from the 1928 Book of Common Prayer conducted by CANON JOHN OATES Responses (Ayleward) Venite (Barry Rose )
Psalm 111 (Eric Ware )
Reading (av): Luke 1, w 39-56 Benedictus (Gibbons: the Short Service)
Anthem: There is no rose (Gerald Hendrie )
Hymn: Hark what a sound (BBC HB 32)
Organ voluntary: Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland (Bach) BBC SINGERS directed by BARRY ROSE
Organist ANDREW LUMSDEN. Stereo

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Read by PAULINE BUSHNELL
7.20* Business News With BOB FINIGAN
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With CHARLES COLVILE
7.30 News Summary
7.45* Thought for the Day

The Romantic Approach
'It's amazing how much harm winning a war does for the moral fibre of a nation. I mean, you'd never have seen Winston Churchill walking around with a personal stereo.'

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Episode 25
'Ditchley is a cheat, a liar and a rogue. And that's the better side of his nature.' Stereo

Fritz Spiegl lifts the veil on the perils of musical matrimony. Today: Mrs Mozart

Teddy Bear's Picnic by PAUL KING
Young James is given two computerised robots as a present. They despise old-fashioned toys. such as teddy bears, and try to establish the New Order in the playroom. But....
Directed by JOHN TYDEMAN . Stereo (R)

Bernard Price presents an anthology of prose and poetry celebrating the humour and enjoyment of collecting. Tales of Old Masters, a marriage made by the dice, a bibliophile's song to his bookbinder, autographs, a cheap ring and an old dog are all gathered to form a collection. Readers JUNE BARRIE and MARTIN JARVIS Producer MARY PRICE BBC Bristol
(Re-broadcast on Boxing Day at 10.35pm)
(Martin Jarvis is in 'Woman in Mind' at the Vaudeville Theatre. London)

Susan Rae with the latest news and advice for consumers.

Parti
Stereo

Presented by John Sergeant

Quincy the Christmas Toy
2: Ground Floor - Quincy Meets the Mechanical Toys. Stereo

Introduced by Sue MacGregor The Dream.... The Reality
Broken nights, milk-stained clothes, racks of drying nappies, the all-too-familiar signs of the first six months of a baby's life. Jenny Cuffe talks to parents and Penelope Leach about this demanding and exhausting period. Eight Stones by Elizabeth Bowen 7: The Cherry Soul

And There Were in the Same Country by DAVID BANNISTER
When a group of trendy parents offers to take over the school Christmas production, the headmaster is all in favour. It's just the sort of innovation that will impress County Hall. Other teachers are less enthusiastic.... The Parents
The Teachers
Schoolgirl reader .ROMY TENNANT
STEPHEN HANCOCK (piano) ANNE VERNON (piano)
Directed by PETER WINDOWS BBC Pebble Mill. Stereo

To Paul Keens-Douglas , actor-poet from Trinidad,
Christmas conjures up pictures of warm family celebrations in the sunshine.
Hope Sealy introduces his work and helps to bring some Caribbean spirit to the Christmas celebrations here. Researcher AMANDA HANCOX Producer JOHN FORREST
(Re-broadcast Saturday 10.30pm)

Presented by Robert Williams and Phil Longman continued on VHFIFM5.50-5.55pm

With DAVID SYMONDS including Financial Report

6: Christmas at King Street
Christmas breaks out at King Street - and Eric Brown comes towards the end of his first term as a teacher, his idealism still intact. Stereo (R)
(A new series of 'King Street Junior' begins on 5 January at 12.27pm)

(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 1. 40pm)

In the first of four talks David Bean dispatches a personal report on rural life. BBC Manchester (R)

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Glyn Worsnip opens the John Ebdon file to celebrate 25 years of dedicated service to radio. Producer ANGELA HIND
(Revised re-broadcast Saturday 10.5am)

A Far Cry from Africa
'It's the use of simple words and the stuff of ordinary people's lives that make the verse so special.' Beverley Wynter presents a personal history of Caribbean poetry in Britain, and traces its roots back to the oral traditions and music of Africa and the West Indies.
With James Berry , Jean Binta -Breeze, Linton Kwesi-Johnson and Paula Burnett
Producer ANDREW PARFITT. Stereo

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by Anthony Smith
The first of four talks for Christmas week

Michael Oliver samples paperbacks currently being stacked onto the shelves, including the works of Rudyard Kipling , whose stories and poems of Imperial Britain come out of copyright in 1987 and still arouse controversy. Plus some new slim volumes of poetry and a clutch of music guides. Producer JOHN BOUNDY
(Re-broadcast on 5 January)

My Uncle Silas
2: A Teetotal Tale

Presented by Richard Kershaw National and international news, background, analysis and comment

Borodin Symphony No 2 AMSTERDAM CONCERTGEBOUW
ORCHESTRA/KIRILL KONDRASHIN Stereo record

followed by an interlude