BBC Revue Orchestra (Leader, David Paget )
Conductor, Harry Rabinowitz
The Greyfriars Players visit Our Lady of Lourdes Children's Home, Didsbury, and join in carols with the children
Programme presented by Father Agnellus Andrew , O.F.M.
Come to the Manger
0 Holy Night
The Christmas Wish .
Unto us is born a Son
0 little one sweet,
0 Little one mild
Angels we have heard in heaven
Good Christian men, rejoice
Adesite Fideles
Children directed by Sister Eustelle and Sister Teresita
Organist. Joseph Hughes
The Sunday Supplement to Woman's Hour
Therese De.nny introducing
Mabel Constanduros describing the Buggins family's Christmas Day Hebe Elsna talking to John Body
Ambrose Heath with some seasonable hints on cooking
Kathleen Tornlinson asking if the work of Christmas entertaining is worth it
Dr. Alain Bombard discussing his Atlantic voyage, with Eileen Molony The first episode of ' The Overloaded Ark ' by Gerald M. Durrell. Abridged by E. N. Williams. Read by Julian Randall
A journey through Britain with a recording machine.
Including recordings made at a Glasgow restaurant, crofters' cottages on Big Sand and Inverasdale, a ceilidh in a village schoolroom and a small factory on Loch Ewe.
Introducing John Rollo, a Bonnybnidge engineer, who is carrying out experiments in bringing employment to Highland communities in danger of becoming derelict, Norman McIver, Kenny Urquhart, Cathie Penmet, Alec Mars, Neil MacLeod, John Macpherson, Isabel and Jessie MacKenzie, Neil MacDonald, Alistair McCullum, and David Patton.
For this week's programme we have accepted the kind invitation of Bob, Ron, and Jim Copper to join them at Rottingdean, Sussex, for a Christmas get together - what would be called in Ireland and Scotland a 'Ceilidhe' or 'Ceilidh'.
Songs and music sung and played by Isla Cameron, Seamus Ennis, Brian George, Peter Kennedy, and Bob and Ron Copper
Programme introduced by Spike Hughes and Brian George
Edited by Marie Slocombe
Produced by Harold Rogers
with Wilfred Pickles.
From a well-known store in Oxford Street, London
Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world
St. Matthew 28, v. 20)
Room in the Inn
From Leominster Priory, Herefordshire. Conducted by the Vicar, the Rev. S. M. F. Woodhouse
From London and Germany
In London.Jean Metcalfe
In Hamburg, Dennis Scuse
with Dick Katz
The Ray Ellington Quartet
The Edmundo Ros
Latin-American Orchestra
Script by Jimmy Grafton
Producer, Jimmy Grant
A weekly programme of records
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by Giovanni Guareschi
An English radio version by Nina Burch and Harvey Unna
From the French radio play by Armand Lanoux
Produced by Mary Hope Allen
7-' 'Twas the Night Before ' with Barbara Lyon , Richard Lyon
Horace Percival , Doris Rogers
Molly Weir. Norman Shelley
with Wallas Eaton
Alma Cogan , June Whitfield
The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra
Conductor. Harry Rabinowitz
Script by Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell
A summary of events of the past week
with Joan Sims and Leslie Mitchell
Tonight's Musical Highlights:
Albert and Les Ward
The George Mitchell
Town Criers
Stanley Black, his piano and his Concert Orchestra
On Top of his Town this week:
Harry Secombe and his hometown
Swansea
Programme based on an idea by Terry-Thomas
Script edited by Jimmy Grafton
Produced by Dennis Main Wilson
Community hymn - singing from Manselton Congregational Church, Swansea, led by the augmented Church Choir and the Manselton ' and District Male
Choir
Conductor. Emrys Jones
Organist. Louise Jones
Hymns introduced by the Rev. Glyn Parry Jones
The race that long in darkness pined
(Tune. Irish)
While shepherds watched their flocks
(Tune, Winchester Old)
See. amid the winter snow (Tune.
Humility)
Hark. the herald-angels sing (Tune,
Mendelssohn)
The Coventry Carol (trad.)
0 come, all ye faithful (Tune, Adeste ftdeles)
As with gladness men of old (Tune,
Dix)
Angels from the realms of glory
(Tune, Cwm Rhondda)
Closing Prayer and Blessing by the Minister, the Rev. D. Emlyn James
Tom Jenkins and the Palm Court Orchestra with Marion Studholme
at the piano
Christian hymns, their music, and their meaning
Silent night, holy night (Tune. Stilla
Nacht)
O little town of Bethlehem (Tune.
Christmas Carol)
A great and mighty wonder (Tune.
Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen)
Behold the amazing gift of lova
(Tune, St. Stephen)
Records introduced by Franklin Engelmann
played by Sandy Macphersom at the BBC theatre organ
