to the Imperial and Allied Forces in Great Britain , followed by 'REVEILLE!'
Cheerful gramophone records
Programme summary
Records of Noel Coward
five years ago
Popular records of April 1937
Programme Parade
Records taken at random from the rack
Conductor, Richard Crean
at the organ of the Gaumont, Worcester
Special recording of last Tuesday's broadcast
Debroy Somers and his Band
played bv the Little Orchestra, directed by Jack Hardy , with Violet Carson (soprano)
Record programme in praise of the mother country
at the theatre organ
Lunch-time entertainment for factory-workers, from a factory somewhere in Britain
First of a series of gramophone programmes presented by Tony Lowry
sung by George Pizzey (baritone)
and his Orchestra
Conducted by Lieutenant G. H. Willcocks
Troise and his Mandoliers
with Jack Melford , Cynthia Teall , Margaret Eaves , Paula Green ,
Foster Carlin , Florence Wright , Dick Francis , and Gwen Lewis. Dance Orchestra, conducted by Billy Tement. Action takes place at the final preparations (with tea) for the local St. George's Day pageant and gala. Written by Aubrey Danvers -
Walker. Produced by Gordon Crier
News and commentaries on the world at war: peoples and places in the fighting. Introduced by Macdonald Hastings
Programme of hill billy, cowboy, and home songs, featuring the Far Westerners with John'Morgan, Betty Warren , Tarrant Bailey , and the Norman Brooks Swing Billies. Produced and presented by Hamilton Kennedy
BBC Chorus. BBC Orchestra. Conductor, Sir Adrian Boult
BBC special twice-weekly programme for men and girls in Anti-Aircraft and Balloon Barrage units. Items for and by the personnel, with guest artists, news and gossip, and special features of interest to them. And a visit from a member of the Outside Broadcasts Department with news of their Radio Allotment. Editor, Bill MacLurg
National and Regional announcements
presents ' The Man in the Street' who has been invited to the studio by Harry Parry to give his views on jazz, and play gramophone records to illustrate his point of view. Written and presented by John Hewitt.
National Fire Service revue written, played and produced by members of the N.F.S., and broadcast from the Central Fire Station, Bournemouth. Book and lyrics by Fireman Harry Carter ; original music by Section Leader Bob Saddler : with the Fire Belles and Jack Dunkley and his Fire Crackers. Presented by Leslie Bridgmont
Favourite pieces from the repertoire of the BBC Orchestra, conducted by Clarence Raybould
for British and American troops in Northern Ireland, with Forsyth, Seamon, and Farrell, Scott Sanders , Lyle Evans , and the orchestra of a United States Army Unit, conducted by Warrant Officer Simmons. Presented by the Department of National Service Entertainment (NAAFI). Relayed to the United States by the National Broadcasting Company
Closing scenes of a St. George's Day narrative of Britain and the Allies at war, including the Parade of Home, Empire, and Allied Standards, with the Massed Bands of H.M. Brigade of Guards, under the direction of Captain J. C. Windram , and the Royal Choral Society, conducted by Dr. Malcolm Sargent. At the organ, Sandy Macpherson. From the Royal Albert Hall
Roy Plomley's castaway is sports cartoonist Tom Webster. Show more
Some thoughts and music for St. George's Day, by a Flight Lieutenant of the R.A.F.
Written and arranged by Mungo Dewar. Produced by Harry S. Pepper. Aboard ship, homeward bound, a concert takes place in the saloon, to which all are invited.
to the Imperial and Allied Forces in Great Britain (recording), followed by 'DESERT ISLAND DISCS'
Tom Webster discusses with Roy Plomley the eight records he would choose if he were condemned to spend the rest of his life on a desert island with a gramophone for his entertainment