God Rest You Merry Readings and music for Christmas Week by ANDREW CRUICKSHANK and the ST MARTIN SINGERS
7.55 Weather; programme news
Christians, awake ...
Today's Time GTS 8.0, 9.0 am
1.0, 6.0, 11.0 pm Big Ben 10.0 pm
Radio's breakfast-time magazine introduced by JACK DE MANIO
read by JILL BALCON (3)
Christians, awake . . .
Greetings from St Philip and St James, Holywood, Co Down; Holy Trinity, Darlington; St Elvan, Aberdare; St Martin's, Birmingham; St Andrew , Stratton by Bude, Cornwall; St John the Baptist, Hillingdon, Middlesex; St Andrew 's Cathedral. Inverness; Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem
Introduced by ROBERT HUDSON Produced by JOHN HASLAM
1912-1953
When she died tragically of cancer at the early age of 41, Kathleen Ferrier had within the space of only ten years gained an international reputation as a singer. The quality of her voice, her gaiety, and the warmth of her personality are remembered by her friends in this radio portrait. Speakers include WINIFRED FERRIER
SIR JOHN BARBIROLLI
SIR ARTHUR BLISS
BENJAMIN BRITTEN , JOHN FRANCIS ROY HENDERSON. MAURICE JACOBSON GERALD MOORE , JOHN NEWMARK PETER PEARS, ALAN RAWSTHORNE Compiled and produced by ROBERT POCOCK
Trumpet Tune ROGER VOISIN
THE KAPP SINFONIETTA conducted by EMANUEL VARDI gramophone record
from St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in the presence of HM The Queen, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh and other members of the Royal Family
"Once in Royal David's city"
Versicles, Responses;
Psalm 19
Lesson: Isaiah 9, vv 2-7
Te Deum
Lesson: St Luke 2, vv 1-20
Benedictus;
Creed; The Lord's Prayer; Versicles, Responses; Collects
"Hark the herald-angels sing"
Address: The Dean of Windsor The Very Rev R. Woods
Prayers;
"O come, all ye faithful"
The Blessing;
National Anthem
Service conducted by The Rev I. G. Collins
Organist and Master of Choristers Sidney Campbell
Assistant organist John Morehen
The scene described by Ronald Allison
(Also on BBCtv)
VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by WILLI BOSKOVSKY gramophone records
and programme news
Cliff Richard in person with MICHAEL FLANDERS and DONALD SWANN
LUIS ALBERTO DEL PARANA Y LOS PARAGUAYOS
JOHN CLEESE , SALENA JONES NORRIE PARAMOR AND HIS
ORCHESTRA
Produced by JOHN CASSELS
by EDEN PHILLPOTTS with Nigel Stock
Samuel Sweetland , widower, of the village of Little Silver, Devon, man of substance and self-importance, decides to choose himself a wife from his own local short-list.
Produced by BRANDON ACTON-BOND
Jimmy Edwards, Dick Bentley and June Whitfield invite you to join them for a Glum Christmas
With WALLAS EATON
THE KEYNOTES
BBC REVUE ORCHESTRA leader ANTONY GILBERT conductor HARRY RABINOWITZ
Script by FRANK MUIR and DENIS NORDEN
Produced by CHARLES MAXWELL
(Frank Muir and Denis Norden, with producer Charles Maxwell, recall the days of TIFH: 2 January, 7.30 pm)
Introduced by chairman Barry Cryer featuring popular favourites of the Late Joys
JOAN STERNDALE BENNETT
ANNA DAWSON , DOREEN HERMITAGE ELEANOR MCCREADY , DENIS MARTIN SHEILA MATTHEWS VALENTINE PALMER
JULIA SUTTON , ERICH VIETHEER plus a seasonal extravaganza The Babes in the Wood starringandand adapted from
MAURICE BROWNING 'S Stage
Version by TRAFFORD WHITELOCK Musical director GEOFFREY BRAWN Produced by TRAFFORD WHITELOCK
' Knowing who you are, I think, can lead to golden moments in everybody's life when there comes the realisation that they are capable of coping - not only with other responsibilities, but with their own....'
and programme news
British Wireless for the Blind Fund by ALVAR LIDELL
The annual opportunity to provide radio sets for blind people. Donations, preferably by crossed po or cheque, to: Alvar Lidell, British Wireless for the Blind Fund, [address removed]
Christmas edition
ANONA WINN, JOY
ADAMSON NORMAN HACKFORTH. PETER GLAZE with a mystery guest and DAVID FRANKLIN in the chair
Produced by BOBBY JAYE (Repeated: Friday, 9.5 am)
(Repeated: Friday, 1.30 pm)
by Lewis Carroll
Adapted and produced by Charles Lefeaux
with Cherie Lunghi as Alice and Eric Shilling, Cyril Shaps, Marjorie Westbury, David March
Alan Webb , Curator of Elgar's birthplace, recalls an evening he once spent with the composer and introduces some of the records Elgar played to him Produced by JOHN LADE
presents her Anthology A choice of this and that from the BBC Sound Archives Compiled by ANN MEO
Produced by STEVE ALLEN (Repeated: Friday, 5.15 pm)
Thoughts on fatherhood as a child grows up
Introduced by PETER FIRTH
Phineas Redux by ANTHONY TROLLOPE
Book 1: The Ladies Rally Round read by DAVID MARCH (4)
Beethoven Quartet in F major, Op 135
AMADEUS STRING QUARTET Norbert Brainin (violin) Siegmund Nissel (violin) Peter Schidlof (viola) Martin Lovett (cello)
