and forecast for farmers and shipping
A gramophone miscellany
A Christmas anthology
and forecast for farmers and shipping
on gramophones records
' The White Blackbird ' by Bryan MacMahon
Told by Joseph O'Conor
played by Victor Silvester and his Ballroom Orchestra
Feast of St. Stephen
In the bleak mid-winter (BBC Hymn
Book 51)
New Every Morning, page 16 Carol: Good Kin.g Wenceslas Acts 7, vv. 54-60
The Son of God goes forth to war
(BBC Hymn Book 235)
A sequence of light music played by The Majestic Orchestra
Conducted by Lou Whiteson
Concert Waltz - Cecil Woods
A pretty girl is like a melody - Irving Berlin, arr. Farnon
Cactus Polka - Plumb, arr. Warner
We'll gather lilacs - Ivor Novello, arr. Torch
Blue Tango - Leroy Anderson
Ciribiribin - Pestalozza, arr. Wilkinson
Begin the Beguine - Cole Porter, arr. Torch
Barbecue - Sidney Torch
A weekly sequence for music-lovers compiled from gramophone records made by distinguished artists
An adaptation from the sound-track of the new Paramount presentation
Adapted by Gordon Gow
Produced by Thurstan Holland
A programme of popular melodies for midday listening
Tom Jenkins is invited as a special guest
BBC Revue Orchestra
Conducted by Charles Shadwell
Produced by Alastair Scott-Johnston
and forecast for farmers and shipping
Highlights of the Show World
Stars of the stage, screen, radio, and concert platform, with the BBC Revue Orchestra
Produced by Alastair Scott-Johnston (Shortened version of Tuesday's recorded broadcast)
The story of this world-famous horse, reared on a Norfolk farm and later hunted with the Quom
Lt.-Col. Harry Llewellyn , his owner, who has recently been adjudged ' Leading Rider of Europe ' reveals some interesting sidelights on the successes of himself ana this ' horse of the century '
Writiten by Roland Orton
Produced by H. Saundere-Jacobs
(A new version of the programme broadcast in the Midland Home Service on October 7)
King George VI Steeplechase
Commentary on the race by Raymond Glendenning , assisted by Tom E. Webster as race-reader
From Kempton Park Racecourse
Ray Martin 's Orchestra
Jimmy Young Max Bygraves
The Harold Smart Quartet
Joyce Frazer Petula Clark
Sidney Torch and his Orchestra on gramophone records
An excerpt from
Emile Littler 's pantomime at the London Casino
The cast includes: and The Tiller Girls
The Terry Juveniles
Written and produced by Emile Littler
Music and lyrics by Hastings Mann
Introduced by Brian Johnston from the theatre
Variations on an Original Theme
(Enigma) played by the BBC Scottish Orchestra
(Leader, J. Mouland Begbie )
Conducted by Alexander Gibson
A Christmas comedy by Rodney Ackland and M. A. Lonsdale from an idea by Vernon Harris and Gale Pedrick
Produced by Vernon Harris
Francis de Wolff in 'The Little Log Sellers'
A 'Cameo Cartoon' for listeners of all ages written for radio by Margaret Potter and Trevor Hill with incidental music composed by Henry Reed who conducts the BBC Northern Orchestra (Leader, Reginald Stead) and a section of the Sale and District Musical Society
'We're going to build a Snowman,' sung by the choir of Whalley Range High School
Carol: 'Hark, the herald-angels sing' arranged by Roy Nicholls and sung by the Choir of Ormskirk Grammar School
Shipping and general weather forecasts, followed by a detailed forecast for South-East England
by Alistair Cooke
with Benny Lee
Pearl Carr
Ronald Fletcher
Nat Temple and his Orchestra
Produced by Pat Dixon
