RADIO PICTORIAL, April 29, 1938, No. 224. Registered at the G.P.O..a a Newspape,

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Special' Investigator COWBOY TO ADIO STAR - Big Bill Campbell's - OwnStory

ED MORE MONEY By John Trent

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No. 224 RADIO PICTORIAL The Magazine for Every Listener

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PROPRIETOR OF RADIO SHOP :Now here's a set that gets every station, sir. Can you hear that?That's Persia ! WISECRACKS by THE WEEK'S WITTIEST BROADCASTERS CUSTOMER :AllIcan hear is atmospherics. MIIMIONIIIIIMINEMIIIIIMMOIIIIINIM PROPRIETOR : Why, sir-that's INKREDIBLE! WELL SPOKEN cats ! VISITOR : May I see Mr. Sandy PRODUCER : Say, we don't want :WHERE TO FIND YOUR By Al and Bob Harvey (B.B.C. MacFife, the Scottish comedian ? this dame in the leading part. She FAVOURITE PROGRAMMES.

"Palace of Varieties" National, April 30). STAGE -DOOR KEEPER :I'm don't speak good English. Radio Luxembourg

sorry, sir, Mr. but MacFifeis ASSISTANT :Sure, boss. What Pages 25, 26 and 29 . HIGH KICKER engaged in important business. we want is elocution. Radio Lyons 1ST CHORUS GIRL : There's one VISITOR : Doing what? PRODUCER : Yeah ?Well, fetch Pages 30 and 31 thing about me-I have got shapely STAGE -DOOR KEEPER :Mr. Miss Cution here. It's a lousy name, Paris Page 33

MacFife is removing the inkstainsbut we'll call her Ella. feet.Your feet are nothing more RadioNormandy from his blotting -paper. By Eddie South (in the new Brown than boats ! and Poison show, Luxembourg, May 1). Pages 34,35,36 and 38 2ND DITTO (viciously) : Another By George Formby (Feen-A-Mint star, Luxembourg, Normandy, May 1). RadioEireann crack like that and you'll take a short trip on one of 'em ! Page38 U TAP OF THE TREE By Maisie Weldon (AI acleans Radio B.B.C. Programme Guide Normandy Calling, Normandy, May 1). " This tap -dancer certainly knows POP- ULARITY Pages22, 23and 24

" Have youbroadcastinthe his business." mmunnummosiomm GEE! Children's Hour before ? " "Do you think he's another Fred PRODUCER (rehearsing histor- "Well, I've had years of experi- Astaire ? " THINGS ARE LOOKING UP ical play) : When the villain tries to ence as an Uncle." "Why, this man's a whole flight." BANDSMAN :If I asked you for kiss you, you shout " Nay, sir !" and " In the Children's Hour ? " "A whole flight ? " a kiss,I suppose you'd turn your when he asks you to elope with him " Oh no,inthepawnbroking " Yeah, a whole flight Astaires." nose up ? you cry " Nay, sir, nay, nay !" By Doreen Stevens (Rinso Radio business." Revue, Normandy, Luxembourg, May I). CROONETTE :No, my whole HEROINE :Say,what amI By John Rorke (with Mabel Con- face. supposed to be-a horse ? standuros in Children's Hour variety, By GeoffreySumner(Horlicks By Fred Douglas (Risla Fun Fair, Regional, May 3). Picture House, Master of Ceremonies, Normandy, May 1; "Palace of Varieties," CLOSE OF PLAY Luxembourg, Normandy, May 1). National, April 30). " I must say you're a wonderfully

LABOUR OF LOVE young -looking man for seventy." WHAT'S IN A ? HE : Would you like to see some " But you should see my father, WIDE-AWAKE FELLOW GEORGE :That's a nicelittleof my imitations of film stars ? lady. He's ninety-two and he's got LANDLADY : Iwon't charge dog you have there, Kenneth. SHE : Yes, start imitating Robert. twenty-five children." you for breakfast, since you didn't KENNETH :Rather. We call it Taylor. " Why don'tyouinformthe eat any. Ben Hur. By Edna Wood (Windmill Revu- newspapers ? " ACTOR :That's great-I couldn't GEORGE : Ben Hur? deville star. Hear excerpts from Revude- "Not till I get the final score." sleep either. KENNETH :Yes. When it was vileinDanderine'sshow, Lyons, By Max Miller(ina "Comedy ByCarrollLevis(presentedby a puppy we called it Ben, and a little Luxembourg, May 1). Corner" recording from Lyons, May 5). Quaker Oats, Luxembourg, Lyons, later we found out our mistake. Normandy, May 1). By The Western Brothers (in new YOUR SIGNATURE -TUNE " GUYED " No. 8

B.B.C. series, "Cads' College"firstterm begins May 6, National). WHITE -CAPPED

" Tellme,didn't your brother BREAKING IT GENTLY work in a circus as The World's SHE :I always cook to the radio Tallest Man ? " now.When the band plays Did " Yes, he was so tall he had snow Your Mother Come From Ireland 1 on his hat all the year round." I make an Irish stew. When they By Wilfrid Thomas (Stork Radio play Annie LaurieI make some Parade, Normandy, May 1;Cremola Scotch shortbread. programme, Normandy, May 2, 3, 4 ,6). HE (biting furiously) : What were they playing when you made this cake-Rock of Ages? MORAL SUPPORT By Mary Lee (with Roy Fox in " Gather round, folks. I'm going Reckitt's "Swinging In The Bathtub," to sing." Normandy, May 5, Luxembourg, May 6; " Very well, I'll accompany you." "An Hour To Play," National, April 30). "On the piano ? " " No, to the hospital." TURNING OFF THE LIGHT ByPaddy Browne(of the B.B.C. " Have you heard about the band- "Cads' College" staff, starting May 6). leader jilting that little croonette he was so fond of ? " "Great Scott !Why, he told me BAIT she was the brightest ray in his " Say,that was alivelylittle life." blonde I saw you with last night. "Well, now she's his ex -ray: - Where did you find her ? " By Janet Joye ("Friends To Tea," "It was easy.I just opened my Regional, May 2). wallet and there she was." By Harold Ramsay (Fynnon pro-

SHIVER MY TIMBERS ! gramme, Lyons, Normandy, May 1).

"My,it'sa coldnight !This reminds me of the night I was born." "Oh, was it cold the night you FACE VALUE were born ? " And then there was the Hollywood "Was it cold? Well, you can tell star who had platinum -fillings in her how cold it was-No stork would teeth. . . ever have reached us. A penguin Her teeth were worth so much, she brought me !" had to sleep with her face in a safe. By Jack Curtis (Lushus Jellies show, By GertrudeNiesen (Horlicks Luxembourg, May2,5,Normandy, Picture House star, Normandy, Luxem- May 3, 6). HENRY HALL . . . . " HERE'S TO THE NEXT TIME " bourg, May I). 3 RADIO PICTORIAL April 29, 1938 LEW STONE COMES BACK (-ADDS and ends :Wilfrid Thomas, per- sonality warbler (see his photograph on page 8), now helping to write and devise several AUDITION shows a week for I.B.C. . . New crooner ON with Maurice Winnick's band, who should make the grade, is Sid Lewis, late of Al TUESDAY, Berlin's band, twenty years old and good, BROADCAST but he's going to change his name, why, ON heaven knows. .. Syd Chasid, violin and SATURDAY bandleader, now leading oneof Johnny Rosen's bands... Harry Hemsley summoned to a command performance at the Capitol, Cardiff, during recent Welsh tour of Queen Mary. Harry a riotous success as usual.. Fred Latham has left the Jackdauz. Reason ? Difficulty of fitting in the work with Jack Harris's frequent broadcasts. .. . To solve many queries, " Mr. Wilkes," in the highly successful " At the Black Dog " broadcasts, is Cyril Nash, grey-haired, debonair radio veteran. Pioneer TT'S fairly certain that ball -to -ball broadcasts of 1 the England -Australia test matches will be a feature of this summer's radio programmes. Pioneer of this type of broadcast is Oswald Anderson, amiable "Aussie" broadcasting genius, now in this country.It's claimed that Andy has pioneered more innovations in Australian broad- JohnShar- casting than any other man. man (centre) As a matter of fact, he pioneered and directed with Len the first public broadcast in Australia, in 1923. Bermon and Dawn THE craziest -school -ever opens term on May6, Davis, new when "Cad's College" hits the air. MusicHall Davy Burnabyisheadmaster,Kenneth and act George Western are head prefects, Fred Morris is Boots, Archie Glen is the fag to the chief prefects, IT 'S good news that Lew Stone will soon Paddy Browne (as already revealed in "R.P.") is be taking up a resident West End job the botany mistress, Tom Kinniburgh is the Scotch again, now that the Hippodrome show, master,and CharlesShad wellandtheB.B.C. for which he was conducting the pit Variety Orchestra are all signed on as "pupils." orchestra, has ended its run. Ivor Moreton and Dave Kaye, those mercury - With the B.B.C. giving its late -night dates fingered pianists, visit Cad's College for the opening exclusively to" outside " bands,itwill day 1It all sounds a lot of fun. Cad's College is a mean that Lew 's smooth music will be heard place where the three R's stand for revels, racket, again on the air. and "rah ! rah !"It is situated, by the way, at He's going to Le Trianon (ambitious nite- Hounds Green, Dunceter. spot which is to stage Mae West's London debut),anditisnow certainthat Al Au Revoir Bowlly will return to his old chief. TWO exits to America.One is Albert Original members of Lew's Monseigneur band Harris, who has been playing guitar with to return to him are Lew Davies, trombone, and Ambrose. Alfie Noakes, trumpet, both from Jack Harris's The other is Hal Swain, who is signed up band. And Joe Crossman, from Ambrose's band, for a film contract in Hollywood. Bon voyage will lead the saxes. to them both.

Billy Goes to Bath CUPID calling !Larry Adler and Tollefsen are GENIAL Billy Thorburn has got himself one of the two latest radio bachelors to respond to the biggest plums outside London, when he the siren call of The Wedding March.All their follows Billy Bissett and the Royal Canadians at fans wish them happiness. the Royal Bath Hotel, Bournemouth. But, despite Press rumours, I can say right now, Bissett's music, plus the brilliant cabarets that split my throat and hand on my heart, that that they stage at Bournemouth, has helped to make gay and determined bachelor, Leslie Holmes, is the Royal Bath Hotel one of the most regular not in love, is not engaged, is not contemplating and brightest attractions on the West Regional marriage. Yet wavelength.And Thorburn can be relied on to "No," he told me, " I've not gone over to the keep up the standard. enemy yet.The fan with whom I'm supposed to

JanetJoye,cleverimpressionist,in next be ardently in love is a figment of someone's ACHANCE meeting with the Prison Governor Monday's "Friends to Tea,"Regional imagination !I'll give you the first tip-off when at a naval re -union dinner took Reginald Foort the Big Romance is brewing !" to Pentanvilk a few months later. He heard Dawn Davis and Len Bermon I'll give anybody plenty of six to four that Les "I played on an organ that took one back twenty-(Racketeers of Romance) for ten minutes onewill never take the plunge. five years,'" he told me to -day. "But I had a thoroughlyTuesday recently and put them into his grand afternoon." Music Hall on the followingSaturday.RADIO spreads its wings far.Saw a postcard 586prisoners listened while he played for an hourNice work, John. 1.1. which Big Bill Campbell (the Lushus jellies

and a half. He had arranged to play for an hour, maestro) received from Oregon. but went on for half as long again to satisfy the IF I'm not mistaken, a new comic star has been Said the writer :"I caught your last broadcast, requests which were shouted from the hall.Reginald born in radio.Will that fellow who says,Bill, and, oh boy, I never expected to hear my old was impressed by the incredible silence in which"About time, too," please be quiet? Tommycountry so distinctly.I've been away from my home the prisoners listened to straight numbers. ("Taxi !") Trinder made his radio bow in Musictown, South gate, for fifty years in this cow -country, John Moves Quickly Hall recently and was a walloping success. and we Englishmen got a real kick from your show." Tommy's not yet thirty, has a chin that's the The card was addressedto"Honorable Bill THE wheels of the B.B.C. move slowly,twin brother of Jack Hulbert's and a line ofCampbell" ! especially whenItcomestogivingpatter that's snappy, funny, and never-ending- artistes engagements after successful audi-even if it is slightly reminiscent of Max Miller. Henry Hall for Glasgow tions. IT'S a safe bet that everybody who can will Istill remember the classic example of TOMMY'S been touring in theLarryAdler road be making for Bellahouston Park, Glas- the boy soprano, who was kept waiting so show, and last summer I met him at Shanklin,gow, this summer to see the Empire Exhibi- long for his first engagement that his voicewhere he was the star of Terry Wood's pier show.tion.In no way have the organisers spared went all baritone In the interim ! He's going back this summer, else there would be aexpense, least of all when building up attrac- But to John Sharman goes a great bigriot in Shanklin. tions for the Concert Hall. bunch of violets for one of the speediest Duck -shootingand fishingareTommy's pet In May the stars are Will Fyffe, Ambrose auditions and subsequent bookings ever. amusements when not working. and his Orchestra, and Paul Robeson. June 4 April 29, 1938 RADIO PICTORIAL TO DANCE MUSIC finds Walford Hyden and his Cafe Colette Orchestra on duty.In July Henry Hall's Band and the London Symphony Orchestra will visit Glasgow, and other attractions booked already for various dates in the This season include Troise and his Mandoliers, Jack Hylton's Band, Roy Fox's Band, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and Kreis- Week's ler, the famous violinist. King George VI's opening of the Exhibi- tion on May 3, is to be broadcast, incidentally. Gossip Encore OVER a glass of ale the other day, I wrested a very nice story from Dennis Noble. Seems that, way back, Dennis was singing in a Presented by hall in a very out-of-the-way Lancashire village. He had just ten minutes to sing his numbers and catch his train, so he regretfully explained to WANDERING his audience why there could be no encores. But someone in the back row yelled out : "Carry on, Dennis, lad.We'll sit on th' engine - MIKE driver.We've got him right here !"And they had-and they did !

LAST week entirely new versions of the famous StorkRadio Paradewerebroadcast from Normandy and Luxembourg. The series at the Union Cinema, Kingston, has come to an end. In future, the programmes will be made at one of the Granada Cinemas, at Tooting, Walthamstow, Woolwich or Clapham. Each cinema will be the scene of a recording once a month; and the time is 9 p.m. on Wednesday.

Stork's new band is run by Bobby Howell (in place of Harold Ramsay), with a new Happy meetingforRenee Houston, justback signature tune : " On Parade Again." And from a South Africantour, and her husband in addition to the vocalists, Wyn Richmond Brian AherneShe is in Palaceof Varieties and Wilfrid Thomas, there will also be a this Saturday different compere for each programme. In fact, sweeping changes have been made all round, not because the old programmewas Some hundredsof letters and telephone calls notpopular, but because the sponsors believe werereceived.And overseventy that audiences can't have too much variety included the two words " I Dream." in their Sunday listening fare. Do you agree? SONG -WRITER Margaret Ives was calling on a YDNEY LIPTON has come to the conclusion publisher, when she found herself pushed gently ki that most listeners have a dreamy complex. but firmly out of his office into the next, where some After broadcasting from Grosvenor House an rather nice sounds were issuing from under the door. unnamed tune composed by two of his bandsmen, John Dodsworth, B.B.C. and Rather nice sounds turned out to be trio Molly, he asked listeners to send him suggested titles Continental radio actor Marie and Mary rehearsing. Margaret was impressed. for it. Blending Sweet with Swingy Next morning advertising firm rang her up-would she produce a girls' sextette on American lines for one of their programmes ? She hurriedly collected Joan, Wendy and Kay Heron, of the close American style and snappy arrangements,contactedMolly, Marie and Mary, and the two trios got together. Their next problem was to get the sweet style of Mary and Co. to blend with the more swingy Herons. This they did by making the ensemble work a sort of halfway house, letting each trio do passages in their own way.

Just as they had fixed everything, the advertis- ing firm rang again to say that negotiations for the programme had broken down, and they couldn't use the sextette for a while. That was a blow. And then, the following day they heard that the I.B.C. wanted a sextette. So that was that.The programme is Snowfire, starring popular Les Allen, and the sextette has now become the " Snowfire Debutantes." On Sundays at 1.30 p.m. from Normandy.

JOHN DODSWORTH, tall young stage, screen and radio actor who recently established himself as Mondego in the broadcast -serial "Count of Monte Cristo" is now featured in a series of six B.B.C. Empire network broadcasts entitled "In and Out Of Rhythm." Incidentally, John has made himself exceedingly popular in a weekly programme from Normandy and "The Débutantes"-that is, Mavis Edmonds, Mary Ashworth, JoanHeron, Roma Clarke(kneeling at Luxembourg. Can you guess who he is ? back), Wendy Heron and Kay Heron-new sextette in the Snowfire programmes, starringLes Allen, from Luxembourg and Normandy Please turn to next page 5 RADIO PICTORIAL April 29, 1938 This Week's Gossip Continued

news to Broadcasting House, where it has passed from desk to desk round the building.

MUSIC lovers went down for the count when theirfavouritesymphony,Beethoven's Fifth,played by one of the world's greatest orchestras-the Berlin Philharmonic-was faded out on the dot. B. E. Nicolls, new Controller of Programmes, is no respecter of persons. What is sauce for the gander is sauce for the goose, he thinks, and under his rule no programmes will overrun. Musicians thought that they had some special dispensation, hence the excitement. Now they find themselves in the same boat as all the others. Even C. H. Middleton was left in the air.

FUNNY how listeners always take announcers literally.Poor chaps, they rarely crack a joke, and when they do are generally misunderstood. After playing a record of Larry Adler's, the other day, Lionel Gamlin remarked light-heartedly that "The Luxembourg Listener," powerful 'plane Larry had a second-hand mouth organthathe that makes the journey from here to Luxem- " wished to dispose of." Half a dozen listeners took bourg laden with programmes and passengers him seriously and applied by post for the unwanted harmonica

ON May 13 a London doctor is responsible for a lighthearted programme of records SOME of the applicants who failed for the that will recall the days when jazz was becom- televisionannouncer'sjobare being ing the rage. " vetted " for sound announcing. A chap In the daytime he is a distinguished surgeon may be hard on the eye but soft on the ear. with a flourishing practice not a hundred Tests have been held every day this week miles from Harley Street. At night time he and there is a vacancy at Birmingham where goes jazzing. they are working with a temporary man. Jazz happens to be his hobby, his escape Announcing is one of the smallest professions from work at the end of the day. He would in the world, but one of the hardest to enter. let me tell you his name, for he is a very human fellow, this famous surgeon, but for "TELEVISION eye"isa new complaint. one thing which seals his lips. Met a friend at Broadcasting House last week If his patients knew that their serious who was suffering because he had sat through a learned surgeon was presenting jazz sessions programme too close to the screen. for the B.B.C., they might lose faith.Life is The fight had caused the trouble. He had got like that. so thrilled that he had moved his chair right up

to the screen, not wanting to miss anything. THIS man of mystery is not altogether new to the radio, for he broadcast once a year ago. TO -MORROW, April 30, Robinson Cleaver gives Leslie Perowne, the Bishop's son, chanced to his second broadcast from his new home at the meet him and got interested in his theories. Granada, Welling.This popular organist has two Hence his fresh appearance at the mike. broadcasts fixed for May and two for June, after Maybe you won't agree, but this doctor believes which he leaves for a Continental tour. that there has been no jazz worth while since its "golden age" in 1930, and, come Friday week, AT Brock House, where the B.B.C. music that is what he is going to demonstrate. wishthey wouldspeak up more-my makers work, they have been playing Swing fans, pin your ears back. battery is running down !" with a drum.

Itisatinaffairlike those used for HERE are three touching letters picked at random " sweeps." In it W. W. Thompson, concerts from hundreds which poured into the McCulloch manager, has placed thousands of numbered home after Mac' s unlucky accident :- slips of paper. Each number represents a "Dear Uncle Mac, letter of application for a ticket for a Tos- "I am so sorry you were hurt in the accident.I canini concert. hope your foot will get better soon. . . . Our school Demand 'has exceeded supply of seats in holidays beganto -day. We havea month but Queen's Hall by thousands, so the only fair Mummie does not know that she can bear it. way was to have a ballot. "With lots of love." The maestro is conducting two concerts next month and two in June. "Dear Uncle Mac, " Daphne and I are so sorry not to hear you to -day and hope you will soon be better.Here are a few WHEN Moray McLaren came South he left flowers while you have to lie with ei stiff leg. V V his mug in Scotland.It is inscribed with his name and you may drink from it in an hotel near " With love from us both." Broadcasting House, Edinburgh. "Dear Uncle Mac, Realising that broadcasting isthirsty work, "I am very sorry to hear of your mishap and hope he endowed the mug so that producers and you will soon be well.I expect Judith will be a announcers who were temporarily short of funds pickle now you will be home for a little while I speck might still be refreshed. you will both listen to the Children's Hour, and if

they make any mistakes you will know. MY New York snoop tells me that at a recent "Lots of love to Judith, hope you will soon be charity concert a band appeared which con- well." sisted entirely of New York bandleaders. Interesting to see what would happen if we tried to duplicate " The best fellows always seem to have the such a band with British leaders. worst luck," as they said during the War, Here goes :Syd Lipton, Joe Loss, Ambrose, in which Derek was sadly mutilated. The Maurice Winnick, Mantovani and Teddy Joyce amputation of his foot was Derek's twenty- (violins); Lou Preager (accordion) ; Lew Stone and fourth operation.Throughout hislatest Carroll Gibbons(pianos); Billy Cotton(drums); trouble Mrs. McCulloch has been constantly Harry Roy, Hal Swain and Howard Jacobs (saxes); at her husband's bedside. Jack Jackson and Nat Gonella (trumpets); Ben As " Miss Barry," a secretary at Savoy Oakley (trombone). Hill, she was well known to old timers on the How -de folks ! Ray Noble re -visits his native Each of these is, or was, a star performer on his B.B.C. staff. As early as possible each day, land after a phenomenally successful sojourn instrument. What a combination.And what a Mrs. McCulloch has telephoned the latest in America salary list ! 6 April 29, 1938 The B.B.C.has SIX THOUSAND Variety artistes on its books. Each one of its producers is a potential "talent spotter." From time to time it has to close its audition lists. WhN then, do we hear the same, few, well-known acts again and again ?Why isn't new talent encouraged ? Here are the facts behind this mysteriousstateofaffairs and were fully entitled not only toalltheircountry? Oh, if you say a hundred thousand, By Our Special Investigatorexpenses, but to a great deal of public sympathyyou'll be about right, I guess." as well. Yet Carroll himself would be the first to ad- OW many professional variety acts Nowadays, the position is entirely different andmit that, while he has been able to get good do you think there are on the B.B.C.many junior and irresponsible members of produc-broadcasts for many of his amateurs over books? Just over six thousand. tion 'staffs all over the country waste time inRadio Luxembourg, Radio Normandy, and If the B.B.C. used twenty of theseattending shows and enjoying themselves atother sponsored stations on the Continent, professional acts every week, it would takeplaces and parties where the possibility of findingthe B.B.C. has not consistently supported nearly five years to give them all just oneany new radiotalentis,tosay theleast,his amateur shows and enabled him to bring broadcast! infinitesimal. fresh talent to the microphone. In fact, for Unfortunately, the B.B.C. does nothing of the No hard feeling, boys, but please don'tmany weeks at a time the amateurs were kind. There is apparently a lucky "inner circle"think that in the talent spotting "racket 'off the air altogether. of about a hundred and thirty variety acts andany subterranean ways and means remain According to officialfigures,Isee that the these get plenty of dates, either at monthlyundiscovered for long ! B.B.C. presented a total of sixty-nine amateurs intervals, or in " block bookings" of once or twice It has been left to people like Carroll Levisin one period of twelve months. Only twenty-nine a week for several weeks. and to ex -journalist Roy Speer (who joinedof that number were considered sufficiently good to be given second engagements.I also under- stand that forty of them subsequently managed to get paid engagements, which means that there are eleven amateurs in the queer position of having been turned down by the B.B.C. (who don't consider them sufficiently"professional") and yet given jobs by hard-boiled stage managers, who Carroll Levis' weeklynever give away any work unless the acts are Quaker Oats pro-going to be a box-office draw. grammes from Luxem- bourg have proved to(-In the one hand, the B.B.C. is too free with the B.B.C. thatfresh V its money in allowing irresponsible people talent can be found.to act as unofficial talent -spotters.On the He is seen on the leftother, it gives far too scanty encouragement with two of his " Dis-to responsible officials to find new amateur and professional acts, and to get them over the coveries " microphone when found. It may be far too sordid and mercenary for the B.B.C. to want to discuss salaries and expenses sheets, but we must do so for, after all, it is our money they are playing with. Just take the unfortunate case of Bryan Michie, who, after a brilliant career, and when thirty-one years of age, was paid only eleven pounds a week. He could afford to live in only a one -roomed bed -sittingroom inLondon, and the B.B.C. allowed only third-class railway fares when he travelled on business to go around the regional stations, or to meet artistes.Yet many of the artistes and B.B.C. engineers and officials he visited could travel on that very same train-first class. All the rest are lucky if they get as many as Now, can you imagine his feelings when it four broadcasts a year.Many of the people was rumoured that some of the more junior outside the ring, such as Claude Dampier, are membersofcertaindepartmentswere away from the microphone for nearly a year at presenting expenses sheets every week for a time, through no fault of their own. so-called talent spotting to the tune of nearly All this is very much your business, for whilst as much as his total weekly salary ! broadcasters sufferfinancially from this inner You may well ask very frankly why any official circle, you, in turn, get inferior entertainment B.B.C.official talent -spotter, Arthur Brown, Please turn to page 32 through a limited number of professional artistes variety booking manager. (Below) Producer being given the opportunity of being humorous Gordon Crier, recently transferred from the time and time again at the microphone-and Television Department often failing dismally. If more acts could be brought to the B.B.C, ifthe B.B.C. Variety Department in London new talent could be found, then variety broadcastas a producer only a short time ago) to show standards would be raised. some of the B.B.C. die-hards where they get You see, there is a little happy bevy of officialsoff in talent spotting. at the B.B.C. (not only in Broadcasting House, Roy Speer told me how he gave up his news- London, but at some of the Regional Depots aspaper work to start talent spotting for the B.B.C. well) who waste time and money on so-called His first broadcast of variety acts found in the talent -spotting. streets lasted a quarter of an hour. The second one lasted twenty minutes, and a Christmas Eve Tt is understood that every man who goes outshow was booked to run for half an hour. on an evening's entertainment with a view " I expect to find most of my talent performing to spotting potential talent, at restaurants,in West End theatre queues. For the last broad- cabarets and West End shows and clubs, iscast, I approached street musicians in the suburbs, entitledtoa maximum of two guineasbut they just would not be bothered to come up expenses per night. to town; making too much money in the gutters, Provided this sum is not exceeded (and it canI bet ! easily amount to £60 a week), then not one of " I should like to emphasize that I am not looking this small army of men who almost nightly gofor paper-tearers, spoon -clappers and so on-just out around the shows looking for talent, is likelypeople who I think listeners will agree are talented, to be brought up on the carpet by the financialeither at playing some instrument or singing." wizards of the Big Hour. Well, Roy Speer has been given a good break When John Watt and Bryan Michie were, upby the B.B.C., but the results of many other tilleighteen months ago, actively engaged intalent -spotting schemes are by no means so lucky. trying to find new talent for the B.B.C., they I asked Carroll Levis about this. undoubtedly did have a very hard time of it, " How many amateurs have I heard in this RADIO PICTORIAL April 29, 1938

handsome young Australian baritone, once a member of the "Air -do -Wells."Now he's star vocalist of the Stork Radio Parade, and also sings in the Cremola "After WILFRID THOMAS,Lunch" programmes on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday from Normandy

