Clayton Aniline Works Band
Conductor, Edward C. Buttress
and forecast for farmers and shipping
(Leader, Frederick Lunnon )
Conductor, Frank Cantell
'What are we waiting for? '
Talks by the Bishop of Birmingham the Rt.Rev. J. L. Wilson
5-Let us go—to Bethlehem
and forecast for farmers and shipping
Food facts from port and mart to guide the household shopper
Comp.led by Louise Davies
by George Thalben-Ball
From the Royal Albert Hall
Talk by the Rev. S. J. Davies M.B.E., C.F
The speaker was the only chaplain in Korea to survive captivity. He recently published a book with the title of this talk, describing how the Gloucesters behaved during their time as prisoners-of-war in Chinese hands. In this talk he tells of Christmas 1951 in the prisoner-of-war camp.
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Gramophone records of some of his piano music
On Jordan'? bank the Baptist's cry
New Every Morning, page 7 Psalm 8 (Broadcast Psalter) Isaiah 64, vv. 1-9
It came upon the midnight clear
Jack White and his Band
A choice of seasonable music presented by April Cantelo .(soprano)
Wilfred Brown (tenor)
Kendall Taylor (piano)
The Michael Krein
Saxophone Quartet and the Hirsch String Quartet
Ludwig Koch discusses with his friend Maxwell Knight some of the variety of animal expression that he has recorded
5-Monkeys and Apes
Produced by Tony Soper
V. C. Clinton-Baddeley reads the last of a series of readings from Charles Dickens
with Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe , Spike Milligan in ' Forog '
Shipping and general weather forecasts, followed by a detailed forecast for South-East England
The Edwardian Springtime
The Horseless Bus
The Gibson Girl
The First Cinema
The Daily Bioscope
King Edward VII at Kiel Yachting Week
Australia meets the ' googly '
First performance of ' Peter Pan '
in King's College Chapel,
Cambridge upon Christmas Eve
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Dramatised as a serial in eight parts by R. J. B. Sellar
7-The Closing Net
(piano) on gramophone records
Shipping and general weather forecasts, followed by a detailed forecast for South-East England
(Christmas Edition)
Highlights of the Show World
Stars of the stage, screen, radio, and concert platform, with the augmented BBC Revue Orchestra
Produced by John Simmonds
with Wallas Eaton
Alma Cogan
June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra
Conductor, Harry Rabinowitz
Announcer, David Dunhill
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
by Roger Bannister
During 1954 Roger Bannister has achieved three great athletic successes; he has won the Empire Games mile, the 1,500 metres at the European Athletic Championships, and broken all previous records with his ' four minute mile.' It is not, however, as an athlete that he is invited to broadcast today, but as a thoughtful representative of his generation and as one whose interests are by no means confined to the sport he his perfected but has never allowed to divert him from his professional career or his more serious purposes.
with Benny Lee and Pearl Carr .
Announcer. Ronald Fletcher
Nat Temple and his Orchestra
Special orchestrations by Malcolm Lockyer
Produced by Pat Dixon
in King's College Chapel,
Cambridge upon Christmas Eve
(A shortened version of this afternoon's broadcast)
Processional Hymn: Once in Royal
David's City
The Bidding Prayer
Invitatory: Recitative and Chorale from the Christmas Oratorio (Bach)
First Lesson: Reader. A chorister Carols:
Ding, dong. merrily on high I saw three ships
The noble stem of Jesse
Third Lesson: Reader, The organist Carol: In dulci jubilo
Fifth Lesson: Reader, The Vice-
Provost 1
Carols:
Hail! Blessed Virgin Mary A Virgin most pure
While shepherds watched I saw a maiden
Eighth Lesson: Reader, A representative of the sister-college at Eton
Carols:
Three kings from Persian lands afar
The Infant King
Ninth Lesson: Reader, The Provost Recessional Hymn: Hark! the herald-angels sing (Mendelssohn)
Director of Music, Boris Ord
Hugh McLean (organ)
followed by late weather forecast for land areas
