record of movements from Conducted by BERTIL BOKSTEDT Bach Choir: form for China was much harder. Rangstrom's Divertimento ele- Brandenburg Concerto No. In Save. Lord, and hear us More than thirty years of disorder giaco for string orchestra 7.19* Totentanz. for piano and William Hayes orchestra (Liszt) D major and civil war followed. The played by the STOCKHOLM 0 vos omnes Dennis Wickens Japanese assault gave Chinese Royal CZOTRA 9.27' Violin Sonata No. In C COURT ORCHESTRA minor Magnificat in B minor.. Hugh Blair nationalism a new strength; it also Conducted by STIG WESTERBERG with the gave the Communists an oppor- PHILHARMONIAORCHESTRA 9.46* Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, t The last of nineteen programmes to lead this nationalism and F tunity Conducted by ANDRE VANDERNOOT in major Series produced by offer their system as an answer to 10.40 MILTON BABBITT YRHUDIMENUHIN (violin) SEBASTIANFORBES China's needs. 7.34* Fantasy: Francesca da Philomel, for voice and tape DENIS CLIFT (trumpet) With readings by ANTHONYHALL Rimini (Tchaikovsky) CHRI\STOPHERTAYLOR (recorder) THE YOUNG IDEA sung by 5.15 t Produced by Adrian Johnson PHILHARMONIAORCHESTRA Et.AiNE SHAFFER(flute) BETHANY BEARDSLEE (soprano) Records chosen by the under- A booklet is available Conducted by CARLOMaria GIULINI JANET CRAXTON(oboe) twenties t Second broadcast GEORGE MALCOLM(harpsichord) on gramophone records AMBROSEGAUNTLETT Introduced by STEPHEN WALSH THE NEWS (viola da gamba) This week's programme includes 11.0 Festival CHAMBER * time BATH Orchestra Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf Approximate 11.15 MARKET TRENDS 8.0 NEWS SUMMARY Directed by YEHUDI MENUHIN and music by t BBC recording and Weather Forecast on gramophone records Haydn, Debussy, and Sibelius Close Down at 11.20

From My Repertoire THURSDAY in the Music A new series: Plans for APRIL Programme Artist of the Month Eric Parkin (Apr. 12) SATURDAY SUNDAY Janet Baker (Apr. 7-28) BBC Violin Competition Philippa Barnes (Apr. 19) For the second year in succession Bach Mozart Quartets Isolde Traut (Apr. 26) Optra the Music Programme is presenting Nos. 6 and 100 (Apr. 2) The Amndeus String Quartet recently New BBC Orchestra Wagner: Lohengrin (Apr. 7) No. 4 and Easter (Apr. 9) recorded all Mozart's ten major string Verdi: at Easter a major violin competition. quartets for the Music Programme. The new orchestra's weekly broadcast Rigoletto (Apr. 14) The winners of last year's competi- No. 187 (Apr. 16) These will be at 9.4 moves from to Tuesday: Glinka: A Life for the Tsar presented weekly Wednesday (Apr. tion. Maureen Smith (who won the Nos. 106 and 18 (Apr. 23) a m. in chronological order: Mozart, Delius, Tchaikovsky 21) Ruth G major. K.387 3) (Apr. 12) Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor first prize) Frances Mason and BBC Orchestra (Apr. (Apr. 28) and third Symphony D minor. K.421 (Apr. 10) Motart, Beethoven (Apr. 19) Waterman (second prize Haydn: Seven Last Words (Apr. 16) are now well known to E Sat major. K.428 (Apr. 17) Bach, Hindemlth, Dvorak (Apr. 26) FRIDAY winners) by Mahler: Symphony No. 4 (Apr. 23) listeners and concert-goers through- B Hat major. K.458 (Apr. 24) Dorati's Birthday Concert Bach's St. Matthew Passion out the country, and we hope that Starting an April 30 a now pattern A concert to mark Antal Dorati's off of broadcasting on Saturday mornings Opera Gcod Friday (Apr. 8) those young artists who carry will be Introduced. Smetana: The Two Widows sixtieth birthday in which he will (Apr. 3) conduct performances of his Madrigal the principal prizes in this year's Record Review will be an hour Sullivan: Princess Ida (Apr. 17) Studio Portrait Suite and his Symphony (Apr. 12) Pamela Bowden competition will enjoy no less later 'nan hitherto at 11.0 a.m. and Schubert: The Conspirators (Apr. 24) (Apr. 8) success. from 8.4 to 11.0 a.m. (with a four- KatheriM Wolpe (Apr. 15) As last listeners will be able minute break for a news summary Monica Sinclair (Apr. 22) year, MONDAY WEDNESDAY Friend to hear three concerts at which the and weather forecast at 9.0 a.m.) Rodney (Apr. 29) chosen finalists in this year's com- there will be a new extended pro- Great Choral Works St. Albans Organ Festival Mozart and Mendelssohn gramme whose content will vary Five from last petition will appear. Two of these Bach: St. John Passion (Apr. 4) stereophonic recordings A new series of fourteen programmes from week to week-it might on any year's festival will be presented including the principal symphonies of concerts will be on Easter Day given Saturday include a symphony Dvorak: Stabat Mater (Apr. 18) weekly: these composers: (April 10) beginning at noon and at and a sonata, a quartet and a can- Verdi: Requiem (Apr. 25) Marie-Claire Alain (Apr. 13) Mozart: No. 39 (Apr. 15) 3.0 p.m.; the third will take place on tata and even some opera. Initially Respighi Hans-Joachim Bartsch (Apr. 20) Mendelssohn: No. 5 (Apr. 22) Easter Monday beginning at 11.0 a.m. Bach's cantatas will continue to Piet Kee (Apr. 27) Mendelssohn: No. 3 (Apr. 29) as an of a Commemorative Concert to mark the These will be followed by a special appear integral part thirtieth anniversary of the com- concert the three concert which it is intended should poser's death given by Janet Baker. Further Hearing OTHER WEEKDAY FEATURES featuring prize- have a readily recognisable shape New of music winners to be broadcast on May 8 Uto Ughi. and the Philharmonia by and character. Orchestra conducted by Sergiu Skalkottas This Week's Composer at which the prizes will be presented Comissiona (Apr. 18) (Apr. 6) Thus on April 30 this new scheme Gerhard (Apr. 13) Bach (Apr. 1) by YEHUDI MENUHIN. Brahms will begin by offering listeners a Eisler (Apr. 20) (Apr. 4-8) which will start with Byrd and Palestrina (Apr. 11-15) This year the competition will be programme TUESDAY Berg (Apr. 27) in where the Beethoven's last string quartet and Lambert and Walton (Apr 18-22) taking place Glasgow The competitors will be supported by the end with the first of Mozart's ten Composer Plays Composer's Portrait Schubert (Apr. 25-29) major string quartets; it will also New series on gramophone records BBC Scottish Orchestra under Schu- featuring the composer as performer: Bernard Stevens (Apr. 6) Music Making include Spring symphonies by at 11.0 Stanford Robinson. The judges this mann and Britten, some of Mendels- Debussy, Saint-Saens, Grieg, Lennox Berkeley (Apr. 13) Daily year are Antonio Brosa, Erich sohn's Songs Without Words and a Dohnanyi (Apr. 19) Alan Richardson (Apr. 20) Concert Calendar Gruenberg, and Jean PouKnet. Bach . Prokofiev. Rachmaninov (Apr. 26) (Apr. 27) Daily at 1.4