Cheerful gramophone records
Programme summary
(See Home Service)
Some records of Rudolf Friml's "The Vagabond King".
Dave Rose and his Orchestra (recording)
for the Middle East Forces. 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 Bristol Cathedral, conducted by the Dean (Very Rev. Harry W. Blackburne, D.S.O., M.C.)
Introduced by Q.A. Husain
'India Calling': personal messages from India to the members of H.M. Forces in Great Britain (by the courtesy of All India Radio)
Apke aur Hamare. Piare vatan ke geet Adab Arz
Conductor, Harold Moss
March: Avondale...Verner
Overture: Napoleon...Bilton
Selection: Mirella...Gounod
Waltz: The Skaters...Waldteufel
BBC recording of the programme broadcast to North America during the midnight break yesterday, from a factory somewhere in Britain.
and his Two Orchestras
[Starring] Tommy Handley
Recording of last Thursday's broadcast, with Horace Percival, Fred Yule, Dorothy Summers, Sydney Keith, Dino Galvani, Bill Stephens, Bryan Herbert, Jean Capra, and the BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell.
with Bill Goodwin, Mike Pingitore, Dinah Shore, Victor Moore, and William Gaxton, and Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra
(Recorded in America by arrangement with the Special Service Division of the War Department of the United States of America)
and his Music, with Jack Cooper
Resume by Foster Hewitt of last night's National Hockey League Game at the Maple Leaf Garden, 'Toronto, relayed from.Canada for the Canadian Forces in Britain. Presented in co-operation with the BBC
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 CBC
Primo Scala 's Accordion Band, directed by Harry Bidgood
Conducted by Muir Mathieson. Alan Soulsby (piano)
with spontaneous answers to ' Any Questions ? ' Dr. Malcolm Sargent , Commander A. B. Campbell , Lieut. Commander Rupert Gould , Professor Gilbert Murray , and James Frank Dobie (University of Texas). Question-Master, Donald Mc-Cullough . 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 Dilys Powell
No. 40—'The Road to Dover', written and produced by Marjorie Banks
This is the story of the journey from
Canterbury to Dover, told by some of the bus-drivers, conductresses, and passengers who have endured shelling, bombing, and machine-gunning ever since the fall of Dunkirk, when for the first time in history land-based enemy guns were able to fire on this island
Community hymn-singing from a public school in the West of England, conducted by John Sterling and introduced by the Chaplain, the Rev. Jack Winslow. The Head-master, T. F. Coade , is also taking part
Review of the week's news
with Billy Tasker, Dorothy Parfitt and Esme Webb, Ernest Shannon, Suzette Tarri, 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
in a series of her popular Sunday evening broadcasts, accompanied by Peter Yorke and Orchestra.
Albert Sandler and the Palm Court Orchestra, with Essie Ackland (contralto), in a programme of the kind of music heard in the Palm Court of your favourite hotel in the days before the war.
(Recording of the postscript will be broadcast tomorrow at 1.0 pm in the Home Service)
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.
'Thy will be done', Make me a captive, Lord (S.P. 576); St. Matthew 26, vv. 36-54; My God, my Father, make me strong (S.P. 583); St. Matthew 26, v. 39
On the magic carpet of records you are taken on a visit to Latin America - this week, Chile. Your guide is Oscar Faura, with Diana Lincoln. Written by Jonquil Antony. Music chosen and edited by Peter Eton.
Victor Silvester and his Ballroom Orchestra