Gramophone records
and forecast for farmers and shipping
Directed by David Wolfsthal
' The Family established '
Talk by Dr. Leslie Cooke and a carol
and forecast for farmers and shipping
by Beryl Miles
Coobsr Pedy the Opal town of Australia — a town of deserted mines, deserted clams. As one old prospector told the speaker, ' 'Tweren't the bad luck of not striking opall, 'twere the loneliness of it. At ftght there weren't nothing to do excep, go and sit 'on a dump till you'd end u-p howling like a dingo'
Bratza (violin)
Dushko Yovanovitch (piano)
GRIEG
Piano music and songs: on records
On Jordan's bank (BBC Hymn Book
38)
Npw Every Morning, page 7 Psalm 8 (Broadcast psalter) Isaiah 61. vv. 1-4, 10-11
O little town of Bethtehem (BBC
Hymn Book 532)
Troise and his Banjoliers
on gramophone records
The Curlew whose call has become familiar as The Naturalist's signature tune
The speakers: James Fisher , G. K. Yeates. and Ludwig Koch
Introduced by Maxwell Knight
Produced by Desmond Hawkins
Listeners' requests introduced and played by Sandy Macpherson at the BBC theatre organ
Episode 22
and forecast for farmers and shipping
W. Macqueen-Pope presents a gramophone programme of stars of some of the great musical shows staged at ' The Lane '
A short, story written and read by Moultrie R. Kelsall
An adaptation from the soundtrack of the all-cartoon feature
Adapted by Desmond Carrington
Produced by Denys Jones
in King's College Chapel Cambridge upon Christmas Eve
Shipping and general weather forecasts, followed by a detailed forecast for South-East England
Tonight's speaker selects an event from the week's news
by Alistair Cooke
with Kitty Bluett , Peter Sellers and Patricia Hayes , Charles Hawtrey
Kenneth Connor
BBC Variety Orchestra
Conductor, Paul Fenoulhet
Script by Eddie Maguire ,
George Wadmore , and Ted Ray
Produced by George Inns
A discussion on various topics between :
Kay Hammond
Joyce Grenfell
Celia Johnson
John Clements
Gilbert Harding
John Betjeman
In the Chair, Roy Plomley
Produced by Pat Dixon
BBC Chorus
Conductor, Leslie Woodgate
For Christmas Eve
' The Word was made flesh'
Silent night, holy night St John 1, vv. 1-14
O Jesu so meek, 0 Jesu so kdnd
(BBC Hymn Book 529)
1 John 4, v. 14