at the theatre organ
It may he noticed that the initial letter of each piece that H. Robinson
Cleaver is to play this morning spells the appropriate greeting-Happy
Xmas. Carrying out this idea was all plain sailing until he came to the letter X Teddy Brown , the world-famous xylophonist, helped him out. It so happened that Robinson Cleaver once accompanied him in the theatre when Teddy Brown played a spark ling piece on his instrument. On being asked what it was called, Teddv said: 'Oh
Just a tiddley-bit He has given Robinson Cleaver permission to broadcast it today on the organ.
A thought for today
Morning physical exercises for women
Conducted by Ian Whyte
from page 117 7 of ' New Every Morning'
' Christmas Fare' — Ann Hardy
11.0 Physical Training (Ages 9-12) (For use in a hall)
Edith Dowling
11.20 Interlude
11.25 Junior English (Ages 9-11): Stories for Acting
' Like a Little Candle', by Dorothy Black
Adapted for broadcasting by Lilian Oldfield-Davies
A dramatised version of a story about a little girl who by her knitting and her singing saved her family from a swarm of mungos which overran their house a few days before Christmas
11.40 Talks for Fifth Forms (Ages 15 and over)
Science and the Community: The Social Duty of Engines ' by H. L. Beales , Reader in Economic History at the London School of Economics
at the organ of the Granada, Clapham Junction, London
A.B.C.-saw, introducing:-
Ain't she sweet? (Yellen and Ager), Blue Danube (Johann Strauss), Cheerio, I'll be seeing you (Thompson and Terry), Donkey Serenade (Friml), Everything's in Rhythm (Goodhart), Fall in and follow me (Scott), Goodnight, Cherie (Bowie), Hullo, who's the lady friend? (Glover - Kind), I'm sending a letter to Santa Claus (Williams), Jeepers Creepers (Warren), Killarney (arr. Leach), Let me call you sweetheart (Friedman), Maginot Line (Belton), Nellie Dean (Armstrong), Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside (Glover-Kind), Penny Serenade (Weersma), Quaker Girl, waltz (Monckton), Run, Rabbit, Run (Gay), Serenata (Toselli), Toy Trumpet (Scott), Underneath the Arches (Allen), Vilia (Lehar), When Irish eyes are smiling (Ball), Xcelsior! (Balfe), Yip-I-Addy-I-Ay (T. H. Flynn), Zampa Overture (Herold)
from the Houldsworth Hall , Manchester
A Sonata Recital by Thomas Matthews (violin) and Dora Gilson (pianoforte)
with Vera Lennox , Dudley Rolph , Dick Francis
Conducted by Hyam Greenbaum
Compere, Reginald Smith
Presented by Martyn C. Webster
2.20 A concert for schools by the Kenilworth Octet
The programme introduced by John Horton
2.40 Senior English (Ages 11-15)
Dramatic Reading ' A Christmas Carol', by Charles Dickens
Adapted for broadcasting by William M 'Callum Clyde, Ph.D.
This listing contains language that some may find offensive.
with Elsie Eaves , Lyn Joshua , Donald Wells , Arthur Phillips
At the pianos, Hubert Pengelly and Mai Jones
The Welsh Revue Players, conductor, Idris Lewis
Book and lyrics by Lyn Joshua. Music by Mai Jones . Orchestrations by G. R. Gilbert
The revue produced by Elwyn Evans
Matthew Norgate
Leader, Tate Gilder
Conducted by Reginald Burs ton
Christmas Carols from Holland and England
An Exchange Programme by Children's Choirs
' The Crickets ' Girls' Choir, conductor, Leida Hulscher from Hilversum
'Germany and Foodstuffs'
Donald Tyerman
An entertainment for the troops by the troops from 'Somewhere in England'.
(Section B) Leader, Paul Beard
Conducted by Julian Clifford
Arranged for broadcasting by Philip Wade from the Posthumous
Papers of the Pickwick Club, by Charles Dickens
6—' Mr. Jingle Again ' with Bryan Powley as Mr. Pickwick, and the BBC Repertory Company
Produced by Moray McLaren
Tommy Handley assisted by Vera Lennox, Jack Train, Maurice Denham, Sam Costa, the Cavendish Three, and the Dance Orchestra, conducted by Billy Ternent
The show written by Ted Kavanagh and presented by Francis Worsley
Kay Cavendish , Dorothy Carless , and Pat Rignold with the Boy Friends take a quarter of an hour off
' Factory Workers in Wartime'
Robert R. Hyde
Conductor, P. S. G. O'Donnell
Septet in E flat, Op. 20
1 Adagio-Allegro con brio. 2 Adagio cantabile. 3 Tempo di minuetto. 4 Tema con variazioni (Andante). 5 Scherzo (Allegro molto e vivace). 6 Andante con moto alia marcia-Presto played by Jean Pougnet (violin), Frederick Riddle (viola), Douglas Cameron (violoncello), Victor Watson (double-bass), Reginald Kell
(clarinet), Richard Newton (bassoon), Aubrey Thonger (horn)
from the Cafe de Paris, London
George Melachrino and his Music
Jane Carr and Marianne Davis (sophisticated entertainers)
Ken Johnson and his West Indian Dance Orchestra with Vivien Paget , Don Johnson , David Wilkins , and the Johnsonairs