8 April 29, 1938 RADIO PICTORIAL CROONER withouta

IHAVE no romance; no love to keep me warm.I have no masculine heart to ROMANCE have and to hold-at least, I am unaware of one. Maybe you think that's strange ?Maybe youA CONFESSION .. are surprised to learn that I hurry home after my shows at night, and then go straight to bed ? VERALYNN, Ambrose's Sweet - But you needn't be surprised.The simple Voiced, Sweet -Eyed Crooner, reveals explanation lies in the old adage :I have yet the State of her Heart, and her to meet the man. In the past I have met many young men, all of Attitude towards Love whom I have found extremely friendly.But I have never troubled nor cared to let any friend-I learned that a girl must look after herself in the ship develop into an everlasting romance. show business. Even in the days when I unlawfully accepted Although I was only thirteen, I looked consider- a small part in a pantomime at the age of thirteen,ably older, and several times I was invited out to romance did not appeal to me. parties by different young men. I found school life tedious in every way.The The first invitation I accepted.Perhaps I was boys who persisted in loitering about the gatesgreen.But I had enough sense to call the whole did no more than incur my annoyance, and theirthing off when I discovered that the so-called jibes, which followed me as I walked away, never" party " meant going to a private flat. found their mark. The other invitations I refused.And I have My heart, even then, was not set on romance,been refusing them ever since.And one of the but on a stage career.I wanted to follow in thereasons for this is because I have been so terribly footsteps of the idols I had learned to worship,busy the whole time. like Marie Tempest, Dorothy Dickson, Gladys My first break into the singing side of the Cooper. business came about six years ago.I was I was one of the first girls at school to hear thatsinging in a cabaret in Poplar and Howard auditions were being given for a pantomime atBaker happened to be conducting the band. Leighton Buzzard, and the first to arrive at the After my show Howard called me over and audition hall, eager and full of enthusiasm. suggested that I should sing for his band. A few Somehow I managed, by an extreme miracle,months later, Billy Cotton, who was in partnership to secure a part, and rehearsals began almostwith Howard, heard me singing. immediately. I was not fourteen then, and so ought not to have been allowed to appear on the stage.The This was at ten o'clock one morning. By producer of the show, however. believed me to seven o'clock that evening I was in Man- be fifteen. chester with Billy's band, embarking on my When the day arrived for the show to open,first really big adventure. the entire cast travelled by an old vegetable But I did not stay with Billy longer than two lorry to the theatre. weeks.I happened to be in a publisher's office, It was an antique affair, cold and hard.and Joe Loss came in with the news that he was Canvas sides flapped noisily in the perishinglooking for a crooner to broadcast with his band. wind, and we were forced to eat fish and chips I was on the spot, and Joe gave me an audition. to keep us warm. A week later I was singing over the air for the The Exchange Theatre, where we were appear-first time, thrilled, happy, and sitting on top of ing, was even more antiquated than the lorry.the world. I had never been inside a place which reminded Soon after my first broadcast with Joe I heard me so much of an obsolete castl that Charlie Kunz was holding auditions. There were long corridors leading from the stage For eighteen months I saw with Charlie both to the dressing -rooms, and we were obliged toon the radio and in innumerable Sunday concerts. carry candles with us to find our way about-I became great friends with Mrs. Kunz, and it is a neither gas nor electricity had penetrated thesefriendship that I have long treasured. ancient tombs. When Charlie left the Casani Club I spent a We all learned to hate the lorry journey to andshort time singing in cabaret and with a few dance from London.On more than one occasion thebands.One day I was introduced to Ambrose's stout-hearted engine, born long before I was evenmanager. thought about, suffered valvular attacks, and And then the strangest thing happened to me. often we would be stranded miles from anywhere. Quietly, without any trouble,Islipped into Once a wheel forsook its moorings, andAmbrose's band. travelled far ahead of the lorry, leaving us all heaped -up in a corner, and covering the By boarded flooring with evil -smelling chips and vinegar. But it was the thrill of my first show which VERA LYNN compensated for these trials.At the same time, His manager asked me to sing two numbers in one of his Luxembourg programmes, and when I had completed these I naturally thought that it would be the end of that. Afterwards, though, I was asked to attend the next session, when I was again told to sing two numbers. There was no contract; no talk of me joining the band.I was just accepted as one of the outfit. Somehow or other,Ifound myself singing regularly with Ambrose, and later he instructed me to go out on his Road Show with Evelyn Dall and Max Bacon. And that's where I am now.No trouble, no talk, no contract-yet I am happy and contented. Don't ask me how it came about.I couldn't give you an intelligent answer. Recently I have been given a two-year contract by the Decca Record Company. All this has made me so busy that I really have no time for accepting invitations from young men. Iwill admit, though, that if at any time the right man did come along, I would not hesitate in accepting him. The right man ?I can't describe him. Perhaps he doesn't even exist. It was with Charlie Kunz (left) that Vera first made her name, and it was Ambrose (right) who gave Maybe I'm denying myself a good time.But, her her present popularity at least, I have no heart troubles. 9 RADIO PICTORIAL April 29, 1938 What 1 Think of the Programmes. MORE B.B.C. MUDDLES REVEALED! By Garry ALLIGHAN

So far as contein )orary music is concerned Imaintain that listeners should be pre - warned. When the B.B.C. broadcast a grue- Garry Allighan some play they advise listeners to switch 4 accuses the B.B.C. ofoff if their nerves are bad. Similar action not listening to their should taken in respect to gruesome own programmes, music; then, if we complained, the B.B.C. could say : " You have been warned." and of not knowing I suggest that experimental music should what theirlisteners be broadcast at an hour when no one wants want to listen just as advanced drama is in the Experimental Hour. Just to aggravate the sore there isall this blah-blahaboutListenerResearchnonsense. Thousands of pounds of your money are being spent to discover what you like and dislike. Imagine,if you can,C. B. Cochran putting on a show and then spending a large sum of money to discover whether the public like it or not. The funniest part of this screaming farce is the "ListeningBarometer"which the B.B.C. produces as a record of the programme -tasting of a cross-section of the listening public* Don't laugh too noisily when I tell you that this cross- section consists of 2,000 people. Imagine it-the programme destiny of more than eight million people to be determined by 2,000 of them-.0004 per cent. decides the fate of the whole. The towering B.B.C.buildinginPortland Place looksacrossat All Souls Church and They have come to the solemn conclusion at St. George's Hall beyond that The Plums series was as popular as WHO decides what should go out Monday at Seven because as many of the from the B.B.C., and why ?Who To broadcast thistype of recondite music2,000 listened to the one as to the other. " vets " programmes ? Who reportwithout warning listeners as to its character is,And the B.B.C. accepts the verdict. It looks on them ? What official is respons-in my opinion, a serious abuse of monopolisticas if the way is being paved for another spasm ible for checking up on programmes to ensurepowers. Such severe application of the illogic ofof plum duff-the operative word being duff. that they are as good on the air as on paper?twelve -note music becomes as much a cruelty According to the " Listening Barometer" the Answer is : Nobody. to listeners as a session of five -finger exercises onnumber of listeners to The Plums and Monday at That explains the B.B.C. programmes. Whenthe piano. Seven was constant and identical.The truth is you fret and fume at some atrocious twaddle that The Plums was the 'next iteth following masquerading as " variety " or some dilhwater Krenek's Concerto had a nine -hour rehearsalMonday at Seven and the B.B.C. admit that the drama, spare your nerve -tissues : nobody knows during which, one of the Instrumentalistspublic seem to have regarded The Plums as a and nobody cares.In other words, there is noplayed all the music in his part a fourth highercontinuation of Monday at Seven. Or, to be cruelly central supervision of B.B.C. programmes at theand neither Krenek, who was present, or Sirfrank, they just left the radio set switched on after reception end; what supervision there is concernsAdrian Boult appeared to notice any difference.Monday at ,Seven finished. the paper plans which are studied before theLike me, when I tune in to Schonberg or Stravinsky Week by week, an average of 3,600 letters from broadcast. -I don't know whether the concert has startedlisteners arrive on my desk. Every other radio A case in point :some weeks ago Monday ator the orchestra is just tuning up. journalist of national standing has the same. Seven had a crazy night. On paper it looked the But nobody caresatBroadcasting HouseAccordingtoofficialstatements,theB.B.C. gnats knickers. When you heard it you were,because nobody knows. There is no system ofreceives 150,000 a year.If theyare,unable to unless you are Different, incensed at its inanities.internal reporting on programmes at the time oflearn from their correspondence what the public It was so bad thatI remarked at the time :reception . want the B.B.C. are poor judges. Any competent " Somebody'll get fired for this." radio journalist knows and no 2,000 -panelled But what ? Nothing. No knuckles were rapped. " Listener Barometer" is necessary. None of those responsible were reprimanded for wasting an hour of invaluable listening time with pfinally, let me say one word about the new non -funnystupidity. Sofaras anyofficial "cut 'em off" rule. And that one word is- comment on that broadcast atrocity was con- rubbish. Any broadcast that does not finish on the cerned, it was excellent fare. split-second, according to schedule, is to be cut Because why ?Because there is not an official off mercilessly. This is a most delicious instance of on duty at all times, acting as a Professional the B.B.C. standing on their marcelle-waved heads. Listener, making a report on broadcast items. Instead of cutting a programme off, see that it Truth is that the purveyors of broadcasting runs to time-that is the comnion-sense method. are not consumers also.I once asked an I have heard a programme by the military band eminent programme chief if he did much overrun its time nearly ten minutes. listening at home." Good lord, no," he How can a programme overrun by ten minutes ? exclaimed." Don't you think that being Either it has not been timed correctly at rehearsal, surrounded with broadcasting all day is or it has not been broadcast as rehearsed, or it enough without listening when I get home ?" hasn't been rehearsed at all.The other evening All that he knew about the programmes was a concert of MacDowell's music was broadcast sitting at a desk, reading the schedules and and, as it is rare that his more important works are deciding that This should be broadcast Then. heard, it was a significant session. Yet the B.B.C. What This was, and whether it was enjoyed Then, faded out on the vital passages in the closing bars was completely ignored.I doubt whether any of the piano concerto in order that Congress Dances official of the B.B.C. listens more than six hours should follow. a week to broadcast programmes.It would be And the lessIsay about" Congress interesting to know how much listening the Dances " the less chance of scorching the Controller of Programmes does-and to what. paper.If it had not been for the music it Consider-without mouth -frothing, if you can- would have caused a riot in at least one the concerts of contemporary music which the listening household. From most points of B.B.C. is regularly broadcasting. Didnu hear view it was a gigantic flop. Yet no one got Krenek'spianoforteconcerto,forinstance? their knuckles rapped for it. How and why was it .ever broadcast ? "They'rejust starting 'Monday Night at Seven' now" No one cared; no one knew.

10 Next Week : Absorbing article- " B.B.C.'s A.R.P. Secrets Revealed." April 29, 1938 ;to RADIO PICTORIAL

A bit of a rake! Irene thinks gardening is thrilling " What about a game, Gorgi? "He's ready Another believer in an apple a day 111114/6 IT EASY IRENE PRADOR Television's Greatest Discovery This fascinating Viennese charmer, shows you here how she spends her leisure moments

Her froggy friend keeps her company while she puts in a long 'phone session

For an hour a day, Irene reads-in her nat.ve Austrian, or French or Spanish Off for a spot of television. perhaps? IrenePrador's diminutiveheightstand her in good stead in front of the televisioncamera She has often appeared in B.B.C. and Continental radio programmes, andis now appearing in London, in the Little Theatre revue. Her delightfulsingingof Viennese songs and sweet, smilingpersonalityhave made her abig favourite April 29, 1938 RADIO PICTORIAL Does the B.B.C.need

Of course, programmes accounted for the main item of expenditure and at the risk of boring you, here is the detail :- Artistes, Speakers, etc. £644,197 Permanent Orchestras... £226,292 Performing Rights, Copyright Fees and News Royalties ... £363,286 SimultaneousBroadcastTelephone System £68,704 Programme Staff Salaries ... £366,701 Expenses(includingTravelling, Stationery, Postages and Miscellane- You and I and the Man in the Street pay ten bob a year for our radio ous Expenses) ... £60,435 programmes-and quite enough, too, we think, even though we get good £1,729,615 value for money. But there are many reasons why the B.B.C., with an Now the point that strikes me is this.In 1937 enormous income of over three million pounds, may still be hard up ! nearly four hundred thousand pounds more were JOHN TRENT explains why spent on programmes than in 1936, and in the same year the B.B.C.'s total income increased by ET me try to explain just why the Big money, but we will see where it goes in afour hundred and two thousand pounds.So B.B.C. is hard up with an income ofmoment.Balance sheets are dull, but there is apractically every penny gained was spent directly three and a half million pounds afascination in figures of this size. in improving our listening. Let this good work year.It is a job which is going to Meanwhile, the Government has realised thatcontinue. be easier than it looks 1 if the programmes are not to suffer the B.B.C. When after a threat from the local postmastermust have more money for expenses incurred on Artistes,speakers,authorsandcomposers you trot off and pass a hardly earned note acrosstelevision and broadcasting in foreign languages. between them got most of this extra jam, which the counter, you feel that you are paying ten bobIt is handing over £310,000 from the funds itto you and me mean bigger stars and better to the B.B.C. for the programmes you enjoy. retained in 1937 so that we shall not be penalisedmaterial more often in our loudspeakers. And when you think of all the pleasure thatas the result of this fresh enterprise.It is money Maintaining and extending studios and, offices, box of tricks in the corner of the sitting -room haswhich the B.B.C. has already spent on theseincluding rates, heating, lighting and telephones, brought to your family in the course of the yearnew developments which few of us enjoy. cost nearly two hundred thousand pounds. Homely you reflect that it is really cheap at the price. In television Britain leads the world.A greatitems like these reach an enormous total when Though the demand always arrives at an awkwardindustry will eventually be built upon the costlyapplied to buildings all over the country. time, you find the money, for the house wouldfoundations which are being laid to -day. "Administration"cost nearly one hundred and not be a home without wireless. No thinking man will fjeny that the moneyfifty thousand. A highly skilled staff of organisers, If that note were passed intact to the B.B.C.ought to be spent to succour this new wonder,call them business men if you prefer it, is needed our broadcasters would not be pleading povertybut it would be unfair to deprive the West ofif a system of this complexity is to run smoothly. as they are to -day.But before they can handleEngland of its new high power station or to Think of all the contacts and the contracts the cash, much of it has gone. curtail a Northern programme so that a Londonwhich must be made.Broadcasting impinges on Your ten shillings is paid to the Governmenttelevision service should continue. so many interests that experts in each sphere for permission to operate a receiving -station. And the same argument applies with evenmust be employed to deal with their representa- Naturally the Post Office must recoup itself forgreater force to news in foreign languages, whichtives. the expense ofcollecting the money-issuingthe listener at home cannot hear and would not The staff, counting heads, from the junior licences, detecting defaulters, and sending outunderstand if he could.The Government wasengineer at Lisnagarvey to Sir John Reith reminders.More, the Post Office spends timeright to pay up for this important work. himself numbers 3,673, and the B.B.C. con- and money to ensure that as far as possible your tributed sixty-six thousand pounds to their reception is free from interference. But that is a digression; let us see where thepension scheme in 1937. If you complain that the lifts in the new block money goes.We can be sure that it is well Now comes a big item that I have already of flats next door are ruining your evenings'spent, otherwise the hard-headed Treasury, whichexplained.Depreciation and renewal of plant, entertainment, or some appliance in a nearbyexamines the balance sheet, would not fork out.etc., reaches the terrific total of £305,0011 factory is making daytime listening a difficulty, The B.B.C.'s position is unique.It has no Then, of course, there is Income Tax, which Post Office engineers will investigate on the spot.capital and yet must spend enormous sums onaccounts for nearly two hundred thousand and After satisfying themselves that you really areplant and studios for which any commercial firmso at the end of the year there is very little to in trouble and that it is not merely a fault inwould issue shares. carry forward and an awful lot of costly work on your own set, polite young men will call and Our broadcasters have to find funds forhand. listenforthemselves.Then,whensensitivethis capital expenditure from their income. A giant transmitter has been ordered for Start instruments have located the cause of the trouble,A broadcasting station like Droitwich mayPoint, where it will serve the West and South they will explain to the offenders just how thatcost a quarter of a million pounds and it is aWest of England, two new transmitteis are being interference can be cured. safe bet that ten years later it will be valueless.erected at Daventry to carry the voice of Britain Such a service costs money.Though you may Take .the case of Daventry. When it openedoverseas.New studios and offices are being built not be suffering from this kind of annoyance,in 1925, 5XX was the first and biggest long -wavein Glasgow and Belfast. many listeners who do are grateful for the helphigh power station in the world.A wonder Wherever you live and listen, these and other which these engineers give, and it may be yourstation costing hundreds of thousands, yet indevelopments will bring some benefit to your turn next.Anyway, nearly a shilling of every1935 it was scrapped. leisure hours.The cash must and will be found licence is retained by the Post Office for expenses. Scientific progress is so rapid in this new worldfor fresh enterprise. Next the Treasury steps in and of the nineof radio that the novelty of this year is common- Sir Stephen Tallents has promised that 1938 bob remaining a quarter goes straight to theplace the next, and must be discarded a few yearsand 1939 shall be as full of high points for all sorts Exchequer and the B.B.C. gets the rest !later. Finance in such circumstances is a headache.and conditions of listeners as their predecessors. Last year the Treasury took nearly a million Whatever may be said of programmes, in At present seven homes out of ten have and that left the B.B.C. nearly three.Incometechnical quality B.B.C. transmissions lead thewireless sets and the B.B.C. will not be really from other sources brought the B.B.C.'sworld.Engineering last year cost nearly sixhappy until the others get equipped with total to £3,356,074. hundred thousand pounds. both radio and licences. 12 Next Week: Big Bill Campbell Continues the Enthralling Story of his Life April 29, I93B RADIO PICTORIAL MAN WHO INVENTED SIGNATURE TUNESThe week's good thing! THERE are fat, round comedians, the red -nosed sort with skins as much too tight for them as their suits, and ALBERT WHELAN there are the long, lean sort with wist- famous radio comedian who broad- ful eyes and lugubrious expressions. Albert casts from Luxembourg three times a Whelan is the lean kind.He's got a faceweek in the Andrews Liver Salt pro- longer than Epsom race -course and eyebrows as tragic as a Newfour'!Iand's. grammes, tells some good stories of People who listen regularly to those cheery his lively life to "Good morning"programmesofhisevery Richard BUNNY Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday from Luxem- bourg for Andrews Liver Salts, wonder how he keeps the wisecracks going.Where do the jokeshe was brought up in the lap of luxury."My come from ?Who invents them ? father and mother were the kindest people who ever It's when you are in sharp-witted company,lived," says Albert, with deep conviction."My Albert thinks, that jokes are born. Other people'sfather was agreatphilanthropist. He left jokes make answering cracks flow. thousands to charity.He did good as the Scots " I was once playing golf with Tommy Hand-do-you know ?-without advertising it. ley," said Albert."It was very hot and, to " Which reminds me of the classic story-it's a Tommy's disgust, he got his legs bitten all overreally classic story-about Will Fyffe.Do you by gnats.The same evening, on the stage, heknow it?Will Fyffe once invested all the money announced :' The next number, ladies and gentle-he'd got in America in order to make his fortune men, is I've Got You Under My Skin, by Nat Bitesin two years. He lost it all.He went to the bank and his orchestra !' to borrow £200, but was told that first he had to " Which shows you the sort of way jokes arefind someone to 'guarantee' him. born.One day, my partner and I were talking to " He thought of his friend Lauder, and went our agent.The agent made me a suggestion,to him.` Well,' said Sir Harry,` I'm sur- but behind his back, my partner signalled to me toprised at you, Will. You ought to be ashamed turn it down. of yourself.You ask the bank to lend you " Unluckily, the agent saw him.` Whatmoney, without coming to me first ?I'll are you shaking your head for ?' he said.lend you £500-and you can get the bank to ` Oh,' said my partner,` I've been driving" guarantee " you !' " my car all day, and I've got this way from Albert Whelan claims to be the first person to watching the screenwiper !' use a signature tune.And this is how the idea " Now this is a true story that happened to me inoccurred to him.While he was in a restaurantListen to Glasgow.I was in my dressing -room, when thecloakroom one evening he noticed a man whistling doorkeeper said :' There's someone to see you.while he took off his hat and muffler.Funnily Name of McEachern.' I don't know anybodyenough, when he returned to the cloakroom after of that name,' I said.' He's a decent -lookingsupper, the man was again there, still whistling Luxembourg... man,' he said.' Show him up,' I said.So hethe same tune. showed him up. It was a German thing, much played by military "'You don't remember me, Whelan ? ' he said.bands round about 1901.It appealed to Albert 1293 Metres. ' No." I met you on the links at Barnton, nearas a most complete melody. Edinburgh, when I was a student two years ago. He has used it ever since, and it is now known And now I'm celebratinV he said.' I've just got mythroughout the world.Every policeman, taxi- degree.Send out for some drinks.' driver, bus conductor, commissionaire, page -boy ' The man already seemed to have had quite aand errand boy in London whistles it when he few drinks, as a matter of fact, but we sent out forcatches sight of Albert. some more.Eventually, they arrived. Albert himself does not whistle it himself to -day. Sundays " ' Well, good health, doctor,' I said. He gets the audience to do it for him ! "' Doctor be damned !'he replied.'I'm a 8.15 a.m. to midnight minister !'" Albert Whelan's professional career started on the goldfields of Western Australia.It took him Weekdays eight days in a boat, an overnight journey in a train, and eight days and nights walking to get Mornings 8 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. there.It was Coolgardie where he was prospectir g. For the first ten months he lived on condensed water and tinnedfoods,diarrhoea,dysentery Afternoons 3.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. and typhoid. The settlers died like flies. This first professional job of his was in a big (Saturdays only 4.15 p.m. to 6 p.m.) tent on Sunday night where he played the violin in an orchestra.Since then he has acted in every Evenings 6.30 p.m. to 7 p.m. sort of stage show except Shakespeare. When the Belle of New York was revived in London, it was Albert Whelan who produced and played the lead. Albert studied the art of acting in the hardest Fridays and Saturdays school in the world, he declares, under Williamson. People wonder how he acquired such coolness and Special Dance Music self-confidence.It's training." I'm lucky," he said, " I've got no nerves." 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. " The fates have always given me the oppor- tunity of being successful and denied me the opportunity for being unsuccessful. " The longer I live, the more I see what a tremendous part the Finger of Fate plays. "There was a time when I was earning £15 a week by imitations at the piano. And I was very content-completely happy.A leading impresario from America har2ened to hear me. He sent for Sole Agents in the British Empire me.' Would you like to go to America ? ' he said. ' Sure, I would,' said I, smiling.' How much do WIRELESS PUBLICITY, LTD., you want ? ' he said.I didn't believe he was serious, Electra House, and I felt like joking, so ' VO a week,' I said.' All Victoria Embankment, London, W.C.Z. right,' he said,' when can you go ?' " He made the hit of his life that trip.And when TEMple Bar8432 he came back to England, he wouldn't take any- Albert Whelan greets you with a song, a smile and thing under £60 . .. and got it, too ! a story inthe Andrews programmes from Luxem- It was no new thing for Albert to have money bourg on Wednesday and Thursday at 8.45 a.m., to burn.His father was a wealthy financier and and Saturday at 10.15 a.m.

