Carols and readings from
SPENNITHORNE CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL, YORKSHIRE
and Programme News
' 0 come, all ye faithful
from CHARLES DICKENS 'S writings on the theatre read by DEREK HART
' 0 come, all ye faithful
Greetings from the Parish Churches of Lyme Regis, Dorset; Glen Parva with South Wigston, Leicestershire; Drumbo. Co. Down; St. John's Episcopal Church Alloa,
Clackmannan; St. Andrew's Hornchurch, Essex; Llandaff Cathedral; Lincoln Cathedral; Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem
Introduced by John Snagge
Her Majesty's recorded Christmas Message to the Commonwealth
Repeated at 1.0 followed by Organ Music
From St. Margaret's. Westminster
by SIR HARRY BRITTAIN , K.B.E. who yesterday celebrated his ninety-first birthday
The story of the birth of the Christ Child told by the Gospels, by poets, and by the Carols of the Christian countries of Europe
Written and produced by FRANCIS DILLON
Last Sunday's 'broadcast
with excerpts from their shows on L.P.s
with Tony Hancock and his friends and some personal reflections and points of view
Thursday's broadcast in the Light Programme.
and Programme News
Her Majesty's recorded Christmas Message to the Commonwealth followed by / THE NEWS
with Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe, John Bluthal, Barry Humphries, Bob Todd, Gary Miller
and the Grand Piano Orchestra
Conducted by Paul Fenoulhet
Recorded before H.M. Postmaster General and an audience of Post Office workers.
(Spike Milligan is in "Oblomov" at the Comedy Theatre; Harry Secombe in "Pickwick" at the Saville Theatre; Barry Humphries in "Maggie May" at the Adelphi Theatre; Gary Miller in "Dick Whittington" at the Golders Green Hippodrome, London)
GALE PEDRICK makes a personal selection of items from BBC radio and television during the past seven days
Introduced by JOHN ELLISON
reads
The Birthday of the Infanta
A short story , by Oscar Wilde
A fairy tale with music by Herbert and Eleanor Farjeon adapted for radio by RAYMOND RAIKES
Music by CLIFTON PARKER
Cast in order of speaking and singing:
The Voices of the Things:
The Sisters:
The Four Spirits:
Earth, Air. Fire, Water and The Court Ladies:
The Marquise of Cinnamon The Countess of Caraway The Baroness of Allspice
The Archduchess of Cochineal The Viscountess of Cloves The Margravine of Mace sung by a section of THE AMBROSIAN SINGERS with the LONDON CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Leader, Lionel Bentley
Conducted by LIONEL SALTER
Produced by RAYMOND RAIKES
The Glass Slipper was originally presented by Robert Donat at the St. James's Theatre, London, on Friday, December 23, 1944. Geoffrey Dunn , John Ruddock , and Betty Baskcomb were all members of the original cast.
FRANKLIN ENGELMANN recently visited
The Royal Albert Hall , London
Produced by PHYLLIS ROBINSON
Next Sunday:
St. James's, Piccadillu
at St. Vincent's Orthopaedic Hospital, Eastcote,
Pinner WILFRED PICKLES and MABEL
HARRY HUDSON at the piano
Produced by STEPHEN WILLIAMS
i-nd Programme News
Appeal on behalf of the British Wireless for the Blind t-und by JACK DE MANIO
Contributions (preferably by crossed postal order or cheque) will be gratefully acknowledged and should be addressed to [address removed]
Each year more than 5,000 blind people depend for their wireless sets on the response to this Christmas Day broadcast Appeal-the only Appeal the British Wireless for the Blind Fund makes to the public. In addition to sets for the newly blinded, replacements are needed for many hundreds of sets which, after years of daily use. are finally worn out. Each new set costs £ 10 and since the first appeal in 1929 the Fund has provided altogether 165,000 sets and relay installations.
Christmas Edition
Midland Region's panel game devised by Tony Shryane and Edward J. Mason
DILYS POWELL and FRANK MUIR challenge
ANNE SCOTT-JAMES end DENIS NORDEN
In the chair.
JACK LONGLAND
A Christmas visit to
The Music-Hall with DEREK PARKER
Produced by DENYS GUEROULT
by Esther McCracken adapted by CYNTHIA PUGHE with Fay Compton as Mildred Royd Mildred and Arthur Royd 's cottage at Throppleton is intended as a refuge for Quiet weekends, but things never work out this way
Cast in order of speaking:
Produced by AUDREY CAMERON
Broadcast on December 27.
1961, in the Light Programme
The Commonwealth
Christmas Programme
Narrated by MICHAEL OLUMIDE
'Hope is the common silver of Man, a coin which each mints for himself and spends with his effcrts." This is the theme which runs through this year's programme presented by the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation, in collabora. tion with other Commonwealth radio organisations.
Produced by SANUSI OLAGUNJU
Recording
Also broadcast in the BBC General Overseas Service
ALFREDO CAMPOLI (violin)
VALERIE TRYON (piano)
Two Caprices
Paganini, arr. Kreisler
10.46* From my Homeland
Smetana
Cantata: Vom Himmel kam der
Engel Schar (Zachow)
ROTRAUD PAX (soprano)
ORTRUN WENKEL (contralto) JOHANNES HOEFFLIN (tenor) JAKOB STAEMPFLI (bass) EPENDORF Boys' CHOIR
NORTH GERMAN CHORAL SOCIETY and INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE
Conducted by GOTTFRIED WOLTERS
11.26* Concerto Grosso in F minor. Op. 1 No. 8 (Christmas Concerto) (Locatelli)
MAINZ CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Conducted by GiiNTER KEHR on gramophone records
Christian words a-nd music
Produced by THE REV. JOHN LANG
