THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, DR DONALD COGGAN
7.55 Weather, programme news
Christians, awake

Robert Dougall plays some of his favourite records and explains why they give him particular pleasure. gramophone records
(Extended rpt: Boxing Day 4.5) Around the World in 60 Days with Robert Dougall : 8 Jan 4.5 pm
S.55 Christmas Day Parade
Christians, awake . . .

Greetings from St Thomas 's, Belfast; St Mary's Scottish Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh; St Mawgan and St Nicholas, Mawgan-in-Pydar, Cornwall; St Michael 's, Llantarnam. Gwent; St Andrew 's, East Hagbourne, Berks; St Mary-le-Tower, Ipswich; St Wil frid's, Harrogate; Christchurch Cathedral, NZ; the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem.
Introduced by ROBERT HUDSON Producer JOHN HASLAM

The Queen speaks to the Commonwealth

Holy Communion from the Cathedral and Abbey Church of StAlban. Celebrant, The Dean VERY REV PETER MOORE
Preacher RT REV ROBERT RUNCIE , Bishop of St ALbans
Hymns (EH): Of the Father's love begotten (613); It came upon the midnight clear (26) Carol: Sunny Bank (Hurford)
Anthem: Hodie Christus natus est (Sweelinck)
Lessons (AV); Micah 5, vv 2-4: Titus 2, vv 11-14; Luke 2, vv 1-20 Service to Merbecke and Stanford in c and F. Master of the MUSiC PETER HURFORD
Assistant SIMON LINDLEY

David Jacobs
Invites you to Join him with RONNIE BARKER, WILFRID BRAMBELL, TIM BROOKE-TAYLOR, SIR NEVILLE CARDUS
CHARLES CHILTON, JOHN CLEESE, HARRY H. CORBETT
BERNARD CRIBBINS
LESLIE CROWTHER , BARRY CRYER, FREDDIE DAVIES, PERCY EDWARDS, RAY FELL, GRAEME GARDEN
DENNIS GOMM, PETER GOODWRIGHT, SHEILA HANCOCK, TONY HANCOCK DAVID HATCH , BOB HOPE
GEORGE HOUSE, KENNETH HORNE, SID JAMES , DAVID JASON
JOHN JUNKIN, JO KENDALL, BILL KERR, ROGER KITTER, DAVE LEE, ALFRED MARKS
BETTY MARSDEN, ERIC MORECAMBE and ERNIE WISE, FRANK MUIR, MIKE NEWMAN, MIKE NEVILLE, BILL ODDIE, HUGH PADDICK
BILL PERTWEE, ESTHER RANTZEN, AL READ, WILLIAM RUSHTON
HUGH SCANLON, DOUGLAS SMITH, BARRY TOOK, JUNE WHITFIELD, KENNETH WILLIAMS, CHARLES YOUNG and THE KING'S SINGERS also a Christmas repeat of Take It From Here (1958) with JIMMY EDWARDS, DICK BENTLEY, JUNE WHITFIELD, WALLAS EATON, THE KEYNOTES and AUGMENTED
BBC REVUE ORCHESTRA conducted by HARRY RABINOWITZ
Written and produced by many people. Compiled by JOHN LLOYD and JOHN FAWCETT WILSON
12.55 Weather, programme news

The Queen speaks to the Commonwealth followed by News

Based on the original TV series by Jimmy Perry and David Croft
Starring Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier and Clive Dunn
Featuring John Laurie, Arnold Ridley, Ian Lavender
with Bill Pertwee, Pearl Hackney, Larry Martyn, Geoffrey Lumsden, Jack Watson, Norman Bird and John Snagge

Capt Mainwaring and his men pit their wits against Eastgate Platoon for the honour of guarding a VIP.
(Rptd: Boxing Day 7.30 pm)

or A Lesson to Fathers
A comic adventure (1881) by F. ANSTEY : adapted for radio by CONSTANCE cox and for Christmas by RAYMOND RAIKES with Norman Shelley
Schoolboys: IAN ALLIS, ANTHONY DANIELS , ROBERT KING , DANIEL ROSE, IAN SHARROCK , BARNABY WILLIAMS. Railwaymen: MICHAEL DEACON , PAUL GAYMON , PETER PACEY Producer RAYMOND RAIKES

Flanders and Swann
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MARTIN MUNCASTER joins MONICA EDWARDS as evening falls in a wooded valley near her home to watch what happens as the badgers emerge from their setts. Producer DILYS BREESE

Wireless for the Blind Fund
The annual appeal made this year by RICHARD BAKER
Donations, preferably by crossed po or cheque, to: [address removed]

Renée Houston. Isobel Barnett Katie Boyle , Janet Hitchman In the chair Anona Winn
Devised by ANONA WINN and IAN MESSITER. Producer JOHN BRIDGES (Repeated: Friday 12.27 pm)

(Rptd: Boxing Day 1.30 pm)

A Celebration Special
Tommy Steele remembers pantomimes, plays, films and long-run musicals in which he has appeared during the Festive Season; with songs on records and a reminiscent anecdote or two from his stage producer FREDDIE CARPENTER.
Compiled and produced by TRAFFORD WHITELOCK
(Rptd: Boxing Day 11.5 am)
(Tommy is in 'Hans Ander sen ' at the London Palladium)

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Dramatised by Michael Hardwick
with Dinsdale Landen
and Frederick Treves

An American is found dead in an empty house in the Brixton Road. Insp Gregson is puzzled. He consults an eccentric young gentleman, Mr Sherlock Holmes.

Records of the great Italian tenor

and Weather

Round the Horne and back - to Much-Binding in-the-Marsh
Richard Murdoch introduces an appreciation of a unique radio entertainer, with recordings from his many broadcasts Producer BOBBY JAYE
(First broadcast in Celebration)

Some of his favourite records, including ' White Christmas

Read by Sir John Gielgud and Rosalind Shanks
Music contributed by the BBC SINGERS. The sequence compiled by H. COLIN DAVIS

preceded by Weather