Cheerful gramophone records
Benny Carter and his Orchestra
Arthur Tracy, on records
'First-Aid for Stockings', by Jennifer Ellis
' World Tour ' : record programme of tunes and songs from shows with foreign settings. Written by Roy Plomley
(by permission of the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief) : conductor, Flying Officer Martin Boundy
at the organ of the Regal, Kingston
Conductor, Rae Jenkins
Mantovani and his Dance Orchestra
Conductor, Sir Adrian Boult
and her Girls Band
Gramophone records of ... Overture : Abu Hassan (Weber) : Hallé
Orchestra, conducted by Sir Hamilton Harty.
Horn Concerto No. 4, in Ac flat, K.495
(Mozart) : Dennis Brain (horn), with the Hallé Orchestra
Notturno (Dvorak) : Halle Orchestra, conducted by Leslie Heward
Afonwy Thomas (soprano), Haydn Adams (tenor), and the Welsh Light Orchestra, conducted by Idris Lewis
at the theatre organ
Peter Fielding introduces a tribute, on gramophone records, to a fellow dance-band leader, Roy Fox
and the Twentieth-Century Serenaders
Billy Mayerl and his Band
Gramophone programme about broadcasters now on service, written by Frank Hodson and Ronald Hilbome. Cast includes William Ashley and Neal Arden *
Wolves v. Leicester. Commentary during the second half of the match by Tom Cragg. From Molyneux Ground, Wolverhampton
Conductor, Guy Warrack
and his Cuban Orchestra
followed by National and Regional announcements
(102nd edition). The Merchant Navy's show, recorded at the famous Merchant Navy Club between Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square. Doris Hare- is hostess to officers and men of the Merchant Service and girls of the Services. Debroy Somers and his Orchestra, visiting stars, and such features as ' Ship's Newspaper ', ' In the Clubroom ', and ' Good Old London'. Produced by Reita Hendry and Howard Thomas
Tommy Handley presents his monthly problem, this time with Ronald Waldman. Also providing specially recorded problems for this contest are Penelope Dudley Ward, Robertson Hare (by permission of Linnit and Dunfee, Ltd.), Fay Compton, Robin Richmond, Nat Allen and his Sextet, and Irving Berlin.
Programme introduced by Lionel Gamlin, and produced by Audrey Cameron, in aid of the Red Cross Penny-a-Week Fund. The entire entry fees are devoted to the Fund.
The last day for posting your entries is Wednesday, December 15, and the address is: £250 Red Cross Radio Contest. London, W.C.2.
The results of this contest will be announced after the 6 o'clock news bulletin on Sunday, January 2, and also in the Radio Times published on January 7.
Recorded repeat of this programme will be broadcast next Monday in the Forces programme at 9.40 p.m.
Conducted by Harold Lowe Overture : The Pirates of Penzance Sullivan Polka Pot-pourri, No. I Walduufel Dance of the Orange-BlossomsEric Coales Selection : The Student PrinceRomberg
Alfredo Campoli plays popular light pieces written or transcribed for the fiddle
with his Orchestra
' The Storming of Massico Ridge ' : how the bayonets of the Fifth Army stormed that rugged 2,000-foot German bastion, and broke through Kesselring's line of steel across Italy. Written by Stephen Grenfell. Produced by Brigid Maas
with Frank Titterton , -Irene Eisinger , and Turner Layton. BBC Revue Chorus. Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, conducted by Charles Groves. Programme introduced by Lionel Gamlin. Produced by Henry Reed
Gramophone programme of Afro-Cuban music and black magic, written and arranged by J. N. K. Billett
Coventry Hippodrome Orchestra : conductor, William Pethers. From the New Hippodrome, Coventry.