Gramophone records

and forecast for farmers and shipping

Portland Light Orchestra, directed by Fred Alexander

Christmas readings

and forecast for farmers and shipping

with some holiday records

and his Orchestra

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
' Gramophone records of his Symphonic
Suite ' Scheherazade '

Feast of St. Stephen from page 117 of 'New Every Morning' and page 18 of 'Each Returning Day.' Unto us a boy is born; Psalm 138; Acts 7. vv. 54-60; The Son of God goes forth to war

Owen Walters and his Orchestra

John Blore and his Orchestra in a fantasy of waltzes

' played by Harry Isaacs and York Bowen

with Jimmy Miller, Sally Browne, Doreen Stephens, the Quads, the George Chisholm Swing Group, and the Saxtette

Workers' Playtime Unit presents half - an - hour's entertainment from Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, Carshalton
With Arthur Marshall as Nurse
Dugdale and Marjorie Westbury , Robert Helpmann, and Robert Easton. At the piano, George Myddleton. Script by David Yates-Mason . Produced by Bryan Sears and Jack Inglis.

Sung by Ethel Williams (soprano). Dorothy Tarren (soprano). Ronald Bristol (tenor), and Harry Shaw (baritone), with the Midland Chorus, and the BBC Midland Light Orchestra, conducted by Gilbert Vinter.

(Led by Thomas Peatfield )
Conductor, Sir Adrian Boult

Radio's motion-picture parade, including:
Film-Star Quiz, in which actors compete with actresses in answering Gerry Wilmot's questions on films. Actors: Michael Redgrave , David Farrar , and Richard Attenborough. Actresses: Patricia Roc , Sally Gray , and Rosamund John
Christmas message from Greer Garson in Hollywood
Film of the week: 'Green for Danger '

The microphone visits the famous Bertram Mills Circus
Commentaries by Stewart MacPherson at the ringside and Wynford Vaughan Thomas backstage, and among the sideshows at the Fun Fair

A play for broadcasting by Barnard Stacey. Produced by David H. Godfrey

Kay Cavendish at the piano

' Christmas Crackers
A children's pantomime
A special Christmas story about Mr . Murphy and Timothy John , written and read by George Nash Songs and carols by Everton Public Elementary School Choir: conductor, Edmund McCullough

and forecast for farmers and shipping

Excerpt from Emile Littler's pantomime, produced by Charles Hickman
The Tiller Girls. The Terry Juveniles. Commentator, John Ellison. From the Casino Theatre, London

gives a recital of Chopin's piano music

by Mabel Constanduros. Produced by Howard Rose

with Jack Train , Hugh Morton , Fred Yule , Lind Joyce , Deryck Guyler , Molly Weir , and Joan Harben. Augmented BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Rae Jenkins. Script by Ted Kavanagh. Produced by Francis Worsley

by Hans Christian Andersen.
Music arranged by Francis Collinson. Freely adapted for radio and produced by Francis Dillon

A programme of folk songs
Valria Garsova
Mark Reisen
Moscow Radio Choir
Orchestra of Russian Instruments
Valria Garsova and Mark Reisen are both Stalin prize-winners
By courtesy of Moscow Radio

Four well-known travellers and broadcasters swap stories about their adventures at home and abroad: Colonel Peter Fleming , Major Lewis Hastings , Commander Trevor Glenny , and Lt.-Commander Peter Scott