A reading taken from
' Three Views of Christianity '
Section One: Christianity as a Gospel of Political Action by CANON L. JOHN COLLINS
† Reader, DIANA OXFORD
Introduced by MARJORIE ANDERSON
Christmas at Home: described by overseas students in London
Some Twentieth - Century Women: ENID BLYTON t.Q. Quiz: IRENE THOMAS and Roy HUMPHREY with FRANK GEORGE in the chair
Community Living: ANNE EDWARDS visits a Carmelite Mother House
from Kings Norton
Congregational Church, Birmingham
Conducted by the Minister, THE Rev. DONALD REED
Lessons: Isaiah 11, vv. 1-9;
St. Luke 1, vv. 26-35
Hymns (from C.P.): Behold, the great Creator makes (79); Once in Royal David's city (89); To us in Bethlem city (723)
Organist, A. J. Floyd
Introduced by JULIAN HERSAGE
Bach's Christmas organ music by JEREMY Noble
Musical Profile: Norman Del Mar by JOHN Amis
Two Books about Verdi reviewed by MARTIN COOPER
Michael Kelly (1762-1826) by MARK LUBBOCK
A request programme of gramophone records
Excerpts from
The Childhood of Christ (Berlioz)
Four Seasons (Vivaldi)
Cantata: Saint Nicolas (Britten)
Chairman, T. C. WORSLEY
Book: ALAN BRIEN
Art: ERIC NEWTON
Film: EDGAR ANSTEY
Theatre: J. W. LAMBERT
Broadcasting: BARBARA BRAY
Forecast for land areas. Detailed forecast for the South-East
A monthly programme reflecting life in the country
Introduced by ERIC Simms and C. GORDON GLOVER Produced by ARTHUR PHILLIPS
Legal Oddments by ARTHUR COATES
Hire Purchase
JOAN YORKE discovers some safeguards for people who buy cars
Money Matters
GEORGE MANTLE of the Post Office Savings Department talks about Premium Bonds Introduced by ROBIN HOLMES
Introduced by FRANKLIN ENGELMANN
Gardening enthusiasts from Woolwich, London put their problems to
FRED LOADS, BILL SOWERBUTTS and ALAN GEMMELL
MAX ROSTAL (violin)
BBC SCOTTISH ORCHESTRA Leader, Peter Gibbs
Conductor, NORMAN DEL MAR
Part 1
† ROBERT Fox started his newspaper career in Dundee but throughout the 1930s he was in charge of proof-reading on the European editions of the Chicago Tribune and then the New York Herald at their Paris office.
He recalls those days and some of the American writers for whom Paris was then the centre of the literary world.
Part 2
In the first two decades of this century, when the gramophone was still a toy, every pianist of note recorded piano rolls for Reproducing Player Pianos. The most extravagant claims for fidelity of reproduction by these instruments were made by the makers and endorsed by the artists.
Sidney Harrison investigates the authenticity of the performances in what is today an almost unknown treasury of sound with Lionel Salter, Frank Merrick
The recorded voices of RUDOLPH GANZ, BENNO MOISEIWITSCH, Gordon ILES
Piano Roll performances by LESCHETIZKY, LHEVINNE MOISEIWITSCH, RACHMANINOV, RAVEL
Research and recordings by Kenneth Caswell, Denis Condon, John Farmer, Frank Holland, Gerald Stonehill
Produced by DENYS GUEROULT
Carols, readings, and a word in preparation for Christmas
Choir of ST. MICHAEL'S COLLEGE,
TENBURY, WORCESTERSHIRE
Organist, LUCIAN NETHSINGHA Readers:
CHRISTOPHER MOXLEY Peter OWEN-PAWSON MARK SHARMAN
Introduced by THE REV.D. W. A. STRIDE Warden of St. Michael's College Produced by PEGGY BACON
Poetry in the afternoon chosen and introduced by CHARLES CAUSLEY 5: Occasions, Seasons and Festivals
Fourth of five talks by THE RT. REV.
RICHARD ROSEVEARE , S.S.M. Anglican Bishop of Accra
Forecast for land areas. Detailed forecast for the South-East
A summary of last week's events
REGINALD LEOPOLD and the PALM Court ORCHESTRA
Visiting artist,
OWEN BRANNIGAN GUILDFORD MUSICAL SOCIETY Conductor, JOHN ALLDIS
by ALISTAIR COOKE
Christians think about their faith and its living expression
Unto us a Child is born
The shepherds found the Son of God, the infant Jesus, not in a palace, but in a stable
Leslie SMITH takes you on a Christian pilgrimage into the homes of three ' thalidomide ' babies. There was no tinsel in the stable-nor is there in these houses. There is only the love of God and the love He gives us for each other. There is Christmas. Produced by PAUL OESTREICHER
Appeal on behalf of Zebra House by THE BISHOP OF COVENTRY,
The Rt. Rev. C.B.E., D.D.C. K. N. Bardsley .
Contributions (preferably by crossed postal order or cheque) will be gratefully acknowledged and should be addressed to The Bishop of Coventry. Coventry, [address removed]
The hostel known as Zebra House is a voluntary attempt to provide suitable accommodation at reasonable rates for Commonwealth students, of whom there are now 40,000 in this country. The need for such hostels is acute, and Zebra House is appealing for £ 30,000 to extend its work.
Written and compiled by LESLIE BAILY
Pioneers of radio: SIR HAROLD BISHOP
CAPTAIN P. P. ECKERSLEY A. R. BURROWS PERCY EDGAR
KENNETH WRIGHT
L. STANTON JEFFERIES REX PALMER
Cinema: CHARLES CHAPLIN MARY PICKFORD
The Flapper: FLORENCE SMITH Motoring: ALF DEPPER of Birmingham
Sport: KITTY MCKANE Wimbledon star
Flying: O. P. JONES
Instone Air Lines pilot Ireland:
JOHN O'CONNELL Germany : ERNST HANFSTAENGL
Mount Everest:
MAJOR-GENERAL J. G. BRUCE
The unemployed: FRED HANSON WILLIAM MITCHELL
Countrymen: GEORGE STEPHENS ALBERT SPICER with DAVID PEEL , Olive GREGG GUY KINGSLEY POYNTER
ALMA WARREN , BENNY LEE
Produced by VERNON HARRIS Music arranged by ALAN PAUL who conducts the orchestra
The pages turned by FREDDY GRISEWOOD Broadcast on November 14
for treble voices and harp by Benjamin Britten sung by the SCOTTISH JUNIOR SINGERS
Conductor, AGNES DUNCAN with SANCHIA PIELOU (harp)
The Cat that walked by himself read by VAL GIELGUD
The Butterfly that stamped read by SIR JOHN GIELGUD Series arranged by MOLLIE HARDWICK
Lo, 1 come, saith the Lord
Isaiah 12, vv. 1-6
Psalm 96 (Broadcast psalter) St. Luke 1. vv. 26-45 and v. 56, and 2, vv. 1-5
0 come, 0 come, Emmanuel
(BBC H.B. 36)
Zechariah 2, v. 10
GARETH MORRIS (flute)
SIDNEY SUTCLIFFE (oboe)
BERNARD WALTON (clarinet)
PAUL HAMBURGER
(piano and celesta)
ALLEGRI STRING QUARTET Eli Goren (violin)
James Barton (violin) Patrick Ireland (viola) William Pleeth (cello)
