A cheerful selection of gramophone records
Programme summary
Records of Ernest Butcher, the popular Variety and radio artist
Popular artists and bands fall in for your entertainment on gramophone records
played by Fred Hartley and his Music
-and words
A record programme of the hit-tunes written by Michael Carr
Presented by Roy Rich
and his Casino Orchestra
at the theatre organ
When, at the age of two-and-a-half, John Bee sat down at the piano and played the National Anthem, there could have been little doubt as to what career he would follow.
At the age of twelve he received an appointment as church organist, and gave his first piano recital just a year later. At fifteen he was organist at the Lincoln Methodist Church.
and his Band
Conductor, P. S. G. O'Donnell
at the theatre organ
to records of Ambrose and his Orchestra
with a Musical Rendezvous featuring popular music played in the concert manner
and his Apache Band with Clare Francis
playing favourites, old and new
A radio magazine with sport, news, interest, and entertainment for men in Anti-Aircraft, Balloon Barrage, and Searchlight units
Today's issue includes:
Flashbacks of 1940-Highspots of the year's Ack-Ack, Beer-Beer magazines
'Sports quiz' with-C-aptain Cuttle
' What shall I be ? '-a guide to post-war careers
' Your voice gives you away'-a dialect detection feature
Jimmy James , the staggering comic, (by permission of Sir Oswald Sloll) comes to investigate our Beer-Beer with Stop-press items, musical features, and contributions by men in Ack-
Ack, Beer-Beer units
Editors, Bill MacLurg and Howard Thomas
(bass) on gramophone records
Singer, actor, film star, and student -all these rôles have been filled by Paul Robeson with distinction.
Educated at Columbia University, N.Y., he was originally intended for the law. In 1921 he made his first appearance on the stage in New York. Nowadays he is recognised as not only a great singer but a great personality.
Favourite pieces from the repertoire of the BBC Orchestra
(Section A)
Leader, Paul Beard
Conducted by Clarence Raybould
The programme will contain items requested by Service listeners
A reminiscent programme devised and presented by Philip Brown with Geraldo and his Orchestra
A camp concert performed and presented by members of the Royal Artillery Aircraft Unit ' somewhere in the North '
A weekly summary by the Canadian Press of Canadian news, specially presented for the Canadians in this country and read by Gerry Wilmot
(In collaboration with the CBC and the Canadian Press)
Directed by Sydney Lipton with Eddy Briant and Celia