Wednesday's 7.50 talk
The morning magazine
Introduced by JACK DE MANIO followed by an interlude
Readings and carols arranged by THE REV. W. D. KENNEDY-BELL with the SAINT MARTIN SINGERS
Second edition
from Great Expectations by CHARLES DICKENS abridged by Doris MacGowan read by MICHAEL DEACON Fourth of five instalments
to HAROLD WILLIAMSON about
' The Spirit of Christmas '
' What will a child learn sooner than a song? ' (Pope) LINCOLN GARDENS
JUNIOR SCHOOL CHOIR
Conductor, GWENDA JONES
OLD CLEE SINGERS
Conductor, DORIS BENNER
ST. BERNADETTE'S SCHOOL CHOIR Conductor, WALTER LocKEY
A Search at Year's End
Written and narrated by STEPHEN GRENFELL
Produced by ALAN BURGESS Tuesday's broadcast
(piano) plays his own transcriptions of music by Bach on a gramophone record
Feast of St. Stephen
New Every Morning, page 99
A great and mighty wonder
(BBC H.B. 41)
He smiles within his cradle
(O.B.C. 84)
Acts 7, vv. 54-60
The race that long in darkness pined (BBC H.B. 496)
on gramophone records
A tribute to the West Indies Touring Team
JOHN ARLOTT talks to West Indies and England players and some who were exhilarated merely by watching the play
Produced by JOHN Shortened version of the programme broadcast on Sept. 24
plays Mozart with the BBC NORTHERN ORCHESTRA Led by James Davis Conductor, GEORGE HURST
Tony Hancock with SIDNEY JAMES
HUGH MORTON
WILFRED BABBAGE
FRANK PARTINGTON
Written by Alan Simpson and Ray Galton
Produced by TOM RONALD Broadcast on December 22,
1959, in the Light Programme
Forecast for land areas. Detailed forecast for the South-East
A Christmas misadventure involving
Brian Rix and Terry Scott with PATRICIA HAYES
WALLAS EATON , DAVID GRAHAM
Script by Eddie Maguire and John Cleese Produced by CHARLES MAXWELL
Brian Rix is in ' One for the Pot' at the Whitehall Theatre, London
A tongue in cheek review of the ridiculous things people say, write, and do
Written by LARRY FORRESTER
Introduced by JACKIE RAE Produced by CHARLES MAXWELL
by Henry Cecil
Cecil Parker , Monica Grey
Denys Blakelock , Alan Haines in an adaptation by the author from his novel of the same name
In the Painswick family succession from father to son was usually marked by a variation from respectability to criminality. When the present-day generation came up against the demands of modern society, one or the other quality was bound to come out. Luckily there was a faithful girl to support the present holder of the name in his endeavours-criminal or respectable.
Cast in order of speaking:
Bookmakers, journalists, race-crowds, legal gentlemen played by members of the cast Produced by H. B. FORTUIN
London v. North
Round 3 Wednesday's broadcast
A Scottish pantomime
Book by WILMA HORSBRUGH
Music by IAN GouRLAY
Villagers, wee folk:
THE SCOTTISH JUNIOR SINGERS Conductor, AGNES DUNCAN
Music played by Alfred Furnish (celeste) George Horsfall (flute) Eleanor Weir (clarinet)
Arthur Falconer (clarinet) Michael Norris (bassoon) Haydn Allan (bass)
Norman Harris (drums)
Conducted by Ian Gourlay Produced by MARGARET LYFORD-PIKE
Forecast for land areas. Detailed forecast for the South-East
by Noel Coward
with Sybil Thorndike and Marie Lohr
The action takes place at The Wings, a charity home for retired actresses.
Pianist, Norah Blaney Produced by ARCHIE CAMPBELL
'Waiting In the Wings' was first produced in London at the Duke of York's Theatre on Sept. 2, 1960.
The News
Background to the News
People in the News
A Christmas anthology of music and words by Archbishop Anthony Bloom
Russian Orthodox Archbishop for Western Europe Produced by HAROLD ROGERS
Grieg
Cello Sonata in A minor played by PAUL TORTELIER (cello)
ROBERT WEISZ (piano) on a gramophone record
