and summary of today's programmes for the Forces

Records of Peter Dawson , Australian bass-baritone

' Mac' (Children's Hour Director) acts as a link for special greetings to children from different parts of the country

An anthology of favourites

A message to the housewife by the Minister of Food

Selection of records taken at random from the rack

Talk by Ralph Wightman

Talk by Richard Kimber

BBC Chorus. Conductor, Leslie Woodgate. At the organ, Berkeley Mason

(piano)

Directed by Jack Hardy , with Doris Gambell

0 come, all ye faithful (A. and M.
59; S.P. 78 ; C.H. 55)
Venite
Psalm 19
First Lesson : Isaiah 9, vv. 2-7
Te Deum
Second Lesson: St. Luke 2, w. 1-20 Benedictus
Hark ! the herald angels sing (A. and M. 60 ; S.P. 74 ; C.H. 46)
Prayers
Epistle and Gospel
Nicene Creed (Schubert in G)
Address by the Very Rev. W. R. Matthews , D.D., Dean of St. Paul's
While shepherds watched their flocks by night (A. and M. 62 ; S.P. 82 ; C.H. 42)

Gramosaic of good things, written and presented by Raymond Raikes

Nancy Evans (contralto) and Frederick Grinke (violin)
NANCY EVANS

Lunch-hour entertainment for factory workers relayed from a factory somewhere in Britain

Christmas revel, with Henry Hall and his Orchestra, Bransby Williams , and George Lacey. Devised and presented by Philip Brown

On the third Christmas Day of the war, the peoples of the British Commonwealth and their Allies are linked again by radio to send greetings to the men and women everywhere fighting in the cause of freedom. Incidental music written by Victor Hely-Hutchinson . Programme arranged and produced by Cecil McGivern
Part 1-Christmas parties in Britain for the Overseas Forces.
Dominion and Colonial troops in London : An Indian contingent at a camp in Wales: Allied Forces in Scotland
Part 2-To absent friends from the homes of Britain: seven families in the British Isles speak in the name of all those whose thoughts are with their absent ones this Christmas Day.
London: to the children in new homes Wales : to the men at sea
Scotland : to the prisoners-of-war
Northern Ireland: to the women on service The North-East : to the armies overseas The North : to the flying Services A message of remembrance
Christmas in the Holy Land : Soldiers of the Empire send greetings home.
God save the King!

Record presents to Christopher Stone , from Arthur Bliss , Mary Ellis , Ida Haendel , Lupino Lane , John Mac-Cormack, Moiseiwitsch, Boyd Neel , and Richard Tauber. Script by Diaria Morgan . Produced by Anna Instone.

Christmas parlour game compiled by Winifred M. Ingham. Presented by Neil Munro , assisted by Kay Cavendish

from Canada ; from South Africa ; from U.S.A. For the first time children in North America hear the voices of their friends in South Africa as they all exchange Christmas greetings with their parents at home. Programme broadcast simultaneously in all four countries

Rhaglen Nadolig a ddarparwyd yn fwyaf arbennig ar gyfer y plant, wedi ei threfnu gan Olwen Walters (Welsh children's programme)

' Fun and Games' with Wilfred, Doris, Charles, and Nan. Northern pantomime stars and music for Christmas Day

National and Regional announcements

Short story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, read by John Rae

from the courtyard of the Church of the Holy Nativity, Bethlehem

with Arthur Lucan and Kitty McShane. Those taking part include Billy Bennett ; Dorothy Carless ; Forsythe, Seamon and Farrell ; Alec Harland ; Joan Young ; Tommy Trinder ; Geraldo and his Orchestra. Arranged by Arthur Lucan and Harry Alan Towers. Produced by Tom Ronald

Appeal on behalf of the British ' Wireless for the Blind ' Fund (registered under the Blind Persons Act, 1920), by a man blinded in an air raid
Contributions* will be gratefully acknowledged, and should be addressed to [address removed].

(piano)

by Robert Kemp. Produced by John Cheatle. Wartime visit to the barnyard, introducing Colonel Rock of Plymouth, Mrs. Buff Orpington , the Game Cockerel, and Miss Minorca, in their great egg effort

Variations on a theme of Tchaikovsky, played by the Hirsch Quartet : Leonard Hirsch (violin), Henry Ball (violin), Max Gilbert (violin), Kathleen Moorhouse (cello)

Epilogue of music and reading

Suite from Tchaikovsky's ballet, played by the BBC Northern Orchestra, conducted by Julian Clifford

Exchange of Christmas greetings between Great Britain and America, arranged by D. G. Bridscn

Reading by Allan Jeayes