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JACK HULBERT PROKOFIEV Conquer) of Oliver in ' The Dover Road' by A. A. Milne First English performance of his Sixth A new production Goldsmith's (Wednesday) Symphony (Thursday) classic comedy-first staged in 1773, the year before-his death-is one of the successes 'THE BROWNING VERSION' RUTLAND BOUGHTON of the current Old Vic season at the New Theatre, London. Home Service listeners vrith Mary Ellis and Eric Portman His opera The Queen of Cornwall ' on Friday (Monday) on Sunday afternoon can hear a radio adaptation made by Hugh Hunt, Director 'OKLAHOMA!' GUIDES' 'THINKING DAY' of the Old Vic Company, and Raymond The In this scene from the microphone visits Drury Lane on Thursday Chief Commissioner speaks on Wednesday Raikes. theatre pro- duction are (left to right) Michael Aldridge, Michael Redgrave, Miles Malleson, Diana BROADCASTING THE ELECTION RESULTS Churchill, Walter Hudd, Yvonne Mitchell, Angela Baddeley, and Nigel Stock who will BBC's special plans, page three-List of Constituencies, four and five pages be unable to' take part in the broadcast FEBRUARY H Eric Portman and Mary Ellis in ' The Browning Version,' oy Terence Rattigan THE WEEK IN BRIEF 19 to 25 Monday, 9.15 p.m. II-llome Service I-Lilaill Programme T - Third Programme L Jack Hulbert in ' The Dover Road,' by A. A Milne Wednesday, 8.0 p.m. H The Old Vic Theatre Company in ' She Stoops to Conquer,' by H Gladys Young and Patricia Laffan in Oliver Goldsmith Sunday, 2.40 p.m. ' Corinth House,' by Pamela Hansford H 'Hello, Guides' ' a Thinking Day programme... Wednesday, 5.0 p.m. Johnson Saturday, 9.15 p.m. L An excerpt and music trom The Theatre Guild's production of 'Oklahoma! ' from Drury Lane, London.........Thursday, 7.30 p.m. TALKS T The H Britain at the Polls Thursday, 9.15 p.m. Contemporary Theatre, by Christopher Fry Sunday, 6.20 p.m. T Thomas Hardy's play ' The Queen of Cornwall,' set as a music drama H Personal Pleasures: One Thing and by Rutland Boughton, with soloists, the BBC Opera Chorus and Another, by Peter Fleming Orchestra, conductor, Stanford Robinson Friday, 6.50 p m. Sunday, 9.15 p.m. H H The General Election: First a of Einstein Sums Up, by J. Bronowski impressions, programme opinions 9.15 8.0 Tuesday, p.m. on the results of the Election ............ :................. Friday, p.m. T The Idea of International Understanding, by Dr. J. C. Beaglehole RELICIOIS SERVICE* T Bach organ recital by Geraint Jones Thursday, 7.25 p.m. H 'Worship and Life': a service about the Thursday, 6.0 p.m. T Life in Madrid, by Honor Tracy Christian's worship in Church. and its T Prokofiev's Symphony No. 6, played by the Friday, 6.30 p.m. meaning for his daily life, from St. Matthew London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor, H Crisis in Tibet, by A. J. Hopkinson Moorfields, Bristol Sunday, 9.30 a.m. Eduard van Beinum Thursday, 8.40 p.m. Friday, 6.45 p.m. H ' How to Pray ' : a service from Wilpshire T Lszt : ' The Legend of St. Elizabeth,' Part T The Nature of the Universe: Man's Place Methodist Church, near Blackburn 1 : with soloists, Goldsmiths' Choral Union, in the Expanding Universe, by Fred Hoyle Sunday, 7.45 p.m. Choir of East Ham Girls' School, BBC Saturday, 8.0 p.m. MUSIC Symphony Orchestra, conductor, Sir Adrian L Godfrey Winn talks on ' My Week' T Orchestral Concert: Walter Lear. Leighton, Boult.............................Saturday, 8.50 p.m. Saturday, 8.0 p.m. Lucas Orchestra, conductor, Lei�hton Lucas Rivier, Satie, Ihert, Sauguet, Poulenc VARIETY FEATURES Sunday, 7.40 p.m. L Band Parade ..................... Sunday, 5.45 p.m. H Radar: The Story of a Secret Weapon H Sunday Symphony Concert: Paul Tortelier, L Variety Bandbox, with Frankie Howerd, Sunday, 6.15 p.m. BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by John Hanson and Sylvia Welling, Peter T James McKechnie in ' Portrait of Marjory Igor Markevitch: Mozart. Havdn. Mussorg- Brough and Archie Andrews, Dick Emery, Fleming,' by Terence Tiller sky Sundav, 9.30 p.m. Ivy Benson, Three Imps....Sunday, 9.0 p.m. Monday, 8.5 p.m.; Thursday, 7.45 p.m. T Contemporary Music: works by Aaron L Donald Peers with the BBC Variety H The Undefeated: Mai Zetterling in 'The Copland, Denis Aplvor, Beniamin Frankel, Orchestra....................Wednesday, 7.30 p.m. Mother Tuesday, 8.0 p.m. and Roberto Gerhard, conducted by L Variety Fanfare.................Friday, 8.45 p.m. L Focus on Disablement....Tuesday, 9.0 p.m. Constant Lambert Tuesdav. 