and summary of today's programmes for the Forces
on gramophone records
Presented by Derek McCulloch
An anthology of favourites
from Christopher Stone
A typical London street welcomes the postman on Christmas morning in the fourth year of war. An outside broadcast in which Postman Grubb carries the letters, and Wynford Vaughan Thomas the microphone
Programme Parade
Talk by the Minister of Food, the Rt. Hon. Lord Woolton
by Johann Strauss played by the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Eugene Ormandy. (Gramophone records)
from. St. George's Chapel, Church of the Holy Nativity, Bethlehem (by permission of His Beatitude the Orthodox Patriarch)
0 come, all ye faithful (A. and M. 59;
C.H. 55)
Sentences
Confession and Absolution Lord's Prayer
Thou didst leave thy throne and thy kingly crown (A. and M. 776 ; C.H. 67)
Lesson : St. Matthew 1, w. 18-25 Jubilate Creed Prayer
Hark, the herald angels sing (A. and M.
60 ; C.H. 46)
Address by the Rev. F. L. Hughes , M.C.,
Assistant Chaplain-General. Eighth Army
While .shepherds watched their flocks by night (A. and M. 62)
National Anthem Blessing
The service is conducted by the Rev. D. A. Duncan , M.C., Assistant Chaplain-General, Palestine, and the lesson read by Major-General D. F. McConnel , C.B.E., D.S.O., Palestine Base
sung by Percy Heming (baritone)
Band of the Manchester Regiment : conductor Mr. F. L. Statham
and his Sextet
on gramophone records
BBC Symphony Orchestra : conductor. Sir Adrian Boult : Marche Slave. NBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Toscanini. Horowitz (piano) : Concerto No. I in B flat minor ,
Programme with music for those who have known and loved the islands
Conductor, P. 5. G. O'Donnell
The peoples of the British Commonwealth and their Allies are linked again by radio to greet the men and women everywhere fighting in the cause of freedom, and to celebrate the first Christmas on the offensive.
Part 1. The Home Front
Part 2. The Cornerstones
Part 3. The Empire Speaks
Part 4. Christmas with the Forces in Egypt
(Full details in the article on page 4)
Conductor, George Walter , ih a programme of light music
Christmas fable for young and old, by Loftus Wigram. Music composed by Henry Reed. Programme directed by Imlay Watts , and produced by Tom Ronald. (Special BBC recording)
The animals in the story
The human beings in the story
Singers : Stephen Manton and Nora Gruhn Storyteller, Stuart Hibberd
Choir, Revue Chorus, BBC Revue Orchestra, and the Dance Orchestra, all under the direction of the guest conductor, Muir Mathieson. Orchestrations by Jack Beaver
British children calling home, with American and Canadian children calling fathers serving with the U.S. and Canadian Forces in this country. Transatlantic exchange of Christmas greetings arranged in collaboration with the Mutual Broadcasting System of the U.S.A. and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and broadcast simultaneously in all three countries
Cipolwg ar ddydd Nadolig mewn cartref Cymreig ar adeg rhyfel. _ Rhaglen ddramatig gan Rhys Dafys -Williams. Y ' cyfarwyddo gan Morfudd Lewis. (Christmas programme in Welsh)
' The Golden Sail ' : Scottish Christmas play about Saint Bride, by Robin Stark
National and Regional announcements, and Scottish News summary
Many who have escaped from occupied Europe are holding their first Christmas Day party in this country. Entertainment is provided by fellow members of the ' Freedom Club ', including Madame Sophie Schonning, the Norwegian prima donna and Otto Lampel , the well-known Czechoslovakian artist ; also Gaston Richer and Mdlle. Susie Marquis from France, Mdlle Helene Lavarre from Greece, Mdlle. Jetje from Holland, Jacques Vallez from Belgium, Artemy Raevsky from Russia, and representatives from Poland and Yugoslavia. Host and Hostess, Leo de Pokorney and Joan Clark. The Continental Orchestra, under the direction of Lionel Falk man. Produced by C. F. Meehan
played by Louis Kentner
with Jack Train ; and Dino Galvani , Sydney Keith , Horace Percival , Clarence Wright , Fred Yule , Dorothy Summers , Vera Lennox , Kay Cavendish and Paula Green. The show written by Ted Kavanagh. BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell. Produced by Francis Worsley
BBC Chorus, conducted by Sir Adrian BQult
Appeal on behalf of the British ' Wireless for the Blind ' Fund (registered under the Blind Persons Act, 1920), by Ben Purse
Contributions will be gratefully acknowledged and should be addressed to [address removed]
For the third time listeners are invited to visit the barnyard. Script by Robert Kemp. Produced by John Gheatle
(bom December 25, 1642). Talk on the world's greatest 'scientist by Sir James Jeans , O.M.
Conductor, Sir Adrian Boult
Seasonable extravaganza for broadcasting by Norman Corwin. Produced by Peter Creswell
0 little town of Bethlehem (S.P. 79) ; St.
Luke 2, vv. 8-11 ; They all were looking for a king (S.P. 668) ; Philippians 2, vv. 5-11 ; To us in Bethlehem city (S.P. 685) ; II Corinthians 8, v. 9
and his Orchestra
