Listings
: On Christmas Day in the Morning
Christmas songs and carols in Welsh and English, with Osian Ellis, Iona Jones, Rowland Jones, Shelley Singers.Meredith Edwards telling a story by Gwyn Thomas.
BBC Welsh Orchestra
conducted by Mansel Thomas
From Wales
Contributors
Harpist:
Osian
Ellis
Contralto:
Iona
Jones
Tenor:
Rowland
Jones
Singers:
Shelley
Singers
Storyteller:
Meredith
Edwards
Author:
Gwyn
Thomas
Musicians:
BBC Welsh
Orchestra
[Orchestra] conducted by:
Mansel
Thomas
Designer:
Alan
Taylor
Producer:
Alwyn
Jones
Director:
Jack
Williams
: The Perry Como Music Hall
starring Perry Como in his traditional Christmas programme featuring Ginny Tiu, Kokomo Jnr. and a party of young guests.The Peter Gennaro Dancers, The Ray Charles Singers, The Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
NBC recording
Contributors
Singer/presenter:
Perry
Como
Pianist:
Ginny
Tiu
Dancers:
The Peter Gennaro
Dancers
Singers:
The Ray Charles
Singers
Musicians:
The Mitchell Ayres
Orchestra
Orchestrations:
Jack
Andrews
Orchestrations:
Joe
Lipman
Vocal Arrangements and Special Material:
Ray
Charles
Script:
Goodman
Ace
Script:
Selma
Diamond
Script:
Jay
Burton
Script:
Frank
Peppiatt
Script:
John
Aylesworth
Director:
Dwight
Hemion
Producer:
Nick
Vanoff
Presented for BBC Television by:
Yvonne
Littlewood
Film Editor:
Richard
Barclay
: Christmas Morning Service
from Sandon Road Methodist Church, Birmingham.Joyful and Triumphant
The Service conducted by the Minister, the Rev. Lionel Brayton.
Preacher, the Rev. W. Russell Shearer, Chairman of the Birmingham District at the Methodist Church
Contributors
Service conducted by:
The Rev. Lionel
Brayton
Preacher:
The Rev. W. Russell
Shearer
: Max Jaffa
invites you to a Christmas party with The TriosMax Jaffa (violin), Reginald Kilbey (cello), Jack Byfield (piano)
and Beryl Grey, Ted and Ursula Darling, Peter Rhodes (boy soprano), The Linden Singers
Contributors
Violinist/presenter:
Max
Jaffa
Cellist:
Reginald
Kilbey
Pianist:
Jack
Byfield
Dancer:
Beryl
Grey
Performer:
Ursula
Darling
Performer:
Ted
Darling
Soprano:
Peter
Rhodes
Singers:
The Linden
Singers
Director:
Ian
Humphris
Producer:
Christian
Simpson
: The Adventures of Hiram Holliday: Vanishing House
A film comedy series starring Wally Cox.While his friend Joel is busy eating eclairs in Paris, Hiram tries to interest a gendarme in the antics of a Punch and Judy show.
Contributors
Hiram Holliday:
Wally
Cox
: Sing We Now of Christmas!
Carols for Christmas Day sung by the Orpington Junior Singers.Conductor, Sheila Mossman
Contributors
Singers:
Orpington Junior
Singers
[Singers] conductor:
Sheila
Mossman
Producer:
Christian
Simpson
: The Queen
Her Majesty's recorded Christmas Message to the Commonwealth.: The George Mitchell Glee Club
sing a parade of popular Christmas songs from medieval to modern times featuring John Boulter, Mary Brown, Tony Mercer, Maryetta Midgeley, John O'Neill.Accompanied by The Dennis Wilson Quartet
Organist, Leon Young
Contributors
Singer:
John
Boulter
Singer:
Mary
Brown
Singer:
Tony
Mercer
Singer:
Maryetta
Midgeley
Singer:
John
O'Neill
Musicians:
The Dennis Wilson
Quartet
Organist:
Leon
Young
Choral Settings:
George
Mitchell
Designer:
Stanley
Dorfman
Producer:
Dennis Main
Wilson
: Wells Fargo: Dead Man's Street
The exciting adventures of the Western Stagecoach Service.Starring Dale Robertson
Paradise is not the place to expect trouble, but Jim finds it there, and stops to help his old friend the Marshal get the town back to a state which better suits its name.
Contributors
Jim Hardie:
Dale
Robertson
: Walt Disney
The story of a man who has become a legend.Told by David Jacobs who introduces Walt Disney at his Hollywood studios and artists from his pictures with scenes from: "Steamboat Willie", "Hawaiian Holiday",
"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", "Fantasia", "Dumbo", "Lady and the Tramp",
"Sleeping Beauty", "The Living Desert", "Robin Hood", "Davy Crockett", "One Hundred and One Dalmatians", "Jungle Cat", "The Parent Trap", "Pollyanna", "Greyfriars Bobby", "Swiss Family Robinson".
