Listings
: Housewives' Choice
Billy Cotton introduces your request recordsContributors
: Five to Ten
A story, a hymn, and a prayer: HENRY CROUDSON
at the BBC theatre organ: REGINALD LEOPOLD
and his Players: MORNING STORY
'The Snowflake' by Robert LaitRead by Hamilton Dyce
Contributors
: Concert Hour BBC NORTHERN ORCHESTRA
(Leader, Reginald Stead ) Conductor, John HopkinsIris Loveridge (piano)
Contributors
: LISTEN WITH MOTHER
Today's story: 'The True Story of Christmas.' by Jean Sutcliffe , told by Julia Lang.Contributors
: WOMAN'S HOUR
From the West of England includingFestive Men on a Lighthouse: by a lighthouse keeper
A Christmas Eve Ball at the Pump Room, Bristol--1754c: by Iris Brooke
A Traditional Exmoor Hunting Song sung by Mark Goodland
Christmas Preparations in Yeovil and on a farm in Cornwall
Saying Grace: by Mary Jensen
The Christmas Wart: by Charles Causley
(Continued in next column)
Serial:
' Triumph of Love' by Leona S. Bruckner
Abridged by Audrey Lucas
Read by Peggy Hassard
The last instalment
Programme introduced by Rosemary Colley
Contributors
: THE LONELY CHRISTMAS
Christmas is a happy time-a time for presents and parties, for songs and celebrations, yet for some it is a lonely timeThis programme, which includes carols and Christmas music, tells how some of the people of North America spend a lonely Christmas
Blog post that mentions this programme:
: PIANO PLAYTIME
Felix King at the piano: MUSIC WHILE YOU WORK
Troise and his Banjoliers: KATHLEEN FERRIER (1912-1953)
A tribute to the memory of a great singerIntroduced by Gerald Moore
Produced by Arthur Spencer and Stanley Williamson
Contributors
: THE NIGHT IS YOUNG
Les HowardNorman George and the String Serenaders with the Northprn Variety Orchestra
Directed by Alyn Ainsworth
Introduced by Roger Moffat and Vera McKechnie
Contributors
: SANTA CLAUS
in 'Close-Up'Another in the series of radio portraits of famous personalities of the entertainment world— namely' the jolly old gentleman with the white whiskers,' who means so much to children of all ages
Among those who contribute to the story are:
Peter Bathurst. Roy Bradford Hamilton Dyce, David Jacobs
Marvin Kane. Cyril Shaps and Francis de Wolff
Written by Evelyn C. Burgess Produced by Thurstan Holland
Contributors
: TED RAY TIME
The old maestro with Peter Sellers , Harold BerensKenneth Connor , Don Peters and Joan Sims
Contributors
: ' A GIFT FOR THE CHILD'
A Christmas story written and adapted for broadcasting by Gerald BullettRead by James McKechnie
Contributors
: ANY QUESTIONS?
A spontaneous discussion betweenJack Longland
Wilson Harris
Sir Steuart Wilson
Canon E. Moore Darling
Travelling Question-Master,
Freddy Grisewood
Produced by Michael Bowen
From Southmead Hospital, Bristol
Contributors
: FRIDAY NIGHT IS CHRISTMAS EVE
A hundred men and a girl add a seasonal touch to music for the end of the weekBBC Concert Orchestra
(Leader, John Sharpe )
Conducted by Sidney Torch
Shirley Abicair with Sidney Bright at the piano
Raymond Newell and the BBC Men's Chorus
Conducted by Cyril Gell with Frederick Stone at the piano
The Morris Motors Band
Conducted by Harry Mortimer
Introduced by Philip Slessor
Produced by Campbell Ricketts
Contributors
: Songs of 1954 played IN SHOW BAND STYLE
by the BBC Show BandDirected by Cyril Stapleton
Billy Ternent and his Orchestra
The Hedley Ward Trio and Bill McGuffie , Harold Smart
The Stargazers, Ronnie Harris Geraldine Farrar , Gerry Grant
The Ternenteers
Produced by Donald MacLean
Contributors
: Songs of 1954 IN SHOW BAND STYLE
(Continued): THE FIRST NOWELL
A welcome to Christmas Day: THE FIRST COMMUNION OF CHRISTMAS
According to the Order of the Book of Common PrayerSung to the music of John Merbecke
From the Church of St. Mark,
South Norwood
Celebrant, the Rev. Robert Skillern
Processional:
0 come, all ye faithful
Gradual:
While shepherds watched
Offertory:
Hark, the herald angels sing
Communion:
And now, 0 Father, mindful of the love
Here, 0 my Lord, I see thee face to face
Recessional:
Christians awake
Organist, H. P. Spanner
Meditation during the Communion read by the Rev. Richard Tatlock
Contributors
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