Cheerful gramophone records
Conducted by T. Casson. (Gramophone records)
Popular artists and bands parade for your entertainment on records
'Try Something New', by Moira Savonius
with his Orchestra
at the organ of the Granada, Tooting
with the Bachelor Girls, Peter Akister , and George Elliott. Presented by James Moody. (Recording of yesterday's broadcast)
Walter Barry and the Burnley Palace Theatre Orchestra
and his Band, with Johnny Day and Bryce Davies
at the organ of the Odeon Theatre, Leeds
and his Band, with Pat McCormac , Maureen, Harry Kaye , and Elizabeth Batey
Conductor, Harry Mortimer
Records of well-known coloured orchestras, arranged by Harold Rogers
Melville Christie and his Dance Band
Excerpts from Tom Arnold 's production at the Nottingham Theatre Royal. Staged by Robert Nesbitt. Produced by Tom Arnold. Commentary by John Ellison
Principal dancer, Betty Low. The Three
Leopard Dancers. The Stefan Dancers
Orchestra directed by Mark Chesney
Falkirk v. Celtic. Commentary by R. E. Kingsley on the second half of the match
and his Dance Orchestra, wkh Alan Kane and Stella Ramon at 5.0
Officers and men of the Merchant Navy congregate at two Merchant Navy Clubs, one in London and one in Bristol, to take part in their own weekly programme. At the Seamen's Institute, Bristol, George Ralston interviews the Lord Mayor of Bristol,
' local celebrities, seamen and wives, and presents a Bristol star, Randolph Sutton , under the direction of Leslie Bridgmont. In London, Doris Hare is in charge as usual, with Debroy. Semers and his Orchestra.' In both places the BBC runs a party for the Merchant Navy and their guests, women of the Services. Presented by Howard Thomas.
Fuel Flash for housewives and National and Regional announcements
Diana Wynyard , Florence Desmond ,
Tod Slaughter , Patricia Burke , Billy Materal and ' Bogy ', Donald Peers , and Noel Gay , are some of the famous people who provide specially recorded problems for this contest arranged and presented by Ronald Waldman and Audrey Cameron in aid of the Red Cross Penny-a-Week Fund. The entire entry fees are devoted to the Fund. (BBC recording)
The last day for posting your entries is Thursday, February 11, and the address is £ 250 Red Cross Radio Contest, London, The results of this contest will be announced after the six o'clock news bulletin on Sunday, February 28, and also in the RADIO TIMES published March 5.
A recorded repeat of this programme will be broadcast next Monday, February 8, at 9.40 p.m.
Conductor, D. T. Davies. Organist, Nana Thomas
Conducted by Clarence Raybould
with George Betton ; Jean Kennedy ; Hatton and Manners ; Harry Lester and his Hayseeds; Scott and Whaley, BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell. Announcer, Norman Wooland. Presented by John Sharman
The fighting spirit of the United Nations. Dramatic presentation of the free peoples of the world at war. ' Springboks at Sea ' : a South African naval vessel is the last to leave Tobruk when German tanks are in the port during Rommel's advance to El Alamein. Written by D'Arcy Cresswell. Produced by Brigid Maas
Grand re-opening, with Ivy Benson and her Girls Band, the Greene Sisters, the Loew Brothers, and Stanelli. Musical panorama, 'Weren't They Lovely Tunes?', featuring Cherry Lind and Bernard Hunter. Devised and presented by Philip Brown
Fortnightly views about the arts and sciences presented by Joseph Macleod
Harry Davidson and his Orchestra.
