News, highlights and banter from the team at Ö÷²¥´óÐã Genome – the website that shows you all the Ö÷²¥´óÐã’s listings between 1923 and 2009 (and tells you what was on the day you were born!) Join us and share all the oddities, archive gems and historical firsts you find while digging around… 2016-12-15T07:00:00+00:00 Zend_Feed_Writer /blogs/genome

2016-12-15T07:00:00+00:00 2016-12-15T07:00:00+00:00 /blogs/genome/entries/12b4a6b7-8422-497e-b2aa-4774cbe8d676 <div class="component"> <img class="image" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p04l8rkb.jpg" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/80xn/p04l8rkb.jpg 80w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/160xn/p04l8rkb.jpg 160w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p04l8rkb.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/480xn/p04l8rkb.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/640xn/p04l8rkb.jpg 640w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/768xn/p04l8rkb.jpg 768w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/896xn/p04l8rkb.jpg 896w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1008xn/p04l8rkb.jpg 1008w" sizes="(min-width: 63em) 613px, (min-width: 48.125em) 66.666666666667vw, 100vw" alt=""></div> <div class="component prose"> <p><a title="Ö÷²¥´óÐã Genome - Dec 1940" href="http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c85b2e752f3349c09269e7bce95234a4" target="_blank"><strong>Christmas 1940</strong></a> was celebrated by <strong>Radio Times</strong> with this iconic festive cover designed by cartoonist John Gilroy, well known for his posters advertising a popular brand of Irish beer.</p> <p>Seasonal delights ranged from the cultural heights of <a title="Ö÷²¥´óÐã Genome - Bach's Christmas Oratorio" href="http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/c85b2e752f3349c09269e7bce95234a4" target="_blank"><strong>Bach's Christmas Oratorio</strong></a> to the comedy of <a title="Ö÷²¥´óÐã Genome - Christmas Star Variety" href="http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/7da2624acf2b4ee787c25e41782fc020" target="_blank"><strong>Jack Warner</strong></a> (later famous as <strong>Dixon of Dock Green</strong>, but at this time a comedian in <strong>Garrison Theatre</strong>) and his sisters <strong>Elsie and Doris Waters</strong>.</p> <p>The speech bubble about <strong>'this is Father Christmas reading it'</strong> is a reference to the wartime innovation of newsreaders identifying themselves to prevent enemy propaganda broadcasts passing themselves off as the official Ö÷²¥´óÐã news.</p> </div>