BBC Concert Orchestra
(Leader. John Sharpe )
Conducted by Maurice Miles
A programme of music suggested by the scenes depicted on Christmas cards played by The Casino Orchestra
Conducted by Reginald Kilbey
Introduced by Roy Williams Produced by Geoffrey Brand
A radio adaptation from the sound-track of the Walt Disney cartoon
Introduced by Gordon Jackson
The characters are:
From the Animal Kingdom:
The Humans:
The original story by Ward Greene
Songs:
Peggy Lee and Sonny Burke
Radio adaptation by Gordon Gow
Production by Trafford Whitelock
('It's a Good Idea, Son! ') with Beryl Reid , Ken Platt
Graham Stark , Ronald Chesney
The Coronets and the Dennis Wilson Quartet
Written by Ronald Wolfe ,
George Wadmore , and Pat Dunlop
Produced by Roy Speer
The Christian Family
4-' Completing It'
Unto us a child is born, Unto us a son is given
From Leominster Priory,
Herefordshire
Conducted by the Vicar, the Rev. S. M. F. Woodhouse
For Service men and women stationed abroad and their families at home
Presented from London and Cologne by Jean Metcalfe and Dennis Scuse
[Starring] Bebe Daniels, Ben Lyon
with Barbara Lyon, Richard Lyon, Horace Percival, Doris Rogers, Molly Weir, Richard Bellaers
BBC Variety Orchestra
Conducted by Paul Fenoulhet
Written by Bob Block, Ronnie Hanbury, and Bebe Daniels
Production by Tom Ronald
Bringing you songs and laughter and featuring
Alan Breeze
(The Man of Many Voices)
Doreen Stephens
(The Singer of Sweet Songs) and Mr. Wakey Wakey
(Himself)
Production by Glyn Jones
See foot of page 12
from the Lord "Mayor Treloar
Orthopaedic Hospital,
Alton, Hampshire
At the piano. Harry Hudson \5
See page 5
Alma Cogan , June Whitfield and Wallas Eaton with The Keynotes
Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra A
Conducted by Harry Rabinowitz
Script by / Frank Muir and Denis Norden Produced by Charles Maxwell
(Wallas Eaton is in ' The Water Gipsies ' at the Winter Garden Theatre, London)
with his Concert Orchestra
Ronnie Hilton and The Johnston Brothers
A programme of melodies for every- one, designed to suit the mood of a ^E Christmas Sunday afternoon by the fireside
Introduced by Neil Landor
Produced by Neil Sutherland /
featuring
'the little lad whom Santa Claus forgot' with Bill Kerr
Sidney James , Andree Melly and Kenneth Williams
(Kenneth Williams is in ' The Buccaneer at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith)
This seasonable chapter in the lighted-hearted story of radio is illustrated by musical recordings and introduced by Flora Robson
Stories of Christmas radio past and present are told by Ritchie Calder the popular broadcaster on scientific topics who made his own 1955 Arctic excursion
David Davis
Head of Children's Hour
(Continued in next column)
John Watt who remembers some of his radio Christmases
Ralph Wightman who recalls a wartime ' Postscript' and tells of the Glastonbury Thorn
Written by Gale Pedrick and produced by Alfred Dunning
From the book by Beatrix Potter
Adapted by Gordon Crier with music by Michael North
Chorus of mice and bats:
A section of the BBC Chorus
(Chorus-Master. Leslie Woodgate )
A section of the BBC Concert Orchestra (Leader. John Sharpe )
Conducted by Mark Lubbock Production by Michael North
' The World In Peril'
A summary of events of the past week
and shares them with Alfred Marks
The BBC Show Band
Directed by Cyril Stapleton
The Stargazers
Victoria Elliott , Joan Sims
Gladys Morgan , and Lee Young
Script by Johnny Speight , John Antrobus
Terry Nation and Dick Barry
Production by Johnnie Stewart
From the Orphan Homes of Scotland, Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire
Introduced by Dr. James Kelly Chairman of the Orphan Homes
Organist. Albert Peterson
0 come. all ye faithful (Tune,
Adeste fldeles)
Hark! the herald angels sing (Tune,
Bethlehem)
See! in yonder manger low (Tune.
Humility)
Away in a manger (Tune, Cradle
Song)
0 little town of Bethlehem (Tune.
Christmas Carol)
As with gladness (Tune. Dix) ' Brightest and best (Tune. Spring-field)
Still the night (Tune, Stille Nacht)
See Home Service
Jean Pougnet and the Palm Court Orchestra
This week's visiting artists :
The Singers in Consort
Directed by Richard Wood
Christian opinion on some Good News
Speaker, Stanley Maxted
play for you, at close of day a programme of never-to-be-forgotten melodies
Guest artist, Bob Harvey
Instructed by Victor Silver