13 RADIO PICTORIAL April 29, 1938 Mr. NORTH of NORTH REGIONAL Good commentators are rare, but Richard North is one of them. Northern listeners think highly of him; he has been announcer, "Amiable young actor and producer as well. Read about some of his exploits behind giant"- the scenes, in this article by CHARLES HATTON Richard North He has a great belief in spontaneity, and for thisappeared that Richard had chosen the most reason rarely uses a script.Richard's methodsvaluable pig in the British Isles on which to are interesting and might be studied with advan-conduct his experiment ! tage by the In Town To -night staff.He believes During the year, Richard North does quite a first of all in getting on almost brotherly termslot of commentating on sporting events of all with the person he has to interview, and directsdescriptions, and many of his commentaries have most of his energies to that purpose. been highly praised all over the country.With During this long preliminary talk he takestwo-thirds of the famous racing events in this notes of the interesting points.From these heregion, Richard has a busy time when the season frames the questions he will ask, and he asksis on. Commentating on racing is no easy job. them in such a way that his "victim" feels quite Then there is racing of another description- at home, and retains all his personality Motor cycle and car racing atthe Isle of Man This was the method employed in hisis one which is always featured prominently in the Northern programmes.However, it was at a bicycle race that Richard had his most unpleasant experience. Having described the start, he jumped in a car and made tracks for Craig-na Barr, to give a further account of the race.He lost his way, and arrived only just in time, sadly out of breath. Without any delay, he rattled off a lightning ten minutes commentary-one of the best he has ever done.At the end, he collapsed and had to be revived with brandy. " How was it ?" was his first question to theministeringengineer when hehad recovered sufficiently. " Splendid, old man, never heard you in better form," was the reply.The engineer ACTUALLY, he came from the South paused before adding." It was a pity about in the first place.Richard North is the technical hitch." a native of Berkshire, and he still " The what ?" shrieked Richard. likes to go back there for a week -end " Technical hitch.Nobody heard a word occasionally.But his job as North Regional yousaid.Pity-becauseitwas good ! " commentating expert has probably taught The patient swooned again. him more about the North of England than Though it may sound comparatively easy to even a commercial traveller could tell. listeners, commentating is one of the most difficult After a varied experience that included selling propositions in broadcasting, and good commen- stocks and shares in Australia, managing a district tators are exceedingly rare.Richard North has messenger service, and acting as assistant circula- developed the gift of thinking two sentences ahead tion manager of a popular daily paper in Man- all the time; consequently he never dries up. He chester, besides acting in a repertory company, considers a pause a far greater crime than any he decided to try for a job at the B.B.C. in Man- other error in a commentary, and is never at a loss chester. Richard'srecordingvangoingaboardatfor some sort of remark, no matter how dull the During a slack week, he went along for an Birkenhead to make the"Ship on Trial"proceedings he is trying to describe. audition.In the waiting room, he saw half a program me Most of his time, particularly during the summer dozen other " victims," laboriously conning scenes months, is devoted to arranging and producing from Shakespeare and modern comedies. Hedressing -room interview with Gracie Fieldsrelays from variety theatres.This calls for more himself was quite unprepared, and blithely readduring her triumphant Rochdale week lasttact and ingenuity than the average listener could a highly technical trade report from the Manchesteryear, and it was considered one of the mostconceive. Guardian.Within five days, he had his firstsuccessful Interviews of its type ever heard Richard arrives at a Northern industrial town contract, and for the next twelve months wason the air. on a Monday morning, makes for the theatre, hardly ever away from the building for a single Ann Harding, the American stage and film star,looks at the week's bill-and probably finds that day. . was a different proposition.Richard heard thathe has broadcast most of the acts before!He He acted in plays, musical comedies, revues,she was making her first European stage appear-fervently prays that the unknown acts will be features, Children's Hour, read short stories andance at the Grand Theatre, Blackpool, and deter-worth hearing. compered dance band programmes.Then hemined to interview her for the first edition of On Monday night, he sits through both per- began to act as relief announcer, and distinguishedNorthernNotions.Annwasdelighted,butformances, closing his eyes from time to time to himself on his first straight music programme byinsisted on working to a script-and they spentgauge how the acts will come over to the listener. announcing a "Quintetteforstrings" asaa whole da) drafting it out."The most pains-After the show, he goes into conference with the " Quintette for sprin;s." taking stage artiste I have ever met," is Richard'smanager, and they decide which acts shall broad- At this stage, Richard's broadcasting activitiesdescription of Ann Harding. cast.The next morning is devoted to rehearsal proved so remunerative, that the authorities dis- A recent programme called Ship on Trial, inand rearranging the programme so that the covered that he was earning considerably morewhich Richard North,plus a recordingvan,artists to be relayed take the stage at the exact than some of their senior officials.So-to useaccompanied the liner Stratheden on hertrialtime the broadcast is due to start. his own expression-they decided to buy himvoyage from Birkenhead to Greenock, was accom- Richard confesses that he is a mass of nerves over ! plished in face of a certain number of obstacles. before every broadcast.If one of the comedians He was appointed assistant to Victor Smythe, slips in a " blue" joke, Richard is the man who who is O.B. Chief at North Regional.Since then, It wascomparativelyeasy toget Richardtakes the kicks.Except in the case of pantomime Richard has lived as varied an existence as anyone aboard the Stratheden, but the recording van washe makes a point of saying as little as possible could wish. another matter.For some timethis£2,500himself, just giving a brief introduction to each He travels on an average between six andvehicle swung perilously above the docks, while act. eight hundred miles a week.Often, he doesn'tthe engineers below prayed that the ropes would Summer is a particularly hectic time for Richard sleep in his own bed for a fortnight at a time-andhold.Eventually,it was stowed aboard, andand Victor Smythe.National and Regional take there are times when he has to be in oppositeRichard rushed from microphone to microphonemany of the programmes from Northern resorts, corners of the region within a few hours. Thentrying to capture celebrities for his interviews. and there are literally dozens of concert parties all it gives him great pleasure to make tracks for the At York Show last year Richard tried to captureclamouring for a relay. nearest aerodrome. some typical cattle noises for listeners.But as Listeners should takealltheir oppor- Richard has had many queer experiences insoon as the cows and pigs caught sight of histunities of hearing Richard North during the connection with Northern Notions-a feature formassive form bearing a microphone, they ceasednext few months, for I have a feeling that it which he is mainly responsible.Generally, hetheir lowing, and regarded him with interest.is only a matter of time before one of the takes a recording van around with him, and In desperation, Richard selected a hugetheatre magnates will lure this amiable interviews people intheir homes.The greatpink porker and gently prodded it.The pigyoung giant back into the stage world. advantage here is that if the interview provesgrunted, and Richard repeated the operation. And wherever you find him, you may unsatisfactory, it can be played back within twoEverything was goingnicelywhen thedepend upon it that Richard will be the life minutes, and the faults eliminated. animal's indignant owner intervened.Itand soul of the party. 14 April 29, 1938 RADIO PICTORIAL lo side ofMI

"Do you mind if leave this steak here for a few minutes? The customer says it's too tough"

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Musical All -in Wrestler: "Look, buddy, don'tcher make tougher trom- bones? I pull 'em out of shape so! "

-NIL ecum Q. "And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the end of the piano recital"

"We had to do it to get some pep into his recital of 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' " "Mister Maxie Goldbaum to you."

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They are important because they are a part of you-they show that you have a care for details, CLOTHES reveal your mind is neat and tidy-and you are pleasant to live with. And that, as Colin Becke reminded me, is surely the reason why we should take care and trouble with our appearance-for the sake of yourCHARACTERthe people who have to look at us ! So you see, the girl who is untidy and careless in -and no one knows this better than Colin Becke, her dress is also revealing selfishness and indif- dress -designer brother of radio star Eve Becke, who ference to other people's feelings ! delightedus byher singing inthe Snowfire Programmes recently But these are all negative qualities of character. How can we bring out the positive, successful says Colin Becke ("and that means most of us," Isides of our nature to harmonise with our clothes ? added silently), " has an equal chance of looking asFirst of all in this direction is the use of colour. well -turned -out as the girl who can afford to haveIf our surroundings are inclined to be dull and everything made specially for her.It is just auninteresting we must be the gay spot of colour question of giving careful thought to the subject."in them. " And here," I admitted mentally, " is where For Eve Becke, of course, the question of colour most of us slip up !" is determined by her hair-a glorious red -gold. We are either too rushed or too-yes, I willAll the oatmeal shades are for her, off -reds and say it-too lazy, to give the time and thoughtdeep cream satins. But whatever our individual necessary to make our clothes reveal our own char-colouring, we must choose the colours that best acter and originality. harmonise with it, and which deal most kindly You all know the girl down the road (of coursewith our complexions, and it is worth some time it is never us) whose shoes are nearly always downand trouble to experiment until we get the right at heel and whose stockings are not alwaysones. impeccable.Doesn't that "let you in" at once If yours is a nature that delights in change and on a most important side of her character ?Runvariety, express it in your clothes. Wear unusual down heels indicate a run down condition of mind,colours, get out of the ordinary rut and be daring-it and stockings that are not clean on every day arewill give you a new zest in life.But if you are a badge of carelessness for all the world to see. inclined to be the quiet and deep sort, let your Take a look at the girl who lives opposite.Yes,clothes express that,too. The self-contained I know she's been wearing the same suit for thesoul demands plain clothes of fine texture, and last year, but have you noticed that it startedeven if it means having only one outfit, it should life plain and good, and that it is still plain andbe the very best you can afford in style and cut. good ?And have you noticed that all her acces-Leave innovations in colour and fashion to your sories, including her handbag, are neat and well -more dashing sisters. cared for?That is one thing we can learn from A last word from Colin Becke. our Continental sisters-you willnever see a " Don't be content with choosing something Frenchwoman whoseaccessoriesarenotallready-made just because it happens to fit your thought out and perfectly matched. purse.Take care and trouble to find something " But why," you may be asking, " are details likethat is really you-and you'll be surprised at the this so very important ? " success your appearance will achieve.'" DOaway with DUST Miriam Ferris, well-known radio soprano, "EVER since Eve left school," said Colin married to, equally well-known singer Becke, " I have designed her clothes, and Dennis Noble, tells how she wages war whether it is a simple little day dress or the on the housewife's pest most sophisticated of evening robes, she is one of the best models I know to show clothes off to 1 was lucky enough to see this cleaner in action, perfection." and was amazed at the variety of tasks it will That's high praise from a brother, but Colin undertake. Becke means it.For one thing, he is a great Carpets, we all know, can only be thoroughly admirer of his sister's unusual and striking beauty, cleaned by suction-surface brushing does and he knows, too, that it is her versatility and little more than disturb the real dust and dirt-but sense of the dramatic which enable her to display did you know that you can clean and polish clothes to their very best advantage. linoleum this way ? But what of those of us who haven't been so " My kitchen and bathroom floors are done in a lucky with our brothers-how is it possible for us to quarter of an hour with the special polishing brush express our individuality in our wardrobe and attachment," Miss Ferris told me. You can run yet be suitably dressed for the wear and tear of yOU can work from dawn till dusk in athe magic little nozzle up curtains, over furniture, everyday life ? house and still be up against the housewife'salong the picture rail, over picture frames, and " The girl who buys her clothes ' off the peg, ' " most persistent enemy-dust.The onlyon to that elusive harbinger of dust, the top of the way to overcome it is to attack it scientifically.wardrobe, all in less time than it takes to think

Organise your attack.Find your best weaponsabout it ! MY FAVOURITE RECIPEand you'll be well on the way to success. There's another thing-bedding. Mattresses get For almost every household task there is a piecevery dusty and fluffy; in fact, all the bedding Mrs. Mantovani, on the air recently as of mechanical equipment that will do the workshould have a good shaking and airing as often " Mrs.Celebrity "inShippam'spro- for you-and the best weapon for dust is undoubt-as we can spare the time.But with a vacuum gramme, gives us her husband's favourite edly elimination by suction, which means a vacuumcleaner, to run over the mattress regularly is only recipe cleaner. . a few minutes' job, and it keeps the mattress and Up till now these may have seemed rather anbedding fresh and clean. CREME RISSOLE extravagance-though when you realise that it One of the most important pieces of furniture WHEN we were honeymooning in Venice,"takes a whole morning to clean a room thoroughlyin Miss Ferris's cottage is naturally her piano-she V V said Mrs. Mantovani, " we tasted a deliciousby hand, but that a vacuum cleaner will clean aand her famous husband Dennis Noble love singing sweet at dinner one evening in the hotel, and after awhole floor in the same time, the extravagancetogether in their spare moments-and she finds that great deal of persuasion managed to get the chefseems to become a necessity, doesn't it ? the inside of the piano can be kept free from dust to give us the recipe." Here are the ingredients :- That is what Miriam Ferris thinks, at any rate.by the frequent use of a vacuum. 2 eggs, 3 oz. castor sugar, 3 oz. flour, pinch of salt, Miss Ferris lives in a charming country cottage, You'll probably have decided by now that if rind of lemon, 2-3 drops essence of rum, 1/2 pintand though her dust problem is certainly not sothere is a vacuum cleaner on the market which is milk, breadcrumbs, butter for frying. great as it is for those of us who live in dirty cities,within your means you'll have one by hook or by Beat one egg with the sugar, add flour andit is still something to be coped with. crook-if it means being sweet and winning to your salt, slowly add milk. Add grated rind of lemon " I do most of my own housework," Miss Ferrishusband for a month of Sundays !In which case and essence of rum. Put in saucepan and cooksays, "and until I got my present vacuum cleaneryou will want to know the name of the cleaner very slowly, stirring all the time until mixture isI found it almost too much to tackle, with mywhich Miss Ferris finds so effective. thick. Spread mixture on buttered plate (aboutmany engagements taking me out most of the The name of the cleaner is the Drorwell (" and half an inch thick). When cold cut into smalltime.Now there is not a corner in the cottageit lives up to its name," says Miss Ferris with a twin- squares. Beat up other egg.Dip squares into flour,that doesn't come under the sharp ' eye' of mykle) ; and it can be bought at the amazingly low price egg and breadcrumbs, and fry slowly in butter. cleaner, and dust just doesn't exist here now!"of two pounds seventeen shillings and ninepence.

16 April 29, 1938 RADIO PICTORIAL Summer WOOL- GATHERING

-which is not as mad as it sounds! Now that we are all concentra- ting on Keeping Fit, we must consider the right clothes for it, and wool can play a big part in the summer wardrobe, says ANNE TEMPLER

Right.Another " bright idea " from Jaeger- tailored wool swagger -coat to slip on over shorts or a thin frock

NOW TIRELESS AND HAPPY.. after taking Two girls with but a single dress!Showing how two different types can wear this same lightweight woollen frock by Jaeger WHAT are you doingabout this National BEECHAM Fitness campaign ? What with A.R.P. anddiggingtrenches in the garden our time nowadays is pretty full, but these things make it all the more Important for us to keep perfectly fit.Only if we arefeeling PILLS at the top of our form can we enjoy spending ourshorteveningsandweek -endsso WORTH A GUINEA A BOX strenuously, and crushing In somehow all our usual activities-not to mention little matters likegettingourselves ready for the sununer. Have you ever thought how much we owe to the homely sheep-and that not only in winter? The Most Amazing Lightweight wool is becoming more and more extensively usedfor summer wear. Woollen undies nowadays are so delightfully flimsy and OFFER EVER MADE ! neat they are as great a joy to wear as silk and lace. They are made in as wide a range of colours, too, and if we wash them carefully and often in L5-15-6 DRORWELL VACUUM soapless Dreft suds they keep their brightness and shape indefinitely:They are worth a little CLEANER FOR £2-17-9 trouble for that extra cosiness they give against the sharp winds that so often accompany thedowdy in woolly cardigans over summer frocks, brilliant April sunshine. as it is stylish and smart to -day to wear woollen fabrics on all occasions.Fine jersey and cashmere The absorbent properties of wool make it quitesuits and frocks for uncertain mornings, tailored - the safest thing to wear for all sports, as itlookinghand -knitted costumes,softly -draped obviates the probability of catching chills andwool for afternoons, and woollen --even knitted !- colds-never conducive to beauty, and such agowns for evening wear. waste of time !Some of our leading tennis players carry this idea a step further-Kay Stammers, he point about wool that makes it a heaven- for example, often plays in flannel shorts and sent gift for summer wear is its ability to Now is your opportunity to conquer jersey tops. adapt itself to the needs of the moment. We are dirt and dust for good. This amazing Another good point, by the way, about wearingquite wrong in thinking it "too hot" to wear in offer which we are making solely to wool for sports is that it doesn't get crumpledthe sun.The hotter the sun the cooler we shall "Radio Pictorial" readers is a chance and tired -looking.This is very noticeable in thebe in wool.After all, cashmere and wool are of a lifetime . . a genuine 5+ gn. new exercisesuitsJaegerismaking. Theseextensively worninthe tropics for just the vacuum cleaner forhalf the price, consist of a neat littlesleeveless top with areasons I have mentioned here-their absorptive made possible because the middle- Peter Pan collar and the sweetest and briefestquality that safeguards against chill.And when man's profits are cut out. The cleaner little shorts-all in wool jersey.No amount ofthe sun is not so hot, the comfort wool gives is is made to suitallvoltages andis violent exercise can upset the " set " of these trim most cheering ! supplied witheveryaccessoryto little suits, and, however heated we may become, Even the warmest -blooded of us might do well ensure that the housework is made the "cooling down" process will be safe and notto invest in one of the cosy, flattering wool lighter and lighter. Buy now and save unpleasant-I hate the feeling of a cold and dampswagger -coats that are such a feature of this year. pounds. Money backifnot com- silk shirt, don't you ?These suits were produced Slip it on after tennis or over thin frocks in the pletely satisfied. Postal Orders and by Jaeger for a large number of the girls workingcool of the evening, and be thankful for our friend cheques should be crossed "and Co.," in their London shops who go once a week to athe sheep ! and made payable to:- special health class at the Women's League of Light Work (Domestic) Limited, Health and Beauty.I think many of us in our 184 Strand, W.C.2. search for fitness would do well to copy these girls LOVE, AN ACCORDION, and join the League of Health and Beauty. The classes seem to be the greatest fun, and the AND ALL THAT ! members certainly glow with health. By TOLLEFSEN, famous broadcaster Those of us who are literally "left cold" by the who has just got married DRORWELL thought of spending the summer in light and flimsy clothes need not feel ashamed of our preference IN NEXT WEEK'S RADIO PICTORIAL SUPER CLEANER J.a-4IL" I--V for something warmer, nor need we look slightly

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Definitely on the gold standardisthis Trim and neat to face the morning-navy Outfit for early summer; unbleached linen black net gown decorated with big golden gabardine coat and " witch's" hat in felt coat worn with a decorative scarf and one spots, worn with a cosy little ermine cape of the same shade of the new American hats

Introducing her favourite pet-but Pussy refused to smileforthe camera lashionfotos No. 12 : DOROTHY CARLESS (Sweet and lovely young vocalist of " Band Waggon," who has appeared in Pepsodent's "Soft Lights and Sweet Music" Programmes) SHE says she's "old-fashioned," but you wouldn't think it to look ather here, though thereisa demure note about Dorothy's wardrobe that is very attractive and goes well with the slightly winsome look you sometimes surprise on her sweet face

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411 Morning frock with the " little girl " air Obviously inspired by " Snow White and A flightof blackbirds on net gives the that suits Dorothy so well. The white leaf theSeven Dwarfs,"thispicturesque distinctive note to this black taffeta gown, designisin broderie anglaise over navy evening cloak is in rich black velvet worn with a hooded net cloak

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nte. Excuse yousitoplif bid hear

Conducted by AUNTIE MURIEL, the North's most popular Children's Broadcaster HELLO,EVERYONE! There were simply thousands of entries for Whelan the "Song Title" competition, and we shall be having another one very shortly.I am so glad lbert to know how much you all enjoy these contests. the Your letter was most interesting,Margaret in Mitchell (Dollar), and I loved hearing about your school and brothers and sister. You can go in for the competition as many times as you like, Vera Thompson (W. Hartle- pool).What fun to go to an open-air school ! The gardens and goldfish pond sound entrancing. tiDREWS Good luck with the scholarship. SALT Of course you are not too old to write to me, es Jean Reynolds (Bristol).I am always delighted LIVER to hear from anyone, no matter what age. Some- times even Mothers and Fathers write to me- and don't tell them, but I've seen lots of them trying to puzzle out your competitions ! programot More next week from Yours affectionately,

Mick's heart was beating fast as he laid the 77 flowers at the feet of themost beautiful lady he had ever seen. COMPETITION FIND THE RADIO STATIONS ADVENTURES OF A MICROGNOME ONTINALA Mick Falls in Love LOCK MOSTH WHAT do you think ? Mick the Micrognome WHASTCAS Ss' LEuRe V has fallen in love !I can't tell you the name RERTHNON ROVSGRA STB of the lady, but she is a very famous crooner, and D1LOAMN as soon as Mick saw her in the studio he thought she was the most beautiful lady he had ever seen. SLEWH " She's exactly like the fairy queen," he said SHOTSC IT ) to himself, and he sat underneath a little table DROIA RASPI and stared and stared at her all the time she was rehearsing her songs. BUXULERG4t1 " If only I had a lovely present to give her," FFKTu RANR he sighed to himself. "She sings so beautifully." Three times a week from He searched in his mind for likely presents, such as magnificent boxes of chocolates; but where was he to get them from ? Chocolates were RADIO LUXEMBOURG out of the question. What about flowers? Even as he thought of it, his eyes lighted on WED. & THURS. MORNINGS AT 8.45 some very beautiful flowers. They were in a black bowl on the table opposite-just what he wanted ! SAT. MORNINGS AT 10.15. It would be quite easy to get up on the table and take the flowers out of the bowl. A quarter of No sooner had he thought of the idea than he an hour's listening to the was up on the table, and very softly, he threw the The twins thought they could get all the stations Andrews Liver Salt programme . . and flowers, one by one, on to the floor.Everyone in the world on their new wireless set, but was much too busy rehearsing to notice Mick. something seems to have muddled them up ! you start the day feeling that the world Having gathered the flowers in his arms, the Can you work out the stations and regions really is a more cheerful place to live in. thing to find out was how to give them to his lady -love.To make matters more difficult, the THE twins in the picture are very thrilled with red light was now on and the broadcast had begun. their new radio set, which seems to be able Cheery, wise and sympathetic, Albert Mick's lady -love was standing close to the micro-to get almost any station in the world.If you phone crooning softly, and Mick's heart was beat-want to know the names of the stationsand Whelan entertains with song and story. ing fast as stealthily he crept towards her. Wouldregions, look among the jumbled letters.Write Don't let the children miss the special she see him? No ! She was starting another song.your solutions on postcards (giving the number of Quickly he laid the flowers at her feet and scuttledstations found) and, together with your full name, broadcast on Saturdays. back under the table. age, address and school, post not later than When the red light went out, she picked themMay 5toAuntieMuriel, RADIO PICTORIAL, up. 37, Chancery Lane, London,W.C.2. " Why, how lovely !" she exclaimed. " What a I will award fourhalf-crowns for the first four sweet idea to lay them at my feet.I wonder whocorrect solutions received, in the neatest hand- thought of it ? " writing. Age will be taken into consideration. " You must have put them there yourself !" ANDREWS grinned the band leader, pointing at the empty The results of the " Find the Conjurer's flower bowl. Articles" Competition appear on page 32. The lady was furious. LIVER SALT " It's a very silly trick, anyway !" she said, and ZOODITIES leaving the flowers on the table, she flounced out. The Whynot is an awful bird- - Poor Mick was desolated. He crawled under the You won't like him a lot, The Ideal Tonic Laxative carpet to think again I For when he isn't asking " Why ?" More about little Mick next week. He's asking folk "Why not ?"

19 RADIO PICTORIAL April 29, 1938 FROM COWBOY to RADIO The Hill -BillyMaestro TellsHis Own Story HULLO, folks, it's mighty nice to beand take each other on in feats of skill withwrong side of it.In other words I was right in sitting down at my old typewriterbroncos, lariats and bull -steers just for the sheerthe direction in which it was beginning to topple tapping out a few of my memories,fun ofit.Nowadays, I'm afraid, rodeos areto the ground. especially as I know that they'restaged more for the monetary rewards than the Suddenly Jem spotted my danger.He going to be read by people whom I'm glad toactual thrill of the thing. yelled out : " Scram, Bill, scram for your call friends. life." But I was rooted to the ground and They're the people who have heard me on the Mixing with these boys was a grand thing for awith amazing speed and force the giant fir air in this hospitable old country of yours . . . youngster just growing up. I was always toorushed towards me.ButI was lucky. the people .who pack the theatres when I'myoung (or so they said) to take part in the rodeosThough I got mixed up with the top of the playing music halls throughout the country, andmyself. Maybe they were right at that.I wasn'ttree I was quite unscratched. the same people who write me grand and encourag-exactly hankering after a broken neck !But you But I was always wary in the future and stayed ing notes. Yes, sirs, it makes me feel pretty goodcouldn't see them appearing in the rodeos withouton the right side of the falling giants. To get one to know that old Big Bill Campbell's Hill -Billylearning to set great store on the values of physicalof those on your pate would have given you a shows seem to bring a breath of the west into thefitness, courage and endurance. nasty headache ! hearts of city folk who appreciate it. Perhaps it's the lessons I learned then that have One way and another I've packed in plenty ingiven me what capacity I have for taking tough The most dangerous, skilful and yet exciting part my life and I've managed to enjoy every minuteknocks and looking at life with a smile.There of tre:: felling was the topping."Topping" of it, because I'm lucky enough always to havewas no room for squealers on that horse -ranchis what they call trimming the top of the trees of had simple tastes.High-falutin' nonsense getsin Alberta. all surplus branches so that they will not become under my skin and that's why, in this story, I'm I might have gone on quite happily there andtangled with the other trees when being felled. going to imagine that I'm sitting round the fire-perhaps now been a rancher myself, but when I side, with a pipe in my mouth and a mug of alewas sixteen my father died and the old home was in my hand, just chatting to a few friends. sold up. Are.we all comfortable? Okay, let's go.. . . So I took a train to British Columbia, where I It's funny, looking back down Memory Lane,had an uncle who was in the lumbering business. to realise that if my people had had their way IHis territory was near a one-horse little town doubt if any of you would ever have heard of me.called Powell River, and Ishall never forget They wanted me to be an engineer !I guessthe bleakness and the desolation of the view when that's a mighty good way of earning a living, butI first struck Powell River. somehow it just didn't appeal to me. He employed about two hundred hands and Nor did I want to follow in my father's foot-it was my job to act as a sort of odd -job boy steps.He was a big horse -rancher in Alberta,and do the chores. I had to fetch the wood and way down near Medicine Hat, and I was actuallythe water.It was a four -mile walk to the born in the ranch itself. creek where we drew our water and you had It's no good asking me what I wanted to be.Ito be pretty fit to carry those big pails on just didn't know and for several years it didn'twooden yokes for that distance. really matter.I was living at the ranch and Then, one day, my uncle came to me and said : living the sort of life that you'd expect. "Bill, it's time you started being more useful." I couldn't help grinning. Up at 5 a.m. carry- When I wasn't at school at Medicine Hating water and wood, lighting fires and doing every (that meant a niceeight -mile walkjob under the sun and never getting to my bunk across prairie) I was out with the ranchers,before dusk; if that wasn't being pretty useful, learning to ride. I suppose I was about fivewell, sirs, I ask you ! when I first was put on a horse ... and about " Well, what, uncle ? " I asked. five and three seconds before I was first "Take this," he said, and he handed me an thrown. axe, " and go down with Jem and get on with They say .they're tough, mighty tough infelling some of them trees.' the West. That certainly goes for the kids. Jem was a mighty powerful chap, six feet four You had to be tough to be put bareback on ain his socks and weighing eighteen stone. He'd horse when you were five ... and no sym-been born to the backwoods and felling trees pathy when you were thrown. was in his blood. But to me, a greenhorn, the My playmates were mostly children of a nearbyprospect didn't seem so hot. Siwash tribe of Red Indians. Don't get alarmed, "It's easy, son," Jem told me. "All you want they weren't killers !But from them I learnedis guts."He ought to have added "common- a good deal about woodcraft and trapping andsense" as well, because I didn't know then how some of the happiest days of my life were spenteasy it was to get nearly killed. tracking down imaginary wild beasts !I never So I went out felling trees, and the very first realised, in those far-off days, that I should everday nearly put an end to the life of young Bill live the life of a gentleman in an English town,Campbell.I was helping to tackle a fir tree that have an office in the biggest capital in the worldmust have stood every inch of a hundred feet.It and earn a living by talking into a microphone !was incredible to me that we'd ever be able to It's a mighty funny old world. . . . bring that giant to the ground and I was so When I wasn't with the Red Indian kids I wasfascinated when I saw it actually start to fall playing lacrosse with the boys at my own schoolthat I didn't realise that I was standing on the or else out with the boys of dad's ranch. Igrew up with three brothers called The Knight Brothers. ". . . Thedays when They were grand guys ... three real, rip - rodeos were really snorting, hard -riding cowboys. In fact, one rodeos," when Bill of them, Harry, became the world 's cham- Campbell and his young pion all-round cowboy for six years in suc- friends delighted to cession. I heard, not so long ago, that he was compete in feats of skill killed in the Calgary stampede whilst on his way to take part in the rodeo which might have given him his title for the seventh time. I lived on that ranch in the days when rodeos were really rodeos. The boys used to get together April 29, 1938 RADIO PICTORIAL STAR by Big Bill Campbell Bringing the very spirit of the West intoof America from the Atlantic to the Mississippi that it is said someone from Tin Pan Alley first our homes, Big Bill Campbell and hisheard the hill -billies sung and his imagination was famous Hill -Billy Boys entertain you infired, realising he had hit upon something which the Lushus radio concerts from Luxem-by its very simplicity and fresh,;s would sweep bourg on Mondays and Thursdays atthe world. 4 p.m. and from Normandy onTuesdays Here he heard them singing Home on the Range and Fridays at 9 and 9.15 a.m. Next and the plaintive ditty of Sourwood Mountain: week, just to make full measure, he's "My little girl's a blue-eyed daisy, broadcasting from National as well, Ya ho diddle dum day May 6 If I don't get her I'll go cra.-y, Ya ho diddle dum day !" Some of the songs were very uproarious like the If I live to be ninety I shall never forgetvery old one about Gypso Davy, but many were the stream of Chinese oaths that came fromsoft and sentimental, such as The Little Old Log " Charlie's " mouth, and I guess if he couldCabin in the Lane, while some are frankly doleful, have got hold of one of the boy's axes he'dsuch as the one which tells the sad story of George have done more damage to that practicalGoggins, who laid down on his bed and died, while joking lumberman than ever he did to a firin the next room his own true love was sewing tree ! her silken trousseau : It was at night that I used to enjoy myself "Lay back, lay back them corfin lids; most. Then, with the labours of the day behind Fold up them silks so fine; them, the lumbermen used to settle down to sing- And let me kiss them dear, pale lips, songs round camp -fires.They had to be heard That never in life has kissed mine." to be believed.There was little or no musical Thus sang thegirl and thus,in many an talent, but a sincerity in the singing which madeimpromptu concert round the lumbering -men's those impromptu concerts live in my memory. camp -fires, sang many a wheezy baritone and Of course, the hill -billies that you hear nowtremulous tenor. on the radio are not really hill-billies- Most of the oldhill -billies were,of course, merely adaptations.I'm afraid that thehanded down from generation to generation.It original hill -billies would not please modernwas amazing to what lengths these mountain folk audiences very much.Usually they werewould go to unearth fresh hill -billies. At a town very sad songs, with a dreary, monotonouscalled Asheville in the Appalachian Mountain tune and often as many as fifty or sixtyrange there is (or was, anyway) an annual contest staged at which prizes were awarded for the best local folk songs. "Oh, they're tough, mighty These songs, then, were the ones which were tough . . ."Lifeholds heard by some bright spark in Tin Pan Alley plenty of thrillsfor the during a holiday trip. You all know how there rough -riding, hard -living arose a rage for hill -billies.The Last Round Up, lumberman and cowboy of Empty Saddles, Waggon Wheels, The Wheel of the the West Waggon is Broken, Horsey, Horsey; all these, and many other songs of the type which my Hill - Billy Band put over, are in direct line to the famous old songs that have their roots in time itself. And so the days passed in hard work at the lumber camp and the evenings in singing and laughter. The smell of the pine trees, the clean, healthy Western air, the grand spirit:of camaraderie among those simple men all impressed themselves very much on my mind. Small wonder that when, ultimately, I went in for show business, I should remember those happy days and try to bring, them to life on the radio and stage. Happy though I was with the lumber -boys land it was a period which did much to make a man of me) I didn't figure on being a lumberman all my life.So I looked around and decided to cut loose and find fresh fields for my energy and muscles. I packed up my few possessions and hitch -hiked many miles. Nothing very exciting happened except that I was lost in the bush for five days in North. Ontario.During that time I lived on partridges. Getting those birds was a push -over. The poor creatures were nearly all snow-blind and it was the simplest thing in the world to hit 'em over the head with a branch.I don't like "shooting a sitting bird," but needs must when the devil of hunger drives. Eventually I hit a saw mills and decided that I They were happy days in that lumbering camp. might as well have a crack at that job. When I made a lot of good friends and had a lot of you're young and healthy and carefree " anything opportunities of meeting with real characters. goes."If anything, working in the sawmills was Picking out odd people has always been a hobbyverses ! Numbers like " Strawberry Roan,"even tougher than working as a lumberjack.I of mine, and there was one character whom I shall" Little Red Caboose " and " Home on thehad plenty of hard knocks and managed to keep never forget. He was the Chinese cook, Wong,Range " have all been adapted to modernup my record of a periodic escape from sudden known to everybody, inevitably, as " Charlie." requirements. oblivion. Before I started felling I used to do a lot of But in the days of the lumber -camp concerts One day I was working away on a giant band - work with old Wong. I remember that he used toyou could hear the very spirit of the simple andsaw. This stood about 12 feet high and had teeth pride himself very much on his meat -pies, and hehonest people of the West. They sang songs ofas sharp as razors. Suddenly to my horror, and used to make them two hundred a time. The onlythings they felt deeply about . . . they sang ofthat of the rest of the gang on the saw, it snapped time, that I've ever seen his wrinkled, inscrutabletheir horses, their ranches, their loved ones . loose of its axle and, at a tremendous speed, old face almost flushed with rage was one occasionand always accompanied them by the squeakycareered across the wooden building in which we when one of the boys added some cement to hisone -string fiddle, known as the " sweet potato." were working.I, unlucky as usual, was in the `pie -'mixture."And when those darned pies No one quite knows how the originalhill- were baked they turned out pretty well like thebillies came about. But it was in the Appalachiandirect line of its progress. Rocks of Ages. Mountains, which run across the Southern States (Continued on page 32) 21 RADIO PICTORIAL April 29, 1938