Films by courtesy of Walt Disney Productions
Contributors
Presenter:
David
Jacobs
Subject:
Walt
Disney
Film Editor:
Geoffrey
Botterill
Produced for television by:
Richard
Evans
: Appeal
on behalf of British Wireless for the Blind Fund (Registered in accordance with the National Assistance Act. 1948)by Colonel M. P. Ansell, C.B.E., D.S.O., The blind Chairman of the British Show Jumping Association.
Contributions (by crossed postal order or cheque) will be gratefully acknowledged and should be sent to: [address removed]
Contributors
Presenter:
Colonel M. P.
Ansell
: Billy Smart's Circus
Billy Smart's Circus presents stars from the rings of the world in Super CircusA special performance from the vast 'Big Top' of this great British Circus
The Grand Parade
Introduced by David Smart.
The Five Katyanas, Glamour defies gravity
Bitty Smart, Jnr. presents his elephants in the 'big beat' number with The 'Digger' Pugh Girls
Birma, The 4-ton star in her 'walk of death'
The Boors, Up a ladder on a perob
Volcano, Breathing fire
The Trio Korens, Six feet make music
Les Idallys, Cycling on the ceiling
Les French, Musical clowns with the boxing robot
The Biros, Fantastic foot jugglers
The Gilberts, Ride for their lives
The Flying Lunasz, Mid-air madness
Also appearing: Barry Sloan, Kenny Baker, Coco the Chimp, Frank Harty, Harry Sloan and Family, and Rebecca Smart
The George Mitchell Singers
Ringmaster, Alfred Delbosq
Billy Smart's Circus is now in winter quarters at Winkfield Zoo near Windsor
Contributors
Presenter/circus presentation:
David
Smart
Dancers:
The Five
Katyanas
Performers:
The
Boors
Firebreather:
null
Volcano
Musicians:
The Trio
Korens
Cyclists:
Les
Idallys
Musical clowns:
Les
French
Foot jugglers:
The
Biros
Riders:
The
Gilberts
Comedy flying act:
The Flying
Lunasz
Guest:
Barry
Sloan
Clown:
Kenny
Baker
Guest:
Frank
Harty
Guests:
Harry Sloan and
Family
Guest:
Rebecca
Smart
Singers:
The George Mitchell
Singers
Musical Director:
Bernie
Weller
Ringmaster:
Alfred
Delbosq
Circus Presentation:
Ronnie
Smart
Circus Presentation:
David
Smart
Television production:
Derek
Burrell-Davis
: What's My Line?
from Hammersmith Hospital, London.Chairman, Eamonn Andrews
Panel: Isobel Barnett, Barbara Kelly, Cyril Fletcher, Lord Boothby and a mystery guest celebrity.
Televised by arrangement with CBS and Maurice Winnick
Contributors
Chairman:
Eamonn
Andrews
Panellist:
Isobel
Barnett
Panellist:
Barbara
Kelly
Panellist:
Cyril
Fletcher
Panellist:
Lord
Boothby
Celebrity Research:
Julia
Cave
Director:
Richard
Evans
Producer:
John
Warrington
Devised by:
Mark
Goodson
Devised by:
Bill
Todman
: Tonight with Belafonte
A new filmed programme of music and song starring the great entertainer Harry Belafonte and his Company with Odetta, Sonny Terry (harmonica), Brownie Mcghee (guitar).Contributors
Singer/presenter:
Harry
Belafonte
Singers:
Harry Belafonte and his
Company
Singer:
Odetta
Harmonicist:
Sonny
Terry
Guitarist:
Brownie
McGhee
Director:
Norman
Jewison
Musical Director:
Robert
Corman
Choreography:
Walter
Nicks
Producer:
George
Charles
: Christmas Night with the Stars
A specially recorded programme featuring your favourite light entertainment artists.Introduced by David Nixon.
