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A Christmas holiday programme

They Shall Have Music ...
James Bernard takes you for a final musical ride off the beaten track
Today, Witches and Wizards

Autograph Album
Each week a celebrated visitor signs your holiday album and stays for an informal talk
This week: Arthur Askey (Big-Hearted Arthur)

Schoolboys' Own Exhibition
Over to the Horticultural Hall, Westminster, for a final eye-witness account by Brian Johnston and John Ellison

(Arthur Askey is at present appearing in "Goody Two Shoes" at the London Casino)

Contributors

Editor/Producer:
Lionel Gamlin
Speaker (They Shall Have Music...):
James Bernard
Guest (Autograph Album):
Arthur Askey
Commentator (Schoolboys' Own Exhibition):
Brian Johnston
Commentator (Schoolboys' Own Exhibition):
John Ellison

A daily programme for women at home
Introduced by Jean Metcalfe and including
Guest of the Week : Doris Arnold
'What I've Been Reading': Pamela Hansford Johnson recommends some recently published books
'Household Forum: Keeping Warm' Bee Nilson and Kathleen Norris discuss clothes and food for the family in the depths of winter.
'I Married a Dame!' by Olive Fox
Serial: 'Middlemarch' by George Eliot. Abridged by Nancy Pusey. Read by Carleton Hobbs

Contributors

Presenter:
Jean Metcalfe
Guest:
Doris Arnold
Speaker:
Pamela Hansford Johnson
Speaker:
Bee Nilson
Speaker:
Kathleen Norris
Speaker:
Olive Fox
Reader:
Carleton Hobbs

[Starring] Charlie Chester with his crazy gang
Ken Morris, Len Marten, Molly Weir, Deryck Guyler, Edna Fryer, Frederick Ferrari
The Mitchell Maids
BBC Revue Orchestra
Conducted by Robert Busby

Contributors

Comedian:
Charlie Chester
Performer:
Ken Morris
Performer:
Len Marten
Performer:
Molly Weir
Performer:
Deryck Guyler
Performer:
Edna Fryer
Performer:
Frederick Ferrari
Musicians:
BBC Revue Orchestra
Conductor:
Robert Busby
Script:
Charlie Chester
Producer:
Leslie Bridgmont

by David Whitelaw and Harold Simpson
The stage version of David Whitelaw's novel 'Mystery at Furze Acres' adapted for broadcasting by Peggy Wells
[Starring] BBC Drama Repertory Company

Contributors

Author:
David Whitelaw
Author:
Harold Simpson
Adapted by:
Peggy Wells
Producer:
Ayton Whitaker
Mervin Dale, K.C.:
Roger Delgado
Colonel John Kershaw:
Howieson Culff
Norma, his wife:
Marjorie Westbury
Paul Epgrave:
David Peel
Giles:
Stanley Groome
Lucy:
Denise Bryer
Inspector Rhodes:
Donald Gray
Dr Pashler:
Hamilton Dyce
Sykes:
David Kossoff
George Clinton, deputy coroner:
Bryan Powley
Fred:
Ronald Sidney
Mrs Payne:
Gladys Spencer

Light Programme

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More