George Elrick introduces your request records

A Story, a hymn, and a prayer

at the BBC theatre organ

FeMx King and his Orchestra

BBC Welsh Orchestra
(Leader,Philip Whiteway )
Conductor, Rae Jenkins

' Nap Retep '
A Story from Scotland for New Year's Day by John Keir Cross told by Willie Joss

Conducted by George Hespe with George Allen (bass-baritone)

(Leader, Reginald Stead )
Conducted by Vilem Tausky

A programme for children under five
Today's story: ' New Year's Eve ' by Ann Elliott , told by Dorothy Smith

Janet Teissier du Cros speaking from Paris
.New Year's Day: Fred Bason , the well-known diarist, makes his resolutions for the New Year
Grandma's New Year Resolutions. An episode in the life of the Buggins family, by Mabel Con standuros
Behind the Headlines: a weekly feature to fill in the background to some recent news events
Serial:
' The Gipsy in the Parlour ' by Margery Sharp
Abridged by Barbara Henderson
Read by Patience Collier
Programme introduced by Marjorie Anderson

and his Orchestra with Patti Forbes
Kenny Bardelland Gordon Langhorn and the Mackpies

The Richard Crean Orchestra

The music you have asked for introduced and played by Sandy Macpherson at the BBC theatre organ

and his Dance Orchestra with Ivy Barnes

Lionel Gamlin looks through the BBC Recorded Programmes
Diary for 1953 and invites you to listen again to some of the broadcasts that took place during thy week last year
Produced by Phyllis Robinson

Tunes you have asked us to play, including some records chosen by Service men and women overseas

Written by Edward J. Mason and Geoffrey Webb.
A story of country folk.

Raymond Glendenning on tomorrow's fixtures

with Kitty Bluett , Peter Sellers
Patricia Hayes , Charles Hawtrey
Kenneth Connor

on gramophone records

Questions of the moment put by members of the audience are discussed spontaneously by: A. G. Street , Jack Longland
Graham Hutton , Collin Brooks
Travelling Question-Master,
Freddy Grisewood
Produced by Michael Bowen
From the Docks Canteen,
Southampton

A musical enterbainment for the end of the week
Victoria Campbell and John Hanson with the BBC Concert Orchestra
(Leader, John Sharpe )
Conducted by Sidney Torch
Stanley Riley and the BBC Men's Chorus
Conducted by Cyril Gell with Frederick Stone at the piano
Band of the Scots Guards
Conducted by Lieut.-Col. S. Rhodes, M.B.E.
Director of Music
Introduced by Philip Slessor
Produced by Campbell Ricketts

Part 1
Ted Heath and his Music with Lita Roza
Dennis Lotis , and Dickie Valentine and Francisco Cavez and his Latin-American Rhythm with Ronnie Harris

' The Round Dozen ' by Somerset Maugham
(to be read in four instalments)
Reader, Carleton Hobbs
4—' The Last Romance '

Part 2
Cabaret:
Eddie Calvert
Everybody Dance!
Master of Ceremonies,
Paul Carpenter
Produced by John Hooper