Gramophone records
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Richard Crean and his Orchestra.
Christmas readings
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Traditional French-Canadian and French Christmas carols, sung by a choir of business men and office workers, who sing on Christmas Eve every year in the streets and public places of old Quebec.
of Toyland: on gramophone records
and his Orchestra, with Edna Kaye and Harry Kaye
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Gramophone records of extracts from his operas ' The Maid of Pskov,' ' Christmas Eve,' ' Tsar Saltan ,' ' The Tsar's Bride,' and ' The Invisible City of Kitezh '
Feminine views and interests
from page 37 of "New Every Morning" and page 14 of "Each Returning Day". The advent of our King: Psalm 96; 1 John 5, vv. 1-5, 10-12, 20-21; O little town of Bethlehem
Arthur Dulay and his Cameo Orchestra
directed by Paul Fenoulhet , with Doreen Lundy and Cyril Shane
John Amadio (flute), Kathleen Moorhouse (cello). Maurice Jacobson (piano)
A record miscellany edited by Anna Instone
Bernard Miles as Jack Parsons the landlord, keeps open house in the ' Cup of Kindness,' the pub on the edge of the airport with Barbara Lott as Lily the bar-maid, Erik Chitty as Old Charlie the oldest inhabitant, and a weekly gathering of regular customers and visitors. Script by Jack Lindsay and Jane Cobb . Produced by Roy Speer.
invites you to visit Waterlogged Spa at Sinking-in-the-Ooze. now a laughter resort for all.
Conductor, Ian Whyte
in King's College Chapel, Cambridge, upon Christmas Eve
presented, with gramophone records, by Spike Hughes
by Mrs. Gaskell. V. C. Clinton -Baddeley reads from Chapter 16
' Angels without Wings ' a play for Christmas Eve by Benedict Ellis
5.40 'Christmas in Foreign Lands,' by R. P. Heller
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Topical talk and sport
'The Origin of Pantomime Stories,' by Christina Hole.
A special Christmas programme based on listeners' requests
Letters exchanged by radio between Britain and the U.S.A. and written by listeners in both countries.
A Christmas number from the English countryside. Music arranged by Francis Collinson for the bell ringers of Five Ashes. Robert Irwin and the Wynford Reynolds Sextet; Martin Boddey and the choir of the Ashford School for Girls. Edited and produced by Francis Dillon
A Christmas programme in a setting by Loftus Wigram. Produced by Michael North
With Jeanne de Casalis, Hermione Gingold , Elsie and Doris Waters , the Western Brothers (Kenneth and George), Margaret Eaves , Helen Hill , and Trefor Jones
Augmented BBC Variety Orchestra and Revue Chorus under the direction of Rae Jenkins. Organ in the studio played by Charles Smart. Hymns sung by the boys of Bedford School in their chapel.
A Choral Drama
Libretto adapted from the Coventry Nativity Play
Music by Rutland Boughton
Narration written by Wilfrid Rooke-Ley
Produced by Gwen Williams and Stanford Robinson
Cast in order of singing:
BBC Theatre Chorus
(trained by John Clements )
Chorus of children from
Godolphin and Latimer School
BBC Theatre Orchestra (leader, Alfred Barker )
Conductor.Stanford Robinson
Scene 1: The home of Joseph and Mary in Nazareth
Scene 2: A moor at night Scene 3: The stable
Scene 4: An open place in Jerusalem
(the door of Herod's Palace in the background)
Scene 5: The stable
with George Melachrino and the Melachrino Strings
A fortnightly programme in the shape of a letter to a friend overseas. Script by Joyce Grenfell and H. F. Ellis. Produced by Ronald Waldman.
' Angels stand amazed'
Readings and music for Christmas Eve, arranged by Geoffrey Dearmer and W. E. Davis. Readers, Cecil Bellamy and Betty Hardy
