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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)
Introduction to Christmas music:
Good King Wenceslas: In dulci jubilo (arr. Pearsall). Sung by the BBC Singers
Prayers: the Prayer for Home; the Lord's Prayer
Hark the herald angels sing (A. and M. 60; S.P. 74; C.H. 46: all omitting v. 2)
Blessing

Contributors

Singers:
BBC Singers

John Brownlee (baritone) and Alexander Brailowsky (piano): on gramophone records
Pastorale e capriccio (Scarlatti - Tausig); Three Ectssa'ses (Chopin): Alexander Brailowsky (piano)
Ich grolle nicht (Schumann); Elegie (Massenet): Danny Deever (Comrosch): John Brownlee (baritone)
Ballade in G minor (Chopin):
Alexan der Brailowsky (piano)

Contributors

Baritone:
John Brownlee
Baritone:
Alexander Brailowsky
Piano:
Alexander Brailowsky
Unknown:
Danny Deever
Baritone:
John Brownlee
Piano:
Alexan Der Brailowsky

If you tax high incomes out of existence, how do you keep incentives? Does the £10,000-a-year man contribute something to the country which cannot be got in any other way? Is the present level of taxation destroying business enterprise? An unscripted argument between L. D. Gammans, M.P. for Hornsey (Conservative), and Hugh Gaitskell, M.P. for Leeds South (Labour). (BBC recording)

Contributors

Unknown:
L. D. Gammans
Unknown:
Hugh Gaitskell

Douglas Furber introduces
Henry Kendall
Edgar Norfolk. Jack Cooper , and Carole Lynne. Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, conducted by Frank Can tell. Orchestrations by Jack Beaver.
Produced by Michael North.

Contributors

Introduces:
Douglas Furber
Unknown:
Henry Kendall
Unknown:
Edgar Norfolk.
Unknown:
Jack Cooper
Unknown:
Carole Lynne.
Conducted By:
Frank Can
Unknown:
Jack Beaver.
Produced By:
Michael North.

Comedy by Charles Hatton. Produced by Noel Iliff

Contributors

Comedy By:
Charles Hatton.
Duced By:
Noel Iliff
Mrs Leggat:
Hilda Davies
Amyas her son:
Walter Horsbrugh
Harold Bullen:
Don Gemmell
Pearson:
Eric Lugg
Andrews:
Frank Atkinson
Mrs Day:
Vivienne Chatterton
A chemist:
William Trent
The vicar:
Charles Lefeaux
Dr Bailey:
George Owen
Nadia Lake:
Pauline Letts
Joshua Lake:
Ralph Truman

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.

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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