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Introduced by BILL HARTLEY
Stop! Thief: DETECTIVE CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT GERALD BAUMBER of the Birmingham City Police gives advice about protecting the car and its contents
It Makes He Laugh: Roy MCCARTHY'S views on driving techniques
Mexican Traffic: DORITA y Pepe, two well-known entertainers, talk about driving in Mexico
Your Letters: A selection from the Post Bag Last Friday's broadcast in Network Three

Contributors

Introduced By:
Bill Hartley
Unknown:
Gerald Baumber

A parade of Commonwealth artists
ALAN FREEMAN (Australia) introduces
KEN DODD (Great Britain)
WINIFRED ATWELL (West Indies)
BERNARD BRADEN (Canada)
BARBARA KELLY (Canada)
CARMITA (Fiji)
EDMUND HOCKRIDGE (Canada)
PETER GOODWRIGHT (Great Britain)
THE MAORI HI-FIVE (New Zealand)
THE ADAM SINGERS
BBC VARIETY ORCHESTRA Leader, John Jezard
Conductor, PAUL FENOULHET
Produced by Eric MILLER Simultaneously broadcast in the BBC General Overseas Service

Contributors

Artists:
Alan Freeman
Unknown:
Winifred Atwell
Unknown:
Bernard Braden
Leader:
John Jezard
Produced By:
Eric Miller

A Nativity for N-Town
Arranged for broadcasting by RAYMOND RAIKES from the fifteenth-century plays of Lincoln
Music, based on traditional carols, arranged and composed byELIZABETH POSTON
Cast in order of speaking:
Other parts played by members of the BBC
Drama Repertory Company
BBC Chorus and a section of the New Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Harold Noble Produced by RAYMOND RAIKES

Contributors

Broadcasting By:
Raymond Raikes
Composed By:
Elizabeth Poston
Conducted By:
Harold Noble
Produced By:
Raymond Raikes
Contemplation, who proclaims the play:
Carleton Hobbs
Abiathar, the High Priest:
Arthur Gomez
Mary:
June Tobin
The Angel Gabriel:
Godfrey Kenton
Joseph:
Norman Shelley
Voice of the Trinity:
John Pullen
Citizen of Bethlehem:
Anthony Viccars
Sheferds: Boosras:
John Baddeley
Sheferds: Maunfras:
George Hagan
Sheferds: Amys:
Anthony Hall
Herod the King:
Derek Smith
Balthazar, King of Saba:
Austin Trevor
Melchizar, King of Taurus:
Leslie Perrins
Jaspar, King of Ypotan and Archage:
David Valla
Seneschal to Herod:
Malcolm Hayes
Two women of Bethlehem:
Barbara Mitchell
Two women of Bethlehem:
Elizabeth Morgan
Death:
Kenneth Hyde

A magazine for everybody
Christmas Customs IRENE PRADOR
For Boys
JIM PESTRIDGE:
Growing Christmas trees
For Girls
EILEEN FOWLER : Keep Fit
Luck of the Draw
The week's record request
Christmas is Coming MOLLY WEIR
The Watchful Eye F. R. BUCKLEY
What Happens Next?
MALCOLM HAVES tells a serial story by Geoffrey Morgan Introduced by GRAHAM GAULD
Postcards should be sent to ' Five-Fifteen.' BBC. London. W.I.

Contributors

Unknown:
Irene Prador
Unknown:
Eileen Fowler
Unknown:
Molly Weir
Unknown:
F. R. Buckley
Story By:
Geoffrey Morgan
Introduced By:
Graham Gauld

HARRY DAVIDSON
AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Introduced by IVAN SAMSON Master of Ceremonies, CHARLES CRATHORN
Produced by ANDREW GOLD
La Militaire; Waltz; Clarendon Saunter: Classic Gavotte; Lilani Tango; Heather Waltz ; Manhattan Blues
Tickets for this programme are available on application to [address removed] enclosing stamped addressed envelope.

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Davidson
Introduced By:
Ivan Samson
Unknown:
Charles Crathorn
Produced By:
Andrew Gold
Unknown:
Heather Waltz

Introduced by Vic Oliver
The Singers
Amy Shuard
John Cameron
The George Mitchell Singers
First broadcast
Heather Francis
Comedy from
Hattie Jacques
Leslie Crowther
Ronnie Barker continued in next column
This week's guest
Kenneth Connor
Playhouse Theatre
Stephen Murray with Perlita Neilson
BBC Revue ORCHESTRA
Conducted by Vic OLIVER
Script by Carey Edwards Leslie Crowther and Lawrie Wyman
† Produced by ALASTAIR SCOTT JOHNSTON

Contributors

Introduced By:
Vic Oliver
Singers:
Amy Shuard
Singers:
John Cameron
Unknown:
Heather Francis
Unknown:
Hattie Jacques
Unknown:
Leslie Crowther
Unknown:
Ronnie Barker
Unknown:
Stephen Murray
Conducted By:
Vic Oliver
Script By:
Carey Edwards
Script By:
Leslie Crowther
Produced By:
Alastair Scott Johnston

A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle dramatised for radio by MICHAEL HARDWICK with Carleton Hobbs as Sherlock Holmes
Norman Shelley as Dr. Watson
Enoch J. Drebber is murdered, and the only clue appears to be ' Rache ' scrawled on a wall in letters of blood. But Sherlock Holmes perceives more than this, and with the aid of Dr. Watson embarks upon an extraordinary adventure.
Cast in order of speaking:
Other parts played by members of the BBC
Drama Repertory Company Produced by NORMAN WRIGHT

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Unknown:
Michael Hardwick
Unknown:
Carleton Hobbs
Unknown:
Norman Shelley
Produced By:
Norman Wright
Sherlock Holmes:
Carleton Hobbs
Dr Watson:
Norman Shelley
Mrs Hudson:
Barbara Mitchell
Commissionaire:
Timothy West
Inspector Gregson:
Humphrey Morton
Inspector Lestrade:
Godfrey Kenton
Constable John Ranee:
Donald McKillop
Wiggins:
David Valla
Madame Charpentier:
Vivienne Chatterton
Jefferson Hope:
Stuart Nichol
Joseph Stangerson:
Tom Whyte
Enoch J Drebber:
Errol MacKinnon
Arthur Charpentier:
John Graham

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