Listings
: - SUNDAY READING
A reading fromThe Meaning of Gifts by Paul Tournier
† Reader, JOHN WESTBROOK
Contributors
Reader:
Paul
Tournier
Reader:
John
Westbrook
: WEATHER
and Programme NewsChristians, awake ...
: THE NEWS
: THE BABE OF BETHLEHEM
The story of the birth of the Christ Child told in the words of the Gospels, with carols in the order of the story as sung in the Christian countries of the worldReader of the Gospels, HUGH BURDEN
Translations read by DENYS HAWTHORNE
English Carols sung by the AMBROSIAN SINGERS
Written and produced by FRANCIS DILLON
A new production of the programme originally broadcast on December 20. 1964
Contributors
Read By:
Denys
Hawthorne
Produced By:
Francis
Dillon
: WEATHER
Christians, awake ...: THE NEWS
: Christmas Bells
Greetings from Wells Cathedral; St. Paul's, Skelly, Swansea; St. Donards, Belfast; The Old Steeple, Dundee; St. Peter's. Felkirk, Yorkshire; All Saints, Allesley. Warwickshire; St. Michael's, Cornhill, London; Church of the Nativity, BethlehemIntroduced by Robert Hudson
Contributors
Introduced By:
Robert
Hudson
: The Queen Her Majesty's recorded Christmas Message to the Commonwealth
Her Majesty's message is also broadcast in the Light and Music Programmes, and repeated at 1.0 p.m. in the Home ServiceOn BBC-tv at 3.0 p.m.
: The Archers
Contributors
Written By:
John Keir
Cross
Written By:
Edward
J.Mason
Edited By:
Godfrey
Baseley
Produced By:
Tony
Shryane
: Morning Service
from Wimbledon Parish ChurchConducted by the Vicar, The Rev. Clifford Smith assisted by The Rev. Adrian Esdaile
Readings: Isaiah 9. vv. 2, 6-7
St. Luke 2, vv. 1-21
Hymns (English Hymnal Service Book): Silent Night (328); While shepherds watched their flocks by night (290); Away in a manger (321); O come, all ye faithful (164)
Organist and Choirmaster, Denis Aldersea
Tower Captain, Alan Bagworth
Contributors
Unknown:
Rev. Clifford
Smith
Unknown:
Rev. Adrian
Esdaile
Choirmaster:
Denis
Aldersea
Unknown:
Alan
Bagworth
: PICK OF THE WEEK
GALE PEDRICK makes a personal selection of items from BBC radio and televisionIntroduced by JOHN ELLISON
Extended version of Friday's broadcast
Gale Pedrick 's Pick of the Year: Friday, 12.10 p.m.
Contributors
Introduced By:
John
Ellison
Unknown:
Gale
Pedrick
: WELCOME YULE
A musical account of the origins and customs of the English ChristmasPAT WHITMORE , SYLVIA EAVES JOSEPH WARD , CHARLES WEST JOHN GOWER
THE RITA WILLIAMS SINGERS
LONDON RADIO ORCHESTRA
Conducted by AI.FRED RALSTON
Narrators:
Charles Chilton John Westbrook
Harry Landis , Charles West
Written and produced by CHARLES CHILTON
Joseph Ward broadcasts by permission of the Gen. Administrator. Royal Opera House Covent Garden; Sylvia Eaves is in 'Robert and Elizabeth' at the Lyric Theatre. London; John Gower in ' Robin Hood ' at the Wimbledon '. healre, London
Contributors
Unknown:
Pat
Whitmore
Unknown:
Sylvia
Eaves
Unknown:
Joseph
Ward
Unknown:
Charles
West
Unknown:
John
Gower
Narrators:
Charles
Chilton
Narrators:
John
Westbrook
Narrators:
Harry
Landis
Produced By:
Charles
Chilton
Produced By:
Joseph
Ward
Unknown:
John
Gower
Unknown:
Robin
Hood
: WEATHER
and Programme News: THE QUEEN
Her Majesty's recorded Christmas Message to the CommonwealthBroadcast at 9.30 am followed by THE NEWS
: ANY QUESTIONS?
