Christopher Stone introduces your request records
A Message from the Padre
The Rev. R. P. Hathway , C.F., formerly Chaplain to the British Forces in Korea
Records serving men overseas have chosen for you at home
Introduced by Jean Metcalfe
(Continued in next column)
'God rest you merry, gentlemen,
Let nothing you dismay'
Service from Ostenwalde Church House, Germany. Conducted by the Rev. L.E.M. Claxton, C.F.
Military music played by the Band of H.M. Royal Marines (Plymouth)
Conducted by Capt. R.H. Stoner, Director of Music
Royal Military School of Music (by permission of the Commandant)
Conducted by Major Meredith Roberts, M.B.E., Director of Music
Central Band of the Royal Air Force and the Band of the Women's Royal Air Forces
(by permission of the Air Council)
Conducted by Wing-Cdr. A.E. Sims, O.B.E., Organising Director of Music, R.A.F.
Massed bands of: The Queen's Bays, 15th/19th Hussars
Rhine Band of the Royal Tank Regiment Royal Hampshire Regiment
Black Watch, with pipes and drums
Conducted by Lt. A.W. Jarvis, Director of Music, R.T.R.
Commentary during the second half of one of today's Football League matches
spends his Christmas with the Forces overseas aided and abetted at the piano by Blanchie Moore
Betty Driver sings for Servicemen and men of the Services sing for you at home with the BFN Light Orchestra
Conducted by Milo Karatsch
Script by Eric Sykes
Produced by Dennis Main Wilson
Ernest Broadbent at the piano
Maureen Rose (soprano)
The George Mitchell Choir
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra
Conductor, Robert Busby
Produced by Dennis Main Wilson
See foot of page and page 6
Wilfred Pickles invites you to meet the children of the King Edward VII Orthopaedic Hospital, Sheffield
A seasonable reminder of Everyman's entertainment with Jack Watson
Ethel Revnell
Jack Hylton
Miriam Ferris
Helena Millais
Leonard Henry
Trefor Jones
Rex Palmer and the voices of: John Henry and Blossom
Tommy Handley and Ronald Frankau
Vivian Foster , the vicar of mirth and Gillie Potter on gramophone records
Everyman with a wireless set,
Anthony Armstrong
Written by Gale Pedrick
Produced by Thurstan Holland
A Festival of Choirs from all parts of Britain
From the North:
Birkenhead Male Voice Choir
(Conductor, Charles T. Scarratt ) with the Fairey Aviation Works Band
Conductor. Harry Mortimer
From the Midlands:
Tamworth Co-operative Choir
Conductor, Albert Knight with Albert Webb and his String Players
From Scotland:
Falkirk Choral Society Conductor, James Fyfe
From the South:
Ripley Choir of Bromley, Kent
Conductor, Marjorie Whyte with the Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra
Conductor, Robert Busby
From the West:
Treviscoe Male Voice Choir
Conductor, W. J. Russell Kessell
From Northern Ireland:
Belfast Girl Singers
(Conductor, Kay Simpson ) with the Light Orchestra
Conductor. David Curry
From Wales:
Pontardulais Choral Society
Conductor, T. Haydn Thomas
Introduced from London by James McKechnie
Produced by Michael North and John Simmonds
(Continued)
including football results
Football League
Bolton Wanderers v. West Bromwich Albion, by Henry Rose; Sunderland v. Newcastle United, by A. T. Davies; Notts County v. Sheffield United, by George Liddell; Sheffield Wednesday v. Nottingham Forest, by Frank Stainton; Swansea Town v. Cardiff City, by Max Rawlings
Expert Opinion
Rex Alston, Eamonn Andrews, Alan Clarke, and Raymond Glendenning talk about sport, as seen from the commentators' box
Chairman, Geoffrey Peck
Produced by Angus Mackay
at the BBC theatre organ among those. joining in the party are
Quentin MacLean
Reginald Foort Reginald Dixon
Bobby Pagan Louis Mordish and ' Mr. Drewett ' from
' The Chapel in the Valley'
with Donald Phillips at the piano and the BBC Variety Orchestra
Conducted by Paul Fenoulhet
with Gilbert Harding ;
Commander Campbell
Clarence Wright
Louis Voss and his Players and the over-sixties of Westminster at the Bag o' Nails Club, Mayfair
Guest star, Bransby Williams
Programme devised, arranged, and introduced by Gordon Cruickshank
Produced by Eileen Hots
featuring
Ted Ray and Kitty Bluett
Richard Murdoch and Kenneth Horne
Peter Brough and Archie Andrews
Brian Reece and Joy Shelton
Peter Sellers and Cyril Fletcher
Billy Cotton and his Band Produced by Leslie Bridgmont
Ted and Kitty decided to get away from domestic worries and spend a quiet Christmas at a hotel. Little did they know that their radio friends had chosen for similar reasons the same place. Their holiday was far from quiet.
Appeal on behalf of the British Wireless for the Blind Fund (registered in accordance with the National Assistance Act, 1948), by Mrs. Churchill, G.B.E.
Contributions will be gratefully acknowledged and should be addressed to [address removed]
The British Wireless for the Blind Fund makes this appeal on Christmas Day for funds to provide wireless sets for the blind of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Every year more than four thousand new sets are needed. In addition to sets required to replace those worn out through use, a great many are wanted to meet the needs of the newly blinded. Approximately seven thousand adult men and women lose their sight every year. The response to this appeal has always been generous and has averaged C31,000 a year for the last five years, but these sums have not been sufficient to provide all the sets so badly needed.
Stuart Hibberd introduces a programme of seasonable music specially recorded by members of His Majesty's Forces in the West Indies, Singapore, Malta, and Egypt
with Wallas Eaton
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra
Conductor, Robert Busby
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden Produced by Charles Maxwell
Ted Heath and his Music with Lita Roza
Dennis Lotis
Dickie Valentine
Cyril Stapleton and his Orchestra with Jean Campbell
Dave Carey
Monty Norman and the Staplejacks
Cabaret: Bob Monkhouse
Master of Ceremonies,
Robin Boyle
Produced by John Hooper
A meditation for Christmas Night
