and summary of today's programmes for the Forces
Exercises for men : Coleman Smith
Exercises for women : May Brown
At the pianos, Barbara Laing and Andrew Bryson.
ROSSINI
Gramophone records of excerpts from ' Tancredi ' and ' The Thievish Magpie '
Short" morning prayers
' The How and Why of Cooking : How Dried Egg can beat Shell Egg ', by Philip Harberi
on gramophone records
at the organ of the Granada, Tooting
Second Officer Honor Clark and her daughter Third Officer Rosemary Clark give an impression of Naval festivities past and future
Introductory music Prayer
While shepherds watched their flocks by night (A. and M. 62 ; S.P. 82 ; C.H. 42 : Tune, Winchester Old)
Interlude
Prayers : The Prayer for Home ; the . Lord's Prayer
0 little town of Bethlehem (A. and M.
642 ; S.P. 79, omitting v. 4 ; C.H. 48 : Tune, Forest Green)
Blessing
Closing music
Overture : The Wreckers played by the British Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the composer. (Gramophone records)
News commentary
from page 89 of 'New Every Morning' and page 40 of 'Each Returning Day'.
God of mercy, God of grace; Psalm 42, vv. 1-7 and 43; O Spirit of the living God I
Phil Green and his Band
Tunes from the Great White Way, on gramophone records
played by the Harton Colliery Band: conductor, Jack Atherton
Lunch-time entertainment for factory-workers, from a factory somewhere in Britain.
Topical talk or recorded repeat of one of last week's talks
Gramophone records from well-known oratorios, introduced by Joseph Lewis
(by permission of the Officer Comr manding), directed by Lieut. H. P. B. Oakley
Variety, on records
Falkman and his Apache Band
from King's College, Cambridge
Antiphon : Up, awake ! I (Praetorius) Versiclcs and Responses (Tomkins) Psalm 67
First Lesson : Isaiah 40, vv. 1-11 Magnificat (Ireland m F)
Second Lesson: 1 John 2, vv. 7-11
15-17
Nunc dimittis (Ireland in F)
The Lord's Prayer (Robert Stones) Versicles and Responses (Tomkins)
Anthem : When called by thee (Bach) Prayers
Organist, Harold Darke
Famous double acts, on records
from the Winter Gardens. Droitwich Spa, with Terry Thomas , Decima Knight , and dance music played by Vernon Adcock and his Aristocrats. Produced by Jacques Brown
' Tupper Goes Abroad ', written and read by Peter Braidwood. (Previously broadcast on April 21)
(Welsh Children's Hour). 'Llwyfan i'r Ifanc Yr ail o gyfres o raglenni gan blant a phobl ifainc Aelwydydd a Chlybiau Cymru. Rhaglen gan rai o Aelwydydd Bro Dyfi , o dan ofal Margaret Parry
' The Story of Appleby Grammar School' (founded 1286), written by Joan Littlewood , and acted by the boys and masters, with music played by the School Orchestra. Produced by Nan Macdonald
National and Regional announcements
Two views of the Christmas parcels post : A London family prepares its parcels, watched by Michael Standing ; the G.P.O. handles the mails, watched by Gilbert Harding. Broadcast from a S.E. London home, and a G.P.O. Parcels Sorting Office.
played by Denis Matthews and Howard Ferguson
(No. 12). Christmas number of a magazine for Scottish listeners. Edited by Edwin Muir
'Should I teach my child religion? - Trying It Out', by a mother: third of five talks on the subject
with John Slater , Phyllis Monkman , and Cliff Gordon. Jack Jackson and his May Fair Hotel Orchestra, with Josephine Driver and the Four Star Girls. Script by Cliff Gordon (by arrangement with the Windmill Theatre). Produced by Vernon Harris.
with spontaneous answers to ' Any Questions ? ' : Dr. Julian Huxley , Lt.-Commander R. T. Gould , S. P. B. Mais , George Gibson (former Chairman of the T.U.C.), and Lord David Cecil (Critic and Biographer). Question - Master, Geoffrey Crowther. Producer, Howard Thomas
The Colonial Empire. 5—' Mass Education in Africa-is it possible ? ' : Dr. Margaret Read and K. A. Korsah O.B.E , .
Conductor, Ian Whyte
Talk by Dr. Edward Glover , a distinguished medical psychologist.
A new revue, with Richard Murdoch , Pat Taylor , Hubert Gregg , Noele Gordon , and Harry Jacobson at the piano. Words and music by Robert MacDermot and Diana Morgan , Hubert Gregg , Ronnie Hill and Peter Dion Titheradge , Harry Jacobson and others. The augmented Dance Orchestra, under the direction of Billy Tement. Produced by Vernon Harris.
and her Girls Band