A spontaneous discussion by The BISHOP OF CREDITONWYNFORD VAUGHAN-THOMAS JILL ADAMS , STEVE RACE
Travelling Question-Master, FREDDY GRISEWOOD
Produced by Michael Bowen from The Blue School, Wells
† Last Friday's broadcast (Light)
Contributors
Unknown:
Jill
Adams
Produced By:
Michael
Bowen
: CHRISTMAS PARTY
with Wilfred Pickles and MABEL at the Southern Railwaymen's Home for Children, Woking, SurreyHARRY HUDSON at the piano
Produced by Stephen Williams
Contributors
Unknown:
Wilfred
Pickles
Unknown:
Harry
Hudson
Produced By:
Stephen
Williams
: THE SUNDAY PLAY
Meet Me by Moonlight by Anthony Lesser with new lyrics by DAVID DEARLOVE and JOY WHITBY adapted for radio by GUY VAESENA gentle comedy about the Victorians from a Victorian's point of view. with Victorian songs and Victorian humour.
What a pitu the crinoline's gone. For it's quite to the modern girl's mind.
What a pity the crinoline's gone, Leaving only the bustle behind with Vanessa Lee , Desmond Jordan and Anna Dawson
Victorian music arranged and played by PETER GREENWELL
Produced by Guy VAESEN
Contributors
Unknown:
Anthony
Lesser
Radio By:
Guy
Vaesen
Unknown:
Vanessa
Lee
Unknown:
Desmond
Jordan
Unknown:
Anna
Dawson
Played By:
Peter
Greenwell
Produced By:
Guy
Vaesen
Henry Mansfield:
Alan
Dudley
Perkins:
Arthur
Lawrence
Smith:
Beth
Boyd
Aunt Tabitha:
Vanessa
Lee
Alice:
Maria
Charles
Mary Ellen:
Anna
Dawson
Sarah:
Susan
Maudslay
Charles Cuttinghame:
Desmond
Jordan
Roderick:
Brian
Hewlett
: HAPPY THE MAN....
Happy the man, and happy he aloneHe who can call today his own; He who, secure within, ran say,
Tomorrow do thy for I have
Peter Scott remembers some of the incidents, people, and music that have influenced his life
Taking part:
GILLIE POTTER
S. J. DE LOTBINIERE and Gipsy ZSIGA BURAI AND his BAND
Readers:
JOHN WELSH. HEDLEY GOODALL CLIVE RAY , BRIAN ROBERTS
CHRISTOPHER JOHN ELLICOTT (chorister)
Orchestration of ' The Elephant's Cake Walk by THE ARISTOCRATS
' The Wavy Navy ' by Dick Addis accompanied by MIKE WATSON
Produced by Suzanne Gibbs and John Sparks
Repeated; Thursday, 3.30 p.m.
Contributors
Unknown:
Peter
Scott
Unknown:
Gillie
Potter
Unknown:
Gipsy Zsiga
Burai
Readers:
John
Welsh.
Readers:
Hedley
Goodall
Readers:
Clive
Ray
Unknown:
Brian
Roberts
Unknown:
Christopher John
Ellicott
Unknown:
Dick
Addis
Accompanied By:
Mike
Watson
Produced By:
Suzanne
Gibbs
Produced By:
John
Sparks
: JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM
VIVIAN OGILVIE reconstructs from their letters a journey across the Sinai Desert by three Victorian ladiesProduced by COLIN JAMES
Repented: Wednesday, 9.5 a.m.
Contributors
Unknown:
Vivian
Ogilvie
Produced By:
Colin
James
Frances Seymour:
Phyllis
Smale
Cecilia Davenport:
Thelma
Barlow
Kate Whitehead:
Naomi
Burgess
: DOWN YOUR WAY
FRANKLIN ENGELMANN recently visitedThe Haymarket, London
† Produced by Phyllis Robinson
Repeated: Wednesday, 12.75 p.m.
Contributors
Unknown:
Franklin
Engelmann
Produced By:
Phyllis
Robinson
: WEATHER
and Programme News: THE NEWS
: LETTER FROM AMERICA
by ALISTAIR C(X)KERepeated: Monday, 9 α.m.
: WEEK'S GOOD CAUSE
Appeal on behalf of the British Wireless for the Blind Fund by FREDDY GRISEWOOD, O.B.E.Contributions, preferably by crossed postal order or cheque. will be gratefully acknowledged and should he addressed to [address removed].
