BBC Jubilee Programmes

New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 437, 7 November 1947, Page 15

BBC Jubilee Programmes

N both the General Overseas and Pacific programmes of the BBC this month the spotlight will be (for once) on the BBC itself, which celebrates its silver jubilee on November 14. Focus on the BBC-a forerunner of the month’s special programmes-will be heard in the Pacific Service this coming Saturday (November 8) at 7.15 p.m., N.Z. time. This programme will deal with the arguments that have been presented by official committees and the ordinary listener for and against the broadcasting monopoly in _ Britain. Details of other special programmes which will be heard during the following. week are given below. requencies and wavelengths of stations in the Pacific Service which will be best received New Zealand in the near future are as folUVZ, 9,64 m/c’s, 31.12 metres (6.0--9.0 p-m.); GRX, 9.69, 30.96 (6.0-8.15 p.m.); GSN 11.82, 25.38 (6.0-10.0 p.m.); GSI, 15.26, 19.66 (6.0-10.0 p.m.). Headlines in the programmes for the week November 9-15: Scheduled for 8.30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 12, The Mirror of Our Times is a historical panorama, setting the story of the BBC against the changing background of the last quar-ter-century. Written and, produced. by D. G. Brinsden, this programme will recall many memorable occasions. and introduce the voices of many famous people.

For those listeners who have a preference for documentary broadcasts, This BBC (Thursday, November 13, 6.45 p.m.) will be an appropriate session. It takes the listener into Broadcasting House and shows the BBC at work. Produced by Peter Eton, this programme covers 24 hours in the working life of BBC staff and artists. Three of the BBC’s best-known orchestras-the Symphony, Scottish and Northern-will join forces in a concert at the Royal Albert Hall, under the direction of Sir Adrian Boult and John Barbirolli (conductor of the Halle Orchestra). The programme, which will be heard in the Pacific Service at 8.30 p.m. on Friday, November 14, will include Elgar’s Introduction and Allegro for Strings, Tchaikovski’s Symphony No. 4 in D, Vaughan Williams’s Serenade to Music, and Beethoven’s Fifth. Another programme which will be of special interest to many listeners-a recall from the BBC’s earlier dayswill be a recording of "Wottie," one of the best of the microphone tales of A. J. Alan, the radio’ story-teller, who died nearly six years ago. The Director-General of the BBC will contribute a talk of special significance at 8.15 p.m. on November 22. His subject will be "The Function of Radio in the Modern World."