and summary of today's programmes for the Forces
(Portsmouth Division)
Conducted by Capt. F. V. Dunn , M.V.O., A.R.A.M. (Gramophone records)
Exercises for men: Coleman Smith
7.40 Exercises for women: Audrey Nicol
An anthology of favourites
Series of Christmas readings by Robert Speaight
Programme Parade
' The Radio Doctor '
on gramophone records
and his Orchestra
Special programme of Noel Gay music, with Noel Gay , Donald Peers , Robin Richmond , and Pasquale
Some recollections by S. L. Bensusan
from page 93 of "New Every Morning" and page 32 of "Each Returning Day". The Advent of our King; Psalm 48; My God, my Father, make me strong
Rhythmic records
played by Austin Dewdney
and his Orchestra
The Fleet Street Choir : conductor, T. B. Lawrence
From a factory in the South
107th in the Northern series of concerts given by war-workers during their lunch-hour break. Arranged and presented by Victor Smythe
BBC Scottish Orchestra : conductor, Ian Whyte. Peggie Sampson (cello)
From the Art Gallery, Edinburgh
Tour of the gen-u-ine 'Wild West', conducted by Roy Plomley.
Record programme, written and arranged by G.F. Gray Clarke
Conductor, P. S. G. O'Donnell
Billy Tement and the Dance Orchestra
Conducted by Clarence Raybould. Kendall Taylor (piano)
Rhaglen o ganu a difyrrwch o glwb y Lluoedd Arfog , Llundain, dan ofal Aneirin Talfan Davis. (Welsh recorded programme)
5.20 ' Said the Cat to the Dog', by Martin Armstrong. ' The Jacksons learn the Truth '
5.55 Children's Hour prayers
National and Regional announcements
Leon Goossens (oboe), and John Wills (piano)
' Oh, the Mistletoe Bough ! ' written by Charles Penrose. Produced by Ernest Longstaffe
The Pig and Whistle Orchestra
Excerpt from the special Christmas show presented by members of the Head Office staff of the General Post Office, from their wartime head-quarters somewhere in the North. Arranged and introduced by Victor Smythe
Opera by Giacomo Puccini. Libretto by G. Adami and R. Simoni. English adaptation by R. H. Elkin
BBC Theatre Chorus. BBC Theatre Orchestra : conductor, Stanford Robinson
Narration written and spoken by Dennis Arundell. Produced by Stanford Robinson and Mark H. Lubbock
The action takes place in Peking, China, in legendary times
Act 1 : Outside the walls of the Imperial Palace
Act 2, Scene 1 : A pavilion in the Imperial Palace
Act 2, Scene 2 : The square outside the Imperial Palace
Act 3 : The Palace gardens, near
Turandot's apartment
le seinneadairean a Lunnainn (air clair).
Second of a series in which listeners are invited to step back-stage and inspect the Arts made and in the making. 1 How poetry readers are chosen. 2 How actors are cast for dialect parts. Programme edited by Stephen Potter
"Christmas": two poems by Robert Southwell and one by George Herbert.
on gramophone records
