Listings
: JACK NATHAN
and his Band: INTRODUCING SHAKESPEARE
' The Tempest'Last of six illustrated talks by J. B. Bamborough
Contributors
: Bandstand BAND OF THE ROYAL ARTILLERY
(Woolwich)Conducted by Lieut.-Col. Owen Geary. M.B.E.,
Director of Music
Felton Rapley and Jack Martin at two pianos
Contributors
: MORNING STORY
' Pageant at DruieWritten and read by Hilton Brown
Contributors
: MRS. DALE'S DIARY
Mrs. Dale, the doctor's wife, records the daily happenings in the life of her familyScript by Lesley Wilson
Contributors
: FELIX MENDELSSOHN'S HAWAIIAN SERENADERS
with songs by George BarclayContributors
: HULLO, CHILDREN!
A Christmas holiday programmeEdited by Lionel Gamlin
A Present from Norway
Raymond Baxter gives you an illustrated report of this week's ceremony in Trafalgar Square, when the Christmas Tree presented to London by the Lord Mayor and citizens of Oslo was set up and illuminated
Norwegian Christmas
Paul Martin recalls Christmas holidays he spent in Norway when he was a boy, and plays you gramophone records of some of his favourite Norwegian songs and dances
Contributors
: Concert Hour BBC MIDLAND LIGHT ORCHESTRA
Conductor, Gilbert VinterContributors
: 0 WOMAN'S HOUR
Introduced by Olive Shapley' What's Going On ': spotlight on current affairs
' The Unchanging Secret': Letty Harford talks about the meaning of a happy Christmas
' Talking and Playing,' by Sidonie Goossens , harpist
' Saying Thank-you Nicely,' by Louie Udall-Baker
' Beginners in the Kitchen, by Hilda Whitlow : ' Christmas Day plans for the housewife '
Serial: Wagstaff's England,' by Robert Greenwood. Abridged by Nest Bradney . Read by Norman Shelley
Contributors
: MELODY HOUR Music for the Housewife
The Stradivari Orchestra directed by Michael SpivakovskyJean England and Eileen McLoughlin
(duettists)
Contributors
: THE SILVER LINING
A message of comfort and cheer for all 'in trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity'Stuart Hibberd introduces the third of four talks written by a doctor who has had to give up his practice owing to ill health
(Listeners' problems will be answered as far as possible in the talks, but neither the speakers nor the BBC can undertake to answer questions by correspondence)
Contributors
: Talk Yourself Out of This
Harold Warrender is referee in a game to test the wits and imagination of three victims.Victims:
Brenda Bruce
Roy Rich
Humphrey Lestocq
Inquisitors:
Patricia Laffan
Kim Peacock
Alan Campbell-Johnson
Devised by Victor Silvester , Jnr.
Sketches by Kevin McGarry and Howard McCarey
Production by Frederick Piffard
Contributors
: HARRY ROY
and his Band: MUSIC WHILE YOU WORK
The Bobby Howell Orchestra: DICK BARTON-SPECIAL AGENT
Script by B. D. ChapmanProduced by Archie Campbell
Contributors
: Charlie Chester in 'STAND EASY!'
with his crazy gangKen Morris. Arthur Haynes
Len Marten , Edwina Carol
Terry Scott , Frederick Ferrari
BBC Revue Orchestra
Conducted by Frank Cantell
Script by Charlie Chester
Produced by Frank Hooper
Contributors
: FAMILY FAVOURITES
Tunes you have asked us to play: Lester Ferguson in YOUR SONG PARADE
Owen Walters and his OrchestraTonight's guest, Diana Gearing
Contributors
: You are invited to « SPOT THE WINNER'
in an amateur talent contestIntroduced by Kenneth Horne
accompanied by Charles Shadwell and his Orchestra
Producer, Alfred Dunning
Contributors
: Wilfred Pickles says 'THE PLEASURE'S MINE'
Fifth of a series of programmes in which Wilfred, assisted by some friends, reads a selection of his favourite poemsHis guests this week include:
Betty Hardy
Harry Hutchinson
Louis MacNeice
Bernard Miles and Ralph Truman
Arranged and presented by Wilfred Pickles
Among the contributors to this week's programme are Louis MacNeice , who is the first poet in the series to read one of his own works, and Ralph Truman , who will read Edmund Blunden 's ' Incident in Hyde Park,' which describes a quarrel between two very haughty gentlemen about their dogs. Wilfred assures us that Ralph Truman is heard at his best in this piece. It demands a haughty, blu;tering style, and Wilfred remembers feelingly that when he and Ralph Truman were BBC announcers ten years ago, he often saw Ralph in this mood if there had been any error in the linking of a programme or in an announcement!
Contributors
: BBC DANCENG CLUB
Each week Victor Silvester gives you a ten-minute dancing lesson, followed by thirty minutes of dance music played by his Ballroom OrchestraContributors
: A BOOK AT BEDTIME
' The Story of the Treasure Seekers * by E. Nesbit. Read by Brian Smith. 9— ' Wine that maketh glad the heart of man ..."A teaspoonful of ' Castilian Amoroso ' sherry, with eight lumps of sugar added to take away the burnt taste, certainly seems to cheer Mr. Bastable, although others have received it with a noticeable lack of enthusiasm.
Contributors
: MELODY MIXTURE
Jack Byfield and his Players Frederic Curzon at the organContributors
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