Les Allen Returns: Another Radio Film : Cads' College Opens at Last: Return Visits of The Gang B.B.C. Show and Clarkson Rose's Hour : Richard Clarke, David Miller, Joan Miller, Hill -Billy Round -Up Sarah Burton, .Bernard Jukes, Sonny Miller, the Radio Graces, Sydney Keith, Douglas to -morrow's show they'll do an up-to-date versionYoung and eight of Mrs. Rodney Hudson's girls of their song, Doing Their Party Piece.Ralph'swill say the words, sing the music and tap the taps. been pretty busy lately. Not only is he rehearsing I don't know about you cads, but I'm going to for his part opposite Frances Day and Stanleyjoin all the other old -school -tie honads and visit Lupino in the new George Black West Endthe opening night of Cads' College on MAY 6, musical, as yet un-named, but he's also beenNational.For the sake of the old Alma Mater, neck -deepinrehearsalsfortheforthcomingdoncherknow. There we shall meet Headmaster Boy Scouts' Pageant at Albert Hall. 1,500 scoutsDavy Burnaby, prefects Kenneth and George need a bit of producing ! Western, Fred Grainger, Archie Glen, Paddy Do you remember the Warner Baxter -RubyBrowne, Tom Kinniburgh, Ivor Moreton Keeler -Dick Powellfilm Forty SecondStreet?and Dave Kaye and a lot of other pukka students That was a musical film which set the nine -of modern education.And I hear that Ethel pennies tappin' and hummin' all over the country.Revnell and Grace West may lurn the whole It's the next of the radio adaptations of famousplace into a co-educational show.Interesting films and will be heard on MAY 3, Nationalfact is that Archie Glen who, on the stage is a and MAY 5, Regional. Charlie Farrell plays thegrand alcoholicomic,hasn't broadcast for ten Warner Baxter role, Gerry Fitzgerald that ofyears. Dick Powell, and Eda Peel will have the difficult Monday at Seven, MAY 2, National, brings us task of putting over Ruby Keeler's radiant per-Judy Shirley(" mad about the tune"), and sonality without the advantage of being able toInspector Warrington-Hornleigh,butno show her legs . . . and we all know what Ruby'slonger Tom INebster, Murgatroyd and Winter - A new fortnightly series for Les Allen, of legs mean to screen fans ! bottom, Beryl Orde, Jack Kerr, Ivan Samson the smiling personality and golden voice VARIETY THE MELODY IS THERE is there no longer, but out of evil cometh good, for, in its stead, begins a new series of fort- nightly programmes which brings back to radio that golden voice of romance . . . Les Allen. There never has been a star more popular than Les, and none who has been more truly built up by radio. So his new series, Melody and Romance, is as sure of success as a Dorchester floor -show girlissureof admiring masculine glances. The series begins on MAY 3, National. Each will be a musical sequence, and the first spotlights "The Seasons." With popular numbers such as Paris in Spring, Love in Bloom, and The Skaters' Waltz and moreclassicalnumberssuchas Mendelssohn's Spring Song, each of the four seasons will be introduced and, praise be, with a minimum of announcing. AswellasLes,there'llbe The Radio Romancers (known to you all as The Rhythm Sisters), plus Lauri Day and Roy Willis on the pianos.The second of the serieswill be Morning, Noon and Night, but of that more anon. Ours is a Nice Hour Ours Is / insist Clarkson Rose and the rest of the bright, breezy and beautiful Twinkle gang. And we, who heard the previous show with this title, do not argue. A new edition, to whet our appetites for summer nights near Beachy Head, will be heard on MAY 5, National, and willbe repeated on MAY 7, Regional. Clarky has gathered around him last year's excellent Eastbournecast,plus Becker and Julian(oldschooltieduettists). Let'sruna welcoming eye over them.There's Clarkson, fresh from his Lyceum pantomime triumphs. There's Anne Leslie(fragrantasa summer evening), Rex Korda and Conrad Leonard (all three of whom have been with Clarky at the Lyceum); there's Olive Fox, who recently made her debut in a straight play, Our Betters, at her home town Brixton; Joy Hayden, who's been winning bouquets galore for her work in the Prince of Wales Revue Folies de Can -Can, Rupert Rogers, Eddie Henderson (back from pan- tomime inSouthAfrica),Gordon Holdom (who, though 6 feet and a bit over, made a hit as one of the dwarfs in the broadcast of Snow- white) and those four dainty, delectable darlings, The Rosebuds. Theirs a nice cast their's is.. . . Funny how The Gang Show crept into the programmes as just another idea and has now become an established variety favourite. Ralph Reader brings the lads to the mike again on APRIL 30, Regional. The last broadcast brought in- 700 letters and about half of them were rhapsodising about those two comic lads, "The Sisters Twizzle.." One of them is Jack Beet, who's on the Stock Exchange, and the other is Norman Fellowes, employed at the Boy Scout Headquarters.In lack Beet(left) and Norman Fellowes-" The Sisters Twirzle " in the Gang Show 22 April 29,1938 RADIO PICTORIAL PROGRAMME GUIDE, and Antony HoliesinasketchLugubria.of independent theatres in the Midlands which Samson, of course, is already known to you ascontribute to radio variety will make its bow. The Gang -Smasher; Holles is a film actor whoThe mike goes to the Embassy Theatre, Peter- stands out prominently asa character man.borough, to hear Pickard 's Chinese Synco- Monday at Seven, according to the many listenerspators and Jack Daly, the Irish entertainer who who have filled in a B.B.C. log, stands out a mileclaims to be the first man to have adopted the as the most popular B.B.C. programme.It is,white trilby hat on the stage-a fashion extensively therefore, unnecessary to mention that it will beused now by stage entertainers.

taken off in a few weeks. . . Among my friends there are many intelligent Vegetarian Ernest Longstaffe believes in plentyadults who swear that they listen only to the of meat in his Palace of Varieties, APRIL 30,Children's Hour. You can't altogether blame them National.You'llhear Renee Houston andwhen you realise that, on MAY 3, for instance, Donald Stewart, both nice and sunburned afterin the period reserved for kiddies, you can hear a their trip to South Africa, Charles Penrose,variety entertainment given by such an all-star Al and Bob Harvey, Murray and Hobbs,bill as Martin Taubmann, with his Electronde, Billy Percy and Abe and Mawruss, who haveThe Three Herons,NigelStock, Mabel been guest -artistes latterly in the Cookeen pro-Constanduros and John Rorke.Aren't the grammes.Also George Buck, Fred Douglas,kiddies spoiled ? Norah Blakemore and twelve children will do a sketch, Down Our Street.Hey, and what's this in the chair. . . . I mean, who's this in the chair? None other than Stanelli, who should be a panicPLAYS-FEATURES- in that moustache and waistcoat. Richard Neller, Janet Joye, Winsor and TALKS Lever and Charlie Davis are the Friends to Tea on MAY 2, Regional, and Neila Goodelle, Empire Exhibition takes pride of that Hollywood lovely,willriskherlife bySCOTLAND'Splace in this week's broadcasts. We shall have appearing in the same studio with those crazyanother opportunity of hearing King George VI's fun -makers Arthur Askey and Dich Murdoch, in Band Wagon, MAY 4, Regional. There's a feature on Regional, APRIL 30, which brings us Hughes and Lever, sirging their own songs, and also introducing Gwen Farrar, who will sing some of the songs she made famous before Norah Blaney got married and broke up a swell_partnership. Also a relay from the Argyle Theatre, Birkenhead, on MAY 4, Regional. On MAY 5, we get the third of Gale Pedrick's already popular series HailVariety! and on Joy Hayden, star of the Prince of Wales MAY 2, Martyn Webster presents on Midland Revue " Folies de Can -Can," will appear another of his New Voices programmes.In this in Clarkson Rose's Hour show he has made a number of splendid dis- coveries and maybe there's a future top -line regularly.I say " fated," because many people are star among Monday's batch.There'll be Biddy tired of them already.However, this time the Brewin, a soubrette from Birmingham, Tony Public tackle the B.B.C. staff. Who will appear for Francis, of Leicester, who makes animal noises the B.B.C. is not yet known. and imitates film -stars(very much the same, In Unusual Occupations Edward Jones talks afterall !),JoeGoode,harmonicaplayer, about the life of a beachcomber-not, I imagine, Edith Collier, soprano, and Leslie Vyce, who one of those very British Britons who suffer from plays a tin whistle. dry -rot of their morale through too much drink (if On MAY 4, Midland, a new addition to the list you get me) on some far-off island strand, but the man who digs up amazing finds on the beaches of our own island. MAY 4, Regional. RECORDS OF THE WEEK The Gang Smasher is again on the air on MAY 2, Edgar Jackson's Selections Richard Tauber singsin Covent Garden National, and our old friend, Paul Temple (soon to Opera this week be honoured by being turned into a novel) con- For Everybody tinues on APRIL 30, Regional. " DONKEY SERENADE " with " Giannina Mia " (both from voice when he opens the Exhibition on MAY 3, The last kicks of the football season are nearly the film " Firefly ") by Allan Jones (H.M.V. B8714). National, and addresses will be heard by thewith us, so North Regional (MAY 6) presents a HITS TO COME Earl of Elgin, the Lord Provost of Glasgow, andfeature called Football Followers, in which fans, (Under this heading are listed regularly the High Commissioners of the various Dominions.players, referees, directors and journalists will con- best records to date of new tunes which are P. I. Keith -Murray will give a running comment-fess what the football season means to them. likely to become hits.) " " by Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadians with ary on the scene. " Goodnight, Sweet Dreams, Goodnight " by Tom Dorsey Then, on Regional, that same evening, Keith - and His Orchestra (H.M.V. BD5355). Murray has another job of work. He's going to " HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN HEAVEN ?" and " MAMA, I take you for a night out round the Exhibition. DANCE BANDS WANNA MAKE RHYTHM " (both from the film " Man- Previously, on APRIL 30, Regional, in Backstage hattan Music Box ") by Jack Harris and His Orchestra at Bellahouston, Alastair Borthwick will tell youBOY, bring me my lyre. " I like mountain music (H.M.V. 805356). all about the last-minute preparations for the . played by an old hill -billy band" !So do " ALWAYS AND ALWAYS "(Film:" Mannequin ")and " SWEET SOMEONE " (Film: " Love and Kisses ") by Roy great opening of what promises to be one of thelots of other listeners, and on MAY 6, National, Fox and His Orchestra (H.M.V. 805353). finest Exhibitions ever staged. Big Bill Campbell and his Hill -Billy boys have a In 1934 Eden Philpotts wrote a radio play calledHill -Billy Round -Up in which all the old favourites THE WEEK'S TUNE HITS Old Bannerman, and it has been dug out again forand some new ones will bring a breath of the (Under this heading are listed regularly the broadcasting on Regional and West on MAY 1.Golden West to our nostrils. best recordings to date of tunes which have On MAY 2, Regional, will be heard the second become " best sellers," but hove not previously The scene is on a little tramp steamer, The Flying been mentioned in this review.) Fish, sixty years ago, and the action is spread overof the Syncopation Piece series which has taken the " ROSAUE " with " In The Still of The Night " (both from three days whilst the tramp is sailing from anplace of The Signature Is. . . Eddie Carroll and the film " Rosalie") by Carroll Gibbons' Savoy Orpheans island in the Northern group of the West Indieshis Music and Billy Scott-Coomber will be on (Columbia FB1881.) to Kingston, Jamaica. parade. " LAMBETH WALK " with " Me And My Girl " (both from Cyril Wood is producing and the lead will be Another Milestones of Melody by Geraldo 's the London production " Me And My Girl ") by Billy played by that fineold actor, Cyril Maude.concert orchestra on MAY 6, Regional. 'Nuff said ! Cotton and His Band (Rex 9232); both titles also in the Cyril, who is now well over seventy, occasionally On APRIL 30, National, there is An Hour to Vocal Selection by the Original Artists (H.M.V. BDSO6). Play session, and this has been allotted to Roy " ME, MYSELF ANDI "(Film: " Atlantic Flight ") with emerges from well-earned retirement in his Devon- " Tears In My Heart " by Jack Harris and His Orchestra shire home, usually because he wants to earnFox andhis band, whilst on the same day, (H.M.V. BD5347). enough money to indulge in some luxury additionRegional, Herman Darewski and his New Melody " DON'T EVER CHANGE " (Film: " Rhythm In The Clouds ") to his home !Once, for instance, he appeared in aRhythm band playinthe B.B.C. Ballroom. with " Silver Sails On Moonlit Waters " by Jay Wilbur play solely because he wanted to oak -panel his Another veteran of the microphone who, for and His Band (Rex 9261). entire house.This genial gentleman (never wassome years, has been neglected, is now beginning For Swing Fans there anybody so genuinely interested- in people)to work Isis way back to the radio arena. This is BENNY GOODMAN QUARTET-" I'm a Ding Dong Daddy " has admitted that he would like to be an inn-Jerry Hoey (brother-in-law of Charlie Kunz), and BENNY GOODMAN'S ORCHESTRA-"Alexander's keeper when he finally retires. On the same nightwhose band plays for The Dansant on MAY 5, Ragtime Band " (H.M.V. B8734). and wavelength, incidentally, there is another ofRegional. the Spelling Bees that now seem fated to appear Please turn to nextpage 23 RADIO PICTORIAL April 29, 1938 B.B.C. PROGRAMME GUIDE-Continued Harry Leader's band has a tea -time session on MAY 4, National, and in the middle of the evening on MAY 3, Regional, Fred Hartley provides MUSIC a programme of Swing for Strings. COVENT GARDEN opera is the big news for Richard Valery and his band will be heard on music lovers this week. On MAY 2, Regional, North, MAY 3, and on the same wavelength,the first act of The Magic Flute will be broadcast, MAY 6,you'll hear Charles Henesy in thewith Richard Tauber singing the lead.Tauber Flip -pant Fingers series of dance -music pianists.is only singing this opera twice in the season, so Henesy has had barely five years' professionallistenersshould not losethis opportunityof experience yetisalready known as a skilfulhearing his voice. arranger for dance bands and light orchestras. A thousand juvenile voices will be raised in song Another syncopated piano highspot is taken overat the Albert Hall on MAY 6, National, when the by Jack Wilson on MAY 3, Regional, who alsoNational Festival of Schools Musical Festivals of brings his Versatile Five to the mike on MAY 5,England will be staged. Regional. Paul Beard, leader of the B.B.C. Symphony Late -night bandsthis week are AmbroseOrchestra, returns to his native Birmingham and (to -morrow, Saturday); Jack Jackson (Monday);will be giving a violin recital on MAY 5, Midland. Syd Lipton (Tuesday); Jos Loss (non -vocal,This will include Benjamin Dale's Ballade.Paul Wednesday) ;Oscar Rabin(Thursday);andBeard was formerly leader of the City of Birming- Michael Flome (Friday). Flome will have .vithham Orchestra, and his father and grandfather him Paula Green (on the up -and -up, this gal) andwere both prominent Birmingham musicians. Scintillating Eda Peel takes Ruby Keeler's film also Sydney Gowan, whose voice alone justifies Sarah Fischer, the soprano, gives a recital on part in " Forty -Second Street" all Carroll Levis's auditions. MAY 3, and Maurice Cole on piano and Winifred Small on violin, a sonata recital on APRIL 30, National. There are two interesting pianoforte recitals this week.Frank Mannheimer plays French music on APRIL 30,Regional, and Joseph Hofmann gives a recital on MAY 1, National. Light music from Hungary will be heard on MAY 3, National, and Songs of the British Isles will be rendered by the B.B.C. Theatre Orchestra on MAY 1, National. The demand for CAPSTAN If ever the B.B.C. closed down broadcasting on Sundays, there'd be a lot of light orchestra leaders on the dole.Take this Sunday, for instance. The orchestras of Mario de Pietro (with Walter increases daily -say W.D. &H.O.WILLS Glynne), Frank Biffo,Philip Martell and Falkman will be heard solidly one after the other. Comes a brief lull, then Jan Berenska, Willie Walker Octet and the Orpheus Trio are hurled at us.Later we have Fred Hartley.All these are on National.All are very excellent orchestras, all should be very entertaining, but it's a bit

much . . or isn't it ? SPORT THIS is a gala week for sportsmen. APRIL 30, National, we have a running commentary on the Cup Final at Wembley, between Preston North End and Huddersfield Town.Red rose or white rose or no rose at all . . . wherever your interests lie you'll enjoy this peak hour of the year's sporting broadcasts.Firstyou'llhear the community singing,then Ivan Sharpe willdescribe the pre -match scene and he'll also take over during the interval. George Allison deals with the first half of the game and Tom Woodrooffe the second half. ThisCupFinalbroadcast issandwiched between two descriptions by Howard Marshall of the play between Worcestershire and the Australians in the first cricket match of the Aussies' tour.Marshall will also have spells at the mike, describing this game, on MAY 2 and 3. The six -day cycling race at Wembley also hits the mike pretty often this week. Commentaries will be heard on MAY 2, National, MAY 4, Regional, and MAY 7, National. On MAY 4, Regional and North, you will hear a running commentary on the Chester Cup horse race. Victor Smythe describes the preliminaries so dear to the hearts of racing fans, Tom Wood- rooffe from the grand stand deals with the first half of the race, and Richard North will then take over for the second half and the finish. Finally, on MAY 6, Regional, John Snagge has the unusual task of describing cheetah -racing. This isto be televised, and Snagge will give a running commentary on the races which are to be staged privately by K. C. Gandar Dower, the famous Cambridgeathleteandinternational lawn -tennis player, who isdoing hisbest to introduce cheetah -racing as a recognised sport in this country.Cheetahs are said to be so much faster than greyhounds that they can give them "Aye, aye. me hearties !" forty yards in a quarter of a mile.Looks like Snagge will have to chatter pretty swiftly ! Incidentally,theafternoon programmes on MAY 5 and MAY 6 are likely to be interrupted for running commentaries on the Davis Cup 10 FOR 60 20 FOR 1110. games at Wimbledon.This is a warning that the WILLS's CAPSTAN CIGARETTES. B.B.C. has not taken to heart the vigorous protests of the thousands of listeners who think that the C .C.603C B.B.C. has a tennis -bee in its bonnet. W0*o wr .10.4 I 24 April 29, 1938 RADIO PICTORIAL LISTENTO RADIO LUXEMBOURG 1,293 metres Chief Announcer : Mr. S.P. Ogden -Smith Assistant Announcers :Mr. S. H.Gordon Box and Mr. John Bentley 6.30 p.m. RINSO RADIO REVUE SUNDAY, MAY 1 featuring iack Hylton and His Band Request Programme Three Music Hall Boys 3.15 a.m. Doreen Stevens 3.30 a.m. Sam Browne GEORGE FORMBY The Henderson Twins with a strong supporting cast, including Peggy Dell "Beryl" and John Firman's Orchestra. Tommy Handey A terrific series of laughter and song Compered by Eddie Pola of programmes. Presented by the makers of Rlnso. Presented by the proprietors of Feen-a-Mint. 7.0 p.m. Announcing a New Series of ThrillingDramascentredroundthe 8.45 a.m. charactersof Inspector Brookesof YOUR OLD FRIEND DAN Scotland Yard and his son, Dick."The Singing His Way into the Home Living Corpse" -Concluded. -Presented Presented by the makers of Johnson's Wax by the makers of Milk of Magnesia. Polish. 7.15 p.m. Eddie Pola and His Twisted 9.0 a.m. Tunes.A programme of twisted words GEORGE ELRICK and music. -Presented by the makers of Maclean's Laughing Entertainer Hudson's Extract. and His Band 7.30 p.m. Presented by the makers of Maclean Brand EXCERPTS FROM REVUDEVILLE Stomach Powder. from the stage of the Windmill Theatre, London. -Presentedby themakersof 9.15 a.m. On Board the Top Hat Express Danderine. whose passengers include the Top Hat 7.45 p.m. Dinner at Eight Orchestra, conducted by Felix Mendels- EnidStamp -Taylor, introducing"My sohn, The Top Hat Singers, Paula Green Friends the Stars," with the C. & B. and GeorgeBarclay,and a surprise Dance Band, directed by Sydney Lipton. passenger. --Presented by Nestles. Presented by Crosse and Blackwell, Ltd. 9.30 a.m. Master O.K. the Saucy Boy 8.0 p.m. Presented by the makers of O.K. Sauce. PALMOLIVE PROGRAMME with 9.45 a.m. Showland Memories Olive Palmer A musical cavalcade of theatreland, past and and present, with Jan Van der Gucht, Paul Oliver Olive Groves, and the "Showlanders." 8.30 p.m. Luxembourg News (in French) Presented by California Syrup of Figs. 9.0 p.m. 10.0 a.m.The Biggest Little Programme HIGHLIGHTS ON PARADE Starring, Louise Brown, Peggy Desmond, with Billy Scott-Coomber, and Monia Litter. Alfred Van Dam Sponsored by Rowntrees --the makers of and Kit Kat Chocolate Crisp. His Gaumont State Orchestra and 10.15 a.m. Wyn Richmond CARSON ROBISON Presented by Macleans, Ltd. AND HIS PIONEERS Please turn to next page Continue their popular hill -billy broad- Jean Colin as she appeared in the part of the princess in "Aladdin" - casts. -Sponsored by the makers of Oxydol. she is being presented to you by Sir Seymour Hicks at 12.30 p.m. on Sunday 10.30 a.m. Favourite Melodies Presented by the makers of Freezone Corn 11.15 a.m. 2.30 p.m. Fred Hartley and His Orchestra Remover. THE OPEN ROAD Brian Lawrance and John Stebens revive 10.45 a.m. Brown & Poison Present Presented by Carters Little Liver Pills. for you "Songs You Can Never Forget." Eddie South and His Orchestra, with Presented by the makers of Johnson's Glo- Mrs. Jean Scott -President of the Brown 11.30 a.m. Luxembourg Religious Talk Coat. (in French). 2.45 p.m. THOMAS HEDLEY & CO. & Poison Cookery Club. proudly present 11.0 a.m. 12 (noon) Miss Gracie Fields MAGIC FINGERS ON THE HAPPY PHILOSOPHER QUAKER QUARTER HOUR in a programme of new songs, and at least A new programme of particular interest featuring one old favourite,with some homely THE KEYS * * * toalldog lovers. Both adults and Carroll Levis and His Radio Discoveries advice about Fairy Soap. childreneagerly awaitthearrivalof Arthur Jones (Musical Saw) 3.0 p.m. MORTON DOWNEY their old pal, the Happy Philosopher. June Blair (Vocalist) The Golden Voice of Radio Presented by Bob Martin Limited. The Two Jacks (Harmonica and Guitar) ina new seriesof popular song and Arthur Blackman (Vocalist) ballads. Desmond Brothers (Trumpet and Piano) Presented by the makers of Drene Shampoo Presented by Quaker Oats, Ltd. 3.15 p.m. Waltz Time 12.15 p.m. The Rowntree Aero Show With Billy Bissett and His Waltz Time Orchestra, Esther Coleman. Hugh Harry Roy and Bill Currie in the lighter French and the Waltz Timers. -Presented sideoflife,whilethe famous band by Phillip's Dental Magnesia. "Swings" it. -Presented by the makers of 3.30 p.m. Black Magic Rowntree's Aero Chocolate. "The Ace of Hearts Orchestra" ina 12.30 p.m. Peter the Planter programme forsweethearts. -Presented On behalf of the blenders of Lyons' Green by the makers of Black Magic Chocolates. Geraldo in Play Label Tea, presents : "Back Stage with 3.45 p.m. Sir Seymour Hicks, with Jean Colin, A quarter hour of unbroken melody. Dennis Van Thal and His West End Presented by the makers of Diploma Cheese Theatre Orchestra, and full company. 4.0 p.m.HORLICKS PICTURE HOUSE Master of Ceremonies :Geoffrey Sumner 12.45 p.m. Raymond Massey HUNTLEY AND PALMERS Vic Oliver present Gertrude Niesen Famous pianist "The Gaieties" Leslie Kentish with The Rhythm Brothers CHARLIE KUNZ Leslie Henson and brings you Roy Royston The Horlicks All -Star Orchestra Ginger Matthews under Melodies with Memories Yvonne Ortner Debroy Somers George Neil Presented by Horlicks. Robb Currie 5.0 p.m. Ray of Sunshine Programme The Gaiety Rhythm Boys Compered by Christopher Stone. -Pre-Don't forgetCadbury Calling -introducing with sented by the makers of Phillips' TonicMR. PENNYCharlie Kunz in 'REMIN- The Gaiety Star Orchestra Yeast and Beetox. The whole show written and devised by 5.30 p.m. The °yak' n eys and ISCING ; and telling you Douglas Furber and Leslie Henson. Entertainment especially broadcastfor REGINALD about Milk Tray Assortment the League of Ovaldneys, with songs and DIXON 1.0 p.m. Lux Radio Theatre stories by the Ovaltineys and Harry - the chocolates that give you Featuring Teddy Joyce and His Orchestra Hemsley accompanied by the Ovaltineys on Saturdaysmost for your money. Introducing"The SchoolforStars" Orchestra. with highlights from the film, "Action Presented by the makers of Ovaltine. for Slander." -Presented by the makers of 6.0 p.m. Tuesday Morning Lux. AMBROSE AND HIS ORCHESTRA 1.30 p.m. Ovaltine Programme of featuring Melody and Song. Evelyn Dall a.m.LUXEMBOURG Max Bacon 2.0 p.m. The Kraft Show Vera Lynn RADIO Glamour Girl Gertrude Niesen Directed by Billy Cotton, featuring Mary Alan Marsh is among the bevy of "notables" Lawson and Fred Duprez, with Peter and 8.0 a.m. NORMANDY in Horlicks Picture House at 4 Williams, Alan Breeze, Jack Doyle and The Manhattan Three Radio Normandy transmission arranged The WesternBrothers. -Presented by PresentedbythemakersofLifebuoy MAY3 through International Broadcasting o'clock on Sunday Kraft Cheese Co., Ltd. Toilet Soap. Company limited. 25 RADIO PICTORIAL April 29. 1938

