played by the Al Goodwin Orchestra
(Recordings made available by courtesy of ' Voice of America ')
with Teiflon Williams and the Silver Chords Choir
Introduced by Dillwyn Owen
Musical arrangements and production by Mai Jones
The Sunday Supplement to "Woman's Hour" including:
Open Letter ... to a beauty expert from Anne Wild.
Kevin FitzGerald recalls the days "when violins got sixpence".
Gordon Gow reviews some current films.
Evelyn Home talks about loneliness and gives her own prescription for it.
Christmas Cards from some of the "Woman's Hour" foreign correspondents and from Jeanne de Casalis.
Programme introduced by Marjorie Anderson.
(BBC recording)
BBC Variety Orchestra
(Leader, John Jezard )
Conductor, Paul Fenoulhet with Louise Traill and Lee Lawrence
(Musical Director, Gerhard Track) in a programme of music for Christmas
Introduced by Philip Slessor
visits the workers of the South Eastern District
Post Office, London
The Fullness of the Time
4-' Bethlehem and Christmas 1956'
Service from Timberscombe Parish Church in Somerset, conducted by the Rev. Canon S. E. Swann
Some news of current programmes
Presented from London and Cologne by Jean Metcalfe and Dennis Scuse
The Boys with the Laughs
Alan Breeze, Doreen Stephens
The Bandits
'Mr. Wakey Wakey' (himself)
Script by Eddie Gurney and Arthur Pastor
Produced by Glyn Jones
with Archie's guest: Max Bygraves and Ken Platt
Dick Emery , Hilda Braid
Ronald Chesney
starring Bob Hope with his special guest, David Niven
Bill Goodwin , Margaret Whiting
Les Brown and his Band of Renown
Written by Norman Sullivan and Charles Lee
Recorded in Hollywood and edited by Dennis Main Wilson
One shopping day to Christmas, and Alan Melville offers his suggestions for gifts and uses for book tokens
' The Pick of Punch ' edited by Nicolas Bentley
An anthology of drawings, verse, criticism, and humorous articles, all drawn from the lively pages of Punch.
'The Twenty-Seventh Day' by John Mantley
Science fiction of the best brand, in which the human personalities and situations remain human even when confronted with the scientific marvels of 1963. (Continued in next column)
' The Hundred and One Dalmatians ' by Dodie Smith
Pongo and Missis are two intelligent Dalmatians. When their puppies are kidnapped by Mrs. Cruella de Vil , the cross-country manoeuvres in which they engage to effect a rescue w¥uld do credit to a modern army.
' The Hoffnung Music Festival'
Gerard Hoffnung
Over fifty brilliantly funny drawings at a price which works out at a penny a guffaw.
Cast: Denise Bryer
Vivienne Chatterton. Barbara Couper
John Chandos , John Glen and Howard Marion-Crawford
Produced by Eileen Molony
7—'And a Merry Christmas to All ' with Barbara Lyon , Richard Lyon
Doris Rogers , Molly Weir
Richard Bellaers , Horace Percival
BBC Variety Orchestra
Conductor. Paul Fenoulhet
Written by Bob Block
Ronnie Hanbury and Bebe Daniels
Production by Tom Ronald
Music for two pianos played by Derek New and David Wu
with Sidney James , Bill Kerr
Hattie Jacques , Kenneth Williams
Written by Alan Simpson and Ray Galton
Theme and incidental music composed and conducted by Wally Stott
Produced by Dennis Main Wilson
In the Youth Training Centre at Bolton, Lancashire, questions on the subject of food are put to
Dr. Magnus Pyke who was an adviser on nutrition to the Ministry of Food
Dr. Betty Hobbs
Director of a Food Hygiene
Laboratory
Ann Hardy a cordon bleu cook
Afterwards the under-twenties answer questions put to them by the team
Chairman, Jack House
with the Orchestre Elegant
David Hughes and Jack Byfield
A Sunday Serenade of music with a lilt
Introduced by Max Jaffa and David Hughes
Produced by Edward Nash
A new play for radio by Jeffrey Segal
Production by Audrey Cameron
A summary of events of the past week
Jean Pougnet and the Palm Court Orchestra
This week's visiting artists:
The Country Maids
Conductor, Sheila Mossman
Community hymn-singing from Duncairn Presbyterian Church, Belfast
Hymns introduced by the Minister the Rev. Kenneth D. Harvey
0 come, all ye faithful (Tune, Adeste
Fideles)
Once in Royal David's City (Tune,
Irby)
Hark! the herald-angels sing (Tune,
Bethlehem)
All my heart this night rejoices
(Tune. Bonn)
See! in yonder manger low (Tune,
Humility)
Christians, awake (Tune, Stockport) As with gladness (Tune, Dix)
Now thank we all our God (Tune,
Nun danket)
Conductor. Jack Brown
Organist, Havelock Nelson
BBC Show Band
Directed by Cyril Stapleton
Bob Monkhouse , Denis Goodwin
The Stargazers, Harold Smart
Dennis Wilson , Bert Weedon
The Show Band Singers Directed by Cliff Adams and Matt Monro
Script by Bob Monkhouse and Denis Goodwin
Production by John Browell
Christian opinion on human and social relationships, mainly as men see them
Speaker, Robert Crossett
Chairman, the Rev. Austen Williams Listeners' questions and comments form the basis of these talks. Letters should be addressed to: Mainly for Men, Broadcasting House, London, W.l.
sung by the Entertainments Choir of the Danish State Radio
Conductor, Svend Saaby with Reginald Leopold and his Players
Introduced by John Webster
and listen to some records to round off the weekend presented by Sam Costa
followed by Shipping Forecast on 1,500 m. only
