The Christmas Story according to St Matthew

Part 1 (Part 2 at 8.3 am. Rl)

Dudley Savage at the organ of the ABC Theatre in Plymouth introduces and plays the music you have requested for patients in hospital or at home. (Requests to "As Prescribed," BBC, Plymouth)

PAUL MICKELSON ORCHESTRA
AND CHORUS
PETER LEWIS , REFLECTIONS JOY WEBB AND THE JOYFOI.K
CROYDON JUNIOR SINGERS
JOHNNY PEARSON AND HIS CHORALE FRANK BOGGS , WINIFRED SMITH Devised and produced by JACK HYWEL DAVIES

introduces Melodies for You with the BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA leader ARTHUR LEAVINS conductor ASHLEY LAWRENCE and CHRISTINE BLAIR AND SANDY BLAIR
Producer ROBERT BOWMAN

Christmas without the Trimmings The second of a series of three acts of worship led by THE REV JOE STRATTON 2: The Freedom He Gave Us from Wesley Church. Shore-ham-by-Sea. Sussex with LEONARD PEARCEY (guitar)

Introduced by Michael Aspel with ROD MCNEIL , ABC Sydney ANDREW PASTOUNA , BFBS Malta bill PAUL, cbc Toronto
MICHAEL BAGULEY , BBC Belfast Producer JACK DABBS
(Asking for two Father Christmases: page 9)

A radio happening with Jimmy Edwards , Arthur Askey Ted Ray , Cyril Fletcher
In the chair MCDONALD HOBLEY Special guest Deryck Guyler
From an idea by JIMMY EDWARDS Producer EDWARD TAYLOR

Ted Ray marks theGoldenAnniversary of the BBC by introducing some of the top comedy shows from the vintage years of radio
This week: Beyond Our Ken with Kenneth Horne
KENNETH WILLIAMS , HUGH PADDICK BETTY MARSDEN , BILL PERTWEE EILEEN GOURLAY
BBC VARIETY ORCHESTRA conducted by PAUL FENOULHET Script by ERIC MERRIMAN Producer JOHN SIMMONDS Series compiled by CHARLES MAXWELL

With THE RADIO ORCHESTRA leader JULIEN GAILLARD conducted by VILEM TAUSKY Producer FRANK HOOPER

Producer DENYS JONES

as Radio 1

THE ADAM SINGERS directed by Cliff Adams
Accompanied by JACK EMBLOW Producer JOHN BROWELL

presents and plays
Music for Your Pleasure featuring JACK BYFIELD with RITA MORRIS
CHARLES YOUNG CHORALE
THE RADIO ORCHESTRA leader julien GAILLARD Producer BARRY KNIGHT

from St Paul's Church, Onslow Square, London with the LONDON EMMANUEL CHOIR conductor MURIEL SHEPHERD accompanied by ROBIN LITTLER Introduced by RONALD ALLISON Prayer and Blessing by THE REV RAYMOND TURVEY
Joy to the world (Antioch); Caroling, caroling (Alfred Burt ): See amid the winter snow (Sir John Goss ): He is born (arr Roger Wagner : EILEEN WEBBER. flute); No room (H. M. Jarvis ): On Christmas night (trad, arr Vaughan Williams): Do you hear what I hear (Noel Regney and Gloria Shayne ); Hark, the herald angels sing (Mendelssohn)

Alan Keith with records Producer PETER CHISWELL

David Jacobs presents
LEE GIBSON , BRIAN LEMON TRIO BOSSA KARAN
BONNIE DOBSON with the LONDON STUDIO STRINGS conducted by JOHN GREGORY Producer ROYSTON HERBERT

Introduced by Peter Donaldson This week's guests include
PETE WINSLOW 'S KING SIZE BRASS With DANNY STREET
DON LANG AND HIS MUSIC
CANTICLE. NICOL AND MARSH ROY WINSTON DUO
PETTICOAT AND VINE
ROSEMARY SQUIRES with the RADIO BIG BAND conductor KEN MOULE
BBC NORTHERN DANCE ORCHESTRA conductor BERNARD HERRMANN Producers HARRY WALTERS and GEOFFREY MULLIN