RADIO LUXEMBOURG'S PROGRAMMES Continued from page 25

9.45 p.m. On the Air 4.45 p.m. Marmaduke Brown With Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy The lovable, eccentric inventor, and his Orpheans, Anne Lenner and George patient wife,Matilda. -Presented by the Melachrino.-Presentedby the makers of makers ofMilk of Magnesia. ColgateRibbonDentalandShaving 5.0 p.m. The Colgate Revellers Creams. Presented by the makers ofColgate Ribbon Dental and Shaving Creams. 10.0 p.m. 5.15 to5.30 p.m. Request Programme A SERENADE TO MELODY featuring 6.30 to 7.0 p.m. Tommy Dallimore Jack Jackson and Orchestra andHisBand, broadcasting from the with Luxembourg Studio. Barbara Back and a "Star of To -morrow" Presented byPond's Extract Co., Ltd. WEDNESDAY, MAY 4 10.30 p.m. 8.0 a.m. The Charm of the Waltz THE GREYS ARE ON THE AIR Bringing you each week a melodious The Band of H.M. Royal Scots Greys quarter of an hourofwaltz music. (by permission of Lt. -Col. C. H. Gaisford Presented byPhillips' Dental Magnesia. St. Lawrence, M.C. 8.15 a.m. Conducted by A. W. Crofts HORLICKS "MUSIC IN THE with MORNING" Raymond Newell Presented byHorlicks. Presented byGodfrey Phillips, Ltd.,the makers ofGreys Cigarettes. 8.30 a.m. Fifteen minutes oflightpopular music-Presentedby Rowntree's Cocoa Co. 10.45 p.m. The Coty Programme Presenting John Goodwood. A new 8.45a.m. programme of haunting melodies, beauty GOOD MORNING information, and John Goodwood, A visit from Albert Whelan, bringing a astrologer and student of the stars, who song, a smile and a story. -Representing will tell you how the planets shape your the makers ofAndrews Liver Salt. destiny. 9.0 a.m. Station Concert 9.15 a.m. 11.0 p.m. Young and Healthy THE HAPPY PHILOSOPHER A programme of modern, snappy dance A new programme of particular interest rhythm and swing. -Sentto you by the to all dog lovers. Both adults and makers ofBile Beans. children eagerly await the arrival of their old pal, The Happy Philosopher. -Pre- 11.15 to 12.0(midnight) Request sentedbyBob Martin. Ltd. Programme. 9.30 a.m. Ann French's Beauty Talks Presented by the makers ofReudel Bath Cubes. Listen to Maclean's Laughing Entertainer George Elrlckat 9.45 a.m. Radio Favourites MONDAY, MAY 2 9.0 a.m. on Sunday. Presentedby Brooke Bond Dividend Tea. 10.0 to 10.30 a.m. Waltz Time 8.15 a.m. GREAT SECOND EDITION OF STORK 8.0 a.m. HORLICKS RADIO PARADE With Billy Bissett and His Waltz Time TUESDAY, MAY 3 featuring Orchestra, Esther Coleman, Hugh "MUSIC IN THE MORNING" Presented byHorlicks. Bobby Howell and His Band French and the WaltzTimers. -Presented The Radio Revellers byPhillips' Dental Magnesia. 8.30 a.m. The Alka-Seltzer Boys 8.0 a.m. "Hutch" Featuring Browning andStarr. -Pre- Romanticsingerofworldrenown. Wyn sented by the makers ofAlka Seltzer. Presented byPhillips' Dental Magnesia. Wilfrid Thomas and star guest artistes: 8.45 a.m. 8.15 a.m. The Alka-Seltzer Boys Tommy Trinder THEOPEN ROAD FeaturingBrowning andStarr. -Pre- and Presented byCarters' Little Liver Pills. sentedby the makers ofAlka Seltzer. Curtis and Ames 9.0 a.m. 8.30 a.m. Household Hints by Mrs. Able Announcer : Bob Walker MELODIES FROM THE MASTERS Presented by the makers ofVitacup. Presented from the stage of the Granada Compered by Peter Heming 8.45 a.m. Cinema, Tooting, by the makers ofStork Presented by the makers ofKolynos Tooth CADBURYCALLING Margarine. Paste. 9.15 a.m. and presenting 3.30 p.m. Concert of Light Orchestral Reminiscing with Charlie Kunz Music. THE HAPPY PHILOSOPHER (playing melodies with memories) YOU A new programme of particular interest and 3.45 p.m. Maclean's Musical Matinee toall dog lovers. Both adults and Judy Shirley and Cyril Grantham Presented by themakersofMaclean's HAVE children eagerly await the arrival of their (singing for you) Peroxide Toothpaste. old pal, The Happy Philosopher. Announcer : Maurice Denham Variety yOUR Presented byBob Martin Limited. Presented bythe makers ofCadbury's 4.0 p.m. HAD 9.30 a.m. Milk Tray Chocolates. WITH THE IMMORTALS ES? A musical problem,introducedby 9.0 a.m. Orpheus,and presented by the makers of MUSIC ON THE AIR Presented by the makers ofKolynos Tooth beginningto ask Bisodol. OSBORNLeslieHenson is 9.45a.m.Keeping House With Elizabeth Paste. his friends. Craig. Introduced by Peter the Planter. 9.15 a.m. "Haveyou had your OSBORNES?" Presented byLyons' Green Label Tea. WITH THE IMMORTALS your friends will soon be asking you. 10.0 to 10.30 a.m. A musical problemintroducedby OSBORNES are Huntley and Palmers THE COOKEEN PROGRAMME Orpheus OSBORNEBISCUITS - delicious, with and presented by the makers ofBisodol. sustaining and exactly the food you need Carroll Gibbons and His Boys 9.30 a.m. The Brown & Poison Cookery Anne Lenner Club.Club news and cookery talks by for those odd times when you are hungry and the president, Mrs. Jean Scott. or feelingweary with George Melachrino 9.45 a.m. Guest Artistes : THE MILTON SISTERS 4atetnoon eratiyue Gordon Little Dinah Miller and and Be sure that the Sandy Rowan Pat Hyde Compere :Russ Carr with their entertaining announcer Presented by the makers ofCookeen. Bob Walker 3.30p.m. Concert of Music and by the Luxembourg Station Orchestra, Arthur Young OS BOR \ F- at the piano directed by Henri Pensis. BISCUITS 4.0p.m. Presented bythemakers ofMilton Denture are made by BIG BILL CAMPBELL Powder. and His Hilly Billy Band 10.0 a.m. "Fit as a Fiddle" Presented by the makers ofLushus Table Presented bythemakersofCastorets Jellies. BrandTablets. HUNTI,EY 4.15p.m. Station Concert 10.15 to 10.30 a.m. Happy Days 4.30 p.m. - The Family Circle Are Here Again. Rinso presents : Sandy Well-known on the air as one of the Gramophone records compered by Macpherson at the organ of the Empire ChristopherStone. -Presentedbythe Theatre, Leicester Square, London. Milton Sisters, Dinah Miller can be makers ofPhillips' Tonic Yeast. 3.30p.m. Station Concert heard on Tuesday and Friday this week PALMERS 4.45 p.m. Marmaduke Brown 4.0 p.m. On Board the Top Hat Express Then you'll prevent all forms of The lovable eccentric inventor and his whose passengers include the Top Hat patient wife, Matilda. -Presentedby the Orchestra, conducted by Felix Mendels- 4.30p.m. The Family Circle ilatatnoon Tatique makers ofPhillips' Dental Magnesia. sohn, The Top Hat Singers, Paula Green Gramophone records compered by 5.0 p.m. and GeorgeBarclay,and a surprise ChristopherStone. -Presented by the BORWICKS LEMON BARLEY passenger. -PresentedbyNestles. makers ofPhillips' Tonic Yeast. CONCERT 4.15 p.m. Station Concert LISTEN IN TO 4.45p.m. Marmaduke Brown Luxembourg every 5.15 to5.30 p.m. Rambles in Luxem- 4.30p.m. The lovable, eccentric inventor and his The Gaieties,' Normandie every bourg. A musical tour with a descriptive HUNTLEY AND PALMERS Sunday 12.45 p.m. talk on the places of interest in the Duchy patient .wife, Matilda. -Presentedby the present Beauty of Luxembourg. "Guide" : P. makersofPhillips' Magnesia Sunday 3.3o p.m.through I.B.C. Ltd.) Mr. S. "The Best of Everything" (Transmission Ogden Smith. Programme arranged and compered by Creams. 6.30 to 7.0 p.m. Request Programme Christopher Bouch. Please turn to page 29 26 April 29, 1938 RADIO PICTORIAL MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR SET By Our Technical Expert W. Redfern, Sanderstead ALTHOUGH deaf -aid equipment is similar in design to the average radio amplifier, if it is to be compact you will need special components of a type not readily available to home builders. It would also be more expensive to build your own deaf -aid, while you can obtain them ready -built and tested from several manufacturers. A suitable self-contained unit that can be carried about in the pocket of a deaf person is made by Messrs. A. F. Bulgin and Co., Ltd. B. J. Napier, West Lynton IT is quite unnecessary to use high voltages with modern valves in order to obtain more than the average volume from your gramophone pick-up amplifier.If you make use of efficient pentode valves in class B, then you will be able to obtain at least four times the output that you would normally be able to obtain from ordinary power valves in a class A circuit. I cannot reproduce for you in this column the necessary circuit, but amplifiers on these lines have been published in TELEVISION AND SHORT WAVE WORLD, which you can obtain from any bookstall for Is.Two pentodes of the AC4/Pen type with 350 -volts high tension will give you 20 -watts quite easily. "THE VOICE of EXPERIENCE" W. Graham, Wallasey, Cheshire AFRAME aerial cannot be used very easily with a modern receiver Speaks to you for it would mean entirely removing the aerial coil in your set. This in itself, is not too difficult a job for the average experimenter, but it would also mean putting in a new condenser to tune the frame aerial and this condenser is generally a part of a two or three sectioned unit.Theoretically with a Every SUNDAY morning modern multi -valve receiver, a frame aerial should give ample signal level and considerably improve noise level.In your particular circumstances you could quite easily build yourself a four or five valve receiver, including a frame aerial, which would be quite within your capability. 9.15-9.30 J. P. James, Cleethorpes FADING cannot be eliminated with an old receiver such as the one you are using for it would mean almost re -designing the entire set in order to include automatic -volume control.This feature is included in almost RADIO NORMANDY every modern set and does to a very great extent eliminate fading. A good high aerial will give you a better field strength and allow you to have some PRESENTED BY THE MAKERS OF reserve volume in hand, but I am afraid the only way to decrease the amount of fading of which you complain is to invest in a 1938 receiver which includes automatic volume control. PEPSODENT TOOTH PASTE * Will readers requiring immediate postal replies to their technical queries please note 106-E-8 I that they must enclose a stamped addressed envelope ?

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27 RADIO PICTORIAL April 29, 1938 WHYNOT JOINus? OUR RADIO LETTER -BOX EVERY SUNDAY MORNING- EVERY SUNDAY AFTERNOON- Readers Write to the Editor EVERY MONDAY MORNING- Half a crown is paid for every letter used in this feature.Anonymous letters EVERYTUESDAY MORNING- will be ignored.Write on one side of the paper only and address your letter to EVERYTHURSDAY MORNING- "Radio Letter Box," Radio Pictorial, 37 Chancery Lane, London, W.C.2. EVERYFRIDAY MORNING- From F. Smith, 5 Church Street, Hapton,off " would be shot at dawn if he were a second Lancs. later; but infuriating when an item is abruptly MAY I, as a reader since issue No. 1, be allowedstopped in the middle, when the next programme to criticise your critic? isn't even ready ! UsuallyIenjoy GarryAllighan's pungent To -night, April 7, the Band of His Majesty's IheCARTERS criticisms, but really, he goes too far when he says,Scots Guards was cut off suddenly in the midst of " More than 90 per cent.of the Continentalits own stirring regimental march. Then we had offerings are constructed of material that can onlyBow Bells, then silence, before the next programme CARAVAITON aim at the lowest intelligence.They are theMilestones of Melody. mental pabulum of servant girls and office boys." Then, only two and a half hours later, the Royal "THE OPEN ROAD" Now to credit servant and office boys with thePhilharmonic Orchestra was allowed toover- lowest intelligence is merely a piece of insultingrun and make the News seven and a half minutes SONGS DRAMA MUSIC intellectual snobbery. late ! Remember the tirrs and the stations: Mr. Allighan should be more humble and think, Now isn't it rather cowardly to cut off artistes RADIO LUXEMBOURG '(1293 metres) "There, but for the grace of God, go I !" you dare, and let those you daren't, like Sir 11.15a.m. every Sunday; 8.45a.m.every Monday; Thomas Beecham, over -run with impunity ? 8.30 a.m. every Thursday. RADIO NORMANDY (212.6 metres) From Miss F. J. Minhall (House Parlourmaid) 2.45 p.m. every Sunday; 9.0 a.m. every Monday; 10.15 a.m. c/o Four Tubs, Little Bushey Lane, BusheyFrom Mr. L. Smith, " Wold View," Market every Tuesday; 10.15 a.m. every Thursday (except first Heath, Herts. Rasen, Lincs. Thursday in month). WHY does Mr. Garry Allighan refer to the office THE B.B.C. gave us a very good quarter-hour's PARIS BROADCASTING STATION (POSTE PARISIEN-312.8 metres) boy and servant girl as having the lowest entertainment on Monday evenings. First Mr. 10.30 a.m. Sunday; 9.15 a.m. every Friday. intelligence ?Ido not think hestudieshis You'll be switching on to an entirely new kind of musical show! Penny, then The Plums, and lastly Robb Wilton. The Carters Caravan will fascinate you with Music, Song andremarks enough before putting them down in thatNow all of these have been dropped. Surely they Drama-the brightest show on the air.You and your family "vitriol -filled pen" of his.Or doesn't he realisecould have arranged for us to have one of these must listen -in to this programme. that this is 1938, when servant girls are no longeron Monday evenings during the summer. Listen toThe Open Road " programme sponsored regarded as a kind of working machine?Or are by the makers of they ?

From David Dick, 78 Henderson Street, CARTERS Brand LITTLE LIVER PILLS Leith. -Redio Normandy transmissions arranged through the I.B.C. Ltd. From G. F. Garraway, " Woodville, " Woking - TO me, as one of the many listeners who can ham Road, Hurst, Berke unfortunately only listen to late Broadcasts or PAID WE hear great artistes such as Hildegarde andSunday sessions, the I.B.C. programmes are a Morton Downey on the sponsoredpro-real boon, for the B.B.C. do not cater for us on WITHOUT grammes from the Continent, but seldom hearSunday.So carry on I.B.C. with your grand DEDUCTION them from the B.B.C. We know it is impossible for American artistesprogrammes !I for one am thankful for Lyons, OF INCOME such as these to be in person at the microphone,Normandy and Luxembourg.

TAX but recordings of them in the morning programmes would be better than some of those which nowFrom Miss A. M. Bacon, 65 St. George's bore us. Road, London, S.W.1. MORkiTyGfiSI.UrAINT FROM now on, hundreds of Britons will be going From P. Edmund, 13 The Drive, Beckenham, abroad, some for a week -end, others for longer Kent. periods. VfIN LTD V-. WAITE, in a recent letter, asks why the Would it be possible to have talks in English ST B.B.C. can't give us the football resultsfrom different countries, by ordinary dwellers earlier. there,inallsorts of professions and trades? Who said they can't ?If football fans can getRadio brings us many talks by experts and famous RU them on Luxembourg or Normandy at 5.30 everyfolk of all nations, but to hear a Danish shop- Saturday, why should they want them on thekeeper or a Swiss housewife describing their B.B.C. stations as well?One station is quiteeveryday life and work would make foreign travel Write for descriptive book- enough to listen to, and many fans are not homemore interesting, besides widening the outlook let,sent postfreeand from watching football until 6 o'clock. of those who cannot afford to go abroad.

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retary,FirstMortgage Co-operativeInvestment From Mrs. V. Cantwell, Rotherbank Farm,From Reginald Perry, 56 Acre Road, Kings- Trust, Ltd., 7, Pall Mall Liss, Hants. ton, Surrey. East, London, S.W.I. IT would beagreat convenience to many BECAUSE there is no B.B.C. Dance Orchestra, listenerswhosetimeislimited,ifthe we have to put up with relays from noisy announcer would mention when a certain itemhotels and dance halls, where the bandleaders is to be repeated, and on which wave -length.arrange their programmes partly to please their Everyone does not take theRADIO TIMES,andaudiences and partly to please the listener. ignorance of the "repeats" frequently causes one It is time that the B.B.C. dropped this "take to miss a much anticipated item. it or leave it" attitude with regard to dance music.

Lovers of classical music are provided with three A SURE WAY TO or four permanant orchestras, but dance music FromC. Webster," Jeremy'sFarm,"fans haven't got one although they pay the same Higham, near Nelson. fee. STOP SMOKING CHILDREN andgrown-upsalloverthe genuineremedyby which country have heard with commiseration 1 I curedrimed myself of the smoking habit. I want to tell you and everyone who about Derek McCulloch's motor accident, and itsFrom Ian M. Lightbody, 37 Stanmore Road, desires to stop smoking how to do so, sad sequel. Mount Florida, Glasgow, S.2. easily, permanently, harmlessly.It means money and health to you. in fact Poor Uncle Mac, as if the twenty-four operations THERE are many listening to B.B.C. pro- you will be a healthier person in every grammes who are interested in the more way. This is not a sermon, but sober he has had for war wounds weren't enough, truth. without having now to lose his foot. technical side of radio.It would be a good idea SEND NO MONEY If, however, good wishes are of any help to himto give weekly talks on radio, such as the latest Write to -day and I will send sou, absolutely free, my in his trouble he may care to know he has them inproductions in the world of wireless, short-wave book together with overwhelming proof of success. full measure, as we listeners everywhere are, withreception and conditions, and so on. Mr. LL VENN (17 C), 20-21 Tooks Court, London, LC.4 one accord, wishing him a speedy recovery. We know " sympathy withoutreliefislikeFrom D. G. Boisseau, 45 Rosebery Road, mustard without beef," so, whilst we provide the Muswell Hill, N.10. sympathy, may his doctors provide the relief. IWISH the announcers in the Children's hour FREE TO LADIES In all ailments Incidental to the Sex would remember that half their listeners are DR. OSTER MANN'S FEMALE PILLS have From Winifred M. Ingham, 6 Whalley Road,boys and girls of 13 and 14 years of age, and not been used with extraordinary success. Countless letters Padiham. all Babes in arms. from all parts of the world provide conclusive and undeniable proof of their efficacy.Every woman sufferer should write HE present campaign for the abolition of I think that they should cut out a lot of the for FREE SAMPLE. Sold in boxes. Price 3/-, 5/-,12/-. intervals is being pushed to extremes, and bysongs and gramophone records as I feel it must FROM THE MANAGERESS allowing the tail to wag the dog, itis provingbore the younger children. T.'41 HYGIENIC STORES, Ltd.(Dept. R.P.), both funny and infuriating. Most of the children I know seem to like stories 95, Charing Cross Road, London, W.C.2. Funny, because one would imagine the " cutter -best. 28 April 29, 1938 RADIO PICTORIAL

RADIO LUXEMBOURG'S PROGRAMMES Continued from page 26

5.0 p.m. 10.15 to 10.30 a.m.Happy Days Are CARSON ROBISON HereAgain. RinsopresentsSandy AND HIS PIONEERS Macphersonat the organ of the Empire continue their popular hill -billy broad- Theatre, Leicester Square, London. casts. Sponsored by the makers of Oxydol. 3.30 p.m. Concert of Light Orchestral Music. 5.15 to 5.30 p.m. Rambles in Luxem- ' bourg. Amusical tour, with a descriptive 3.45 p.m. "Geraldo in Play" talk on the places of interest in the Duchy Quarter of an hour of unbroken melody. of Luxembourg. "Guide" :Mr.S.P. Presented by the makers of Diploma Cheese Ogden -Smith. 4.0 p.m. 6.30 to 7.0 p.m. Tommy Dallimore BIG BILL CAMPBELL and His Band from the Studio. and His Hill -Billy Band Presented by the makers of Lushus Table Jellies-. THURSDAY, MAY 5 4.15 p.m. G.P. Tea -Time George Payne and Co., Ltd.,present a 8.0 a.m. The Charm of the Waltz cavalcade of memories (1879-1937). Bringing youeach week a melodious quarter-hour of waltzmusic. --Presented 4.30 P.m by Phillips' Dental Magnesia. YOUR OLD FRIEND DAN 8.15 a.m. Singing his way into the home. HORLICKS "MUSIC IN THE Presented by the makers of Johnson's Wax MORNING" Polish. Presented by Horlicks. 4.45 p.m. Marmaduke Brown 8.30 a.m. Thelovable, eccentric inventor and his THE OPEN ROAD patient wife,Matilda. -Presented by the Presented by the makers of Carters Little makers of Milk of Magnesia. Liver Pills. 5.0 p.m. 8.45 a.m. MASTERS OF RHYTHM GOOD MORNING with A visit from Albert Whelan, bringinga Neal Arden song, a smile and a story. -Representing Presented by the makers of Feen-a-Mint. the makers of Andrews Liver Salt. 9.0 a.m. 5.15 to 5.30 p.m. Station Concert MELODIES FROM THE MASTERS 6.30 to 7.0 P.m. Tommy Dallimore Compered by Peter Heming and His Band,from the Studio. Presented by the makers of Kolynos Tooth Paste. 9.15 a.m. Oliver Kimball FRIDAY, MAY 6 TheRecordSpinner. -Programme pre- sented by Bisurated Magnesia. 8.0 a.m. "Hutch ' 9.30 a.m. Brown & Poison's Cookery of world renown. Club.Club news and cookery talks by Romantic singer the president of the Cookery Club, Mrs. Presented by Phillips' Dental Magnesia. Jean Scott. 8.15 a.m. Record Review 9.45 a.m. Keeping House with Elizabeth A programme of popular melodies chosen Huntley & Palmers "Gaieties" present George Neil at 12.45 p.m. on Craig. Introduced by Peter the Planter. by Donald Watt. --Presented by the makers Sunday Presented by Lyons' Green Label Tea. of Do -Do. 10.0 a.m. 8.30 a.m. Chivers Concert 9.0 a.m. MACLEAN'S MORNING MELODY FeaturingMrs.Cambridge (Christine ROY FOX AND HISBAND Presented by the makers of Maclean Brand Barry). -Presented by Chivers & Sons, with SATURDAY, MAY 7 Stomach Powder. Ltd. Mary Lee 8.45 a.m. and 8.0 a.m. Programme of Popular Music THE THREE TOPS Denny Dennis Nurse Johnson on childproblems. Fifteenminutesofmusic,song and "Swinginginthe Bathtub" -a Presented by California Syrup of Figs. You'veallheard laughter, with the smartest trio in Town morning tonic sent to you by Reckitt 8.15 a.m. theminOxydol's A presentation by the makers of Sanpic- & Sons. Ltd., the makers of Reckitt's Bath HORLICKS "MUSIC IN THE MORNING" pro- Reckitt & Sons, Ltd. Cubes. Presented by Horlicks. popular 9.15 a.m. Countryside grammes --- Carson A musical panorama of our glorious 8.30 a.m. SunnyJim's Programme of Robi son and his country highways and byways, featuring "Force" and Melody. Simon the Singer,and theCarnation 8.45 a.m. Pioneers broad- CountrysideOrchestra. -Presentedby CADBURY CALLING castingonSunday Carnation Milk. A new blendofradioentertainment and Wednesday this 9.30 a.m. THE MILTON SISTERS "The Exploits of Mr. Penny" week. Dinah Miller By Maurice Moiseiwitsch. and No.22 Pat Hyde Another of the adventures of Mr. Penny, with their entertaining announcer withRichard Goolden as Mr. Penny Bob Walker Doris Gilmore as Mrs. Penny and And themusic of Blackpool'sWizard Arthur Young ofthe Wurlitzer, Reginald Dixon. (at the piano) Presented by Cadbury Bros.. Ltd. Presented by the makers of Milton Denture 9.15 a.m. Powder. THE HAPPY PHILOSOPHER A new programme of particular interest 9.45 a.m. Concert to all dog lovers, but of special interest Presented by Brooke Bond Dividend Tea. to children, who will eagerly await the 10.0 a.m. arrival of Uncle Phil. MUSIC ON THE AIR Presented by Bob Martin, Ltd. Presented by the makers of Kolynos Tooth 9.30 p.m. Brown & Poison Cookery Club Paste. Club news and cookery talksby the 10.15 to 10.30 a.m. Ah! Bisto president of the Cookery Club, Mrs. Jean on the air.The manufacturers of Bisto Scott. present a programme of popular tunes 9.45 a.m.Keeping House with Elizabeth entitled "Music from the Packet," with Craig. Introduced by Peter the Planter. the assistance of theBisto KidsandUncle Presented by Lyons' Green Label Tea. Mike. 10.0 a.m. Favourite Melodies 3.30 p.m.PALMOLIVE PROGRAMME Presented by the makers of Freezone Corn with Olive PalmerandPaul Oliver Remover. 10.15 to 10.30 a.m. 4.0 p.m. Friday at Four GOOD MORNING Du Maurier Diary of the week. -Pre- A visitfrom Albert Whelan, bringing a sented by our Radio Friends, David and smile,a song and a story.Representing Margaret. the makers of Andrews Liver Salt. 4.15 p.m. Master O.K. the Saucy Boy 4.15 p.m. The Dansant Presented by the makers of Mason's O.K. 4.45 p.m. Showland Memories Sauce. A musicalcavalcade of theatreland, past 4.30 p.m. The Family Circle and present,with Webster Booth, Olive Gramophone records compered by Groves and the "Showlanders."-Pre- Christopher Stone. -Presented by the sented by California Syrup of Figs. makers of Phillips' Tonic Yeast. 5.0 p.m. Station Concert 4.45 p.m. Marmaduke Brown 5.30 to 6.0 p.m. State Express 333 Thelovable, eccentric inventor and his Footballresults programme. -Sponsored patient wife,Matilda. -Presented by the by Ardath Tobacco Co., Ltd. makers of Milk of Magnesia. 6.30 to 7.0 p.m. Request Programme Selected by listeners themselves.Two 5.0 p.m. MORTON DOWNEY completeprogrammes each week. The Golden Voice of Radio 11.0 p.m. Dancing Time in anew series of popular songs and 12(midnight) Midnight in Mayfair ballads. -Presentedby the makersof withGrey'sCigarettes. -Presentedby Drene Shampoo. Godfrey Phillips, Ltd. 5.15 to 5.30 p.m. Station Concert 12.15 to 1.0 a.m. Late Dance Music 6.30 to 7.0 p.m. Station Concert 1 1.0 p.m. Tommy Dallimore and His Information supplied by Wireless Publicity, Band fromthe Studio. Ltd., Electra House, Victoria Embankment, 12.0 to 1.0 a.m. Late Dance Music W.C.I.Sole Agents In the British Empire. 29 RADIO PICTORIAL April 29, 1938

