A Christian angle on the news
Speaker, MARY STOCKS
and Programme News
Christians, awake...
Readings by GARY WATSON from David Copperfield by CHARLES DICKENS abridged by Donald Bancroft
Broadcast In 1963
Christians, awake ...
Greetings from St. Paul's, Bedford; St. James's, Paisley; St. Gwendoline's, Talgarth, Brecknockshire; St. Nicholas', Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim; St. Calixtus', West Down, Devon; St. John's, Cleator Moor, Cumberland; St. Nicholas', Great Yarmouth; Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem
Introduced by Ronald Fletcher
Her Majesty's recorded Christmas Message to the Commonwealth followed by an interlude
RAYMOND BAXTER and BRIAN JOHNSTON at the last of many seasons of Bertram Mills Circus at Olympia
Excerpts from records of the famous festivals of musical humour organised by the late Gerard Holfnung
Broadcast on November
1884-1956
The class in Greek Poise
A BBC Sound Archives production
Her Majesty's recorded Christmas Message to the Commonwealth followed by the News
The Earl of Harewood discusses with Roy Plomley, in a recorded programme, the gramophone records he would take to a desert island.
by Charles Dickens starring
Ralph Richardson adapted by Charles Lefeaux with music composed and conducted by CHRISTOPHER WHELEN
Produced by CHARLES LEFEAUX
The changing world of popular entertainment
Introduced by DEREK PARKER with comment by COLIN MACINNES and the voices of DAVY BURNABY, STANLEY HOLLOWAY, HARRY LAUDER, JOSEPH COYNE, GERTIE MILLAR, BRANSBY WILLIAMS, Gus ELEN, GEORGE ROBEY, AL READ, BERYL REID, TOMMY STEELE, CILLA BLACK, JOHN HENRY AND BLOSSOM, TOMMY HANDLEY, DOROTHY SUMMERS, VERA LYNN, GRACIE FIELDS, LONNEE DONEGAN, and THE BEATLES
Compiled by Derek Parker
Produced by John Powell
GALE PEDRICK selects items from BBC radio and television
Last Friday's broadcast
(piano)
Sonata in A major (L.391)
(Scarlatti)
Nocturne in E flat major, Op,
9 No, 2 (Chopin)
Arabesque (Schumann)
5.30* Sonata in F minor, Op. 57
(Appassionata) (Beethoven) on gramophone records
including Scottish Football League results
Appeal on behalf of the British Wireless for the Blind Fund by JOHN SNAGGE , O.B.E.
Contributions, preferably by crossed postal orderorcheque, will be gratefully acknowledged and should be addressed to [address removed]
Each year more than 6,000 blind people depend for their wireless sets on the response to this Christmas Day, 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.
Introduced by Richard Murdoch and Kenneth Horne and presenting
DICK BENTLEY (Australia)
WINIFRED ATWELL (Trinidad)
JOHN MAYER (India)
DANA VALERY (South Africa)
ROBERTO CARDINALI (Italy)
THE FRIENDLY ISLANDERS (Tonga)
THE MARVELS (Jamaica)
The Orchestra
Conducted by PAUL FENOULHET Script by Richard Murdoch and Kenneth Horne
Produced by BOBBY JAYE
A BBC World Service production
Dana Valery is tn ' Wait a Minim' at the Fortune Theatre. London: The Friendly Islanders are appearing at the Beachcomber Restaurant. London
(who is recorded) introduces
Musical Show Time
Records of songs from hit shows of the past and present from
Oklahoma!
Hello, Dolly!
Produced by Derek Chinnery
A gathering in Scotland of Commonwealth visitors from the five continents
They sing and play their own music and remember the links their countries have with Scotland
Narrator, SETH CUDJOE from Ghana
Recordings edited by NORMAN MCGADIE
Compiled and produced by ARCHIE P. LEE
in King's College Chapel, Cambridge
† Shortened version of the broadcast on Christmas Eve
