For the Very Young
Maria Bird brings Andy to play with your children and invites them to join in songs and games.
Audrey Atterbury and Molly Gibson pull the strings
Gladys Whitred sings the songs
(A BBC television film)
How do you build a sledge when you haven't any money and there's no wood? Two small boys in a Hungarian village solve the problem in a novel way-and with unexpected results.
A visit to the 29th International Circus in King's Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester.
Introduced by Ring-Master George Lockhart.
The Adventures of a Friendly Duckling
The story told by Johnny Morris.
Filmed and directed by Bertil Danielsson for the Swedish Television Service
Bertil Danielsson is a Swede who spends the summer on one of the 60,000 islands in the Stockholm archipelago. In this film he shows how he found and reared a young tufted duck which had become separated from its family there one spring. Tufty Is fed on ants' eggs, mussels, and other delicacies, and becomes great friends with the Danielsson family and their dog.
This film was a prizewinner at the Radio and Television Festival in Taormina, Italy, this year.
On transmitters serving the areas:
6.10 News for Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the English Regions
(Wenvoe, Blaen-Plwyf, North Hessary Tor, Les Platons, Rowridge)
6.5-6.10 Regional News and Weather
6.10-6.15 Regional News
(Rowridge only)
6.10-6.15 Welsh News
(Wenvoe, Blaen-Plwyf, North Hessary Tor, Les Platons)
A play about the Nativity written by John Keir Cross and produced by Kevin Sheldon.
Presented by Children's Television
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Thomas Mitchell plays the part of the famous American author in the film series based on his short stories.
A small boy melts the heart of a hard and lonely rancher, and a Christmas party reunites a family.
Direct from Austria
In the chapel of the great palace of Schonbrunn this famous choir presents a programme of traditional Christmas carols.
Presented by the Austrian Television Service
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[Starring] James Stewart in the film "It's a Wonderful Life"
with Donna Reed and Lionel Barrymore
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A programme of songs, music, comedy, and verse reflecting the festive season.
Introduced by Terry-Thomas.
Contributors include:
Peter Ustinov specially filmed in the BBC studios in New York
Judy Garland and Margaret O'Brien in an excerpt from "Meet Me in St. Louis" by permission of M.G.M.
Ethel Revnell
Alastair Sim in an excerpt from "Scrooge"
Anthony Newley, Joan Sims, Hugh Paddick, Marcia Ashton and featuring The George Mitchell Glee Club, The Jackpots, Tony Mercer, Denny Bettis, Maureen Hill and Mary Reynolds
The Concert Orchestra
Conducted by Stanley Black
"Maid Servant at the Inn" by Dorothy Parker
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A film based on three stories of love, compassion, and generosity, showing that the heart is the same the whole world over-whether in Amsterdam, Montreal, or Mexico City.
From the Oratory, Edgbaston, Birmingham.
Celebrant: Father C. Stephen Dessain
Deacon: Father John Challener
Sub Deacon: Father Ignatius Morgan
The action of the Mass described by Father Patrick McEnroe.
Carols:
Ding dong, merrily on high
Puer natus (Morales)
In dulci jubilo
Mass: Aeterna Christi Munera (Palestrina)
Credo (No. 3 Plainchant)
Proper of the First Mass of Christmas Day
Offertory Motet: Adeste Fideles
Communion Motet: O Magnum
Mystenum (Byrd)
