Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 280,440 playable programmes from the BBC

Prayer
O come, all ye faithful (A. and M. 59, omitting v. 2; S.P. 78, vv. 1, 6, 7; C.H. 55, first form, omitting v. 2: Tune, Adeste fideles)
Introduction to Christmas music:
See amid the winter snow (Schools join in the refrain only: Tune, Humility)
Cradle Song (Byrd), sung by the BBC Singers
While shepherds watched their flocks by night (sung by all: A. and M. 62; S.P. 82; C.H. 42: Tune, Winchester Old)
Prayers: The Prayer for Home; the Lord's Prayer
Hark, the herald angels sing (A. and M. 60; S.P. 74; C.H. 46: Tune, Mendelssohn)
Blessing

Contributors

Singers:
BBC Singers

This listing contains language that some may find offensive.

from Lichfield Cathedral
Versicles and Responses Psalm 98
First Lesson: from Isaiah 38
Magnificat (Stanford, in B flat) Second Lesson: from I John 2
Nunc dimittis (Stanford in B flat) Creed and Collects
0 thou. the central orb (Charles
Wood)
Prayers
Hark the glad sound! (A. and M. 53) Organist, Ambrose Porter

Contributors

Organist:
Ambrose Porter

' Records That Speak For Themselves': programme written by B. M. Lytton-Edwards
Bryan Michie ' Rings the Stars '-this week, Pat Kirkwood
' Tiger, Tiger': Roy Plpmley tells you all 'about that famous tune
' Music in King's Chapel, Cambridge,' by A. vatt King
Programme edited by Frederick Piffard

Contributors

Written By:
B. M. Lytton-Edwards
Written By:
Bryan Michie
Unknown:
Pat Kirkwood
Unknown:
Roy Plpmley
Edited By:
Frederick Piffard

' Americans are Joiners.' Written by Fairfax Downey. Produced by John Becker. Narrator, Milton Bacon. What is a joiner? In the sense used by Americans he is someone who' joins business clubs and social organisations. Here is a programme on the social life of the business man in the big cities and small towns of America

Contributors

Written By:
Fairfax Downey.
Produced By:
John Becker.
Narrator:
Milton Bacon.

with impromptu answers to listeners' questions : ' A Doctor'. (preventive and social medicine),' Professor W. J. Gruffydd M.P ,., Dr. C. E. M. Joad , C. H. Middleton, and Bertrand Russell, F.R.S ,. Question-Master, Donald McCullough
.

Contributors

Unknown:
Professor W. J. Gruffydd M.P
Unknown:
Dr. C. E. M. Joad
Question-Master:
Bertrand Russell, F.R.S
Question-Master:
Donald McCullough

Radio feature on London's riverside clock, the most famous clock in the world. Written and produced by Peter Eton , with incidental music by Charles Williams. Cast includes Malcolm McEachern , Frank Phillips ,
Sergeant John Kerr (U.S.A.), Marjorie Forrest , and members of the BBC Repertory Company.

Contributors

Produced By:
Peter Eton
Music By:
Charles Williams.
Unknown:
Malcolm McEachern
Unknown:
Frank Phillips
Unknown:
Sergeant John Kerr
Unknown:
Marjorie Forrest

BBC Home Service Basic

About BBC Home Service

BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

Appears in

About this data

This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More