John Dunn with resident bands, singers, and discs, plus news, weather, and traffic
Your records - your choice of guests - it's all yours
(Requests and suggestions, on postcards, please, to 'Open House,' BBC, London [Postcode removed])
Radio Christmas card
1: from MAJOR FRED BROWN of the Salvation Army
Handyman by ERIC BEAN read by COLIN EDWYNN
(Wednesday afternoon's broadcast)
presents music With the Accent on Melody Producers
ROBERT BOWMAN , RAY HARVEY Editor CYRIL DRAKE
Introduced by MARJORIE ANDERSON
My Christmas: a widow with seven children
Out of the News
Looking at Paintings: ROBIN
CHANCELLOR, BRYAN ROBERTSON With MOLLIE LEE
Reading Your Letters
Useful Reference Books: reviewed by ANNE DONALDSON JILL BALCON reads Shirley by CHARLOTTE BRONTK
Eighth of 10 instalments
by JEFFREY SEGAL and PATRICK SCANLAN
(Repeated: Friday, 11.15 am)
with Brian Matthew for news, views, and music from all directions
Produced by FRANCES LINE
Barry Alldis with a review of the current popular record releases
Radio Newsroom brings you what's news tonight followed by Comment
Presenter CORBET WOODALL
7.44 Weather forecast
Robin Richmond 's weekly get-together at the console featuring the many styles of the world's top organists, together with news and views of the cinema organ scene
Produced by CHRIS MORGAN
with Bernard Miles , Betty Marsden
Written by EDDIE MAGUIRE based on the Larkin family saga by H. E. BATES 12: Pop and Ma Ma Larkin is just about to have another baby, and arrangements are made to move her to the cottage hospital when the time comes; but when the time does come it rains, and rains, and rains. The river rises and soon the whole area is flooded ...
Cast in order of speaking
Produced by ALASTAIR SCOTT JOHNSTON
Next week a new series of seafaring adventures begins, featuring the crew of the Kentucky Minstrel, with Leslie Sands as the Captain, ' Sloppy Joe ' Turner. During the next eight weeks they'll be virtually covering the globe, visiting Northern Ireland. North Africa, the South Seas, Australia, the Arctic Circle, and Canada. Bon voyagel
A radio correspondence column in which listeners add their comments to some of the views expressed in last Friday's Any Questions? from the University of Oxford. Union
Introduced by DAVID JACOBS Produced by MICHAEL BOWEN
(Repeated: Friday 3.30 pm on Radio 4)
(If you wish to add your views to any of the subjects discussed in Any Questions? (Friday, 8.15 pm) send them as soon as possible to ' Any Answers?,' BBC, Bristol BS8 2LR)
Semprini plays his own arrangements for piano and orchestra with the SERENADE ORCHESTRA leader JULIEN GAILLARD conducted by VILEM TAUSKY
Produced by FRANK HOOPER
