Wednesday's 'Ten to Eight'
and Programme News
Radio's breakfast-time magazine
Introduced by JACK DE MANIO
For Children
Christmas poetry and song
and Programme News
Revised second edition
by PEARLS . BUCK
Read by MARY WIMBUSH
Fourth of ten instalments
Recordings of favourite religious music from folk song to oratorio
Narrators,
CHARLES CHILTON , KEVIN FLOOD HARRY LANDIS , ANN MURRAY
Compiled and produced by Charles Chilton
Sir Felix Aylmer introduces' the recorded voices of some of his distinguished colleagues of the theatre including:
HENRY AINLEY
WILLIAM ARMSTRONG
DAME PEGGY ASHCROFT SIR LEWIS CASSON A. E. MATTHEWS
Sir LAURENCE OLIVIER
Produced by Denys Gueroult
Rptd.: next Wednesday, 7.30 p.m.
St. Stephen's Day
New Every Morning, page 99
Love came down at Christmas
(BBC H.B. 53)
The holly and the ivy (Oxford
Book of Carols 38)
Acts 6, vv. 8-15; 7, vv. 55-60
(N.E.B.)
A great and mighty wonder (BBC
H.B. 41)
Records of music from light operas by Gilbert and Sullivan
Introduced by Peter Pratt
A musical wander through the decade and a word or two about some of the outstanding events
The records recall many of the world's all-time standards of popular music: the shows, the radio performances, the first musical films.....
Written and introduced by BOB HOLNESS
Additional research by Bill Sullivan
Produced by Mark White
Problems from listeners' letters discussed by RENÉE HOUSTON, FANNY CRADOCK
JOY Nichols, BETTINE LE BEAU
In the chair, ANONA WINN
Tuesday's broadcast
Be Reasonable!, a male reply: Saturday, 7.0; Tuesday, 12 noon
and Programme News
The News and Voices and Topics in and behind the headlines
Introduced by WILLIAM HARDCASTLE
Wednesday evening's broadcast
From the Windmill to Drury Lane
A goon and his music-the much-loved Harry Secombe , and records from the high-spots in his career to date
Presented by KEITH FORDYCE
Produced by Harry Walters
Harry Secombe is in ' The Four Musketeers ' at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. London
by Nesta Pain with Dorothy Tutin and Alan Wheatley
Produced by NESTA PAIN
gramophone records
Special Boxing Day edition with your host, Tim Gudgin in which:
Gillie Potter remembers Christmas at Hogsnorton
Gregory Peck is interviewed on location at Pinewood Studios. In a round-up of festive films Peter Davalle also talks to Michael Winner about his new star (an elephant), to Diane Baker about filming with horses, and plays music from Cinderella, Half a Sixpence, and Dr. Dolittle
Philip Cabot tells the story of the Black Bond - a dangerous Christmas Day in Madagascar when his life was saved by a tribesman who, by so doing, kept his word
and Basil Boothroyd has the last word
ANGELA PAIN talks to the inhabitants of a vanished world -the world of butlers, foot-men, cooks, housemaids.... They recall a way of life as strict and traditional as that of their masters
Programme News
Produced by Godfrey Dixey
Written by BARRY TOOK
JOHNNIE MOHTIMER and Brian COOKE starring Kenneth Horne with KENNETH WILLIAMS , HUGH PADDICK and BETTY MARSDEN
Music by THE MAX HARRIS GROUP
Announcer, DOUGLAS SMITH
Produced by JOHN SIMMONDS
Broadcast on May 26 (Radio 2)
Roger Snowdon presents for your instruction and entertainment a lavishly illustrated account of this almost exclusively British institution from its earliest beginnings more than 250 years ago to the present day The actors:
JOHN BADDELEY , ALARIC COTTER
MICHAEL DEACON , LEONARD FENTON CHARLES LENO , KENNETH MCCLELLAN PETER PRATT , JOHN PULLEN
JULIAN SOMERS , MICHAEL SPICE FREDERICK TREVES , JOHN WYSE
URSULA HANRAY , LISA HARROW
KATHLEEN HELME , PAULINE LETTS
Written and produced by Roger Snowdon
presents a special holiday edition of Records for You
with Nicholas Parsons featuring
DENISE BRYER , PETER REEVES
BOB TODD , and RONALD FLETCHER
Script by PETER MYERS
Produced by John Bridges
Rptd.: Sunday, 9.30 p.m. (Radio 2)
The News
Background to the News
People in the News followed by LISTENING POST
GILES PLAYFAIR introduces this edition of a series designed to reflect listeners' own views on current topics. Letters on public affairs and issues of policy are specially welcome
For either the weekday or Sunday editions, send your letters to- Listening Post[address removed]For very late letters you can ring [number removed]and dictate your message.
3: Them and Us
Jim BULLOCK describes to
Tony Van den Bergh how he became a colliery manager at the mine where he had worked as a pony driver
The Chimes by CHARLES DICKENS
Read by GARY WATSON
Fourth of ten instalments
Mozart
Quartet in E flat major (K.493)
LONDON PIANO QUARTET
