Records chosen by Forces overseas
Records, from swing to classics
Gramophone records
followed by News read at dictation speed for Forces newspapers overseas
recorded by members of the Services for their relatives and friends in this country
9.15 Cairo Calling introduced by Peter Haddon
9.45 Greetings from India
Sunday Service, from Aston Parish Church, Birmingham, conducted by the Ven. Archdeacon M. McGowan
Scottish Variety Orchestra (conductor, Ronnie Munro), with Janette Sclanders, Ann Rich, and Ian Gourlay
Greetings from Ceylon
News from Canada, and of Canadians on the fighting fronts, including a newsletter for French-speaking Canadians
followed at 12.2 by Weekly Newsletter
Directed by George Elliott , in a programme of romantic waltzes
from, the Albert Hall , Nottingham, conducted by the Rev. G. Osborn Gregory. (BBC recording)
All hail the power of Jesus' name
(A.P.B. 2)
Praver and the Lord's Prayer
The king of love my shepherd is
(A.P.B. 112)
Reading of Scripture
Simply trusting every day
Address by the Rev. G. Osborn
Gregory Hymn of Intercession
Prayer
Guide me. 0 thou great Jehovah
(A.P.B. 37)
Blessing
Organist and Choirmaster, L. Gordon
Thorp
followed at 1.10 by News Commentary
Kay Cavendish with her piano.
(BBC recording)
with impromptu answers to listeners' questions. An English session, with Sir Ernest Barker ,
Gerald Bullett , C. B. Fry , Lt. Commander R. T. Gould , and H. V. Morton. Question-Master and Chairman, Lord Elton. (Shortened edition for overseas of last Tuesday's recorded session in the Home Service)
followed by ORCHESTRAL AND CHORAL
MUSIC
Merthyr and District Philhar monic Choir. Strings of the Welsh Light Orchestra. Organ, W. J. Watkins. Conductor, Brinley Griffiths
' All thy works praise thee, O God '
Welsh Hymn-Tune : Aberystwyth
(Jesu, lover of my soul), for choir and orchestra
Mary Ellis in scenes from the play by Arthur W. Pinero. Adapted and produced by Mary Hope Allen
Records chosen by British Forces serving overseas
Close-ups from the world's battle-fronts
read at dictation speed
A weekly programme for Forces in Palestine, Persia, and Iraq: Mantovani and his Orchestra. Guest stars, Adelaide Hall, and Reg. Leopold. Introduced by Georgie Henschel.
with Horace Percival , Fred Yule , Dorothy Summers , Sydney Keith , Dino Galvani , Bill Stephens , Diana Morrison , Jean Capra , and Jack Cooper. BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell. Script and lyrics by Ted Kavanagh. Produced by Francis Worsley.
Lionel Hale on books
by Harry Fryer and his Orchestra
An entertainment chosen by Forces serving overseas : Arthur Askey (by permission of Jack Hylton), Kathleen Moody, Ronald Chesney, Olive Groves, Jimmy Bailey, The Western Brothers (Kenneth and George). Joe Loss and his Orchestra, with Elizabeth Batey and Pat Macormac. Introduced by Googie Withers.
From the stage of the Queensberry All-Services Club.
(This week's edition dedicated to 'The Crusader')
and NEWS FROM HOME followed at 7.10 by News from Canada cabled from the CBC News Rooms
Records chosen for their womenfolk at home by British Forces serving overseas
Songs by Anne Shelton , with Nat Allen and his Orchestra. Guest star, Hermione Gingold , in an interview with W. Macqueen -Pope. Surprise item. Hostess, Avis Scutt. Produced by C. F. Meehan
Produced and conducted by Ernest Longstaffe , with Harry Duke , Vi de Saxe , Tubby Harold. Marie Lloyd Jnr. , and Joe Murgatroyd . Chairman, Bill Stephens. Palace of Varieties Orchestra and Chorus
followed at 9.5 by Parliamentary Summary by E. H. W. Atkinson
Community hymn-singing from China Street Chapel, Llanidloes, by the United Church Choirs : conductor, Idris Lewis. Prayer and reading by the Rev. J. Griffith Jones
Conductor, Guy Warrack
' Christ is risen'. Colossians 3, vv.
1-11 : The day of resurrection (A, and M. 132) ; Romans 6, v. 4
Percival Mackey and his Orchestra