Announcers :Gerald Carnes and Johnny Couper

10.45 p.m. The Bab -O Broadcast A delightfulprogramme ofvaried entertainment, compered throughoutby Laidman Browne, with Princess Pearl. Presentedbythe makers ofBab -O. 11.0 p.m. HONEY AND ALMOND Four beautiful handsin a programme of piano duets,with Al Bowlly.-Presented bythemakersofHindsHoney and Almond Cream. 11.15 p.m. Organ Parade !WEDNESDAY, MAY 4 Masters ofthe cinema -organintheir latestrecords. 10.0 p.m. Dance Music 11.30 p.m. As You Like It Hawaii,andthe"wild andwoolly A musicalmiscellany of records to suit West" have influenced modern dance - alltastes in a pleasant half-hour pro- music, and the results are to be heard in gramme to closethe evening's enter- this half-hour programme of hill -billies tainment. and Hawaiian songs, played by England and America's greatest dance -orchestras. 12 (midnight) Close Down 10.30 p.m. Old -Timers The grand old artistes thateverybody loved and the grand old songs they used to sing are here presented in a programme MONDAY, MAY 2 for the old folks. 11.0p.m. Film -Time Radio Lyons' own film -friendofthe 10.0 p.m. Melody Forecast Stars, The Man on the Set, brings his A programme of new dance tunes which weeklysupply of news and views from we think will be popular shortly. the studios.Send your film query to: Spend fifteen melodious minutes with Greta Keller and others at 10.30 The Man on the Set, 10a Soho Square, London,W.I. on Monday evening 10.15 p.m. Rap Tap On Wood Fifteenminutesof xylophonesolos. 11.30 p.m. Variety With a Difference recordedby suchwizardsasHarry' Celebrityartistes and orchestrasin a Robbins, Kurt Engel and Jack Simpson. programme of varied fare. 7.30 p.m. Variety Featuring stars of the halls in laughter, song and rhythm, on their latest popular 10.30 p.m. Fifteen Melodious Minutes 12 (midnight) Close Down Lsuit., MAY 11 recordings. WithFred Hartley and His Quintette, Greta KellerandRonald Chesney with 7.45 p.m. Station Concert and News his harmonics. 7.0 p.m. Harold Ramsay 10.45 p.m. Variety THURSDAY, MAY 5 At the organ, in a programme of melody 8.05 p.m. Dance Music A pleasing programme to suit alltastes, and charm. -Presented byFynnon, Ltd. On gramophonerecords.A twenty-five presented, and announcing the dividends 10.0 p.m. Record Review minute highspot recital of the latest and declared, byInternational Sporting Pools. A programme compiled from some of the 7.15 p.m. Quality Street Programme best in rhythm recordings. ThatReminds Me. An attractive assort- outstanding recordingsofthe month, 11.0 p.m. The Stage Door Lounger presented,by means of the gramophone - ment of Melody and Memory. -Presented 8.30 p.m. turntable, by thepublishersofThe byJohn Mackintosh & Sons. Ltd.,makers CARROLL LEVIS Radio Lyons' own Theatreland Corre- Gramophone Magazine. ofQuality Street Assortment. and spondent sends yet another interesting His Radio Discoveries supply of exciting news from the London 10.15 p.m. Radio Ballroom FurtherUnknownsof To -day and stage. Our weekly visit to the "paradisefor ProbableStarsof To -morrow include dancers" where our smiling band -leader this week : 11.30 p.m. Our Own Choice and cheerful compere are waitingto CARROLL LEVIS'S Arthur Jones (Musical Saw) Being aselection byGerald Carnesand entertain you. -A programme presented June Blair (Vocal) Johnny Couper oftheir own favourite with the compliments of the makers of MOST POPULAR The Two Jacks (Harmonica and Guitar) records, which they feel sure will delight Hobson's Choice. Arthur Hall (Vocal) you too. The Desmond Brothers (Trumpet and 10.30 p.m. Comedy Corner Piano) Laugh and the world laughs with you, 12 (midnight) Close Down DISCOVERY Presentedbythemakersof Quaker and to help youthis week we have Cornflakes. Flanagan and Allen, Max Miller, Michael On Sunday, April 10th Moore, Jane Carr, Max Bacon and George was 8.45 p.m. Station Concert and News Elrick's Swing Music Makers.A pro- I TUESDAY, MAY 3I gramme of gramophone records. BENNY CRAVEN 9.0 p.m. Young andHealthy 11.0 p.m. Let's Sit This One Out Yodelling "Chime Bells" A programme of modem, snappy dance A bright dancetune, then a snappy and rhythm and swing. -.Sent to you by the 10.0 p.m. Music That Cheers cabaret turn . A delightful half-hour of makers ofBile Beans. Somethingfor everyone in a bright and light entertainment in the sophisticated enjoyable entertainment, presented by the manner. On Sunday, April 17th 9.15 p.m. The Zam-Buk Programme was of melody, song and humour. -Presented makers ofStead Razor Blades. by the makers ofZam-Buk. WYNDHAM ADAMS 10.15 p.m. Bolenium Bill On Parade Singing "Blazing The Trail " A programmeofstirringsongsand 9.30 p.m. Peter the Planter marches, presented for your enjoyment Theseartistesreceivedthegreatest Presents "Backstage with Sir Seymour by the makers ofBolenium Overalls. numberofvotesfromlistenersfor Hicks,"with JeanColin,Dennis van the Sunday in which they broadcast and Thal and His West End Theatre Orchestra have therefore each been awarded the andfullcompany. -Onbehalfof the 10.30 p.m. The Bab -O Broadcast blenders ofLyons' Green Label Tea. Withthe lovelyPrincess Pearl. A fifteen - QuakerOats Cash Prizeforthat minute programme of melody and song, particular week comperedbyLaidman Browne,and 9.45 p.m. Hildegarde presented by the makersof Bab -O. Don't miss CARROLL LEVIS and themost fascinating personality of the his latest year. -Presented by the makers ofPhillip's 10.45 p.m. Magnesia Beauty Creams. HONEY AND ALMOND RADIO DISCOVERIES next week ! 10.0 p.m. with EXCERPTS FROM "REVUDEVILLE" Al Bowlly AND DON'T FORGET YOUR at the Fourbeautiful hands in a programme of WINDMILL THEATRE, LONDON piano -duets and song. -Sponsored by the VOTE.IT MAY MEAN A STAGE Featuring some of this theatre's famous makers ofHinds Honey and Almond CONTRACT FOR ONE OF THESE Non -Stop Stars. -Presented by the makers Cream. of Danderine. "UNKNOWNS" 11.0 p.m. Music Hall 10.15 p.m. Announcing a New Series The modern snappy teamsof to -day's NORMANDY of Thrilling Dramas centredround the Music Hall,and the good "old-timers" LYONS charactersofInspector Brookesof ofyesterday,collaboratetoproduce 5.15 p.m. Scotland Yard andhisson,Dick. - thirty minutes of fun and laughter. 8.30 p.m. PresentedbythemakersofMilkof SUNDAY Magnesia. Trattsmissicn through SUNDAY 11.30 p.m. By Request t. B.C. Ltd. 10.30 p.m. Showland Memories Hereisyour very own programme. A musical cavalcade of theatreland, past Half an hour of melodies compiledfrom andpresent,withWebster listeners' requests. LUXEMBOURG 12 noon Booth, Here you seeJanRalfini, who is SUNDAY Olive Groves, andtheShowlanders.- Presented byCalifornia Syrup of Figs. 12 (midnight) Close Down touring with "Radio Lyons Calling" 30 April 29, 1938 RADIO PICTORIAL RADIO LYONS PROGRAMMES-Cont

FRIENDS, itreally looksas though the war between "kindly philosophical" Uncle Tony Melrose and our film -friend of the Stars, "The Man on the Set," is over at last.The annistize took the form of a greetings telegram front Tony to Philip wishing hint the best of luck on the opening of the new stage show "Radio Lyons Calling," which Philip Slessor is compering in the provinces.It seems a shame that this friendly enmity should come to an end, but one never knows-and itwillnot surprise me, if, when these two get together again, they come up fighting. OthertelegramsfromLyons' personalitiespouredintothe dressing -room of "The Man on the Set," but the prize of the collection was from a well-known film and radio -star, who said: "Remember ! Theraspberryisalso avery pleasant fruit."

Harold Ramsay-not at the organ at JUNE DAYS ARE LONGER ! the moment.But he will be at 7.0 p.m. on Sunday evening SATURDAY, MAY 7 11.30p.m. Afterthoughts Melodies with memories in a pleasant AUGUST musical potpourri to bring the evening 10.0 Pan. Dance Music to a close. Bright, swingy rhythm music by the 7 14 21 213 snappiest British outfits, including SUNRISE 522 AM milk Harry Roy and His Band. 12(midnight) Close Down SUNSET849 PM MirI 8 IS 22 29 SUNRISESSUUNNSREISTE.:3AM44 76p 10.15p.m. Sweet Melody More dance music, of a different kind, thistimebyAmerica'ssweet -music JUNE 31 orchestras including GUY LOMBARDO FRIDAY, MAY 6 and His Royal Canadians. 5 12 19 26 6 13 20 27 10.0 p.m. Dance Music 10.30 p.m. Close Harmony Vocal tricks by the Andrews Sisters, the 7 14 21 28 Leading maestros, of both sides of the Mills Brothers and several other close - Atlantic,withtheirorchestrasina harmony teams. SUNRISE 4.49AM programme of the latest popular melodies. SUNSET 96 PM 8 IS 22 29 SUNRISE 4.46AM 1 9 16 23 30 10.15 p.m. Bolenium Bill On Parade 10.45p.m. Favourite Melodies .SUNSET9.21 PM A programme of those melodies which A programme ofstirringssongs and have become firm favourites with listeners 10 17 marches.-Presentedbythemakersof 3 24 Bolenium Overalls. throughout the entire world.-Arranged for your pleasurebyBlomley's Tours. 4 II 18 25 10.30 p.m. Lancashire Hot -Pot Another welcome service of this favourite 11.0 p.m. Piano -Phonics dish,withits"tasty" and amusing Intricatepiano -noveltiesandsimple, attractive piano -medleys by your favour- ingredients. ite "ivory -ticklers" in a programme to delight you all. 11.0 p.m. Screen Songs Aselectionofmelodiesfrompast, JUNE 1st to 30th- current and future films, featuring Alice 11.15 p.m. Vaudeville Faye, Dick Powell, Bobby Breen and a Fifteen minutes of song and humour with host of other equally well-known "Screen your favourite songsters and comedians. SUNRISE to SUNSET- 4964 HOURS DAYLIGHT Songsters." 11.30p.m. Passing By 11.30 p.m. By Request Our good frient Tony Melrose continues AUG. 1st to 30th- The second half-hour "Request" pro- hispleasantseriesof"chatty"pro- gramme of the week in which listeners grammes.Spend the last half-hour of SUNRISE to SUNSET - 4384 HOURS DAYLIGHT hear their very own choice.To take the day with friendly, popular UNCLE part in this series write to Radio Lyons TONY and write to him for advice, at for your favourite. lOn Soho Square, London, W.I. These extra hours of sunshine are extra hours of health (midnight) Close Down 12(midnight) Close Down 12 The countryside is never fresher than in June Why add to the overcrowding in the later summer? And why not take advantage of cheaper accommodation? Early travel is comfortable travel So try a June holiday this year !

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Fred Hartley,with his famous Quintette, who are on the air at10.30 HOLIDAYS! on Monday FOREARLIER 31 RADIO PICTORIAL April 29, 1938

COWBOY TO JUDY HITS THEHIDDEN RADIO SCANDAL Continued from page 7 RADIO STAR Continued from page 21 HIGH SPOTS has to spend any money at all in talent -spotting; TVs not a comfortable feeling suddenly to Judy Shirley is in the news. Not only in fact, the boot is very much on the other foot, look up and see a huge razor rushing madly is she Singing Commere for "Monday for there is plenty of superfluous talent available, at you.I jumped as I've never jumped Night at Seven," she is also co-star of as producers like Cochran, Andre Charlot, and before and it slashed past with a snarl. Philip Ridgeway can testify.Theatrical and Fortunately it hit nobody but instead cut Cadbury's programmes with Charlie variety agents up and down the country are clean through the wooden wall of the shack Kunz. cluttered up with artistes only too anxious to have their acts put before the B.B.C. at an audition. like a wire through cheese. JUDY SHIRLEY has hoppedintothe Now I get a " goosey" feeling every time I hear headlines in a very short time. " Monday From time to time, the B.B.C. itself has had to that famous comedy song, And the Great Big Saw Night at Seven " has made her name asclose its own list of auditions for variety acts-and Came Nearer and Nearer ! yet during those same " closed" periods, producers familiar as any film star's, and her voice ishave been going out and wasting their time seeing I didn't stick long at the saw mills.I was rest-distinctive enough to merit the mimics'variety and night-club shows. less and ambitious and though I didn't quiteattention. know how my career was going to shape I realised The trouble is that you don't hear enough of The men who are mainly responsible for that nothing yet had happened to give me aJudy on Monday.Readers write to ask : " Why talent -spotting at Broadcasting House are definite line. So the only thing to do was to keepdon't they let Judy Shirley sing one of her songs? "Arthur Brown, the variety booking manager, moving. Cadbury's have come along with the answer, andDouglas Risk,hisassistant, and certain I'd tried the backwoods life pretty thoroughlyJudy's fans can now hear her the following morn-producers such as Archie Campbell who and though it was a clean, honest and healthy lifeing,Tuesday, from Normandy ateight,andspecialiseinsophisticatedvariety shows it didn't seem to pay much -dividend in the wayLuxembourg at eight forty-five. which can only be built up by combing the of £ s. d. or security. Cadbury's have shown as much good taste inWest End for unusual talent. So, one night, I said to myself :" Bill, it's youblending entertainment as they have in blending The B.B.C. talent -spotter -in -chief was the late for the big cities. Maybe there will be a chancechocolates and the new Charlie Kunz -Judy ShirleyFrancis Bolton, who roamed the country in search there for you." combination is a very happy arrangement.Judyof new microphone personalities.After his death, That night I went to bed but could not sleep.is definitely at her best in these Tuesday morningEric Maschwitz decided that each variety producer So I walked down to the riverside and stoodprogrammes.Charlie Kunz, a good tune picker,in London and the regions, together with Brown looking into the quiet, empty space of the sur-if ever there was one, knows what to give Judy toand Risk, should do talent spotting for themselves. rounding country. sing, and she puts over good old favourites in her " From London we shall go out into the home Far above a solitary star twinkled.Itgrand new style. counties as far as Bedford in the north and Sussex seemed, somehow, to be beckoning me.It A very efficient young woman at the microphonein the south," Arthur Brown told me some while looked so lofty and detached and bright thatis Judy Shirley.See her at the Charlie Kunzago, " and we hope in time to be able to have a I was fascinated by it. " One day," I thought,rehearsals.No airs, no temperament, just acomplete record of most of the music -hall acts in the little trouper tackling a job of work.Judy knowscountry." " I9.11 be a star...." hervoiceand knows her microphone. She And with that I rolled over on the riverpositions herself right first time, and itis an It is profoundly to be hoped that as more and bank and went to sleep. more men join the B.B.C. staff who have had education in radio technique to watch her swayprevious stage experience, the racket of talent - And next day I packed my grip and setforward and draw away from the mike. spotting will die down. out for Vancouver. Shenever complains aboutlongsessions, Mr. Gordon Crier has been transferred from his (To be continued) repetition, extra work.Nothing is too muchjob of studio -manager of the Television Depart- trouble.And she loves to add something extrament, to the B.B.C. Variety Section, and early this to the broadcast.She coaches and coaxes Mauriceyear he will bring to John Watts' variety executives Denham, the Cadbury compere, making him takeall his experience of being stage director for Emile A CLEAN STOMACH over lines of her song.Their backchatting at theLittler,Sir Barry Jackson and Dame Sybil mike is showing us a new Judy and the time isn'tThorndike. NEVER CAUSES PAIN far away when she'll blossom out as a comedienne. AllJudy's day is worked out to schedule and It is a scandal that ninety per cent. of You can always tell when your hands or face want there is a German girl secretary to lighten the amateurs discovered and broadcast by washing-by looking.But how can you tell whenJudy's load.They live in a tiny flat in Chelsea, athe B.B.C. are now out of employment in the your stomach has become unclean by undigested foodhide-out built, like Judy Shirley herself, on theentertainment world. setting up nauseous gas or wind? Only by Nature'ssmallscale. The furnishingsarebijoubut That is not the fault of the well-meaning talent wireless-pain. luxurious all the same. spotters, but of the B.B.C. who have failed to A clean stomach never causes pain. So heed Nature's Tucked against the wall is a tiny piano.Overtake advantage of this new material, just as they warning that your stomach needs the soothing, cleans-in the corner is a really handsome desk.Yes, no ! consistently fail to give broadcasts on a regular ing,healing influence of Maclean Brand Stomach schedule to the bulk of the 6,000 available pro- Powder to rid it of impurities.If you leave them un-It's a radiogram as well.Self -changing records, checked they will create acid to eat into your stomachtoo. When she has time Judy is a keen listener tofessional acts in this country. lining, and the result may be agonising gastric orradio and gramophone records. At least twenty per cent. of the acts brought to duodenal ulcers, requiring the costly and painful Her own records she isn't over fond of.Perhapsthe microphone by independent producers such as application of the surgeon's knife. it's because she's modest about it, but she won'tCarroll Levis could be built up time and time Maclean Brand Stomach Powder keeps the stomachallow you to play her records while she's there.again. sweet and healthy because itis compounded to aBut I suspect that when she's alone she runs The very best impersonators and comedians formula that has been recognised for years as the mostthrough these records again and again, lookingin this country start with one good act which efficacious stomach treatment ever prescribed. for flaws, trying to see where she can improve herbrings them fame.Then they buy new material, Prevention is better than cure.Keep your stomachvoice, her style, her diction, her singing.It soundsget good lyric writers, script writers and dialogue clean with MACLEAN BRAND Stomach Powder. experts to help them. But-look for the signature "ALEX. C. MACLEAN."very easy, does Judy Shirley's kind of singing, Maclean Brand Stomach Powder is genuine only whenbut really it's a very highly skilled business. And It would be a wonderful thing if the present this signature is on bottle and carton.Powder orJudy's an expert. format of B.B.C. programmes, made up of hours Tablets, 1/3, 2/- and 5/-; also pocket tins of Tablets, 9d. All her fame and glory, however, haven'tof orchestral items interspersed with all too few done anything to her.She says she's got toovariety broadcasts, could be radically changed. GEORGE ELRICK and his Music Makers many singing sisters to get swollen -headed. There could be two good variety pro- Radio LUXEMBOURG, SUNDAYS, 9.0. a.m. No, Judy Shirley isn't just sitting back andgrammes every evening, one made up of all other concerts Luxembourg, Thursdays 10 a.m. surveying her success. She's looking forwardprofessional acts, and the other of amateurs Radio Normandy, Tuesdays, Fridays 10.30 a.m. into the future, seeking the next rung up theand newly discovered variety acts in the re- ladder. gions. And she's prepared to work very hard to With the present Musicians Union minimums, get there, is Judy Shirley.She's like that. the B.B.C. have to pay far more than economical amounts on wages and rehearsal expenses for standing orchestras, which could well be scrapped. Result of Auntie Muriel's Competition. New variety hours would take their place, giving THE CONJURER'S MISSING ARTICLESemployment to thousands of people, with new POSTAL orders for 2s. 6d. have been sent toroutines and new acts built up by co-operation with the following :- the B.B.C. Mary Saltinstall (Age 12), 26 Radford Grove There is no hope of this while the B.B.C. is Lane, Radford, Nottingham (Radford Boulevardcontent tolettalent -spottersbring amateurs School). and small variety acts to the microphone, give Valerie Tucker (Age 13), 17 Bearfield Build-them one broadcast and then "fire" them. ings, Bradford -on -Avon (Trinity School). One final vital thing the talent -spotters Gordon Alfred Hitchcock (Age 13), 40 Stan -must do. They must give the B.B.C. a chance ASK YOUR CHEMIST FOR more Road, Belvedere, Kent (Picardy Centralof building up new acts and prosperous A FREE COPY School). OF 'HYGIENE features from British materials only.The FOR WOMEN- William Ryan (Age 13), 32 Model Buildings,present average figures in the variety section SY NURSE DREW Streatham Street, New Oxford Street, London,of only 2.76 per cent. foreign acts must not W.C.1 (St. Martin's Northern School). be increased. 32 April 29, 1938 RADIO PICTORIAL

