This was a programme for the -English on St. George's Day,
1944. Music arranged and conducted by Victor Hely-Hutchin son, and performed by the BBC Augmented Revue Orchestra and Chorus, and men of Ack-Ack Command. Programme arranged and produced by Laurence Gil liam and Louis MacNeice. (Recording of the broadcast on Sunday, April 23, 1944) '
The setting of the programme is a Services concert, at which men of the Army. Navy, and R.A.F. are listening to a medley of popular and traditional English tunes. To five contrasted members of this audience of fighting men, all on the eve of action, these songs evoke memories and associations which build a composite picture of England and the English at this decisive moment in . history.