BBC Midland Light Orchestra Leader, James Hutcheon Conductor, Jack Coles
BBC Northern Ireland Light Orchestra
Leader, David Adams
Conductor, David Curry
BBC West of England Players Leader, William Reid
Directed by Peter Martin
The Edward Rubach Quintet
Eamonn Andrews introduces request records for the family
Her Majesty's recorded Christmas Message to the Commonwealth
See Home Service
continued
A story, a hymn, and a prayer
Christmas songs and carols old and new sung by Sheila McShee (soprano)
The Glendower Singers with a section of the BBC Welsh Orchestra Leader. Philip Whiteway
Conducted by Mansel Thomas
A sequence of familiar tunes
Introduced by Gerry Grant featuring the BBC Variety Orchestra with the String Choir Led by John Jezard
Conductor, Paul Fenoulhet
Ronnie Aldrich
Jack Emblow and The Morning Stars Produced by Bill Sullivan and Norman Mead
from Botley Parish Church, Hampshire, conducted by the Ven. Michael Peck, Archdeacon of Portsmouth
Organist, Jim Bennett
11.55 GOOD LISTENING
247 m. and VHF
Some news of current programmes
A special edition of records you have asked us to play with contributions by Jameson Clark
IN GLASGOW
Maurice O'Callaghan IN BELFAST
Cliff Morgan IN CARDIFF
Violet Carson
IN MANCHESTER
Ted Moult
IN BIRMINGHAM
Bernard Fishwick
IN BRISTOL
Carole Carr
IN LONDON
See page 22
The Sound of Today featuring the music of Johnnie Spence his Orchestra and Chorus
Johnny Pearson and his Strings
The Michael Sammes Singers and Michael Cole
Guest star, Matt Monro
Produced by John Browell
David Attenborough invites you to Come Round the World with music and stories.
A special Christmas Flying Doctor story based on the work of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia with James McKechnie as Dr. Chris Rogers, Bill Kerr as Tommy O'Donnell, Rosemary Miller as Mary West, Bettina Dickson as Sally MacAndrew
Guest star, Finlay Currie as Duncan McDonald
Written by Rex Rienits
Production by Vernon Harris
from the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre Headington, Oxford
Host, Wilfred Pickles
Hostess, Mabel Pickles
At the piano, Harry Hudson Presented by Stephen Williams
' The Silent Child' by Rosemary Timperley
Read by Mary Wimbush
An all-star extravaganza with Bob Hope and guest stars Peter Sellers
Jeannie Carson
Boris Karloff
Michael Holliday
Warren Mitchell and Jerry Desmonde
Billy Ternent and his Orchestra
Script by Denis Goodwin
Produced by John Browell
on gramophone records
invites you to his
Christmas Quiz Party with Peter Goodwright and Sheila Buxton and the BBC Variety Orchestra Leader, John Jezard
Conductor, Paul Fenoulhet
Produced by Bill Worsley
Appeal on behalf of the British Wireless for the Blind Fund
(Registered in accordance with the National Assistance Act, 1948) by a blind listener
Contributions (preferably by crossed postal order or cheque) will be gratefully acknowledged and should be addressed to ' Wireless for the Blind,' [address removed]
Tonight a blind listener tells you what the British Wireless for the Blind Fund has done for him. Each year the Fund endeavours to provide some 5,000 wireless sets, which are needed annually, from this Christmas Day Appeal. Each set costs £ l0.
says ' Sing Along With Me' a programme of songs old and songs new but all of them songs for you with the BBC Variety Orchestra Leader, John Jezard
Conductor, Paul Fenoulhet Produced by Bobby Jaye
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate the mystery of how a priceless gem came to be in the crop of somebody's Christmas goose.
Jimmy Clitheroe in 'Christmas Day in the Kid's House'
with Peter Sinclair, Patricia Burke, Leonard Williams, Danny Ross, Diana Day, Tony Melody
Written by James Casey and Frank Roscoe
Produced by James Casey
Repeated on Friday at 10.0 a.m.
David Gell introduces a musical setting for romance with Eric Cooke his piano, and his Orchestra Produced by Brian Willey
Michael Medwin as Michael Lightfoot
Eleanor Summerfield as Maggie, a TV executive
Fenella Fielding as Janot, Miehaers secretary
Joan Sims as Mavis, a shorthand typist
Nicholas Phipps as Adrian Beafes , copywriter
Warren Mitchell as most other characters
Script by Myles Rudge and Ronnie Wolfe Produced by John Simmonds
Repeated on Saturday at 1.45 p.m.
The Rabin Band
Directed by David Ede The Viscounts
The Karl Denver Trio
Shane Fenton and the Fentones Barbara Kay , Colin Day
Ray Pilgrim , The Hound Dogs
Arthur Greenslade and the Gee Men Party Platters sing along with the stars on record Introduced by David Ede
Produced by Jimmy Grant
Continued
A seasonal choice of songs by Harold Rogers with Nina and Frederik Peggy Seeger and Guy Carawan and Dick Cameron
Christmas words and music
