for the Sunday after Christmas from St. Chad's Roman Catholic Cathedral, Birmingham.
Celebrant, Canon Brian Withers assisted by Fr John Harrington and Fr. Anthony Brisland
Sermon by the Most Rev. Francis Joseph Grimshaw Archbishop of Birmingham
The Cathedral Choir directed by Fr. C. Barlow
Action of the Mass, described by Fr. Patrick McEnroe

Built in 1841, St. Chad's was the first Roman Catholic Cathedral to be consecrated since the Reformation. The grimy factories which for 150 years surrounded the Cathedral have now vanished, and it now stands at the heart of the new Birmingham rising around it, a link between the new and the old.
(to 11.45)

Welsh weekly news survey.
(Welsh transmitters and Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield, Crystal Palace)

Y gyntaf o ddwy raglen yn rhot braslun o hanes canu crefyddol yr Eglwys Gristnogol trwy'r canrifoedd
Cantorion Cymreig y BBC
Arweinydd, Arwel Hughes
Y cyflwyno gan Aneirin Talfan
Y cyfarwyddo gan GEORGE P. OWEN
(Welsh transmitters and Holme Moss, Sutton Coldfield, Crystal Palace)

A Christian theme introduced by The Rev. W. W. Simpson assisted by Alan Edwards and John Graham.

Clifford Selly chairs a discussion between John Cherrington, Dennis Hodsdon,
Charles Wharton and an audience of farm workers and farmers in the Midlands.
followed by the Weather Situation for farmers and growers

by Troy Kennedy Martin.
A second showing of some of the cases encountered by Z Victor One and Z Victor Two.

Just when the crime figures are levelling out, one man pushes them up and up with a set of aimless break-ins. When Steele and Lynch lay hands on him but let him escape, Barlow, Watt, and Dunn are ready to lay hands on them.

[starring] William Bendix
with Hoagy Carmichael, Stanley Clements and Allen Martin.

This is the story of Johnny Holiday, a twelve-year-old juvenile delinquent who is sent to a Boys' School. At first he resents the discipline, but the friendship of a rugged ex-cavalry sergeant who shares his love for horses gives him a new start in life.

Pinky and Perky assist John Slater as Poppa Luigi at The Pop-In as they prepare for the New Year.
Devised and written by Margaret Potter.

by Charles Dickens.
Dramatised in thirteen episodes by Constance Cox.

In which Mrs. Jarley teaches Nell the histories of the waxwork figures, and the Single Gentleman takes lodgings in the house of Sampson and Sally Brass.

A Western film series.
Starring Ty Hardin as the roving cowboy adventurer.

To capture a deserter from the army, Bronco is ordered to lead a troop of soldiers into swamp land occupied by hostile Indians.

followed by The Weather Man

Looking forward to a new year used to be a hopeful prospect. Now we often seem to look ahead more in anxiety than in hope.
Ludovic Kennedy enquires into the meaning and justification of hope with Professor Arnold Toynbee, Canon Edward Carpenter and Tom Stacey of the Sunday Times.

Written by Jill Allgood.
told by Barbara Kelly.

from Strabane with the united choirs of the Church of Ireland, Methodist, and Presbyterian churches of the district.
The L.M.S. Male Voice Choir
Castlederg County Intermediate School Choir
Soloists: Rosemary Blair-White (soprano) and William Loughlin (bass)
Conductor, Havelock Nelson
Introduced by Edgar Boucher.
Prayer and Blessing by the Rev. E. W. Lovell

Hail to the Lord's Anointed (Tune, Cruger)
Mine eyes have seen the glory (Tune, Battle Song)
Jesus bids us shine (Tune, Lumetto) Eternal Ruler (Tune, Song 1)
Behold a little Child (Tune, Love Unknown)
Love came down at Christmas (Tune, Hermitage)
There is a green hill (Tune, Horsley)
Do no sinful action (Tune, Glenfinlas)
Hear my prayer, O Lord (Dvorak)
O for a thousand tongues (Tune, Gladness)
Alone with none but thee (Tune, Emain Macha)
The golden gates are lifted up (Tune, Praetorius)
For all the Saints (Tune, Sine Nomine)

From Northern Ireland

in which Billy Cotton calls Wakey-Wakey!
with Russ Conway and guest stars from the world of entertainment with the regulars: Alan Breeze, Kathie Kay, The High-Lights, The Leslie Roberts Silhouettes.

A film series starring Raymond Burr as the famous lawyer investigator created by Erle Stanley Gardner.
with Barbara Hale, William Hopper, Ray Collins

by Ken Taylor.

presents Marcella Pobbe, Peter Glossop, Violette Verdy and Edward Villella, Antonio Ruis Pipo
Introduced by Peter Ebert.
Philharmonia Orchestra
Leader, Hugh Bean
Conducted by Charles MacKerras

A talk by The Rev. Donald Foster.
From the North