ROSEMARY WAKELIN
Michael Aspel presents Radio 4's two-hour Boxing Day morning special
6.50 Holiday travel news, What's on. and Keep Fit with EILEEN FOWLER
and more of Today on Boxing Day, including at 7.25 Sportsdesk
and more of Today on Boxing Day, including at 8.25 Sportsdesk
by NORMAN FOX
Read by SEAN BARRETT (2)
As Others See Us
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from the Royal Herbert Hospital. Woolwich
Anona Winn , Joy Adamson
Norman Hackforth , Peter Glaze try to guess objects thought up by the patients and hospital staff. Peter Jones in the chair. Producer JOHN CASSELS
Martin Jarvis reads William and the Princess Goldilocks
New Every Morning, p 17; All poor men and humble (Oxford Book of Carols 34): Psalm 111; Acts 7, v 55, to 8, v 3 (AV); 0 God. thy soldiers' faithful Lord (BBC HB 232)
One Sunday in Cleveland recalled by Basil Boothroyd Producer BARBARA CROWTHER
BRIAN JOHNSTON recently visited The Hippodrome, Bristol, to watch final rehearsals for the Christmas pantomime, Aladdin. X
James Burke gives his views on Boxing Day, with illustrations from BBC Sound Archives.
Country Style
Boxing Day Edition presented by Jeanine McMullen featuring a survival centre for rare farm animals; a new lease of life for battery hens; the gentle art of dry stone walling; a cautionary note on holly and mistletoe; and other seasonable country topics.
12.55
Weather, programme news
William Hardcastle
Warts and Wieniawski - in which Johnny recalls the problems of being a child violinist. Johnny visits The Idle Islands: Friday at 7.50 pm BBC2
On the Second Day of Christmas by IVOR WILSON
Policemen enjoy a quiet Christmas as much as anybody, but when a young surgeon and a nurse are snatched from a hospital, Supt Thompson decides a lot of his men will have to forgo their family celebrations.
Producer ALFRED BRADLEY (Leeds)
My Kind of Music
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Alistair Cooke 's Kind of Music: New Year's Day, 1.45 pm
The news magazine: presented by William Hardcastle and PM's reporting team
Renee Houston , Beryl Reid Margaret Powell Juno Alexander
In the chair Anona Winn
Devised by ANONA WINN and IAN MESSITER. Producer ALASTAIR SCOTT JOHNSTON
(Repeated: Friday, 12.27 pm)
(Repeated: Thursday, 1.30 pm)
Adam Raphael
A celebration of its birth some 25 years ago.
Frank Muir and Denis Norden reminisce about the story of the Glum Family and the seven-year engagement of Ron and Eth. Taking part in the original programmes are:
Jimmy Edwards, Dick Bentley, June Whitfield, Wallas Eaton
Written by MUIR and NORDEN produced by CHARLES MAXWELL
Excerpts made available by BBC Transcription Service
Celebration producer JOHN BROWELL
by W. Somerset Maugham, adapted by Liane Aukin
Carleton Hobbs, Richard Hurndall and Gwen Watford
Richard Harenger, rich man-about-town, engages a very personable parlourmaid - who turns out to be a treasure indeed!
(1969) (Repeated: Thursday, 3.5 pm)
A special Christmas contest between Round Britain Quiz and Brain of Britain Representing
Round Britain Quiz:
Irene Thomas. John Mays Anthony Quinton Representing
Brain of Britain:
Glyn Court , Hugh Stewart Peter Richardson
Chairmen Jack Longland and Robert Robinson Questions compiled by JACK LONGLAND and JOHN P.WYNN Producers MARTIN FISHER and TREVOR HILL
Sir Jack Longland answers
Any Questions? Friday 4 Jan.
Douglas Stuart discusses the year's events with Radio 4's anchormen: John Timpson (Today), William Hardcastle (The World at One) and Gerald Priestland (News Desk)
Read by Martin Jarvis
(Part 3: Thursday, 10.30 pm)
Kenneth Williams
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Telemann and Rameau played by RAFAEL PUYANA gramophone records
preceded by Weather
