Cheerful gramophone records

and his Mazurka Orchestra

for the Forces in Baghdad. Messages recorded by members of the Services for their relatives and friends in Great Britain, introduced by Peter Haddon

Scottish Variety Orchestra (conductor, Ronnie Munro ), with Jae Fraser , Ann Rich , and Ian Gourlay

Sunday service from an A.A. Gun Site, conducted by the Dean of Bristol (Very Rev. Harry W. Blackburne, D.S.O., M.C.)

Introduced by I.B. Sarin. ' India Calling ' : personal messages from India to the members of H.M. Forces in Great Britain (by courtesy of all India Radio)
Hindustani Mosiqi ke kuch record Adab Arz

Conducted by Captain A. Lemoine , Director of Music, Life Guards

BBC recording of the programme broadcast direct to North America during the midnight break yesterday, from a factory somewhere in Britain.

and his Orchestra, featuring Dorothy Carless , with Doreen Villiers , Ruth Howard , Len Camber , Derek Roy , Johnny Green , Three Boys and a Girl

The cast of this programme, the first Variety broadcast to come from North Africa, in addition to
Bob Hope , includes Jack Pepper , Tony Romano , and Frances Langford , with the ' Griffins ', the Band of the Coast Artillery. It was specially recorded for the BBC on August 26, through the courtesy of the National Broadcasting Company. Hal Block collaborated on script and production.

in Variety, Today Richard Wessel gives his choice of a Variety bill on records

and his Orchestra

Variety show by members of the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force. Sgt. Stan Shedden and the Canuck's Orchestra ; Cpl. Bill Smith ; L.A.C. Ted Hockridge ; Gunner Carl Asplund, and a fun department presided over by Cpl. Ernie Holden and Pte. Chick Zamick. Master of Ceremonies, Gerry Wilmot. Produced by the London office of the C.B.C.

Series of talks on some common misconceptions about Christianity : 6 — ' It may help some people but it's not my cup of tea', by the Rev. Alexander Miller

Victor Silvester and his Ballroom Orchestra

Famous double acts, on records

from a section of the BBC Variety Orchestra, with Arthur Sandford at the piano and Reginald Mitchell (tenor). Devised and conducted by Charles Shadwell

answering ' Any Questions ? '. Experts reassemble to deal with listeners' questions : Sir William Beveridge , Dr. Julian Huxley , M. Jan Masaryk , Mrs. Mavis Tate , M.P ., and Congressman Will Rogers,' junr., of California. Today's Question-Master, Donald McCullough. Producer, Howard Thomas.

Members of the fighting Services, and of the Home Front who work behind them, come to the microphone with their choice of gramophone records. Introduced by Hamilton Kennedy

by C. A. Lejeune

No. 33 - Gloucester, Massachusetts ', written by Alan Lomax and John Becker. Alan Lomax introduces British listeners to the fishermen of Cape Ann , and tells the story of their life aboard engine trawlers, and work ashore, and how the canning industry is run

(and Mother too) with Violet Carson , Wilfred Pickles , Frank Titterton , and the Wilton Singers. A section of the BBC Northern Orchestra, conducted by Joseph Lewis. Produced by Arthur Spencer

Review of the week's news

with Bennett and Williams, Flotsam and Jetsam, Tessie O'Shea , Jackie Hunter , and Harry Korris as ' Mr. Lovejoy', assisted by Cecil Frederick (' Ramsbottom ') and Robbie Vincent (' Enoch '). Happidrome Orchestra and Chorus. Show produced and conducted by Ernest Longstaffe

at the theatre organ

Albert Sandler and the Palm Court Orchestra, with Jan van der Gucht (tenor), in a programme of the kind of music heard in the Palm Court of your favourite hotel in the days before the war. Programme produced by Fred Hartley and Douglas Lawrence

followed by a postscript

Theatreland's tribute to the Forces everywhere-a programme sponsored by every branch of the entertainment world and produced with the co-operation of the Theatres War Service Council
The programme, produced by Michael North , comes from a theatre in the heart of London, and is transmitted throughout the world-wide network of the BBC

'Hallowed be thy name '. Lord of all being (C.H. 24) ; From Ecclesiasticus 42 and 43 ; O worship the King (A. and M. 167); Ecclesiasticus 43, v. 30

Records of armchair music

Phil Green and his Band