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Introduced by Joan Griffiths
Christmas Party at the W.V.S. residential club for elderly people, Bromley, Kent. with Claude Dampier and Billie Carlyle , Raymond Newell , and Marie Kendall
Serial: ' A Christmas Carol,' by Charles Dickens. Abridged by Nancy Pusey. Read by Ronald Simpson

Contributors

Introduced By:
Joan Griffiths
Unknown:
Claude Dampier
Unknown:
Billie Carlyle
Unknown:
Raymond Newell
Unknown:
Marie Kendall
Unknown:
Charles Dickens.
Abridged By:
Nancy Pusey.
Read By:
Ronald Simpson

A Christmas Eve round-up of carol singing from
England, Scotland and Wales
Kirkintilloch Junior Choir from Glasgow Cathedral
The Boys' Choir from Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff
Voices of 100 children from
London Choir School and St. Pancras and Westminster L.C.C. Schools from St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London Christmas messages to children are given by the Minister of Glasgow Cathedral, the Rev. A. Nevile David son; the Rev. J. G. James ; and the Vicar of St. Martin's, the Rev. L. M. Charles-Edwards
Introduced by John Ellison
Programme organised by the Daily Express

Contributors

Unknown:
Rev. A. Nevile David
Unknown:
Rev. J. G. James
Unknown:
Rev. L. M. Charles-Edwards
Introduced By:
John Ellison

invites you to meet
Pearl Hackney. Jon Pertwee
Richard Gray , Eric Woodburn
Howard Marion-Crawford
Sylvia Robin , and the Waterlogged Spa Glee Party
George Crow and his
Blue Mariners Dance Orchestra at Sinking-in-the-Ooze
Script by Eric Barker
Produced by Leslie Bridgmont

Contributors

Unknown:
Pearl Hackney.
Unknown:
Jon Pertwee
Unknown:
Richard Gray
Unknown:
Eric Woodburn
Unknown:
Howard Marion-Crawford
Unknown:
Sylvia Robin
Script By:
Eric Barker
Produced By:
Leslie Bridgmont

A fairy opera by Adelheide Wette
English translation by Constance Bache
Music by Humperdinck
Chorus of children
BBC Theatre Chorus
(Chorus-Master. John Clements )
BBC Theatre Orchestra (Leader, Alfred Barker )
Conducted by Stanford Robinson
Narrator. Mary O'Farrell Repetiteur. Leo Wurmser
The action takes place in the broom-maker's cottage and in the wood near the witch's house

Contributors

Unknown:
Adelheide Wette
Translation By:
Constance Bache
Chorus-Master:
John Clements
Leader:
Alfred Barker
Conducted By:
Stanford Robinson
Narrator:
Mary O'Farrell
Repetiteur:
Leo Wurmser
Hansel:
Norah Gruhn
Gretel:
Lorely Dyer
Their mother:
Monica Warner
Their father, a broom-maker:
Owen Brannigan
The Dew Fairy:
Jean Mountford
The Witch, who eats children:
Elsie Boardman

is having a Party for Christmas to which she has invited
Mrs. Stansfield, her mother Tommy Fields , her brother
Cynthia Rawson , Tommy's wife
Teddie Holmes and his piano
Robert Farnon and his Orchestra and you
Party organised by Ronald Waldman

Contributors

Unknown:
Tommy Fields
Unknown:
Cynthia Rawson
Unknown:
Teddie Holmes
Piano:
Robert Farnon
Unknown:
Ronald Waldman

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