Gramophone records

and his Orchestra

followed by News read at dictation speed for Forces newspapers overseas and Announcements

Betty Driver and Ivor Dennis. (BBC recording)

Clydebank Male Voice Choir : conductor, James D. Fleming. (BBC recording)

Dance music, on gramophone records

played by Geraint Jones
(From St. Margaret's, Lee)

featuring Edgar Bergen the ventriloquist, and his world-famous dummy Charlie McCarthy , and Ray Noble and his Orchestra

Dudley Hippodrome Orchestra : conductor, Harry Pell

General Forces Programme summary

O happy band of pilgrims (A.P.B. 86); St. Luke 18, vv. 24-33.

and the Dance Orchestra, with Irene King , Ken Beaumont , and Sid Buckman

Conducted by Clarence Raybould

and his Orchestra

The ninth, Midland, contribution to a programme for the Forces, containing items of special interest to men from the Midlands. Introduced by Percy Edgar

Music from the ballet (Johann Strauss-Desormi ère), played by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Antal Dorati. (Gramophone records)

Close-ups from the world's battlefronts

read at dictation speed

Records chosen for their womenfolk at home by British Forces serving overseas

Produced by the Armed Forces Radio Service of the War Department of the United States of America

Weekly commentary on world affairs

Novelty numbers and solo pieces, played by the BBC Variety Orchestra (conductor, Charles Shadwell ), with Sam Browne

General Forces Programme summary

Conductor, Guy Warrack
Beethoven's ' Coriolanus ' is not based on Shakespeare's play, but on an entirely different work by Heinrich Collin. It is a concert overture, and may be considered a forerunner of the symphonic Eoem which was later to be developed by Liszt. There was much in the character of Coriolanus to appeal to a man like Beethoven, whose independent, strongwilled nature was not dissimilar. In the music the composer has aimed at two things : to render musically the character of his hero, and to picture the incident of the famous meeting between Coriolanus, his mother, and his wife.

Request tunes : Sandy Macpherson at the theatre organ

Programme for the R.A.F. in South Africa : Jack Leon and his Dance Orchestra, Gloria Kane and Rita Williams , and ' Let's Join the Children ', introduced by Helen Clare. Produced by Stephen Williams

read at dictation speed

Spike Hughes 's weekly programme for swing fans

(Air Force edition). A Home Forces entertainment for their brothers-in-arms serving in the Mediterranean area. You are invited on a visit to that famous station in the laughter command - 'Much Binding in the Marsh', to meet Richard ('Stinker') Murdoch, Kenneth Horne, and an all-star R.A.F. Orchestra, with a Service 'Double or Quits' quiz conducted by Ronnie Waldman.

with guests from the Army Cadet Force. From the Empire, Kingston

Records chosen by British Forces serving overseas

cabled from the CBC News Rooms

in a floor-show, with Derek Roy and the Jerry Allen Trio : Billy Ternent conducts the Dance Orchestra. Produced by Alick Haves. (BBC recording)

Jack Leon and his Orchestra. (Recording of the broadcast in the Home Service on March 9)