Introduced by Joan Griffiths
featuring Maureen Tasker and Ashley Crawford with Troise and his Serenaders
On the Beam
'Is It Worth Reading?' In the last programme of the series, Godfrey Winn suggests ways in which the reading of books can help us to talk and write more effectively
Radio Bremen Orchestra
Conductor, Theo Hollinger
' The Emperor's New Clothes ' by Hans Andersen
Read by Cecil Trouncer
Mrs. Dale, the doctor's wife, records the daily happenings in the life of her family
Script by Lesley Wilson
at the BBC theatre organ
A Christmas holiday programme
Edited and produced by Lionel Gamlin
Man at the Wheel
The first of four weekly programmes in which Robert Mac Dermot, with a BBC Mobile Unit, invites you to meet the ' man at the wheel' of different kinds of transport
1-A London bus driver
Musical Adventure
Kenyon Emrys-Roberts tells you a musical adventure-story, with illustrations from the composer's work
' Peter and the Wolf' by Prokofiev
Top of the Tree
You are invited to meet four famous people who have reached the top of their profession
Today, Flora Robson
Conducted by Arwel Hughes
Elizabeth Evans (soprano)
Overture
Introduced by Olive Shapley
' The Good-Humoured Christmas.'
Tears and tempers can sometimes spoil the children's happiness: a doctor parent discusses ways of avoiding them
' Oberammergau,' by Elisabethe Corathiel
' Father Christmas,' in an interview with Olive Shapley , speaks of some of his impressions and experiences during the lifetime of his listeners.
' I Was a Shepherdess,' by Jane Batten
Serial: 'Wagstaff's England,' by Robert Greenwood. Abridged by Nest Bradney . Read by Norman Shelley
Reginald King and his Salon Orchestra with Doris Eaves (soprano)
Enfield Central Band
Conductor, W. Haydn Bebb
Mrs. Dale, the doctor's wife, records the daily happenings in the life of her family
Script by Lesley Wilson
George Scott-Wood and his Accordion Band
Geraldo and his Orchestra featuring ' Songs with Strings'
Sandy Macpherson at the BBC theatre organ
and his Orchestra with Jimmy Young
Jack Leon and his Orchestra
An excerpt from the revival of Lupino Lane 's musical comedy
Book and lyrics by L. Arthur Rose and Douglas Furber
Music by Noel Gay
(Continued in next column)
Orchestra under the direction of Harold Brewer
Introduced by John Ellison
From the Winter Garden Theatre, London
with Wallas Eaton
Alan Dean , The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra
Conductor, Frank Cantell
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
by Reginald Beckwith
[Starring] Robert Beatty
The Fergusons are a nice, untidy family and they live in a nice, untidy house near London. It is a wartime Christmas and a distinctly varied house-party has collected: there is the head of the house. Philip, who works in the Ministry of Something-or-Other; his unceasingly harassed wife; daughter Phoebe. still trailing clouds of Girton; Brenda, who once made the mistake of marrying an M.P.; a young evacuated scientist; and an ex-housemaid who joined the NAAFI and now reappears as a billettee. Being kindly folk, the Fergusons have also invited a neighbouring army camp to send a soldier to stay for the weekend, recreation, for the purpose of. Reginald Beckwith's amiable and amusing comedy tells what happens when a charming, free-and-easy Canadian arrives and creates havoc among the female half of 'the household. It is rather like an excursion into the Esther McCracken-Dodie Smith country, with additional riot provided by a communist-minded 'char' who rides a tricycle and reads "War and Peace," a local lady who belongs to the Oxford Group, and the cook. Concerning the latter, we have only space to say that Mrs. Ferguson made a grave miscalculation when she imagined that 'Cook, Progressive,' in an advertisement, meant simply one who knew about pressure cooking.
The Sydney Thompson
Olde-Tyme Dance Orchestra
'The Story of the Treasure Seekers ' by E. Nesbit
Read by Brian Smith
7— ' A Rose by Any Other Name '
The children see an advertisement which leads them to seek out a gentleman, whose circulars, they remember, are not unknown to their father. They decide to call him * The Generous Benefactor * (after Miss Maria Edgeworth ). although a man who charges interest of sixty per cent. on a loan might deserve a different name.
Southern Serenade Orchestra directed by Lou Whiteson with Julian Bream (guitar) (Continued in next column)
