Cheerful gramophone records
Conductor, Stanley C. Berkeley
Some records of Sigmund Romberg 's music for ' New Moon '
and his Orchestra
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 Margaret McKay, Ann Rich, and Ian Gourlay
Sunday Service from Ruchilt Church, Glasgow, conducted by the Rev. George A. F. Knight
Presented by A. Malik
(by permission of the Commandant), conducted by Lieutenant M. Roberts , Director of Music
of the programme broadcast to North America during the midnight break yesterday, from a factory somewhere in Britain
and his Orchestra
with Horace Percival , Fred Yule , Dorothy Summers , Sydney Keith , Dino Galvani , Bill Stephens , Jean Capra , Paula Green , and Jack Cooper. BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell. Script and lyrics by Ted Kavanagh. Produced by Francis Worsley. (Recording of last Thursday's broadcast)
featuring Mary Livingstone , Don Wilson , Dennis Day , ' Rochester Phil Harris and his Orchestra, and Jack Benny
Listeners are invited to meet three newcomers to light music programmes—three girls still in their teens-Betty Benson, Sally Douglas , and Lorna Martin. With them are Harry Fryer and his Orchestra. Programme produced by Fred Hartley
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 CBC
Variety show by members of the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force. Stan Shedden and the Canuck's Orchestra, Cpl. Bill Smith , Pte. Lance King , L.A.C. Ted Hockridge , 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
Percival Mackey and his Orchestra
Part of the annual show given by the theatrical profession in aid of theatrical and war charities. Artists and items in the broadcast excerpt include Peter Gellhorn (piano), Fay Compton and Peter Graves in a musical sketch by Ivor Novello ; Cicefy "Courtneidge ; ' The Lamp a a sketch by George Grimaldi , with Franklin Dyall , Dorothy Hyson , Edgar Norfolk, Barbara Couper , Hubert Woodward , Jean Webster-Brough , Peter Jones , and Richmond Nairn ; music by Alfred Reynolds. Adelphi Theatre Orchestra, conducted by Harry Acres . From the London Hippodrome
with spontaneous answers to ' Any Questions ? ': Ian Hay (soldier and author), Dr. C. E. M. Joad , Commander Stephen King-Hall M.P. ,, Lord Samuel, and Sylvia Thompson (novelist). Question-Master : Donald McCullough.
The musical diary of America's famous song-writer, including the recorded music of some of his greatest successes. Narrator, Frank Phillips. Programme written by Margaret Miller , and edited by Pat Osborne
by Moore Raymond
No. 55-' Gateway to Battle', a picture of the Port of Liverpool. Narrator, Wilfred Pickles. Written and produced by Audrey Jones
' Strings on Parade '. (BBC recording)
The week's high lights concerning the activities of Canadian Forces in the various theatres of war, presented for their comrades stationed in Great Britain
Review of the week's news
Peter Sinclair , Sylvia Cecil , Ronald Chesney , Foster and Clarke, with Harry Korris as ' 'Mr: Lovejoy', assisted by Cecil Frederick (' Rams-bottom ') and Robbie Vincent (.' Enoch '). Happidrome Orchestra and Chorus. Show produced and conducted by Ernest Longstaffe
Each week at this time a well-known pianist drops in tor a Sunday-evening visit. Can you guess who it is ? Programme introduced by Raymond Raikes
Albert Sandler and the Palm Court Orchestra, with Joan Hammond (soprano), 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
his new Variety magazine for Forces overseas-assisted by Angela Wynd ham-Lewis. This week's contributors include Lt.-Commander R. T. Gould , Flying Officer Terence Rattigan , and Peter Cheyney. Those taking part are Sid Field , in ' The Sporting Life ', with Jerry Desmonde and Bill Stephens ; Pamela Brown in ' Once Upon a Time' ; an Army doctor in ' What we can do-about Medicine '; Brenda Bruce , Ena Moon , Jack Melford , George Baker , Edward Reach , and Cherry Lind. Male Chorus and augmented Revue Orchestra, conducted by Charles Groves. Produced by Corporal Gordon Crier.
Frederick Piffard takes you on a journey through time, space, and thought, on a magic carpet of records. Narrator, Joseph Macleod
Ted Heath and his Music