† Speaker, C. A. JOYCE
and Programme News
The morning magazine
Introduced by JACK DE MANIO
The Meaning of Love as interpreted by † ARCHBISHOP ANTHONY BLOOM
and Programme News
Robert Stannage presents Supernatural Stories from the BBC Sound Archives
by ALISTAIR COOKE
† Cecil J. Allen interviewed by WVNFORD VAUGHAN THOMAS and RALPH HUME
For nearly sixty years Cecil J. Allen has been devotedly travelling in trains and writing about the railways. In this second conversation he continues to recall some of the highlights of his career.
New Every Morning, page 87
O heavenly Word, eternal Light
(BBC H.B. 37)
Psalm 147, vv. 1-12
Zechariah 14, vv. 1-11
How brightly beams the morning star (BBC H.B. 141)
2: John McCormack
Gramophone records of the Irish tenor
† SAM POLLOCK takes a look at one year in the life of ' the man in the street '
Produced by David Allan
The News and Voices and Topics in and behind the headlines
Introduced by LUDOVIC KENNEDY
Roy Plomley's castaway is painter Sir William Coldstream. Show more
Friday's broadcast (Light)
for children under five
Today's story: ' Father Christmas comes to Hawes by MRS. E. MAKINSON
A programme of memories and records
Introduced by DOREL HANDMAN
2: Argentina by JAMES HUNT
Education Director, Canning House
In this programme Mr. Hunt discusses Argentina in the light of her past history, in which Britain played a notable part, and considers her future. with readings by Peter Bartlett and Stephen Thorne
Produced by Adrian Johnson
Broadcast on March 23 (Study)
A booklet is available
1865-1936
Second of three programmes of his poems
† Introduced by BONAMY DOBRÉE
Read by Hugh Dickson , Penelope Lee and David Spenser
Jill Balcon , Robert Eddison
Ronald Leigh-Hunt , Patrick Barr
Michael Kilgarriff in Emmanuel' by James Forsyth
A play for Christmas about the birth of the Child Christ and of the imagined drama of the human occasion of that birth.
The players, in order of speaking:
The scenes are set in the hills around Bethlehem, in the stable, and in the palace of Herod in Jerusalem.
† Produced by JOHN POWELL
In today's edition:
Special Guest: HATTIE JACQUES
Argument: On Astrology, with KATINA and JOHN EBDON
Question Time: FRANCIS CEI.ORIA answers questions about Christmas customs
Join In and Sing: carols with the boys of TRINITY SCHOOL, CROYDON. and CHRISTOPHER DOWIE at the organ
Competition Results
Introduced by STEVE RACE
Presented before an invited audience at the Lady Florence Institute,
Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver by Michael Ende translated by RENATA SYMONDS arranged as a dramatised reading by OLIVE SHAPLEY
EPISODE
† Produced by HERBERT SMITH
and Programme News
by the author of Elizabeth and her German Garden adapted as a play for radio by JOAN O'CONNOR with Produced by AUDREY CAMERON
The News
Background to the News
People in the News followed by LISTENING POST
KENNETH KENDALL introduces this evening's edition of a series designed to reflect listeners' own views on current topics