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Introduced by JACK DE MANIO

The most translated book in the world
Speaker,
THE REV. W. J. BRADNOCK

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Second edition

Explorer and Mountaineer JOHN GRAY talks to
HAMISH MACINNES about his life of mountaineering in Europe, Asia, and New Zealand

SYRINX TRIO
James Galway (flute) Derek Wickens (oboe)
John Constable (piano)

A programme of talk, questions, sounds, and stories
Today's subject:
Christmas present
Speaker, GRAHAM JONES

New Every Morning, page 61
The Lord is King! lift up thy voice (BBC H.B. 26)
Psalm 97
Isaiah 40, vv. 1-11
The Lord will come, and not be slow (BBC H.B. 479)

Présenté par
Francoise et Andr6
Avec JAN ROSOL et sa guitare
Early Stages in French series

Stage 1 by RACHEL PERCIVAL
Music selected and arranged by Vera Gray
Repeated Thursday, 9.55 a.m.

with DEREK PARKER to voices from the past
A Sound Archives production

KENNETH BARNES. Headmaster of Wennington School, gives the first of two talks on Nonsense and Hope in Christianity
The Sixth Form series The Christian
Religion and its Philosophy

BBC Welsh ORCHESTRA
Leader, Philip Whiteway
Conductor, RAE JENKINS

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Every Tuesday top musical stars are joined by some of their favourite artists
Today's star hostess: Jessie Matthews and her guests
Jimmy Hanley
Eddie Calvert with THE CLIFF ADAMS SINGERS
London THEATRE ORCHESTRA
Conducted by REGINALD KILBEY
Continuity by Alistair Foot
Produced by TRAFFORD WHITELOCK
Repeated on Wednesday, 7.31 p.m. in the Light Programme Eddie Calvert is appearing at The Celebrity Restaurant, London

For children under five
Today's story: 'Jacko the Monkey ' by JEAN SUTCLIFFE

Faithful friendship under the tyrant Dionysius of Syracuse (405-367 B.C.)
Written by Phyllis Drayson
Stories from World History series

An account of Dr. Christopher Wren 's plan for building a completely new Renaissance cathedral on the site of the one destroyed by fire in 1666, of the opposition he met and the craftsmen he employed
Written by R. M. Neill-Hall History Work Units series

Second of three talks by GORDON REYNOLDS on the cantata by Benjamin Britten
Adventures in Music series

Cap on Head by John Masefield
Reader, FRASER KERR
Twelfth of thirteen programmes
Sunday's broadcast

by William Makepeace Thackeray
12: Brutal Facts
Produced by MARTYN C. WEBSTER
Sunday's broadcast

The Strauss Family
Works by Johann Strauss and his three sons,
Johann, Josef, and Eduard played by the BBC NORTHERN ORCHESTRA Leader, Reginald Stead
Conducted and introduced by STANFORD ROBINSON
A concert given on November 27 before an invited audience in the Free Trade Hall. Manchester, by courtesy of Manchester Corporation

Grandfather Christmas: What toys would the children like this Christmas? What are the possibilities? With the help of recordings made with buyers and other experts. ROBERT GUNNELL provides some of the answers
Grand Passion: For
BARTON CLARKE the days of Junior School still hold a memory which he cannot forget
Silver Lining: A psychiatrist talks about discovering other people
Your Letters
Introduced by KEN SYKORA

Your questions answered by DESMOND MORRIS , PETER SCOTT and RICHARD FITTER
Chairman.
DEREK MCCULLOCH (Uncle Mac) Questions should be sent to Nature Parliament. BBC. Broadcasting House, Bristol 8

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In the region today-news, comment, controversy

Can you help the Police or can they help you?

Peter MARTIN and the BBC WEST OF ENGLAND PLAYERS Leader, William Reid

An exchange of choral music between the North of England and Northern Ireland
From the North of England: GREENSIDE CHOIR
Conductor, MARGARET HINE
From Northern Ireland:
BANGOR HARMONIC GIRLS CHOIR Conductor, J. T. BRAID
The ninth programme in a series by choirs from all ever Britain

Introduced by NORMAN FULTON
ROSEMARIE WRIGHT (piano)
BBC SCOTTISH Orchestra Leader, Trevor Williams
Conductor, NORMAN DEL MAR
Before an invited audience in the BBC Studios, Glasgow
Introduced by Norman Fulton. BBC Welsh Orchestra, conductor Rae Jenkins

Maternity '64
Doctors, midwives. and mothers describe modern maternity care, including the experience of childbirth
2: Ante-natal care
Physical and emotional changes in the mother-to-be: diet in pregnancy; ' psycho-physical' preparation for labour
Speakers:
A professor of obstetrics
Mrs. ERNA WRIGHT , midwife, National Childbirth Trust
Two expectant mothers
Broadcast on February 16. in the Third Network

A programme of gramophone records introduced by IRENE PRADOR

Sir Harry Brittain , K.B.E. who will be 91 on December 24 talks about
Stanley Baldwin
Lord Balfour
Sir Winston Churchill and plays recordings of their voices
A Sound Archives production by HAROLD ROGERS

The News
Background to the News
People in the News followed by LISTENING POST
Douglas BROWN introduces a programme specially designed to reflect listeners' comments on public affairs and policy
Correspondents are invited to write to Listening Post. BBC, Broadcasting House. London. W.l.

The Shiralee by D'ARCY NILAND abridged by Neville Teller read by GINA CURTIS
Twelfth of fifteen instalments

played by LIZA FUCHSOVA and PAUL HAMBURGER (piano duet)