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Christmas Round Britain

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Frank Gillard invites listeners to join him on a pot-luck tour of Britain to hear how everybody else is spending Christmas morning in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
Reporters include John Snagge, Max Robertson; Bernard Fishwick, James Thorburn; Patrick Hogg, Johnny Kelly, Robert Dunnett; Philip Robinson, Alan Dixon, Alan Clarke; Jack McGeagh, John Body, Bill Everingham; Alun Williams, John Griffiths, Ifan O. Williams; Gerald Nethercot, Harry Walker, Philip Donnellan.
Songs and carols by fishermen from Mousehole, Cornwall; the children from Blaen-v-Cwm, South Wales; the McCusker Ceilidhe Band, Belfast; BBC West of England Singers, and BBC West of England Light Orchestra, conducted by Reginald Redman
The Christmas Goose prepared and cooked by Philip Harben
The programme edited and produced by Michael Barsley

Contributors

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Frank Gillard
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John Snagge
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Max Robertson
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Bernard Fishwick.
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James Thorburn
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Patrick Hogg.
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Johnny Kelly.
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Robert Dunnett
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Philip Robinson
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Alan Dixon
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Alan Clarke
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Jack McGeagh
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John Body
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Bill Evering
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Alun Williams.
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John Griffiths
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Ifan O. Williams
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Gerald Nethercot
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Harry Walker
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Philip Donnellan.
Conducted By:
Reginald Redman
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Philip Harben
Produced By:
Michael Barsley

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