The Black and White Minstrels
Starring The Mitchell Minstrels, The Television Toppers
Sid James
with Bill Kerr, Liz Fraser, Sydney Tafler
Nina and Frederik
Harry Worth
with Deryck Guyler, Hugh Lloyd, George Roderick
Kenneth McKellar
with The Showtime Dancers
David Nixon and Robert Harbin
Stanley Baxter and Betty Marsden
Joan Regan
Jimmy Edwards
with Arthur Howard, Cyril Fletcher, Pip Hinton, Eric Robinson, John Vyvyan, Chan Canasta, David Nixon
The Showtime Dancers, The George Mitchell Singers
See page 13
Contributors
Presenter:
David
Nixon
Singers (The Black and White Minstrels):
The Mitchell
Minstrels
Dancers (The Black and White Minstrels):
The Television
Toppers
Dance Direction (The Black and White Minstrels):
Larry
Gordon
Vocal Arrangements (The Black and White Minstrels):
George
Mitchell
Musical Arrangements (The Black and White Minstrels):
Alan
Bristow
Musical Arrangements (The Black and White Minstrels):
Ray
Terry
Director (The Black and White Minstrels):
George
Inns
Sidney Balmoral James:
Sid
James
Bill:
Bill
Kerr
Liz:
Liz
Fraser
Charles Davenport:
Sydney
Tafler
Script:
Ray
Galton
Script:
Alan
Simpson
Director:
Philip
Barker
Singers:
Nina and
Frederik
Director (Nina and Frederik):
Bryan
Sears
Himself:
Harry
Worth
[Actor]:
Deryck
Guyler
[Actor]:
Hugh
Lloyd
[Actor]:
George
Roderick
Script:
Lew
Schwarz
Director:
Dennis
Main-Wilson
Tenor:
Kenneth
McKellar
Dancers:
The Showtime
Dancers
Musical Arrangement:
Peter
Knight
Director:
Graeme
Muir
Magician:
David
Nixon
Magician:
Robert
Harbin
Director:
Graeme
Muir
Comedian:
Stanley
Baxter
Comedienne:
Betty
Marsden
Script:
Richard
Wearing
Director:
James
Gilbert
Singer:
Joan
Regan
Musical Arrangements:
Eric
Cook
Director:
John
Street
Professor Jimmy Edwards:
Jimmy
Edwards
Oliver Pettigrew:
Arthur
Howard
Himself:
Cyril
Fletcher
Herself:
Pip
Hinton
Himself:
Eric
Robinson
Himself:
John
Vyvyan
Himself:
Chan
Canasta
Himself:
David
Nixon
Script:
Frank
Muir
Script:
Denis
Norden
Director:
Eric
Fawcett
Dancers:
The Showtime
Dancers
Singers:
The George Mitchell
Singers
Dance Direction:
Sheila
Holt
Dance Direction:
Tom
Gillis
Musical Arrangements:
Alan
Bristow
Director:
Graeme
Muir
Continuity Written by:
David
Climie
Continuity Written by:
David
Whitaker
[Orchestra] leader:
David
McCallum
[Orchestra] conducted by:
Eric
Robinson
Editor:
Len
Trumm
Producer:
Graeme
Muir
: The Prisoner of Zenda
Starring Ronald Colman, Madeleine Carroll, Douglas Fairbanks Jnr, David NivenFrom the novel by Anthony Hope.
Contributors
From the novel by:
Anthony
Hope
Director:
John
Cromwell
Producer:
David O.
Selznick
Rudolf Rassendyll:
Ronald
Colman
King Rudolf V of Ruritania:
Ronald
Colman
Princess Flavia:
Madeleine
Carroll
Rupert of Hentzau:
Douglas Fairbanks,
Jnr.
Fritz von Tarlenheim:
David
Niven
Antoinette de Mauban:
Mary
Astor
Black Michael:
Raymond
Massey
Colonel Sapt:
C. Aubrey
Smith
: The Sunday-Night Play presents: Tuppence in the Gods
by Michael Voysey.[Starring] Fay Compton, Frederick Bartman, Vivienne Martin, Patsy Rowlands
The George Mitchell Singers
Sarah Victoria has built and created the Hoxton Music Hall, beloved by performers and public alike. Now an old woman, it is in her granddaughter, Fanny, that she sees its glory continuing. Family jealousies and a new invention threaten everything she has created
Contributors
Writer:
Michael
Voysey
Music directed and arranged by:
James
Turner
Musical numbers staged by:
Denny
Bettis
Singers:
The George Mitchell
Singers
Film Cameraman:
Peter
Hamilton
Film Editor:
Agnes
Evan
Designer:
Barry
Learoyd
Producer:
Chloe
Gibson
Gus Elen:
Tony
Sympson
Albert Vaughan:
Robert
Hewitt
Alfie:
Ray
Brooks
Mrs Sarah Victoria Marryot:
Fay
Compton
Rosie Pennyfeather:
Dandy
Nichols
Herbert Pennyfeather:
Hugh
Lloyd
Fanny Marryot:
Vivienne
Martin
Cleaner:
Alice
Bowes
Daisy Peacock:
Patsy
Rowlands
George:
Bryan
Hulme
Beggar:
Robert
Bernal
Beggar:
Peter Digby
Smith
Beggar:
Nelson
Evans
Walter Murray:
Frederick
Bartman
Barmaid:
Hilda Campbell
Russell
Dan Leno:
Chris
Carlsen
Cabbie:
Howard
Lamb
Business man:
James
Belchamber
Connie Meadows:
Sherry
Brind
Lester:
Ivor
Dean
: Christmas at Dean's Yard
Ludovic Kennedy visits the Dean of Westminster at his historic house with its private access to the Abbey.Carols sung by The Abbey Choir
Organist and Master of the Choristers, Sir William McKie.
BBC film
Contributors
Presenter:
Ludovic
Kennedy
Singers:
The Abbey
Choir
Organist/Master of the Choristers:
Sir William
McKie
Photographed by:
A. A. Englander,
F.R.P.S.
Sound recordist:
Michael
Colomb
Editor:
John
Nash
Producer:
Oliver
Hunkin
: Celebrity Recital
Fou Ts'ong plays.Contributors
Pianist:
Fou
Ts'ong
Presented by:
Arthur
Langford
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