Selected by Michael Ford. Stereo
6.50 The Christmas Story
Timothy West reads the story of the Nativity from the King James Version of the Bible. Producer SHLRLEY PENROSE BBC Birmingham. Stereo
7.0 News preceded by Christians Awake, Salute the Happy Morn. Stereo
7.5 On a Christmas Morning Stories and legends of Christmas animals
Compiled by KATE TIFFIN BBC Bristol. Stereo
7.25 Christmas Bells
Robert Hudson introduces a selection of church bells from around the country. Producer HELEN GILL
7.50 The Christmas Story
Timothy West reads the story of the Nativity from the Good News Bible. Stereo
8.0 News preceded by Christians Awake, Salute the Happy Morn. Stereo
A special seasonal story about the characters created by a j J. CRONIN with and in A Sentimental Tale by DONALD BULL
Producer EDWARD TAYLOR
An opportunity to hear the clues again
preceded by 0 Come, All ye Faithful Stereo
(Re-broadcast on Sunday at 12.30pm)
speaks to the Commonwealth Stereo (Re-broadcast at 1. 0pm)
for Christmas Day from Rosemary Presbyterian Church, Belfast Conducted by THE REV JOHN DUNLOP
Organist and Choirmaster WILLIAM CAIRNS
Readings: Isaiah 9, vv 2-7 (GNB); Luke 2, vv 1-20 (av)
Hymns (CH 3): Hark! The herald angels sing (169); See in yonder manger low (179); 0 little town of Bethlehem (172); 0 come, all ye faithful (191)
Anthems: Away in a manger (E. Martin ); Calypso Carol (Perry, arr Coates) BBC Northern Ireland
by Anthony Smith
5: 'I've joined the Royal Flying Corps.I'mgoingtobeanairace.' Other parts played by TREVOR COOPER. NICK MALONEY
NICK REVELL. ARTHUR SMITH and DAVID TIMSON (R)
3: Don Guzman de Soto
Amyas Leigh and Will Cary embark for Ireland to fight Spaniards - and meet one who will change the course of Amyas's life ... Stereo (R)
A Week in Chalet Land
An investigation into holiday camps: some of the facts and figures about them, with points of view for and against, and some suggestion of their meaning as symptoms of a changing society.
Narrator Mary O'Farrell Written and produced by JENIFER WAYNE
( First broadcast in 1948)
Stereo
Stereo
Steptoe and Son
A special Christmas edition starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H. Corbett
With DOUGLAS BLACKWELL and NICOLETTE MCKENZIE
Written and adapted for radio by RAY GALTON and ALAN SIMPSON Producer BOBBY JAYE
(First broadcast Christmas Day 1976)
3: Christmas Creatures - Dove told by DANA
A series of plays by WILLIAM DOUGLAS HOME
The Reluctant Debutante with and 1955. The deb season is at its height and Sheila is worried that her daughter, Jane, seems to have made no impact on any suitable young men.
Directed by GLYN DEARMAN. Stereo
(Nicholas Farrell is in 'Camille' at the Comedy Theatre, London)
('The Kingfisher' tomorrow at 2.0pm)
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Jack and the Beanstalk
Stereo
Summer
Caroline Parsons takes her second step into the seasons, to find out how man, beast and plant respond to high sun and long summer days. Stereo (R)
3: Grandfather's Waterloo
As war becomes imminent, the Hebridean islanders cope with developments on the Home Front. (R)
As the cold silence of mid-winter settles on Deepdale in the remote reaches of North Yorkshire, all life seems suspended. But it's a difficult and watchful time for David Pearson , a sheep farmer, and his family as they try to protect their stock from the worst of the weather. Phil Smith takes to the hills to share some moments of Dales life. Producer GILLIAN HUSH BBC Manchester (R)
6 and 7: 'Agreed. Schmidt & Fosdyke - Berlin. I prefer Fosdyke & Schmidt - Manchester.'
Other parts played by LARRY LAMB. SALLY GRACE
NICK REVELL. NICK MALONEY and ARTHUR SMITH (R)
talks about the value of radio in the day-to-day life of those who are blind. A radio to a blind person is a gift that speaks for itself.
Donations to help can be sent to:
Richard Baker , [address removed]
An opportunity to hear the clues again
Art, Culture and Politics The first of three talks by Adrian Mole for listeners at Christmas time
Performed by Nicholas Barnes Written by SUE TOWNSEND Producer JOHN TYDEMAN (R)
3: A Note for
Danny Danny Clayton offered to tell Mrs Milbourne where her husband was in return for
E5,000, the money to be delivered to a houseboat on the Thames. When Paul Temple arrived at the houseboat, he found a dead body and a book - called Too Young To Die. (R)
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 1. 40pm)
The Lingo de Mid Channel Episode Trois: Le 'Kidnap' Stereo (R)
by LEWIS CARROLL adapted for radio by JOHN WELLS with music composed and conducted by CARL DAVIES with
'Oh Kitty, how nice it would be to get through into Looking Glass World. I'm sure it's got, oh, such beautiful things in it.'
Stereo
Stubby Kaye reads the short story by DAMON RUNYON abridged by MARTIN BOOTH
Producer MARK ROBSON. Stereo
A new pipe-organ was installed last year in Wetheral Parish Church near Carlisle in Cumbria. Built by Richard Bower , a young organ-restorer and builder from Neatishead in Norfolk, this two-manual instrument took 18 months' work. Nigel Holmes watched and listened as the organ came to life. The inaugural recital was given by David Hill. Master of the Music at Westminster Cathedral.
Producer NIGEL HOLMES
(First broadcast on BBC Radio Cumbria)
A meditation by The Most Rev Derek Worlock , Roman Catholic Archbishop of Liverpool. Stereo
Today, William Kincaid plays music by Mozart, Telemann, Caplet and Hindemith. (R)
Part 3 (R)
followed by an interlude
