Cheerful gramophone records
Programme summary
Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra (recording)
Ethel Waters, on records
Programme Parade
at the organ of the Regal, Kingston
and his Orchestra, with Jack Wilson (piano) Tunes of Today
Billy Mayerl and his Band
on gramophone records
Waltz (The Quaker Girl : Monckton) :
Marek Weber and his Orchestra
From The Song of the Sea (Kunneke) :
All day long: Lilian Davies (soprano) ; The Song of the Sea : Stanley Holloway
Waltz Song : Beauty ; The Dubarry (The
Dubarry . Leigh and Millöcker- Mackaben) : Anny Ahlers (soprano), with Chorus
Waltz : Leap Year (Dancing Years :
Novello) : Drury Lane Theatre Orchestra, conducted by Charles Prentice
Blue Eyes (Blue Eyes : Kern) :
Evelyn Laye (soprano) and Geoffrey Gwyther
Girls were made to love and kiss ; Fear nothing (Paganini : Lehdr) : Richard Tauber (tenor)
at the organ of the Gaumont Theatre, Manchester
Under the direction of Alfred Jupp
Conducted by Sir Henry Wood. (Gramophone records)
Overture : Don Giovanni (Mozart) : London Symphony Orchestra
Chant sans paroles (Tchaikovsky) : New
Queen's Hall Orchestra Fantasia on British Sea Songs (arr. Henry
Wood) : London Symphony Orchestra
sung by the BBC Singers, conducted by G. Thalben-Ball
What shall he have that kill'd the deer ? ;
When icicles hang by the wall ; Over hill, over dale ; Ye spotted snakes ; Hey Robin, jolly Robin ; When that I was and a little tiny boy Geoffrey Shatv
with his Orchestra
with Frederick Harvey
Excerpt from Emile Littler 's production at the New Hippodrome, Coventry
Vernon Adcock and his Dance Orchestra
Aldershot v. Portsmouth. Commentary by Raymond Glendenning on the second half of the League South Match at the Recreation Ground, Aldershot
Aberystwyth Madrigals : conductor, Charles Clements
Records of America's new singing star, introduced by Elisabeth Blunt
Flashes between Britain and America. Famous artists and famous bands from both sides of the Atlantic.
The programme, a joint venture of the-BBC and N.B.C., is heard simultaneously in both countries. Produced in New York by Joe Mansfield , and in London by James Dyrenforth and Tom Ronald
National and Regional announcements and Northern Ireland News
This programme for the Merchant Service begins its third year today. Doris Hare is hostess, with Debroy Somers and his Orchestra, and the principals and chorus from Emile Littler 's pantomime ' Humpty Dumpty ' at the Coliseum. ' In the Clubroom' : first of three discussions on the Merchant Navy's postwar prospects ; ' Continuity of Employment'. Recorded at the Merchant Navy Club in London. Produced by Reita Hendry and Howard Thomas
Roy Plomley's castaway is critic Alan Dent. Show more
Province-by-Province bulletin for Canadian Forces stationed in Great Britain, read by Gerry Wilmot : tonight, news from British Columbia
Special New Year attractions : Nervo and Knox (by permission of Emile Littler ), Naughton and Gold (by permission of Emile Littler ), Bebe Daniels , with Donald Edge at the piano, Gordon Harker (by permission of Linnit and Dunfee Ltd.), Eric Maschwitz , Gwen Catley (by permission of Jack Hylton ), Nat Allen and his Sextet, and Arthur Askey (by permission of Jack Hylton and Lupino Lane)
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
Thursday, January 13, 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 30, and also in the RADIO TIMES published on February 4. (Repeat recording of this programme will be broadcast next Monday in the Forces programme at 9.40 p.m.)
Alan Dent discusses with Roy Plomley the eight records he would choose if he were condemned to spend the rest of his life on a desert island with a gramophone for his entertainment.
You are invited to roll back the carpet and join in the dance with Harry Davidson and his Orchestra. Master of Ceremonies, Patric Curwen. Management, Douglas Lawrence
and his Orchestra
' Average Type ' : the story of a Fighter Pilot. Written by Stephen Grenfell. Produced by Brigid Maas
with Anne Ziegler , Webster Booth , and Alfredo Campoli (violin). BBC Revue Chorus. Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, conducted by Charles Groves. Programme introduced by Lionel Gamlin. Produced by Henry Reed
at the organ of the Empire, Leicester Square
.Victor Silvester and his Ballroom Orchestra
