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O ye steeds of steel; The Gay Girl Friends; U.S.S.R. Red Banner Ensemble of Red Army Songs and Dances
Folk Songs: Like a nightingale of passage: Sergei Lenieshev (tenor)
Ukrainian Folk Song: A girl stood in the entry: Zoya Gaidai and Platonov
Cossack Song (Opera, Virgin Soil Upturned: Dzerzhinsky): Kirpichek and Bellinik, with Choir and Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, conducted by Samosud

Tachanka; Kalnika: U.S.S.R. Red Banner Ensemble of Red Army Songs and Dances
Through the moonlit meadow; Song of the Heroic Airmen: U.S.S.R. Red Banner Ensemble of Red Army Songs and Dances

Contributors

Tenor:
Sergei Lenieshev
Conductor:
null Samosud

with Amalia Magri and Jacques Vallez

Clavelles...Sentis
Love's last word is spoken...Bixio
Tartarka...Michaeloff
Let us live for tonight...Bernard
Danza rusticana...May
Silver threads among the gold...Banks
J'aime Paris...Trenchant
If it's only a dream...Gray
Ma pomme...Borel-Clerc
Berce par la houle...Himmel

Contributors

Musicians:
Falkman and his Apache Band
Singer:
Amalia Magri
Singer:
Jacques Vallez

Pat Taylor sings to you, with orchestrations 'made to measure' by Nat Allen and his Sextet. Introduced by Charles Maxwell, and produced by Alick Hayes.
(Recording will be broadcast on Wednesday at 10.15 a.m. in the Forces programme)

Contributors

Presenter:
Charles Maxwell
Singer:
Pat Taylor
Musicians:
Nat Allen and his Sextet
Orchestrations:
Nat Allen
Producer:
Alick Hayes

Programme for men and women of Anti-Aircraft and Balloon Commands and Coast Artillery, with the Dance Band of the Royal Air Force (by permission of the Air Council), leader, Sergeant Jimmy Miller. Artists from the Forces. Actors and actresses from the Services, in drama. Guest artist, Beatrice Lillie. Programme produced by Alfred Dunning

Contributors

Musicians:
Dance Band of the Royal Air Force
Leader:
Sergeant Jimmy Miller
Performer:
Beatrice Lillie.
Producer:
Alfred Dunning

British men and women producing weapons for Russia, at work and at play
"On the Job": Gilbert Harding talks to workers at a Hurricane factory making aircraft for Russia

"At Play": All-star Variety show for factory-workers, with Old Mother Riley and her daughter Kitty (Lucan and McShane), Malcolm McEachern ('Mr. Jetsam'), and Bertha Willmott. Master of Ceremonies, Leonard Henry.
BBC Revue Chorus and Orchestra, under the direction of Jack Payne.

"Back On The Job": Michael Standing watches a tank produced by British workers leave the assembly line en route for Russia.

Contributors

Reporter:
Gilbert Harding
Entertainers:
Lucan and McShane
Performer:
Malcolm McEachern
Performer:
Bertha Will
Master of Ceremonies:
Leonard Henry
Singers:
BBC Revue Chorus
Musicians:
BBC Revue Orchestra
Conductor:
Jack Payne
Music By:
Alan Paul
Producer:
Tom Ronald
Reporter:
Michael Standing

Folk songs and music from the Ballet and Opera House.
Gladys Ripley (contralto), Dennis Noble (baritone).
BBC Theatre Chorus; BBC Theatre Orchestra: conductor, Stanford Robinson. Commentary by Rollo Meyers.
Music selected and arranged by George Walter and Mark H. Lubbock

Contributors

Contralto:
Gladys Ripley
Baritone:
Dennis Noble
Singers:
BBC Theatre Chorus
Musicians:
BBC Theatre Orchestra
Conductor:
Stanford Robinson
Commentator:
Rollo Meyers
Musical Arranger:
George Walter
Musical:
Arranger Mark H. Lubbock

Forces Programme

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More