7.45 p.m. H Music-Hall, with Len Marten, Winifred \ H Orchestral Concert: BBC Symphony Buckle, Horace Kenney, Arnie Kitson, Orchestra, conductor. Sir Adrian Boult: Ronald Frankau, Phyllis Robins, Harry SPORT Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Bizet. Beethoven Mooney with Victor King..Saturday, 8.0 p.m. H Rugby Union Football: France v. England, Wednesday, 8.0 p.m. from Paris......................Saturday, 3.10 p.m. T Chamber Orchestral Concert: Paul Tortelier, PLAYS L Association Football: Charlton Athletic v. New London Orchestra, conducted by T James Joyce: ' Exiles,' a play adapted for Manchester United........Saturday, 4.0 p.m. Walter Goehr: Schubert. Hindemith, Ravel broadcasting by John Keir Cross H Rugby Union Football: Ireland v. Scotland, Wednesday. 9.55 p.m. Sunday, 9.0 p.m.; Wednesday. 8.10 p.m. from Dublin Saturday, 4.5 p.m. Broadcasting the Results of the General Election THIS week the nation goes to .the polling will be given at intervals until 10.45 when the Division-is the form of wording that will be Sooths to choose its servants and repre- Home Service will again join the Light Pro- used in the broadcasting of the election results sentatives in the new Parliament. The gramme for a single programme of dance and Put simply: the first letter of the first word in decision it makes will have historic consequences, light music which will continue until 5 o'clock, the name of a constituency as it is announced and all parties have fought a strenuous campaign. except during the Schools periods from 11 till over the air is the key to where it will be found On Thursday evening the tumult and the shout- 12 noon and from 2 till 3. The single pro- in our list. You will find further details at the ing will die. The candidates, the canvassers, the gramme will be interrupted throughout the top of the following page. leaflets, posters, and hoardings, the broadcast morning and afternoon to broadcast results as election addresses and newspaper reports and they come in and to give the State of the Parties The ' Party Gains and Losses' leading articles will have done their work; at regular intervals: The Light Programme will Owing to the redistribution of seats under the millions of slips of paper will have been dropped open as Usual at nine o'clock on Friday. Listeners Representation of the People Act of 1948, the into the ballot-boxes; the, counting of the votes will find the detailed arrangements in our pro- great majority of constituencies in England and wait- will be in progress and everyone will be gramme columns for Thursday and Friday. Wales, and some in Scotland and Northern ing anx'ously for the verdict of the electors. The BBC's Television Service will be reflect- Ireland, have had their boundaries re-drawn This we shall gradually learn as the voting ing a national event of this kind for the first since the last election. The total number of figures for the six hundred and twenty-five con- time. On Election night at 9 o'clock it will seats in the new House of Commons will be stituencies in the United Kingdom become broadcast the chimes of Ben Ben and the Home reduced to 625, as compared with 640 in the old known, voting figures which the voice of the Service news bulletin. At 10.30 viewers can see These alterations, which come into force for the BBC will carry to all corners of the land as soon a special newsreel and election results will then first time at this week's General Election, will as they are available. be given as they come in, alternately from the make impossible any exact comparison of con- On Election night the BBC's Home Service studio with the visual aid of maps and charts stituency results in this contest with those of and Light Programme will remain open until and from Trafalgar Square, where viewers will 1945. Results in particular constituencies could 3.0 a.m. to broadcast the results and the State see the latest returns as they are flashed on a be reported this time in terms of party gain of the Parties. From 10.15 p.m. the two huge screen. and loss only where the boundaries had remained Services combine and there will be a continuous The BBC will broadcast election results to unaltered. But the unaltered constituencies are programme of gramophone records and light listeners overseas in the European and Empire too few and scattered to bulk significantly in music which will be interrupted for the short-wave services. the results at any stage. It has therefore been announcement of the results as they come in. decided not to attempt to indicate party gains Our List of Constituencies Fron 1.0 to 1.15 a.m. the Light Programme and losses in the BBC's broadcasts of election will break away from the Home Service to We thought that listeners would like to have results.. broadcast an election newsreel.