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BBC Birmingham
7.45 Bells
7.50 Sunday Reading
ROBERT RIETTY reads from Letters from a Prisoner of Conscience by CARLOS CHRISTO
7.55 Weather; programme news
8.10 Sunday Papers
Presented by Clive Jacobs Producer JOHN NEWBURY
8.55 Weather; programme news
from Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church, London. conducted by THE REV DR HOWARD WILLIAMS , assisted by THE REV
BARBARA STANFORD
Preacher THE REV
DR HOWARD WILLIAMS
The last of four broadcasts during Advent on: Signs of the Times
4: The Signs of Hope
Readings (RSV): Isaiah 11, vv 1-9; St John 1, vv 1-14
Introit: I will lift up mine eyes (Gerald Barnes)
Hymns (Baptist Hymn Book): We praise, we worship thee, 0 God (33); The race that long in darkness pined (110); All my hope on God is founded (492); Hark the glad sound! the Saviour comes (81)
Anthem: Ye that are to mirth inclined consider well what God hath done (Eric Thiman )
Organist and Choirmaster GERALD BARNES
in which she recalls some of the sketches, monologues. plays and poetry that have been a part of her life since childhood and in her career as actress and comedienne. With YVONNE D'ALPRA and GEOFFREY HEAD (piano) Producer BRIAN PATTEN BBC Bristol
Recorded at The Redgrave Theatre, Farnham, Surrey (Rptd: Christmas Day 5.0)
Another chance to hear Tony's Christmas starring Tony Hancock SIDNEY JAMES , BILL KERR HATTIE JACQUES and KENNETH WILLIAMS
Script by RAY GALTON and ALAN SIMPSON
Theme and incidental music by WALLY STOTT Producer
DENNIS MAIN WILSON
(First broadcast in 1956)
with Narrator John Rowe with David Graham. Harold Kasket, Elizabeth Proud and Philip Voss
One of the most flamboyant characters of Victorian London was a French-man, Alexis Soyer. He was the greatest chef of the age. equally successful organising banquets for the wealthy and soup kitchens for the poor. In 1855, distressed by the front-line dispatches in The Times. he travelled at his own expense to the Crimea. Within a short time he had transformed the daily diet of the British soldier and won the admiration and friendship of Florence Nightingale.
ScriptPEGGYBRANFORD
Producer ALAN HAYDOCK
and among those celebrating with Sandra Clark will be Sir John Betjeman. There are poems for the family by the fireside, and Hella Pick has been visiting Christians in Eastern Europe.
Producer PETER ESTALL
12.55 Weather; programme news
Presented by Gordon Clough
Tony Davis , Mick Groves , Cliff Hall and Hugh Jones with JOHN mccormick (bass) Producer
JOHN FAWCETT WILSON
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visits Northumberland where members of the Nedderton Women's Institute put their questions to FRED LOADS
BILL SOWERBUTTS and PROFESSOR ALAN GEMMELL Questionmaster KEN FORD BBC Manchester
(Rev rpt: Wed 10.5 am)
A compilation by BRIAN SIBLEY which ventures through fable, verse and prose.
(Details: Thurs 10.30 pm)
in King's College Chapel, Cambridge upon Christmas Eve
Before this 50th live broadcast of the Service, BISHOP JOHN DALY remembers Eric Milner-White . Dean of King's for 23 years, and later of York. who planned the Festival for use at Cambridge in 1918. (Full details: Christmas Day 3.0 pm Radio 3; see also BBC2 tonight 8.5 pm)
The World of Jesus
Why is the kingdom of heaven like a mustard seed? Jesus often used the animals and plants around him to illustrate his teaching but how did his living world differ from ours? Introduced by Peter France
Producer MOIRA MANN BBC Bristol
in nostalgic mood, invites you to join her at home as she recalls how Christmas was celebrated in those far-off days of long ago, and explains how she likes to spend Christmas with her family now.
Brian Johnston recently visited The Savoy Hotel (Revised repeat of last Friday's broadcast)
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Omnibus Edition Directed by VANESSA WHITBURV BBC Birmingham
for The Light of the World An anthology in words and music for Christmas Eve. introduced by Tom Fleming , with JILL BALCON. GARY WATSON
ST MARGARET 'S WESTMINSTER SINGERS, conducted by RICHARD HICKOX
Organist IAN WATSON
Producer ANGELA TILBY
Recorded at St Alban's Church, Holborn.
Brian Matthew presents a selection of items from the Fringe of this year's Edinburgh Festival.
(Details: Thurs 11.0 am)
Gerald Priestland and BBC Correspondents around the world recall the sights and sounds of Christmas abroad.
A Radio News production by JOHN WILLIAMS
(Rptd: Boxing Day 2.45)
with Anne Howells and Ryland Davies
A programme of operatic arias, ballads and duets sung by husband and wife ANNE HOWELLS (mezzo-soprano) and RYLAND DAVIES (tenor) before an invited audience at Broadcasting House. Cardiff.
SHEELAGH GALLWAY (piano) Producer TELERI BEVAN BBC Wales
9.58 Weather
A new epic adventure in time and space, including some helpful advice on how to avoid certain death. The show that began with the end of the world continues with Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect stranded on prehistoric earth, and Zaphod Beeblebrox and Marvin thoroughly devoured by a carbon-copy of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal.
Starring Peter Jones as The Book
with Mark Wing-Davey as Zaphod Beeblebrox, Stephen Moore as Marvin, Simon Jones as Arthur Dent, Geoffrey McGivern as Ford Prefect/Frogstar Robot, Bill Paterson as Assistant Arcturan Pilot, David Tate as The Captain/Receptionist/The Lift, Alan Ford as Roosta
(Stephen Moore is a National Theatre player)
Compiled and written by ELIZABETH HAVELOCK and JOHN CHATER. Introduced by Elizabeth Havelock
A lighthearted seasonal anthology of traditional and modern aspects of Christmas, including this 1594 cookbook recipe:
' Traditional Ale Syllabub Place in a large bowl a quart of strong ale or beer, grate into this a little nutmeg, and sweeten with sugar; milk the cow rapidly into the bowl, forcing the milk as strongly as possible into the ale, and against the sides of the vessel, to raise a good froth. Let it stand an hour. and it will be fit for use.'
Readers MANNING WILSON boy SPENCER and ROSEMARY WHITFIELD
Directed by BRIAN MILLER BBC Bristol
of the Nativity from Holy Cross Church, Ardoyne, Belfast, celebrated by the Rector, THE VERY REV MYLES KAVANAGH , CP
Preacher FR RALPH EGAN , CP Organist and Choirmaster WILLIAM SAVAGE
Readings: Isaiah 9. w 2-7; Titus 2, vv 11-14; Luke 2, vv 1-14
Hvmns: Once in roval David's city; In the bleak midwinter; In dulci jubilo; Hark, the herald angels sing.
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