Some prayers and music
Presented by Colin Semper

As Prescribed
DUDLEY SAVAGE at the organ of the ABC Theatre in Plymouth and THE FAIREY BAND conducted by HARRY MORTIMER with music requested for patients in hospital or at home. Producer ANTONY ASKEW

and sing some gospel songs and choruses with the CITY TEMPLE CRUSADER CHOIR, CARDIFF THE RICHARD WILLIAMS
JUNIOR SINGERS, KELVIN THOMAS Introduced by Wyn Calvin Producer LLOYD WALTERS BBC Wales

introduces Melodies for You BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA conducted by VILEM TAUSKY
THE REGINALD LEOPOLD ORCHESTRA and HELEN MCARTHUR
Producer PETER BELL

A series of three programmes from our Manchester studio, led by CANON FRANK WRIGHT 1: My Dreams
Producer LESLIE MITCHELL
BBC Manchester

Introduced by Jean Challis Taking part:
ANDREW PASTOUNA , BFBS Cologne
PETER MCDONAGH , BFBS Malta
JUNE ARMSTRONG-WRIGHT , Radio and TV Hong Kong
STEVE COSSER , ABC Sydney
Producer ROYSTON HERBERT
(9 January: BFBS Cologne, BFBS Gibraltar, Hong Kong and Australia)
(Request, on postcards please, to: Family Favourites, BBC, London W1A 4WW)

in Castle's on the Air, with Mike Burton. Eli Woods
Jacqueline Clarke , and the BRIAN FITZGERALD ORCHESTRA Written by MIKE CRAIG
LAWRIE KINSLEY , RON MCDONNELL Producer JAMES CASEY BBC Manchester
(Repeated: Saturday 7.2 pm 1500m, and 202m Scotland)

A celebration of 50 years of film musicals
27: The Melody Lingers On
* That Old Black Magic was put in a film at the very last minute and there wasn't anything about it that said it would be a hit. It took about 40 years for it to become a hit.' (HAROLD ARLEN ) ' I had to write a song about oats and horses. The name of the film was Purple Sage in the Twilight, so I wrote a song called Purple Sage in the Twilight. Tremendous hit. Sold a million.' (JULE STYNE ) Douglas Fairbanks Jr examines some of the odd and unexpected ways in which songs in musical films became hits. Also taking part:
HAROLD ARLEN. SAMMY CAHN SAUL CHAPLIN , SAMMY FAIN MEL FRANK , JOSHUA LOGAN
JOHNNY MERCER , JAMES STEWART JULE STYNE , MEL TOR ME PAUL F. WEBSTER
Written by BENNY GREEN
Producers JOHN BILLINGHAM and MEL HOUSE

says Be My Guest and invites you to join him in the recording studio as he takes a break to recall how he turned from science to singing, introduces some of his favourite artists and sings a hit or two of his own. Producer JOHN KNIGHT

with your
Sunday Soapbox
Producer RON GARDNER BBC Birmingham

Unforgettable melodies from the world of operetta and musical theatre.
Introduced by Sam Costa Written and produced by EDWARD NASH

from St Marie's Roman Catholic Church, Sheffield
Introduced by FR DENNIS KENNEDY
Conductor JIM KIRKWOOD
Organist ROGER HUTCHINGS
Prayer and Blessing by MONSIGNOR STEPHEN SULLIVAN

O God, our help in ages past (St Anne); O come, O come, Emmanuel (Veni Emmanuel); Amazing Grace; On Jordan's banks (Winchester New); Dear maker of the starry skies (Plainsong); Glory now to God we render (Wachet auf); Lord of all hopefulness (Slane); Lord Jesus Christ; Dear Lord and father of mankind (Repton); Hills of the North, rejoice (Little Cornard)

BBC Birmingham

Introduced by Alan Keith Producer JACK DABBS

including a report on the final evening of the Commercial Union Masters' Tennis Tournament from GERALD WILLIAMS in Houston, Texas.

BBC NORTHERN RADIO ORCHESTRA conducted by NEIL RICHARDSON and their guest Wout Steenhuis BBC Manchester

Peter Clayton with news, reviews and comment from the world of jazz, with the ROD MASON BAND
PETER KING/JOHN STEVENS GROUP Producers LAWRIE MONK and KEITH STEWART Including at 12.0
Midnight Newsroom: weather; motoring information