Each year more than 5,000 blind people depend for their wireless sets on the response of this Christmas Day broadcast appeal-the only appeal the British Wireless for the Blind Fund makes to the public. In addition to sets for the newly blinded, replacements are needed for many hundreds of sets which after years of daily use are finally worn out. Each new set costs fin. The Fund must therefore raise £50.000 annually to provide this comfort and companionship where it is needed.
Contributors
Unknown:
Freddy
Grisewood
: GRAND HOTEL
† REGINALD LEOPOLDAND THE
PALM COURT ORCHESTRA
Visiting artist.
RAIMUND HERINCX
Raimund Herincx broadcasts by permission of Sadler's Wells Opera Co.
Contributors
Unknown:
Reginald
Leopold
Artist:
Raimund
Herincx
Unknown:
Raimund
Herincx
: FESTIVAL OF NINE LESSONS AND CAROLS
in King's College Chapel, Cambridge† Shortened version of the broadcast on Christmas Eve
: Hard Times: 4: A Dream and a Decision
by Charles Dickensdramatised for radio in eleven parts by Mollie Hardwick
with Peter Claughten, and Anthony Jacobs as Dickens Sissy has made no progress with the 'Facts.' Stephen Blackpool, the power-loom weaver has asked Bounderby to help him to a divorce from his drunken wife: and a mysterious old woman has made her annual pilgrimage of forty-nine miles to set eyes on Bounderby.
Repeated: Tuesday, 3.0 p m.
Contributors
Author:
Charles
Dickens
Dramatised for radio by:
Mollie
Hardwick
Producer:
R.D.
Smith
Dickens:
Anthony
Jacobs
Stephen Blackpool:
Bryan
Pringle
Rachael:
Lynn
Carson
Mrs Blackpool:
Anne
Jameson
Clergyman:
Leigh
Chutchley
Mr Gradgrind:
John
Dearth
Sissy Jupe:
Elizabeth
Morgan
Louisa Gradgrind:
Eva
Haddon
Tom Gradgrind:
Nigel
Anthony
Mrs Gradgrind:
Judith
Fellows
Mr Bounderby:
Peter
Claughton
Mrs Sparsit:
Gladys
Spencer
: YOUR HUNDRED BEST TUNES
f Introduced by ALAN KEITH with gramophone records of the most popular pieces of music chosen by listenersContributors
Introduced By:
Alan
Keith
: THE NEWS
and Weather forecast: EDWARDIAN GEMS OF THE MUSIC-HALL
Songs our fathers sang and why with PAT WHITMORECharles WEST
CHARLES YOUNG
JOHN GOWER
BENNY LEE
THE RITA WILLIAMS Singers
Orchestra conducted by ALFRED RALSTON
Narration by Charles West. Charles Chilton Eva Haddon. Harry Landis
Written and produced by Charles CHII. TON
John Gower is in ' Robin Hood at the Wimbledon Theatre. London
Contributors
Unknown:
Pat
Whitmore
Unknown:
Charles
West
Unknown:
Charles
Young
Unknown:
John
Gower
Unknown:
Benny
Lee
Conducted By:
Alfred
Ralston
Unknown:
Charles
West.
Unknown:
Charles
Chilton
Unknown:
Eva
Haddon.
Unknown:
Harry
Landis
Produced By:
Charles
Chii.
Unknown:
John
Gower
Unknown:
Robin
Hood
: THE EPILOGUE
Blessed be the hourA reading from The World's Christmas by 0. Wyon
Sweet was the song (O.B.C. 30)
A reading from Christian Faith and Practice in the Experience of the Society of Friends from an extract by George Fox
Now blessed be thou (O.B.C. 131)
Philippians 2, vv. 5-11
On Christmas night (O.B.C. 24)
Prayer: from Acts of Devotion
Contributors
Unknown:
George
Fox
: MUSIC ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT
Schumann Chamber MusicMärchenerzählungen. Op. 132
11.16* Quartet in A minor, Op.
41 No.
GERVASE DE PEYER (clarinet) CECIL ARONOWITZ (viola) PHILIP LEDGER (piano)
ENGLISH STRING Quartet Nona Liddell (violin)
Marilyn Taylor (violin)
Marjorie Lempfert (viola) Helen Just (cello)
Second broadcast
Contributors
Viola:
Cecil
Aronowitz
Violin:
Nona
Liddell
Violin:
Marilyn
Taylor
Viola:
Marjorie
Lempfert
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