BBC Revue Orchestra (Leader, Antony Gilbert )
Conductor, Harry Rabinowitz
See page 6
The Sunday Supplement to Woman's Hour including
Year of Storm: Harry Soan , a farmer, Princess Indira, a Parliamentary observer, and an anonymous Hungarian are among those who give personal impressions of 1956 Alistair Cooke speaks from America on the pace of modern living
Ba Mason looks back on her Festive Season
A reading from ' My Husband Cart-wright ' by Olivia Manning
Introduced by Marjorie Anderson
Artists from the Commonwealth gather in London to send greetings in song to their folks at home and to listeners in Britain
Robert Easton
(United Kingdom) introduces
Margaret Ashton
(from Australia)
Annette Klooger
(from Australia)
(Continued in next column)
John Hauxvell
(from New Zealand)
Mike McKenzie
(from the West Indies)
The Bob Brown Singers with the Frank Baron Trio
BBC Revue Orchestra
Conductor, Harry Rabinowitz
(from South Africa)
Produced by Glyn Jones
(United Kingdom)
Directed by Henry Krein with Edward Rubach and Robert Docker (two pianos)
Entertainments Choir of the Danish State Radio
Conductor, Svend Saaby
Accompanist, Charles Spinks
These things I remember
(Psalm 42, v. 4)
Thanks at the End of the Year
Service from Nicolson Square Methodist Church, Edinburgh, conducted by the Rev. Professor John Foster , D.D ., assisted by the Minister, the Rev. Kenneth G. Bloxham
Some news of current programmes
For Service men and women stationed abroad and their families at home
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
8 — ' A Star is Born ' with Barbara Lyon , Richard Lyon
Doris Rogers , Molly Weir
Richard Bellaers , Horace Percival
BBC Variety Orchestra
Conductor, Paul Fenouthet
Written by Bob Block
Ronnie Hanbury and Bebe Daniels
Production by Tom Ronald
A sound approach to the cinema introduced by Peter Haigh
Music from a New Release
Pearl Bailey sings 'Zing went the Strings of my Heart' from 'That Certain Feeling'
Elvis Presley sings 'Poor Boy' from 'Love Me Tender'
Picturegoers' Quiz
Test your ear and your memory for familiar and once-familiar voices
Stargazing
Anna Neagle talks about her career and illustrates it with extracts from films she has made
Presented by Desmond Carrington and Spencer Hale
Pocket Preview
'Giant' starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson and James Dean
Adapted by Roy Bradford
Produced by Ruth Dennis
Sound-track Memories
Including the voices of Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour
The programme edited and produced by Trafford Whitelock
See above and page 5
with Sidney James
Bill Kerr , Hattie Jacquea and Kenneth Williams
Written by Alan Simpson and Ray Galton
Theme and incidental music composed and conducted by Wally Stott
Produced by Dennis Main Wilson
Young people in the Flora Macdonald Y.W.C.A. Centre. Inverness, put questions with a Hogmanay flavour to Ishbel Peterkin, John Bannerman, and Sorley Maclean
Chairman, Jack House
with his Orchestre Moderne
The Golden Strings and songs by Bruce Trent
Popular music and- songs to appeal to all tastes, presented in a distinctive style
Introduced by Joy Worth Produced by Eric Arden
Singers and musicians from different countries meet in the studio of the Cologne Radio House to sing and play popular music
Cliff Michelmore introduces recordings of some of the exciting moments of British sport in 1956, as seen through the eyes of BBC commentators
Edited by Michael Hastings
A summary of events of the past week
Max Jaffa and the Palm Court Orchestra
This week's visiting artist:
Joan Butler
See page 7
From the West Kirk of St.
Nicholas, Aberdeen with the United Choirs of The Presbytery of Aberdeen
Hymns introduced by the Rev. Anderson Nicol
Conductor, William Boddie
Organist. Richard F. Cutbush
Theme: ' The Guiding Hand of God' The Lord of heav'n confess (Tune, St.
John 183)
Brightest and best of the sons of the morning (Tune, Springfield)
Gracious Spirit, Holy Ghost (Tune,
Charity)
Ye servants of God (Tune, Laudate
Dominum)
March on. my soul, with strength
(Tune, Christchurch)
Put thou thy trust in God (Tune, Ich halte treulich still)
Holy Father, in thy mercy (Tune,
Minto)
Thy hand. 0 God, has guided (Tune,
Thornbury)
for 1956 and 1957
Christian opinion on human and social relationships, mainly as men see them
Chairman, the Rev. Austen Williams
Speaker, the Psychiatrist
Listeners' questions and comments form the basis of these talks. Letters are welcomed and should be addressed to: Mainly for Men, Broadcasting House, W.I.
at the piano
and listen to some records to round off the weekend presented by Sam Costa
followed by Shipping Forecast on 1,500 m. only