Listings
: General Weather Forecast
and forecast for farmers and shipping: BBC WEST OF ENGLAND LIGHT ORCHESTRA
(Leader, Frederick Lunnon )Conductor, Frank Cantell
Contributors
: LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS!
Grace and Gratitude 'Talk by Father Joseph Christie
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: General Weather Forecast
and forecast for farmers and shipping: MORNING MUSIC
BBC Scottish Variety OrchestraConductor, Kemlo Stephen
Selection: Jerome Kern Melodies
Contributors
: FOR THE SCHOOLS
RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY. Does God Exist? ' The God who directs men ' -2. Austin Farrer , Fellow and Chaplain of Trinity College, Oxford, discusses some of the questions raised by last week's programme. (BBC recording)Contributors
: 'HENRY V
Music by Sir William Walton from the film of Shakespeare's play on gramophone recordsContributors
: The Daily Service
Away with our fears (BBC Hymn Book 147)New Every Morning, page 44 Psalm 89 (Broadcast Psalter)
Isaiah 1. vv. 1-4 and 10-20
O King enthroned on high (BBC Hymn Book 158)
: Music While You Work
Band of the Royal Horse Guards(The Blues)
Conducted by Capt. David McBain
Director of Music
Contributors
: FOR THE SCHOOLS
SINGING TOGETHER, by William Appleby. Request programme11.20 HOW THINGS BEGAN-11. Life Among the Ape-Men. Material compiled by Richard Palmer. Dramatic presentation by Honor Wyatt. (BBC recording)
11.40 INTERMEDIATE FRENCH. Preparatifs pour les fetes. Noël approche. C'est un moment de grande activite dans la famille Levaux. Texte d'Emile Harven
Contributors
: RHYTHM AND ROMANCE
A programme of records: THE SPICE OF LIFE
Profiles and personalities from the world of Variety with the augmentedNorthern Variety Orchestra
Conducted by Alyn Ainsworth Produced by Barney Colehan
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: General Weather Forecast
and forecast for farmers and shipping: THOSE WERE THE DAYS!
Harry Davidson and his Orchestra with William McAlpineIntroduced by Frederick Allen
Master of Ceremonies, A. J. Latimer
Producer, Stanton Jefferies
(William McAlpine broadcasts by permission of the General .Administrator of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, )
Contributors
: FOR THE SCHOOLS
STORIES FROM WORLD HISTORY. ' King Harsha': a story of one of the great kings of Northern India (A.D. 606). Script by Rhoda Power2.20 PROSE AND VERSE READINGS. 'The Revenge ': a narrative poem by Lord Tennyson
2.30 LET'S JOIN IN. 'The Nativity Play' Music by Ann Driver. (BBC recording)
2.50 Orchestral Concerts
BBC Concert Orchestra
Conducted by Trevor Harvey
BBC Chorus
Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano)
Overture: Spinning Chorus; Senta's Ballad; Sailors' Chorus
Introduced by Trevor Harvey
Contributors
: MELODY FAIR
Gramophone records presented by Robert FarnonContributors
: CHILDREN'S HOUR
'The Borrowers': a serial story in twelve instalments. written by Mary Norton and told by David10—' Mrs. Driver Keeps Watch '
5.15 ' Green Broom'
Country songs (and others) sung by Mervyn Daniell
Contributors
: How's Your Pet?
A series of programmes devised by L. Hugh NewmanToday he introduces Walter J. C. Murray , who talks about the rearing of wild creatures
5.50 This week's programmes
Contributors
: The Weather
Shipping and general weather forecasts, followed by a detailed forecast for South-East England: THE NIGHT SKY IN DECEMBER
by J. G. Porter , Ph.D., F.R.A.S.This month Dr. Porter talks about the Christmas stars and suggests some books for those who would like to learn more about the night sky.
Diagram on page 15
Contributors
: BBC SCOTTISH ORCHESTRA
(Leader, J. Mouland Begbie )Conducted by Alexander Gibson
Contributors
: THE PAST AROUND US
A series offive programmes about local history3 — Jarlshof
Fifty years ago the ruins of Jarlshof (the Earl's House) were the only signs of human settlement on a small headland near. Sumburgh on Mainland, Shetland. Since then archaeological excavation has revealed evidence of occupation from the late Stone Age onwards, and the site is now protected by the Ministry of Works as an ancient monument.
In this programme the story of Jarlshof is reconstructed by John Stewart a native of Shetland and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (Scotland)
J. R. C. Hamilton archaeologist. Inspector of Ancient Monuments, Ministry of Works
(Scotland)
T. C. Lethbridge
Curator of the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge and Gordon Donaldson
Lecturer in History,
University of Edinburgh
Contributors
: Hermione Gingold and Alfred Marks invite you 'HOME AT EIGHT'
to meetThe Stargazers
Christopher Hewett
On Stage, Please!
Presenting an interlude by advanced students from the Webber-
Douglas School of Singing and Dramatic Art
Encore!
Reviving a memorable moment in the career of Jean Carson
Thanks for the Melody
Hits of yesterday and today played by Peter Yorke and his Concert Orchestra
Ipswich Girls' Choir
Conductor, W. H. Dixon
Production by Ronnie Hill
Contributors
: English Theatre, 1900-1950 'THE CONQUERING HERO'
The play was first produced at the Albert Hall , Leeds, on February 23. 1924, and transferred to the Aldwych Theatre, London, on March 23. 1924T. C. Kemp writes on page 6
Contributors
: DINU LIPATTI (piano)
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