TCHAIKOVSKY
Gramophone records of his ballet music
Verse and carols for Christmas morning. Reader, Derek McCulloch (' Mac '). Singer. Derek Barsham.
and his Sexte.t.
sung by the Bedford Musical Society (hon. conductor, Norman Frost ), and the BBC Chorus. Conducted by Leslie Woodgate
A London street welcomes the postman on Christmas morning. The mail is carried by Postman Kent. and the microphone by Michael Standing
A message of greeting from the belfries of the United Kingdom and Bethlehem. Broadcast from Westminster Abbey; St. Andrew's Church, Edinburgh; Armagh Cathedral; Wrexham Parish Church; St. Mary's, Prestwich, Lancashire; and the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem
from the village church, of Cransley, near Kettering: conducted by the Rev. Greville Cooke
The Bells
Introductory commentary
0 come. all ye faithful (A. and M.-
59; C.H. 55)
General Thanksgiving Lord's Prayer Psalm 19
First Lesson: Isaiah 9, vv. 2-7 Te Deum
Second Lesson: St. Luke 2. w. 2-7 Jubilate (Psalm 100) Creed and Collects
Here is the little door (
Herbert Howells )
Prayers
While shepherds watched (A. and M.
62: C.H. 42)
Address
Hark! the herald angels sing (A. and M. 60; C.H. 46)
Blessing
I Leslie Bridge
Excerpts on records from Lewis Carroll 's famous story, with Ann Stephens. Florence Desmond , Richard Goolden , Arthur Askey , Sid Walker Robertson Hare , Nancy Monks , and Orchestra and Choir, conducted by Clifford Greenwood
played by the Queen's Hall Light
Orchestra (by arrangement with Chappell and Co., Ltd): conductor. Charles Williams
Choir of the States' Intermediate School of Guernsey, conducted by Winifred Roughton
Conductor. Guy Warrack
ENSA show from the Union Jack Club, introduced by Bryan Michie. R.A.F. ' Skyrockets ' Dance Orchestra. directed by Cpl. Paul Fenoulhet (by permission of the Air Officer Commanding). Guest artists. Anne Shelton and Suzette Tarri
Christmas music, with Roderick Jones (baritone), Ethel Lyon (soprano), and the BBC Theatre Chorus: conductor, Stanford Robin son.
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 send special greetings to the families of Europe who are home again this Christmas Day. Narrator, Howard Marshall
London Symphony Orchestra and the Alexandra Choir , conducted by Muir Mathieson
Programme arranged by Cecil McGivern and Laurence Gilliam
and his Orchestra
or The History of Prince Giglio and Prince Bulbo.
A Fireside Pantomime for Great and Small Children, by Mr. M.A. Titmarsh.
W. M. Thackeray's famous Christmas story, adapted for radio by Spike Hughes, with music by Jack Beaver.
Produced by Tom Ronald
BBC Revue Orchestra, conducted by Alan Crooks
Y mae gwasanaeth y Plygain yn rhan o draddodiad crefyddol Cymru, ac eto yn fyw mewn rhai mannau. Gyda'r bore bach heddiw recordiwyd gwasanaeth yn Eglwvs Llanedy, Sir Gaerfyrddin.
Nursery sing-song, with Doris. Mabel. and Nan
5.30 The Young Stranger ': Christmas play by Eileen Arthurton , produced by Nan Macdonald
Musicians: Margaret Ward , Brenda Old Queenie Rogers. John Hopkins
National and Regional announcements and Scottish News summary
Christmas night at the "Mistletoe Inn" just over a hundred years ago. Cast includes Cherry Lind, Trefor Jones, and Vincent H. Tildesley's Mastersingers. Augmented Dance Orchestra, conducted by Stanley Black
(BBC recording)
Second half of a special two-hour broadcast from the Allied Expeditionary Forces Programme, including the American Band of the A.E.F. directed by Major Glenn Miller, the Canadian Band of the A.E.F. directed by Capt. Robert Farnon. and the British Band of the A.E.F. directed by R.S.M. George Melachrino. Guest artists in this half include Jackie Hunter. The programme, from London and Paris, is relayed to listeners in Canada and the United States
Arthur Askey who helps the programme along
Richard Murdoch and Kenneth Horne assisted by Sidney Torch, in Christmas at 'Much Binding in the Marsh'
Elsie and Doris Waters
James Moody and the Bachelor Girls
Barbara Mullen in an Irish fairy-story
Richard Murdoch in an enlarged 'Puzzle Corner' in which famous stars take part BBC Revue Chorus and Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell.
Talk on the work of the British 'Wireless for the Blind' Fund by Lt.-Col. Sir Ian Fraser , C.B.E.. M P., Vice-Chairman of the Fund
A narrated radio version of the original musical comedy by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein , Jnr. Jerome Kern's music orchestrated by Hal Evans. Produced by Eric Fawcett
Charles Smart at the novachord. The Augmented Dance Orchestra, and the BBC Revue Chorus, conducted by Stanley Black
Violin Sonata in A, played by Alfredo Campoli and John Wills
Programme of verse, spoken by Cecil Bellamy , and music sung by the BBC Singers: chosen by Geoffrey Dear mer.
from'the Nuffield Centre. London
Dancing to Jack Jackson and his Band. Helen Clare and Ivor Dennis. Cyril Fletcher. Dorothv Carless. Jask and Daphne Barker. Murgatroyd and Winterbottom. Programme introduced by Jack Jackson and produced by Audrey Cameron.
