with Marjorie Lofthouse NE WARD
BBC Pebble Mill. Stereo

News, weather and travel seasonally wrapped by John Waite. Hampered by JANE RAY and ANDREW PARFITT. Stmo

A seasonal episode by CHRISTOPHER LEE. Starring and with and A quiet family
Christmas - or is it?
Producer MARTIN FISHER. Stereo

HM The Queen speaks to the Commonwealth.
Stereo

The Christmas Eucharist from the Cathedral
Church of St Mary the Virgin, St Peter and St Cedd, Chelmsford.
Celebrant THE RT REV JOHN WAINE , The Lord Bishop of Chelmsford. Preacher The Very Rev Dr John Moses.
Isaiah 9, w 2, 6, 7; Luke 2, w 8-20; 0 come, all ye faithful; Away in a manger; 0 little town of Bethlehem; Hark the herald angels sing; Missa ad praesepe
(G. Malcolm ). Master of Music DR GRAHAM ELLIOTT; Assistant
Master of Music TIMOTHY ALLEN ; Organ Scholar NEIL WESTON

(Details Christmas Eve 5. 00pm)

Any resemblance to a Goon Show is due to the laxity of the producer... (Details Thurs 4 Jan 11.30pm)
NEW SERIES

Five programmes.
At some time in their lives everybody has something to celebrate. A Jubilee for the Sisters At the convent of Notre Dame, Dumbarton, five sisters prepare to celebrate 25 years in religious life.
Producer CATHIE MAHONEY Stereo

The first of five popular programmes produced by the BBC Radio Light Entertainment Dept. ITMA (Victory in Europe edition) starring Tommy Handley with Jack Train ,
Dorothy Summers ,
Horace Percival , Dino Galvani , Sydney Keith , Fred Yule , Jean Capra , Diana Morrison and Ann Rich.
BBC Augmented Variety Orchestra conducted by CHARLES SHADWELL Script by TED KAVANAGH
Producer FRANCIS WORSLEY (First broadcast May 1945)

Stereo

Laurie Lee introduces an anthology of seasonal poetry and prose.
With David Goodland and Elizabeth Kelly. Compiled by JOHN HUDSON Producer SUSAN ROBERTS BBC Bristol. Stereo

The first of two sketches from the life and music of Claude Debussy by DAVID BUCK. Starring with and Name Dropping
TERENCE ALLBRIGHT (piano) DON LAWSON (drums) Directed by JOHN POWELL
Stereo (R)

by Robert Louis Stevenson, dramatised by John Scotney
With Peter Jeffrey as Long John Silver, Glyn Houston as Israel Hands, Hugh Paddick as Ben Gunn, John Moffatt as Squire Trelawney, Geoffrey Whitehead as Dr Livesey and Ben Rodska as Jim Hawkins.

Long John Silver! Pieces of eight! - a few of the magic ingredients of this high seas adventure...
(Stereo)

Paul Vaughan meets three authors who faced their moment of literary truth this year:
Christopher Hope Kate Saunders and Patrick Garland.
Producer JOHN GOUDIE. Stereo

What has happened to the English language as it has spread around the world? Are the national varieties converging or drifting apart?
David Crystal reports. Producer ALAN WILDING (R)

Richard Stilgoe joins in the preparations for a special concert - in which all the performers are physically disabled. Producer
MARJORIE LOFTHOUSE BBC Pebble Mill

Stereo (Details Sat 12.25pm)

Cast for the fortnight:
BBC Pebble Mill

recalls two intriguing episodes from his show business life.
Written and told by Peter Jones.
1: Randolph and the Shopgirl Princess
Producer PETE ATKIN. Stereo

A Tale of Two Cities 3: Promises Stereo (R)

Jancis Robinson talks to Robin Ray. Stereo (R)

Spying Is Waiting John le Carre talks with Christopher Cook. Producer JOHN KMGHT BBC Bristol (R)

abridged by MEG CLARKE. Read by Patricia Hodge. 1: Mad About the Boy Producer PAT MCLOUGHLIN
(First broadcast in 'Woman 's Hour')

Choirmaster Robert
Weddle ponders life and the joys of building a boy choir on an alien shore. Producer SIMON ELMES Stereo (R)

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass , an American Slave by FREDERICK DOUGLASS abridged in five episodes by ROGER PINE.
Reader George Harris (1) Producer ADRIAN BEAN. Stereo

Colin Semper explores the hymn Jerusalem. Producer
CLAIRE CAMPBELL-SMITH Stereo (R)

Three people - a mother, a priest and a nun - look back on their day.
Producer BEVERLEY MCAINSH Stereo