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MONDAY, MAY 2 9.0 a.m. Stardust A Star Fell Out of Heaven, Revel; Stars Fell on Alabama, Parish; Stars Over Devon, Egan; Stars in My Eyes, Kreisler; Stardust, Carmichael. 9.15 a.m. Moon Songs Moonlight and Shadows, Robin; Moonglow, Hudson; I Wished on the Moon, Rainger; The Moon was Yellow, Times of Transmissions : Leslie; Moon or No Moon, Lerner. 9.30 a.m. Melodies By the Month Sunday : 9.00 a.m.-11.00 a.m. Will You Remember? Romberg; March Winds and April 4.45 p.m.-II.30 p.m. Showers, Samuels; June in January, Robin; Now that Weekdays :9.00 a.m.-11.00 a.m. Summer is Gone, Simon; September in the Rain, Warren. 9.45 a.m. Dance Music Toy Trumpet -Novelty Foxtrot, Scott; A Little Co-opera- Announcer : tion from You, Lerner;IDouble Dare You, Shand; Ridin' Around in the Rain, Austin; Gangway, Lerner. John Sullivan 10.0 a.m. Take Your Pick Stars and Stripes, Sousa; Turn to Sorrento, Curtis; Isn't it Romantic, Rodgers; Midnight Blue, Burke; I once had a Heart, Margarita, Schmitz. 10.15 a.m. Waltz Time SUNDAY, MAY I 10.30 a.m. Highbrow to Lowbrow Hungarian Rhapsody, Liszt; In a Persian Market, Ketelbey; Beautiful Lady, Caryll; You're Laughing at Me, Berlin; 9.0 a.m. Drycole Melodies Rhythm and Romance, Whiting. He Ain't Got Rhythm, Berlin; You're Laughing at Me, Berlin; Ebony Shadows, Carroll; You Took the Words 10.45 to 11.0 a.m. Melody Cruise Right Out of My Mouth, Rainger.-Presented by Drycole, The Elephant Chemical Co., Ltd., 171 Neate Street, S.E.5. TUESDAY, MAY 3 9.15 a.m. Continental Holiday She's Jack Hylton's latest singing discovery, broad- In a Little French Casino, Sherman; 'Neath the Spell of 9.0 a.m. Variety castinginRinsoRadioRevue at6.30 Monte, Leigh; 0 Sole Mio, di Capita; A Day in the Tyrol, Jingle of the Jungle, Hoffman; So Many Memories, Woods; p.m. on Romer; Hallo Budapest, Boulanger. The Moon Got in My Eyes, Burke ; Sympathy, Harbach; Sunday evening -Doreen Stevens. 9.30 a.m. Music Hall Old Soldiers Medley. Riding the Range in the Sky, Carlton; Skiddly- Dumpty- 9.15 a.m. All About Love 10.0 a.m. Medley di-doh, Vay; Yankee Doodle Never Went to Town, Freed; I'll Sing You a Thousand Love Songs, Warren; I'm in Black Eyes, Igor; Beautiful Italy, Lehar; Will You Remem- My Best Friend, Reubens; Home, James, and Don't Spare the Mood for Love, McHugh; Pagan Love Song, Brown; ber? Romberg; Whispers in the Dark, Hollander. the Horses, Hillebrand. Love Passes By, Scholl; Love Thy Neighbour, Gordon. 10.15 a.m. From the Shows and Films 9.45 a.m. Light Orchestral Concert 9.30 a.m. Film Fans Favourites I'm Feeling Like a Million, Brown; Lord and Lady Whoo- 10.0 a.m. Al and Bob Harvey Thanks a Million, Kahn; You Are My Lucky Star, Brown; zis, Lerner; The Moon Got in My Eyes, Burke; I Still The Harmony Headliners, Laughter MakersdeLuxe, Lulu's Back in Town, Warren; Lovely to Look At, Fields; Love to Kiss You Good -night, Bullock. Bringing You a Smile and a Song in the TrueHarvey A Fine Romance, Kern. 10.30 a.m. Old Favourites Manner. -Presented by the makers of Digestif Rennies. 9.45 a.m. A Musical Bouquet The Last Waltz, Strauss; My Moonlight Madonna, Fibich; 10.15 a.m. From the Shows and Films Roses in December, Magidson; Who'll Buy My Violets? The Clatter of the Clogs, Flynn; Selection-Florodora, Selection -Me and My Girl; Don't Ever Change (Rhythm Padilla; Magnolia's in the Moonlight, Bullock; Flowers Stuart. in the Clouds), Hirsch; You're a Sweetheart (You're a for Madame, Tobias; Blossoms on Broadway, Rainger. 10.45 a.m. Musical Hodge-Podge Sweetheart), Adamson; You Took the Words Right Out 10.0 a.m. Rivers of Song of My Mouth (Big Broadcast of 1938), Rainger. Blue Danube, Strauss; Lazy River, Carmichael; Where 10.30 a.m. theRiver ShannonFlows,Russell;Mississippi Mud, FRIDAY, MAY 6 I THE OPEN ROAD Barris; 01' Man River, Kern. 9.0 a.m. Stardust El Capitan, Sousa; Everything's in Rhythm With My10.15 a.m. Medley A Star Fell Out of Heaven, Gordon; Stars Felton Alabama, Heart, Sigler; Sabres and Spurs, Sousa; Risen Shine; Espana -Waltz,Waldteufel; One Fine Day (Madame Parish; Stars Over Devon, Flynn; Stars in My Eyes, ElRelicario,Padilla.- PresentedbyCartersLittle Butterfly), Puccini; Rose Marie, Harbach; The Mounties, Kreisler; Stardust, Carmichael. Liver Pills, 64 Hatton Garden, E.C.I. Harbach; When Did You Leave Heaven? Bullock. 9.15 a.m. 10.45 a.m. Medley 10.30 a.m. Potpourri THE OPEN ROAD Moonglow, Hudson; Rockin' Chair Swing,Schaetter ; The Quaker Girl -Selection, Monckton; I Don't Work for Stars and Stripes, Sousa;Betty Co-ed, Vallee;Steadfast Vocal Gems from the Film "Show Boat", Kern; Buffoon, a Living, Lee; The Dawning of the Day, force; Rose of and True, Teike; It's a Parade, Vienna; Anchor's Aweigh, Confrey; Julietta, Goer. Tralee, Spencer. Zimmerman.- Presented by Carters Little Liver Pills, 64, 5.0 p.m. 10.45 to 11.0 a.m. Old Favourites Hatton Garden, E.C.I. HORLICKS PICTURE HOUSE 9.30 a.m. Old Favourites Master of Ceremonies: Geoffrey Sumner 9.4-5 a.m. For Film Fans Raymond Massey WEDNESDAY, MAY 4 Broadway Melody of 1938; Can I Forget You? (High, Vic Oliver Wide and Handsome), Kern; Sympathy (Firefly), Friml; Gertrude Niesen 9.0 a.m. Swing Music Things are Looking Up (Damsel in Distress), Gershwin. Leslie Kentish Smoke Dreams, Freed; Where the Lazy River Goes By,10.0 a.m. Light Orchestral Concert Rhythm Brothers Adamson; Trumpetuous, Gonella; Poor Butterfly, Golden; 10.15 a.m. Bringing The Sunshine Home and Beale Street Blues, Handy. Where the Lemons Bloom -Waltz, Strauss; Hymn to The Horlicks Ali -Star Orchestra 9.15 a.m. Variety the Sun, Rimsky-Korsakov; By the Lazy Lagoon, Keuleman; under Let's All Go to the Music Hall, Butler; Murphy's Wedding Street in Havana, Marzedo; The Butterfly, Bendix. Debroy Somers Day, Van Dusen; After All That, Western Bros.; Sing 10.30 a.m. Moon Songs Presented by Horlicks, Slough, Bucks. As We Go, Parr. Moonlight and Shadows,Robin;Moonglow, Hudson; 6.0 p.m. Lux Radio Th 9.30 a.m. Light Orchestral Concert I Wished on the Moon, Rainger; The Moon was Yellow, Featuring Teddy Joyce and His Orchestra.Introducing Knightsbridge March,Coates;Cupid's Army, (banes; Leslie; Moon or No Moon, Lerner. "The School for Stars," with highlights from the film, Electric Girl, Holmburgh; That Naughty Waltz, Levy. 10.45 to 11.0 a.m. Some Cinema Organists "Action For Slander." -Presented by the makers of Lux. 9.45 a.m. Heroes All 6.30 p.m. There's Something About a Soldier, Gay; The True and RINSO RADIO REVUE Trembling Brakeman, Bradley; The Mounties, Stothart; SATURDAY, MAY 7 featuring Texas Dan. Jack Hylton and His Band 10.0 a.m. Songs of Ireland 9.0 a.m. Variety Three Music Hall Boys Hills of Donegal, Sanderson; The Rose of Tralee, Spencer; Sweeping the Clouds Away, Coslow; That Must Have Doreen Stevens When Irish Eyes are Smiling,Ball;Ireland, Mother Been Our Walter, Barston; Wot For? Burnaby; We Can't Sam Browne Ireland, Loughborough. Blame the Bobbies For That, Mayirl ;Celebratin', Woods. Henderson Twins 10.15 a.m. Old Favourites 9.15 a.m. Old Favourites Peggy Dell 10.30 a.m. Cheers and Laughter Old Comrades' March, Teike; Sea Shanties; The Blue Tommy Handley Smile, dam ya, Smile, O'Flynn; I Never Cried So Much Danube, Strauss; An Evening with Liszt, Urbach. Compered by: Eddie Pola in All My Life, Haines; The Woman Improver, Miller;9.30 a.m. Miscellaneous Presented by the makers of Rinso, Unilever House, Black - Why Has a Cow Got Four Legs? Ellis; Yes, No ! Mayer!. 9.45 a.m. Medley friars, E.C.3. Champagne Cocktail, Phillips; Love in Bloom, Rainger; 10.30 p.m. Variety Theatre 10.45 a.m. Miscellaneous Stardust, Carmichael; Bolero, Ravel; Solitude, Ellington; Selection -New Moon, Romberg; Lover Come Back to Procession of the Sirdar, Ippolitov-Ivanov. Me, Romberg. -Presented by Goodsway Bonus Football THURSDAY, MAY 5 10.0 a.m. Invitation to Dance Pools, Sunderland. I I Saw a Ship a -Sailing, Jerome; Good -night, My Love, 10.45 p.m. Dance Time9.0 a.m. Potpourri Revel;It Looks Like Rain in Cherry Blossom Lane, Let 'er Go -Fox Trot, Clinton; Thanks for the Memory, Runnin' Wild, Grey; Someone to Care For Me, Jurtnann ; Leslie; Home Town, Carr. Rainger; The Girl in the Alice Blue Gown, Parker; True Sweet is the Word For You, Rainger: Bolero, Ravel; 10.15 a.m. For Film Fans Confession -Fox trot,Coslow;It'saLong Wayto Broadway Melody of 1938; Can IForget You? (High, Your Heart, Pola. 9.15 a.m. Dance Music Wide and Handsome), Kern; Sympathy (Firefly), Friml; 11.0 p.m. Old Favourites9.30 a.m. A Comedy Quintet Things Are Looking Up (Damsel in Distress), Gershwin. The Whistler and His Dog,Pryor;Bonnie Banks of Loch The Window Cleaner No. 2, Formby; Nowt About Owt, 10.30 a.m. Dance Time Lomond, Trad. ;Mick Mulligan's Daughter, Mary Ann, Me/tin; The Song of the Prune, Crumit; Mother's Pie 10.45 to 11.0 a.m. Cheers and Laughter Tract.; The Merry Widow -Selection, Lehar. Crust, Wallace; A'm feared for Mrs. McKie, Fyffe. 11.15 p.m. Cabaret9.45 a.m. Ma time Drinking Song of Hawaii, Owens; Bei Mir Bist Du Schon, May Day Revels, Cope; (a) Old-fashioned Locket, (b) Our Anglo-Continental Publicity Ltd., Cavendish Man- Secunda; The Pretty Little Patchwork Quilt, Box; Little Bungalow of Dreams, Sims; May I, Gordon; Merrymakers' sions, Langham Street, London, W.I. Drummer Boy, Noel; Hawaiian Hospitality, Owens. Dance, German. 33 RADIO PICTORIAL April 29, 1938

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8.45 a.m. Morning Programme GEORGE FORMBY with a strong supporting cast including 7.45 a.m. Sacred Music BERYL The Thought for the Week. The Rev. and James Wall, M.A. John Firman's Orchestra 8.0 a.m. The March of Melody A terrific series of Marching Through Georgia, Wark; Laughter and Song Programmes There's Something About a Soldier, Gay; Presented by the proprietors of Feen-a- When the Sergeant -Major's on Parade, Mint, Thames House, S.W.I. Longs/a/le;EntryoftheGladiators, 9.0 a.m. I.B.C. TIME SIGNAL Fucik.-Prrsented by Novopine Foot Light Music. Meet the Henderson Twins from Hull, and hear them in the Rinso Radio :inergiser. Yeo Street, E.3. 9.15 a.m. Revue at 6.30 on Sunday evening THE VOICE OF EXPERIENCE 8.15 a.m. I.B.C. TINE SIGNAL Waltzes from Theatreland;Rustleof May Morning Melodies. May Day Revels, Spring; Invitation to the Waltz, Weber; 2.0 p.m. The Kraft Show 5.15 p.m. Cope; Maytime-Waltz Medley, Romberg; Serenade, Moussorgsky; Voices of Spring, Directed by Billy Cotton, featuring Mary QUAKER QUARTER HOUR In the Merry Mouth of May, Tobias; One Strauss. -Presentedby themakersof Lawson and Fred Duprez withPeter featuring Morningin May, Partsh; Maypole Pepsodent Tooth Paste, Pepsodent, Williams, Alan Breeze, Jack Doyle and CARROLL LEVIS Dances, arr. Shaw. Ltd., London, N.W.I0. The WesternBrothers. -Presented by And His Radio Discoveries 8.30 a.m. Music from the Packet 9.30 a.m. Kraft Cheese Company,Ltd.,Hayes. Arthur Jones -Musical Saw A Programme of Happy Music and a BEAUTY AND ROMANCE Middlesex. June Blair -Vocalist Competition for Listeners. - Presented by There Goes My Attraction, Neiburg; Can The Two Jacks -Harmonica and Guitar the makers of Bisto, London, N.W.I0. I Forget You? Kern; I'm Getting Senti- 2.30 p.m. Phil Park Arthur Blackman -Vocalist mental, Gassman; My First Thrill, Sigler Presents His Own Medley of Organ Music. The Desmond Brothers -Trumpet and Exactly Like You, McHugh; The First Presented bythe House of Genatosan, Piano Time I Saw You, Shilkret.-Presented by Loughborough, Leicestershire. Presented by the makers of Quaker Oats, Hinds, Ltd., S.W.20. Southall, Middlesex. 9.45 a.m. 2.45 p.m. 5.30 P.m. " Hutch " ROLL UP I ROLL UP I THE OPEN ROAD RomanticSingerofWorldRenown. Roll up to the Hampton Court, Graham; Hand in Hand Presentedbythe makersofPhillip's Rizla Fun Fair Pala; Great Little Army, Alford; Buddies, MagnesiaBeauty Creams,179 Acton All the Fun of the Fair Pola; Middy March, Alford. -Presented Vale, W.3. with by Carters Little Liver Pills, 64 Hatton Fred Douglas Garden, E.C.I. Evening Programme Wyn Richmond and Company 3.0 P.m. 5.45 p.m. The Adventures of Master O.K. Special Barrel -Organ Arrangements by A SERENADE TO MELODY featuring Featuring Mager O'Kay (the Saucy Boy), Signor Pesaresi UncleGeorge,BettyDale,Johnnie Presented by Rizla Cigarette Papers, Rizla Jack Jackson and Orchestra Johnson and The " O.K." Sauce Orches- House,BeresfordAvenue, Wembley, tra. -Presented by O.K. Sauce, Chelsea Middlesex. with Barbara Back Works, S.W.I8. 10.0 a.m. Waltz Time and a 6.0 p.m. Harold Ramsay With Billy Bissett and His Waltz Time "Star of To -morrow " at the Organ. ---Presented for your enter- Orchestra, Hugh French, Esther Coleman Presented by Pond's Extract Co., Perivale tainment by Fynnon, Ltd. andtheWaltz Timers. -Presented by Greenford, Middlesex. 6.15 P.m More Showland Memories Phillip'sDentalMagnesia,179 Acton A Musical Cavalcade of Theatreland, Past Vale, W.3. 3.30 p.m. and Present, with Edward Reach, Olive 10.15 a.m. THE GAIETIES Groves and the " Showlanders."--Pre- CARSON ROBISON AND HIS with tented by California Syrup of Figs. 179 "FUN FAIR" PIONEERS Leslie Henson Acton Vale, W.3. ContinueTheirHill -BillyBroadcasts Roy Royston 6.30 P.m is a JOLLY Sponsored by the makers of Oxydol. Ginger Matthews RINSO RADIO REVUE 10.30 a.m. Eddie Pola Yvonne Ortner featuring And His Twisted Tunes. A Programme of George Neil Jack Hylton and His Band Twisted Words and Music. -Presented by Bob Currie Three Music Hall Boys Entertainment the makers of Hudson's Extract, Unilever The Gaiety Rhythm Boys Doreen Stevens House, Blackfriars, E.C.4. and Sam Browne Every Sunday at 9-45 a.m. 10.45 a.m. The Rowntree Aero Show The Gaiety Stars Orchestra Henderson Twins Harry Roy and Bill Currie In the Lighter The whole show written and devised by Peggy Dell from Side of Life.While the Famous Band DouglasFurberand LeslieHenson. Tommy Handley " Swings It." -Presented by the makers of Presented by Huntley and Palmer, Ltd., Comp2red by Biscuit Manufacturers, Reading. Eddie Pola RADIO NORMANDY Rowntree's Aero Chocolate. Presented by the makers of Rinso, Unilever 212.6 metres (New Wavelength) 11.0 a.m. I.H.C. TIME SIGNAL House, Blackfriars. E.C.4. Transmission arranged through I.B.C. Ltd.) DONALD PEERS 3.45 P.m. The Movie Club Cavalier of Song Highlights of Hollywood and Hollywood 7.0 p.m. Black Magic A new anddifferentseriesof Presented by D.D.D., Fleet Lane. E.C.4. " Stop -press News " cabled direct from " The Ace of Hearts Orchestra " in a broadcasts featuring Fred Douglas 11.15 a.m. the film capital.Intimate glimpse of Programme for Sweethearts. -Presented STORK RADIO PARADE Mae West. -Presented by the makers of by the makers of Black Magic Chocolates. as the Fun Fair Barker-Wyn Second Edition Lux Toilet Soap. 7.15 p.m. The Biggest Little Programme Richmond andCompany -pre- From the Stage of the Granada, 4.0 P.m. Starring Louise Browne, Peggy Desmond, ' sented by Rizla, the makers of fine Walthamstow HORLICKS PICTURE HOUSE Billy Scott-Coomber and Monia Litter. cigarette papers -the paper with Albert Whelan Master of Ceremonies : Sponsored by Rowntrees, the makers of Wyn Richmond Geoffrey Sumner Kit-Kat Choco late Crisp. the world's largest sale Wilfrid Thomas Raymond Massey 7.30 p.m. Programmes in French The Four Aces Vic Oliver Assn. des A uditeurs de Radio Normandie. and Gertrude Niesen 10.0 p.m Bobby Howell and His Band Leslie Kentish RADIO NORMANDY CALLING Announcer Bob Danvers -Walker Rhythm Brothers Strelsky Presented by the makers of Stork Margarine and and [al 11.45 a.m. Programmes in French The Horlicks All -Star Orchestra His Russian Band A GR ETTE A ssn. des Auditeurs de Radio Normandie under Maisie Weldon ClpoUCHOU?p No Debroy Somers Ward and Draper Afternoon Programme Presented by Horlicks, Slough, Bucks. Final of Weekly Talent Spotting Competition 1-'0;1Saleat all 1.30 p.m. 5.0 .m. Backstage Compere: Joe Young Tobacconists LES ALLEN With Sir Seymour Hicks and Jean Colin. Presented byMacleans,Ltd.,makers of And His Radio Requests Dennis Van Thal and His West End Macleans Peroxide Toothpaste and Price Complete Presented by F. W. Hampshire & Co., Theatre Orchestra and Full Company. Maclean Brand Stomach Powder, Great Ltd., makers of Snowfire Beauty Aids. On behalf of Lyons' Green Label Tea. West Road, Brentford, Middlesex. 34 April 29, 1938 RADIO PICTORIAL Announcers: Godfrey Bowen, David J. Davies, D. I. Newman, Hilary Wontner XMARKS THE 10.30p.m. John Goodwood 11.15a.m. Something for Everybody and The Coty Quintette. A New Pro- 11.30 a.m. Programmes in French grammeofHauntingMelodieswith Assn. des Auditeurs de Radio Normandie. Beauty Information, and John Good- wood, Astrologer, Telling You How the 2.0 p.m. Miniature Matinee Planets Shape Your Destiny. -Presented 2.15 p.m. " Listen AfterLunch " byCoty (England), Ltd. To the Scrapbook of Melody. The Pages 10.45 p.m. Bohemian Holiday are Turned by WilfridThomas and Sent toyouby theCzechoslovakian Travel ArthurYoung. --You are invited to listen _HERRY LUSHUS Bureau. by Cremola Food Products Ltd., Cremola 11.0 p.m. Vaudeville Works, Glasgow, S.I. A JELLY Whistle While You Work,Churchill;The 2.30 p.m. Arthur Young DESSERT Wedding of Pocahontas,Fotin;It Takes and a Friend. The I.B.C. Musical Director EMON an Irish Heart to Sing an Irish Song, at the Piano introduces Listeners to a AJELLY Silver;On the Sunny Side of the Rockies Radio Guest. DE SS EoiT Ingraham. -Presented byWestern Sports 2.45 p.m. Magic of theWaltz Pools, Westgate Chambers, Newport, 3.0 p.m. Popular Dance Tunes Mon. 3.30Pm Request Programme FLAVOUR 11.15 P .m Advance FilmNews front Mr. L. W. Lock,of East Croydon. pet; Presented by Associated British Cinemas, 4.0 p.m. Music for Mandoline and 30 Golden Square, W.I. Guitar. 11.30 p.m. Normandy Playbill 4.15 p.m. What's On Advance News and some of Next Week's Intimate Reviews of the Latest Film,. High Spots.CompiredbyBen)), McNabb Plays and Other Attractions, by Edgar 11.45 p.m. Sweet Music Blatt, the I.B.C. Special Critic. Sweet Genevieve,,O'Connor; Dusty 4.30 p.m. AdvanceFilm News Violin,("anon; Two Dreams Got Presented byAssociated British Cinemas, Together,Friend;Where My Caravan 30 Golden Square,W.I. Has Rested, Lahr; Smilin' Through,Penn 4.45 p.m. Variety 12 (midnight) Melody atMidnight EddyFitzpatrickandHisOrchestra 5.15 P.m. Bohemian Holiday Guest Artistes: The Playboys. -Presented Presented byThe Czechoslovakian Travel nightly byBile Beans, C. E. Fulford, Ltd. Bureau. 5.30 p.m. AQuarter -Hour Programme Leeds. For Boys and Girls.Birthday Greetings 12.30 a.m. I.B.C. TIME SIGNAL from the Uncles. 1.0 a.m. I.B.C. Goodnight Melody 5.45 p.m. Sweet Strings Fruit flavours often fade away just as the scents of Close Down. 6.0 p.m. Programmes in French Assn. des Auditeurs de Radio Normandie. flowers fade away.This explains why the fruit flavour 12(midnight) Melody at Midnight MONDAY, MAY 2 Hal GraysonandOrchestra.Guest of a Lushus Jellyis not " loose " among the jelly Artiste,: Jimmie Tolson andJeannie 7.45a.m. Laugh and Grow Fit Dunne (Electrical Recordings).- Pre- crystals, but sealed in an airtight cone of crystallised withJoeMurgatroyd(The Ladfra' sented nightly byBile Beans, C. E. Fulford Yorkshire) andPoppetatthePiano Ltd., Leeds. sugar -the flavour bud.So conserved, Lushus flavour Presented to -day by the makers ofHales 12.30 a.m. I.B.C. TIME SIGNAL Toothbrushes, Hale End,E.4. DanceMusic. 8.0 a.m. 1.0 a.m. I.B.C. Goodnight Melody can't escape till the very moment when you make the MUSICIN THE MORNING Close Down. You Can't TakeItWith You,Baer; jelly.Serve a Lushus jelly to -day, and taste for yourself You're a Sweetheart, McHugh; Whistling Waltz,Woods;Blue Medley. -Presented byHorticks, Slough,Bucks. TUESDAY, MAY 3 the fresh, true flavour that you only get in Lushus 8.15 a.m. I.B.C. TIME SIGNAL The Alka Seltzer Boys, Browning and 7.45 a.m. Laugh and Grow Fi Jellies !There are seven Lushus flavours :Lemon, Starr, in Fifteen Minutes of Mirth and with Joe Murgatroyd (the Lad fra' York- Melody. An Early Morning Programme shire)andPoppet at the Piano.--Pre Lime, Wild Cherry, Orange, Pineapple, Strawberry and to Encourage the Healthy, Happy Side settled to -day by the proprietors ofFreezone of Life. -PresentedbyAlka Seltzer Pro- Corn Remover, Braydon Road, N.I6. Raspberry.Lushus Jellies cost :Pantry Tray of six ducts. 8.0 a.m. CADBURYCALLING 8.30 a.m. Simon Presenting Reminiscing with flavours23, and single packet 4 -id. The Semolina Chief.--Sponsored by the Charlie Kunz makers ofColman's Semolina,J. &J. (Playing Melodies with Memories) Colman, Ltd., Norwich. Judy Shirley Try also Lushus Chocolate "Sweet Mystery"and 8.45 a.m. Instrumental Potpourri Cyril Grantham 9.0 a.m. I.B.C. TIME SIGNAL (Singing for You) "Fancy Free" Desserts -they have the flavour -bud too. THEOPEN ROAD Compere : Maurice Denham HamptonCourt,Graham;Handin Presented by the makers ofCadbury Milk Hand,Pala;Great Little Army,Alford; Tray Chocolates. Buddies;MiddyMarch,Alford. --Pre- 8.15 a.m. I.B.C. TIME SIGNAL sentedbyCarters Little Liver Pills, 64 Light Orchestral Concert. Hatton Garden,E.C.I. 8.30 a.m. Light Fare FLAVOUR 9.15 a.m. Talkieland IntroducingMrs.Able. -Presentedby 9.45 axis. "Hutch " Vitacup, Wincarnis Works, Norwich. RomanticSingerofWorldRenown 8.45 a.m. Normandy Playbill BUD Presented byMilk of Magnesia, 179 Acton AdvanceNews and SomeofNext Vale, W.3. Sunday's High Spots.Compered by : 10.0 a.m. I.B.C. TIME SIGNAL Beni),McNabb. Request Programme from Mrs. D.Legge, 9.0 a.m. I.B.C. TIME SIGNAL JELLIES of Southsea. BIGBILL CAMPBELL 10.30 a.m. The Musical Mirror AndHis Hill -BillyBand Presented on behalf ofNovopine Foot WestBoundFreight,Brown;With Energiser, Yeo Street, E.3. Louise on Lake Louise, Bryan; Leave it 10.45a.m. Harmony for the Housewife. Up to Uncle Jake,Le Croix;Circassian 11-0 a.m. I.B.C. TIME SIGNAL Circle. -Presented by the makers of Dance Music.-Presented by Roboleine. Lushus TableJellies. 51 ClaphamRoad,S.W.9. Please turn to next page LUSHUS BROADCASTS : TIME TABLE (Keep this by your Radio) I MONDAYS TUESDAYSTHURSDAYS FRIDAYS RADIO NORMANDY 9.0. a.m. 9.55 a.m.

