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5.0 p.m. CHILDREN'S HOUR A nursery sing -song with Doris, Vi, and Gwen 5.15 Regional Round CORONATION CONCERT Coronation Edition Elsie Morison Peter Pears Anne Wood Join with children all over the SOPRANO TENOR CONTRALTO country to answer questions con- cocted by Geoffrey Dearmer and BBC Choral Society A section of Watford Grammar School Boys' Choir posed by David (Chorus -Master, Leslie Woodgate) Conductor, Frank Budden 5.50 Children's Hour prayers BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Conducted by (Leader, Paul Beard) the Rev. George Reid Conductor, Sir Malcolm Sargent

PART 1 at 8.0 GOD SAVE THE QUEEN PART 2 at 9.15 5.55 The Weather Shipping and general weather fore- Spring Symphony Benjamin Britten Symphony No. 1, in A flat Elgar casts, followed by a detailed forecast for South -East Benjamin Britten has said that for two years he was planning a symphony dealing ' not only with the Spring itself, but with the progress of Winter to Spring ana the re -awakening of the earth and life wh ch that means.' At first he intended to use medieval Latin verse; but ` a re -reading of much English lyric verse and a de et Greenwich Time Signal particularly lovely day in East Suffolk, the Suffolk of Constable and Gainsborough,' made him change his mind. Elgar's Symphony in A flat was not only the first that he wrote: is was the first NEWS symphony by an Englishman to be acknowledged as a masterpiece. Originally given in Manchester in 1908 and in soon afterwards, is was played about a hundred times 6.15 Sport within a year of its production. H.R. From the Royal Festival Hall 6.20 CALLING HOME A programme to let you hear Active Service personnel in Com- mands Overseas being entertained and entertaining themselves Recorded in collaboration with Forces Broadcasting Service, Combined Ser- vices Entertainments, and Overseas Commands Introduced at home by Brian Reece Edited by Jacques Brown 7.0 , 7.40 CORONATION 10.10 IN ALL and in CHRONICLE DIRECTIONS a speciál edition of A report on events connected with the Coronation, including the voices Some diversions in search of SAM ` of visitors and sound pictures of England's Heritage SIFTA scenes and celebrations at home and Written by Spike Milligan overseas with and Peter with the Ray Ellington Quartet Ustinov, Peter Jones Graham 8.0 CORONATION and the Aeolian Players Stark Written by and Wuffo, the Wonder Dog CONCERT, Peter Ustinov and Peter Jones Announcer, Andrew One of the concerts in the series to Produced by Timothy celebrate the Coronation of H.M. The Orchestra conducted by Queen Elizabeth II presented by the (BBC recording) Wally Stott Royal Philharmonic Society in asso- Programme edited by ciation with the Arts Council of Produced by Great Britain, the British Broadcast- ing Corporation, `NGILBERTow L''sHA Over (BBC recording) and the London 10.40 County Council RDGI.N. (The Ray Ellington Quartet is appearing Part 1 at the Ilford Palau) offers his thoughts and afterthoughts Big Ben Minute upon yesterday 9.0 NEWS

In Other Home Services 9.15 CORONATION CONCERT 11.10 News Summary MIDLAND (276 m.; 1,088 kola) Part 2 Tickets may be obtained from the 6.15-6.30 News, sport. 6.30-7.0 A musical soirée. Royal Festival Hall or usual agents 11.13 app. Close Down NORTH (434 m.; 692 kcls) 6.15-6.30 News, sport. 6.30-7.0 Corona- tion Day celebrations in the North. Gilbert Harding N. IRELAND (261 m.; 1,151 kola) HAS THOUGHTS oed 5.0-5.15 Children: Nature Diary. 6.15- 6.30 News, sport. 6.30-7.0 As North. at 10.40 sit SCOTTISH (371 m.l 809 kola) 5.0-5.15 Children's Hour. Story. 6.15- 6.35 News, sport. 6.35-7.0 Light music, Joins the 10.10-10.40 Ceilidh.' WELSH (341 m.; 881 kcls) 6.15-6.45 News. sport. 6.45-7.0 ' Teulu TyCoch." 7.0-7.40 'LlwybrYMynydd.' Celebrations 9.15-10.0 A tribute to H.M. The Queen. 10.010.10 Music for two pianos. PALMER MANN & CO. LTD. WEST (285 m.; 1.052 kels Peter Jones and 206 m.; 1.457 kola) Makers of SEARCHING 6.15-6.30 News, sport. 6:30-7.0 Light IN ALL DIRECTIONS SIF1A SALT & A.1 Crushed Lump Salt music. at 10.10 at 10.10 s Recorded programme