Introduced by Frank Chacksfield

A story, a hymn, and a prayer

at the BBC theatre organ

Frank Baron and his Sextet

' The Birthday Present' by Roy Bullen
Read by Thorp Devereux

Musical Director:
Lieut.-Col. S. Rhodes , M.B.E.
Pipe-Majors:
J. B. Roe. B.B.M., and R. Crabb , B.E.M. on gramophone records

(Leader, Ernest Element )
Conducted by Leo Wurmser

and the Squadronaires with Peter Morton
Jackie Lee. Andrew Reavley and Cliff Townshend and his Singing Saxophone

Today's story: 'The Foghorn gets a Cold by Ruth Simonis , told by Daphne Oxenford.

including
The Way We Look At It: Viscountess Davidson, D.B.E., M.P., and Mrs. Jean Mann, M.P., discuss aspects of life in the House of Commons
Clinic for Old Clothes: Alice Hooper Beck prescribes the treatment. The third of four talks
Christmas Party Fare for the Children by Ambrose Heath
(Continued in next column)
Circus or Concert-Play or Pantomime: a guide to some of the London shows at Christmas time
Serial: ' Village School' by ' Miss Read"
(to be read in ten instalments)
Abridged by Mollie Field
Read by Jane Fergus
7—'The Musical Festival'
Programme introduced by Jean Metcalfe

Artists from the Commonwealth of Nations gather in London to send greetings in song to their folks at home and to listeners in the Motherland
Robert Easton (United Kingdom) introduces
Rena Edwards (New Zealand)
Eula Parker (Australia)
Edric Connor (West Indies)
Larry Cross (Canada) and The Johnston Singers
(United Kingdom)
The Kenny Powell Trio
BBC Revue Orchestra
Conducted by Harry Rabinowitz
(South Africa)
Produced by Glyn Jones
(United Kingdom)

Ford Motor Works
Military Band
Conductor,
Major G. H. Willcocks M.V.O. M.B.E.

at the BBC theatre organ

BBC Welsh Orchestra
(Leader. Philip Whiteway )
Conducted by Arwel Hughes
Nancy Bateman (soprano)

Billy Mayerl

A programme presenting the hit songs of the moment, introduced by singing personalities of today with Malcolm Lockyer and his Orchestra
Produced by John Hooper

with John Rowdon

A sample of the younger generation considers a new fitting for
'The Glass Slipper': the Cinderella story with a modern twist
The team: Norma Ellis (in the chair) from London; Judy Evans from South Wales: and John Rawnsley from Yorkshire with Alexander McKendrick , the film director, as guest

visits Huntingdon the birthplace of Oliver Cromwell with Mabel at ' the table ' and Harry Hudson at the piano
Presented by Stephen Renaud Williams

Alma Cogan , June Whitfield and Wallas Eaton with The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra Conducted by Harry Rabinowitz
Announced by David Dunhill
Script: Frank Muir and Denis Norden
Produced by Charles Maxwell

Noel Johnson in 10-' Adventure Glorious * by Ronald Healiss
Dramatised for radio and produced by Alan Burgess
(Continued in next column)
This is the story of Royal Marine Ronald Heatiss, a member of a 4.7 gun crew of the aircraft carrier Glorious sunk by the Nazi surface raiders Scharnhorst and Gnetsenau on June 8, 1940.

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pays a tribute to the late James P. Johnson ,
'the grandfather of the piano'
Introduced by Rex Harris
Illustrated with gramophone records
Produced by Jack Dabbs

' The Man Who Didn't Fly' by Margot Bennett
(to be read in fifteen instalments)
Abridged by Jocelyn Bradford
Read by Garard Green
2-' Few Facts but Many Fancies'

A new presentation of music for voices and strings created and conducted by Ronald Binge with the Silver Strings
BBC Chorus
(Chorus-Master. Leslie Woodgate ) and featuring Max Jaffa
Introduced by Marjorie Anderson
Programme produced by Edward Nash