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As this easy reference diagram shows, Lushus are on the air six times a week, each with Big Bill Campbell, whose life story appears on pages 20 and 21.Don't miss these grand Lushus concerts. Keep this time -table by your radio. All enquiriesto G. Havinden, Sole BritishDistributors, 9 Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C.4. Bobby Howell and his Band supply the gay music in the Stork Radio Parade at 11.15 on Sunday morning 35 RADIO PICTORIAL April 29, 1938 Continued from Tune in RADIO NORMANDY page 35 Full Programme Particulars 9.15 a.m. Dave Burnaby 9.15 a.m. Presented by Bismag, Ltd., Braydon Road, The Milton Sisters N.I6. PAT HYDE AND DINAH MILLER With Their Entertaining Announcer 9.30 a.m. Ann French Bob Walker Beauty Talks. -Presented by Reudel Bath and Cubes, Braydon Road, N.I6. Arthur Young at the Piano 9.45 a.m. Waltz Time Presented by Milton Denture Powder. withBillyBissett and His Waltz Time John Milton House, N.7. Orchestra, Hugh French, Esther Cole- 9.30 a.m. Favourite Melodies man and the Waltz Timers. --Presented by Presented by the makers of Freezone Corn Phillips'DentalMagnesia, 179 Acton Remover. Braydon Road, N.16. Vale, W.3. 10.0 a.m. I.B.C. TIME SIGNAL 9.45 a.m. Hildegarde Crystal Gazing. -Presented by the makers The Most Fascinating Personality of the of O'Cedar Mops and Polishes, Slough, Year. -Presented by Milk of Magnesia, Bucks. 179 Acton Vale, W.3. 10.15 a.m. 10.0 a.m. Relay of Religious Music THE OPEN ROAD from the Basilica of Ste. Therese de When the Band Goes Marching By, l'Enfant Jesus at Lisieux. Sarons; We'll All Go Riding on a Rain- Miniature Matinee bow, Woods; The Darling of the Guards, 2.30 p.m. Nicholls; Swing isinthe Air, Lerner; 3.0 p.m. Request Programme Ca c'estParis,Padilla. -Presented by From Mrs. W. Wiltshire,of Merthyr CartersLittleLiverPills,64 Hatton Tydvil. Carden, E.C. I. 3.15 p.m. Cinema Organ 10.30 a.m. Light Music 3.30 pm Country Courtship 11.0 a.m. I.B.C. TIME SIGNAL 3.45 p.m. The Musical Mirror LEISURE AT ELEVEN Sponsored by Novopine Foot Energiser; A New Surprise Item Yeo Street, E.3. The Stars at Home Your Requests Presented on behalf of Goblin Electrical 4.0 p.m. Products. Fulham, S.W.6. 4.30 p.m. On Board the Top Hat 11.15 a.m. Something for Express.Whose passengers include the Everybody. Top Hat Orchestra, conducted by Felix Mendelssohn,theTop HatSingers, 11.30 a.m. Programmes in French Paula Green and George Barclay and a Assn. des Auditeurs de Radio Normandie. Surprise Passenger. -- Presented by 2.0 p.m. Soaring with Seraflo Nestle's, Makers of Top Hat Chocolates. Presented by the proprietors of Seraflo Self - 4.45 p.m. A Programme for Music Lovers Raising Flour, Dartford, Kent. 5.0 p.m. I.B.C. TIME SIGNAL 2.15 p.m. Listen After Lunch 5.15 p.m. A Quarter -Hour Programme To the Scrapbook of Melody. The Pages For Boys and Girl,. Birthday Greetings are Turned by WilfridThomas and from the Uncles. Arthur Young. --Presented by Cremola. Potted Revue 2.30 p.m. Request Programme 5.30 Pm from Mrs. E. Sutton of Hove. 6.0 p.m. Programmes in French Assn. des Auditeurs de Radio Normandie. 3.0 p.m. -Oliver Kimball The Record Spinner. -Presented by Bismag 12 (midnight) Melody at Midnight Ltd., Braydon Road, N.16. DickJurgensandOrchestra. Guest Artistes:TheJonesBoys(Electrical 3.15 p.m. The Musical Mirror He is a Man of Mystery -broadcasting in Pepsodent's show "The Voice of Recordings). -PresentednightlybyBile Sponsored by Novopine Foot Energiser. Experience " on Sunday at 9.15 a. m. Beans, C. E. Fulford, Ltd., Leeds. Yeo Street, E.3. 12.30 a.m. I.B.C. TIME. SIGNAL 3.30 p.m. Pianos and People Dance Music. 3.45 p.m. Advance Film News 9.0 a.m. I.B.C. TIME SIGNAL 4.0 p.m. These Were Hits 1.0 a.m. I.B.C. Goodnight Melody Presented by Associated British Cinemas, The Brown and Poison Cookery Club, 4.30 p.m. Dance Moods Close Down. 30 Golden Square, W.I. withMrs.JeanScott,thePresident, 4.45 p.m. Fingering the Frets 4.0 p.m. Variety GivingHelpfulTalks,supportedby Quentin Maclean at the Organ of the A Programme for Instrumental Enthu- 4.30 p.m. Continental Dance Music Trocadero Cinema, Elephant and Castle. siasts. FRIDAY, MAY 6 Played in the Radio Normandy Studio by Presented by Brown and Poison Cornflour 5.0 p.m. I.B.C. TIME SIGNAL the Orchestra of The Ranch Night Club, Le A Hill -Billy Sing -Sang. 7.45 a.m. Havre. 9.15 a.m. I.AUGH AND GROW FIT WITH THE IMMORTALS 5.15 p.m. --Bohemian Holiday with 5.0 p.m. I.B.C. TIME SIGNAL Presented by The Czechoslovakian Travel Hawaiian Novelties. A Musical Problem JOE MURGATROYD Introduced by Bureau. (The Lad fra' Yorkshire) 5.15 p.m. A Quarter -Hour Programme Orpheus 5.30 pm Light Fare and For Boys and Girls.Birthday Greetings Presented by the makers of Bisodol, 12 Poppet at the Piano from the Uncles. 6.0 p.m. Programmes in French Chenies Street, W.C.I. .4 ssn. des Auditeurs de Radio Normandie. Presented to -day by the makers of Kolynos 5.30 p.m. 9.30 a.m. Tunes We All Know 12 (midnight) Melody at Midnight Tooth Paste, 12 Chenies Street, W.C.I. PALMOLIVE HALF HOUR Presented by the makers of Limestone With the Palmolivers Seger Ellis and His Orchestra.Guest 8.0 a.m. Phosphate, Braydon Road, N.I6. Artistes: The Playboys (Electrical Record- MUSIC IN THE MORNINC Paul Oliver 9.45 a.m. A Programme of Popular Music ings). --Presented nightly by Bile Beans, Sing and Be Happy, Clare; Delighted to and Talk by Nurse Johnson on Child Prob. C. E. Fulford, Ltd., Leeds. Meet You, Coslow;I Can't Remember; Olive Palmer Baby Medley. -Presented byHorlicks. Presented by Palmolive Soap, Palmolive, blems.-Presented by California Syrup of 12.30 a.m. I.B.C. TIME SIGNAL Ltd.. S.W.I. Figs. 179 Acton Vale, W.3. Dance Music. Slough, Bucks. 10.0 a.m. I.B.C. TIME SIGNAL 1.0 a.m. I.B.C. Goodnight Melody 8.15 eon. I.B.C. TIME SIGNAL 6.0 p.m. Programmes in French Film Songs of To -day and Yesterday. The Alka Seltzer Boys Browning and Assn. des Auditeurs de Radio Normandie. Close Down. Starr. In Fifteen Minutes of Mirth and 12 (midnight) Melody in Midnight 10.30 a.m. Light Orchestral Music Melody. An Early Morning Programme Jimmie Grier and His Orchestra. Guest 1 1 .0 a.m. I.B.C. TIME SIGNAL to Encourage the Healthy, Happy Side The by Artiste : Cleo Brown (Electrical Record- ColgateRevellers. -Presented THURSDAY, MAY 5-1 ofLife. - Presented by AlkaSeltzer ings). -Presented nightly byBile Beans, Colgate's Ribbon Dental Cream, Colgate Products. C. E. Fulford, Ltd., Leeds. Ltd., S.W.I. 7.45 a.m. 8.30 a.m. Donald Watt 12.30 a.m. I.B.C. TIME SIGNAL. 11.15 a.m. Listen to Vitbe LAUGH AND GROW FIT Presents Some Tunes you might like to Dance Music. Presentedby VitbeBread,Crayford, with hear. -Presented by the makers of Do -Do 1.0 a.m. I.B.C. Goodnight Melody Kent. JOE MURGATROYD AsthmaTablets,34SmedleyStreet, Close Down. 11.30 a.m. Programmes in French (The Lad fra' Yorkshire) S.W.8. Assn. des Auditeurs de Radio Normandie and 8.45 a.m. The Glories of Britain 2.0 p.m. The Musical Mirror Poppet at the Piano Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. -Pre- WEDNESDAY, MAY 4 Sponsored by Novopine, Yeo Street, E.3. Presented to -day by the makers of Kolynos sented by Sunny Jim on behalf of A. C. Tooth Paste, 12 Chenies Street, W.C.I. 7.45 a.m. Laugh and Grow Fit 2.15 p.m. Listen After Lunch Fincken & Co.. Clifton House. Euston with Joe Murgatroyd (The Lad fra' York- to the Scrapbook of Melody. The pages 8.0 a.m. The Three Tops Road, N.W. I . shire) and Poppet at the Piano. --Pre- areturnedby WilfridThomas and FifteenMinutesofMusic,Song and 9.0 a.m. I.B.C. TIME SIGNAL sentedto -day bythe makers of Halex Arthur Young. -Presented by Cremola. Laughter, withthe Smartest Trioin Round the World. -Presented by Han - Toothbrushes, Hale End. E.4. 2.30 p.m. Everybody's Favourites Town. -Presented by the makers of cocks the Chemists, Fleet Street, E.C.4. 8.0 a.m. 3 .0 p.m. Request Programme Sanpic, Reckitt & Sons, Ltd., Hull. 9.15 a.m. MUSIC IN THE MORNING From Miss S. Sher of Deal. 8.15 a.m. I.B.C. TIME SIGNAL BIG BILL CAMPBELL Heigh Ho, Churchill; I've Got My Heart 3.15 p.m. ROY FOX And His Hill -Billy Band Set on You, Revel; Like a Breath of THOMAS HEDLEY AND COMPANY and His Band Presented by the makers of Lushus Table Springtime, Dubin; Hearts Medley. -Pre- proudly present with Jellies. sented by Horlicks, Slough, Bucks. Miss Gracie Fields Mary Lee 9.30 a.m. Radio Favourites 8.15 a.m. I.B.C. TIME SIGNAL In a Programme of New Songs and at and Presented on behalf of Brooke Bond & Co., Prosperity Programme introducing least One Old Favourite Denny Dennis Ltd., London, E.I. Careers for Women. -Presented by Odol, With Some Homely Advice about in 9.45 a.m. A Programme of Popular Music Odol Works, Norwich. Fairy Soap " Swinging in the Bathtub " Talk by Nurs' Johnson on Child Prob- 3.30 p.m. A Morning Tonic lems. -Presented by California Syrup of 8.30 a.m. Simon MORTON DOWNEY Presented by the makers of Reckitt's Bath The Semolina Chief. --Sponsored by Cubes, Reckitt & Sons, Ltd., Hull. Figs, 179 Acton Vale, W.3. Colman's Semolina,J. andJ. Colman, The Golden Voice of Radio 10.0 a.m. I.B.C. TIME.SIGNAL Ltd., Norwich. In a New Series of Popular Songs and 8.30 a.m. Popular Tunes A REFRESHING PROGRAMME 8.45 a.m. Ballads Presented foryourentertainment hr London is Saying Good -night, Campbell; FRED HARTLEY Presented by the makers of Drene Shampoo Fynnon, Ltd. Duand Du, Strauss; There's a Gold - and 3.45 p.m. 8.45 a.m. Music You Might Have Heard mine in the Sky, Kenny; Just Keepin' His Orchestra NEAL ARDEN On,Phillips. -Presented byBorwicks' presents Presented by the proprietorsofLavona Brian Lawrance Hair Tonic, Braydon Road, N.16. Lemon Barley, 1 Bunhill Row, S.W.I. and Masters of Rhythm 10.15 a.m. Dream Waltzes John Stevens A Programme Illustrated by Outstanding 9.0 a.m. I.B.C. TIME SIGNAL Selected Famous Waltz Melodies New Revive for You Recordings by Famous Artistes and Mrs.Celebrity. TheWivesofthe and Old. -Presented by True Story Maga- "Songs You Can Never Forget " Orchestras Famous -Countess Howe. -Presented by zine, 30 Bouverie Street, E.C.4. Presented bythemakers of Johnson's Sponsored by the proprietors of Feen-a- Shippams of Chichester in Sussex, makers Glo-coat, West Drayton, Middlesex. Mint, Thames House, S.W.I. of Fish and Meat Pastes. Please turn to page 38 36 April 29, 1938 RADIO PICTORIAL RONALD GOURLEY POPULAR CHILDREN'S FAVOURITE

The Request List for the Children's Hour always has Ronald Gourley's name near the top. Here is the story of this talented blind entertainer, who has been a favourite broad- caster since the early days of 2L0

tars, and both boys waited, hidden tremblingly in the dark by the cellar door, while the old Scotch matron came out on to the landing above. Complete silence, then-" Och, I mus' ha' been dreaming," and she went back to bed. Out they walked into the cold street. New flagstones had been laid on the pavement and Ronald found, to his joy, that by jumping on them he produced different sounds. Much of their valuable fugitive's time was lost in playing a new kind of musical hopscotch. They intended to walk to Ronald's home, but only got as far as Croydon, where, in the raw beginnings of the morning, a policeman took charge of them and brought them back Ronald Gourley. Children love his clever to school. piano solos-andhiswonderfulwhistle Strange difficulties seem to have pursued themhad beengiving him repeated engagements. both. Many years later Ronald was accompanying " I have booked you Sunday after Sunday," he his friend back to the station at Birmingham afterprotested, " and now you work for these people a visit. for nothing !I cannot keep on, if you continue !" Suddenly he found himself talking to thin air, " Very well," said Ronald, " I stick to 2L0." for Sinclair had walked straight off the platform The first entertainer to broadcast, he had com- on to the rails. plete faith in the future of wireless, and since 1922 Ronald tumbled courageously after him, hopinghas broadcast repeatedly, and more and more An earlyfriendofRonald Gourley's- to help.He landed on his friend's head and wasfrequently. Sinclair Logan, blind musician pinned there by the position of his legs. Rushing He "mixes" tunes with greater success than towards them, the train could be heard in theany other entertainer.The audience provides CAN you imagine the B.B.C. allowing adistance. Only real presence of mind made themhim with the names of three or four well-known radio star tobring two differentsave their lives together. compositions, and he then sits down to improvise friends with him into the studio when- When he was sixteen years old, Ronaldan arrangement blending them all together. ever he plays, especially if his per-made his first public appearance, billed as In a hall it is easy to convince the audience formances are frequent ? Master Ronald Gourley, co-starring withthat this is quite unprepared; but some radio Ronald Gourley has given himself thisMaster Paul Beard, who is now the leader oflisteners evidently still have their doubts. privilege, and no one would dare to questionthe B.B.C. Symphony Orchestra. They need have none : Ronald's extempore it.It is his by right. He remembers well that Beard was caughtgift is genuine. Two of his many small children friends comeduring the interval in the artistes' room, If he has time to think before sitting down to with him and quietly watch him sing and whistlestanding with his back to the refreshmentthe piano, he finds that he cannot successfully do their favourite tunes every time he broadcasts intable, his hands behind him, stealing cakesthese arrangements." I will not even let them a Children's Hour. and stowing them into his pocket. tell me in the studio what they are going to give Ronald knows that his best work is done then, me," he said." I prefer not to have any idea when he can be most spontaneous." I spend all Two important prizes were given to him in thewhen I start; I just fool about on the keyboard, my free time with the kiddies," he says; the same year. One was for one of Herrick's songs,hoping for the best." children in the streets round his house all lovethe famous Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May, Ronald Gourley prefers not to plan his pro- him and run after him when he takes his walks,and the other was in a competition open to allgramme too strictly in advance, and often finds knowing that he cannot resist them. England for the best rendering of Liszt's Etude inhimself straying from the pre -arranged plan sub- The request list for the Children's Hour alwaysD Flat. mitted to the B.B.C.In the studio he tries to has his name at the head of the music section. Vaughan Thomas, Dan Godfrey, and Walfordimagine himself as one of his countless listeners. His dexterity at the piano and his amazingDavies were among the adjudicators. Part of the Playing to the microphone is a much more whistling performances are admired by listenersreward was three years' free tuition at the Bir-intimateaffair,hefeels,than playing to an of all ages.Though blind from a few weeks aftermingham Institute. audience in front of him. birth,he worked unceasinglyatmusic, and Ronald had now to make an important decision : " I use my imagination," he says." I steadily made for himself a topmost positionwhich would he be, a professional musician or athink, for instance, of one listener, a fellow among radio artistes. At two he began practisingbrilliantly gifted amateur? smoking his pipe, having a drink, with his the piano !A letter from abroad came to him Sir Granville Bantock, who had been tutoringfeet on the mantelpiece. recently, sent to him by the instructress who usedhim, gave him advice. He had met his young pupil " Iforget thatI am broadcasting. I to teach him when three how to use his thumbs onout of ordinary tuition hours, and had seen howbecome a listener, hearing my own music. the keyboard (which he found difficult). " I friends had gathered round his entertainments.There I am, happily sitting in my own room, played more or less before I could walk,' he said,At parties Ronald would sit down to the piano,by the fire, or else lying in the garden in the adding with a chuckle, " I don't know how theplay with great originality, and whistle as no onesun." devil I did; I'm sure I couldn't manage it now."had ever been heard to whistle before. This great sympathy with the ordinary listener, One of a family of musicians, he made quick " Do you want a hobby, or do you want aand the direct personal appeal to him, have made progress. The family would gather in the eveningscareer ? " asked Sir Granville Bantock. Ronald's broadcastssuccessful. Despitehis and play together,sometimes organisingfull Ronald answered that he wished to makeblindness, he has a vivid feeling for all those private concerts.His brother and sister learntmusic his career. whom he meets and to whom he sings.Never music with him, and later even played publicly, " Well, then, do something that others dolost in other details, he is aware of them all the but eventually gave it up as a career. not do.I know that you can become a greattime. " When I started my children's programme insuccess that way." "I attribute to that," he said, "my success in Birmingham," he said, "my sister sang and my So Ronald found that his powers as an enter-broadcasting as much as to anything. My atten- brother played the fiddle. But now both have lefttainer, which were only known among his friends,tion is on what I am doing and is not being taken the profession.It's just as well, I think. One iswere going to settle his future. by the surrounding studios and onlookers." quite enough.""' His first broadcast was in 1922, from the old Now a favourite among both children and Sinclair Logan, now music master at. SwissSIT station at Birmingham, under the control oftheir parents, he is hard pressed by engage- Cottage School, was his great friend of early days.Percy Edgar (who now directs the Midlandments on allsides. (Recently he found They played and worked together, and evenRegional Station). A microphone was held up tohimself having to give seven performances decided to run away from their Norwood Schoolhim while he whistled, and little microphonesin a day !)The stage, the cinema, and the together.Creeping down from their dormitory,were placed all along the piano. concert platform are all claiming him. But they left in the middle of the night. The early radio performances were never paidjust as in 1923 he said, " I stick to 2L0," so Sinclair nervously dropped his shoes, which hefort and this brought him into trouble with thewe can be certain that he will remain first had been carrying, with a clatter over the banis-organiser of the National Sunday League, whoand foremost a star among radio artistes. 37 RADIO PICTORIAL April 29, 1938

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THURSDAY, MAY 5 9.30 to10.0 p.m. Calling All Stars Programme details : And thegreatestartistsfromStage, Filmland and Variety answer our call. 10.0 to 10.10 p.m. Ten Minutes With a Star. And this star stays with us SUNDAY, MAY I for another ten minutes -Rudy Vallee (Electrical Recordings). 9.30 to 10.30 p.m. Sea, River and Lake. Music and Song dedicated to great 10.15 to 10.30 p.m. Tango and waters, by great composers and great Waltz. The Tango and Waltz hits of the artists. last month inelectricaltranscriptions from the most popular dance orchestras. You will hear our Racing Commentary MONDAY, MAY 2 at 10.10 p.m. approximately.

9.30 to 10.13 p.m. - Above the Traffic'sRoar.Another Musical Day- dream of the sights and sounds below our FRIDAY, MAY 6 office window.The music of towns - symphony of traffic -and the thoughts 9.30 to10.30 p:m.The A -American, and ambitions of our neighbour man in B -British,C -ContinentalofDance the street as he goes about his daily Music. DancingRhythms ofThree business. Continents. 10.15 to 10.30 p.m. Quick -step and You will hear our Racing Commentary Slow Fox trot. An alternation in dancing at 10.10 p.m. approximately. tempo of the latest popular hits from electrical transcriptions. You will hear our Racing Commentary at 10.10 p.m. approximately. SATURDAY, MAY 7 9.30 to10.0 p.m. Music of Your The camera catches Dave Frost and his Band in an informal moment at Dreams.Here isa Wealth of Golden TUESDAY, MAY 3 rehearsal. You can hear them twice this week, on Wednesday and Saturday Melody, in which we feature Dorothy Morrow, RonnieGenarderandour 9.30 to 10.30 Pm Our Big Shirley,RonnieGenarderwithour Symphonic Orchestra, under the direc- Broadcast.Once again we present the Symphonic Orchestra under the direction tion of Dave Frost. Stars of the Stage, Radio and Screen, in WEDNESDAY, MAY 4 of Dave Frost. a unique entertainment, in a unique set- 10.0 to 10.30 p.m. The Chester 10.0 to 10.30 Pan. The Kempton ting. Tune in to 531 metres for the Super - 9.30 to 10.0 p.m. Music of Your Cup. An eye -witness's commentary on Jubilee.An eye -witness's commentary Show. Dreams.Here isa further Wealth of to -day's Classic Race. on to -day Classic Race. You will hear our Racing Commentary Golden Melody for these your Fireside You will also hear our usual Racing Com- You will also hear our usual Racing Com- at 10.10 p.m. approximately. Moments,in which we feature Judy mentary feature. mentary feature. -Continued from Tune in RADIO NORMANDY page 36 Full Programme Particulars 10.30 a.m. 6.0 p.m. Programmes in French 9.45 a.m. 5.30 p.m. Who Won ? SONGS AND MUSIC Assn. des Auditeurs de Radio Normandie. The Milton Sisters TheresultsofAssociationFootball From the Stage and Screen 12 (midnight) Melody at Midnight PAT HYDE AND DINAH MILLER Matches played to -day will be broadcast Selection -Sailing Along,Sigler;With Henry King and His Orchestra,Guest With Their Entertaining Announcer as soon as they come to hand. -Presented You (Brief Ecstasy), Smith; You've Got Bob Walker by" True Romances" and " True Story" Artiste: Carol Lee (Electrical Recordings). Magazines, 30 Bouverie Street, E.C.4. Something There (Varsity Show), Whiting; Presented nightly by Bile Beans, C.E. and Moon of Manockoora (The Hurricane), Fulford, Ltd., Leeds. Arthur Young at the Piano Programmes in French Newman. --Presented by Maclean Brand Presented by Milton Denture Powder, 6.0 p.m. Stomach Powder, Great West Road, 12.30 a.m. I.B.C. TIME SIGNAL John Milton House, N.7. Assn. des Auditeurs de Radio Normandie. Brantford. Dance Music. 10.0 a.m. I.B.C. TIME SIGNAL 12 (midnight) Melody at Midnight 10.4.5 a.m. Crystal Gazing 1.0 am. I.B.C. TIME SIGNAL CARROLL GIBBONS EddieFitzpatrick andhisOrchestra. Presented by O'Cedar Mops and Polishes. Dance Music. And His Boys GuestArtistes:Jimmie Tolsonand Slough, Bucks. 1.30 a.m. I.B.C. TIME. SIGNAL with Jeannie Dunne(ElectricalRecordings). 11.0 a.m. I.B.C. TIME. SIGNAL. 2.0 a.m. I.B.C. Goodnight Melody Anne Lenner Presented nightly byBileBeans, C.E. Something for Everybody. George Melachrino Fulford, Ltd., Leeds. 11.30 a.m. Programmes in French Close Down. Guest Artistes: Assn. des Auditeurs de Radio Normandie. Anne Ziegler 12.30 a.m. I.B.C. TIME SIGNAL 2.0 p.m. Miniature Matinde Abe and Mawrusz MelodyCalling. -Presented byBritish 2.15 p.m. Listen After Lunch SATURDAY, MAY 7 Compere: Russ Carr Home andOffice Telephones, 31St. To the Scrapbook of Melody. The Pages Thirty Minutes of Bright Music, Song and Peter Street. Westminster, S.W.I. are Turned by WilfridThomas and 7.45 a.m. Humour Dance Music Arthur Young. -You are invited to listen LAUGH AND GROW FIT Sponsored by the makers of Cookeen. 12.45 a.m. by Cremola Food Products, Ltd., Cremola with 10.30 a.m. Light Orchestral Music 1.0 & 1.30 a.m. I.B.C. TIME SIGNALS Works, Glasgow,S.I. JOE MURGATROYD I.B.C. TIME SIGNAL (The Lad fra' Yorkshire) 11.0 a.m. 2.0 a.m. I.B.C. Goodnight Melody 2.30 p.m. Ups and Downs ListentoVitbe.--PresentedbyVitbe Close Down. 2.45 p.m. Accordion Favourites awl Bread, Crayford, Kent. 3.0 p.m. Musical Cavalcade Poppet at the Piano 11.15 a.m. Something for Everybody Presented by the publishers of " Caval- Presented to -drat by the makers of Kolynos 11.30 a.m. Programmes in French cade," 2 Salisbury Square, E.C.4. Tooth Paste, 12 Chenies Street, W.C.I. A ssn. des Auditeurs de Radio Normandie. 3.15 p.m. Songs from the Stage and 8.0 a.m. 2.0 p.m. Military Moments RADIO Screen. MUSIC IN THE MORNING Presented by Haywards Military Pickle, 3.45 p.m. The Musical Mirror You Can't Have Everything, Gordon; Montford Place, Kensington, S.E.11. Sr-nsored by Novopine Foot Energiser, You've Struck the Right, Note, Lerner; 2.15 p.m. Musical Comedy Memories LJUBLJANA Yeo Stl-eet, E.3. Unless,Evans; Love Medley. -Presented Presented by The Hurlingham Bungalow 549.3 m., 527 4.0 p.m. Friday at Four beHorlicks, Slough, Bucks. Co., Ltd., Peterborough Road, S.W.6. The Diary of the Week. Presented by 8.15 a.m. I.B.C. TIME. SIGNAL 2.30 p.m. Arthur Young and AFriend. our Radio Friends David and Margaret. The Animal Man. -Presented by the makers The I.B.C. Musical Director at the Piano Time of Transmission Presented by the makers of Du Mairrier of. Chix, 8 Devonshire Grove, S.E.15. introduces listeners to a Radio Guest. Friday:10.30.-11.0 p.m. Cigarettes,I Sekforde Street, E.C.I. 8.30 a.m. Happy Days 2.45 p.m. The Whirl of the World Announcer: F. Miklavcic 4.15 p.m. What's On Presented by Wincarnis,Wincarnis Works. Presented by Monseigneur News Theatres. Intimate Reviews of the Latest Films, Norwich. 3.0 p.m. Your Requests Plays and Other Attractions. By Edgar 8.45 a.m. Sonny lim's 3.30 P.m. Dancing Time FRIDAY, MAY 6 Blatt, th^ LB.C. Special Critic. Young Folks Programme. -Presentedby A Programme of Dance Music chose., by 4.30 P.m. Fingers of Harmony A.C. Fincken & Co., Clifton House, Victor Silvester. 10.30 p.m. Musical Mixture Presented byIC.-proprietorsof Daren Euston Road, N.W.I. 4.0 p.m. Swing Music Bread, Daren, Ltd., Dartford, Kent. 9.0 a.m. I.R.C. TIME SIGNAL Request Programme from Mr. JohnI. 10.45 p.m. Old Favourites 4.45 p.m. Gipsy Airs Keyboard Ft hye-n. Burman of Solihull. Selection -Once Upon aTime,arr. 5.0 p.m. I.B.C.TINIE SIGNAL 9.15 a.m. 4.15 p.m. Popular Pairs Stodden; The Huneysuckle and the Bee Normandy Playbill. Compered by Benjy WITH THE IMMORTALS (Electrical Recordings). Fitz; Take Your Partners; An Old -Time M.Nabb. Advance News and Some of A Musical Problem 4.30 P.m. Variety Music Hall. Next Sunday's High Spots. Introduced by 5.0 p.m. I.B.C. TIME SIGNAL 5.15p.m. A Quarter -Hour Programme Orpheus The Music of Hawaii. 11.0 p.m. Close Down For Boys and Girls.Birthday Greetings Presented by the makers of Bisodol,12 5.15 p.m. A Programme for Men from the Uncles. 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