Records chosen by Forces overseas

Part 1

Part 2

followed by News read at dictation speed for Forces newspapers overseas

Overture : Portsmouth Point (Walton) : BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Piano Concerto (Bliss) : Liverpool
Philharmonic Orchestra

Catherine Mentiplay (contralto) ; John Tainsh (tenor) ; Florence McBride (violin). At the piano, Andrew Bryson. Introductory notes provided by Muriel Fyfe.

Harry Davidson and his Orchestra.

followed by AL. BOLLINGTON at the theatre organ

Recorded in America by arrangement with the U.S. Armed Forces Radio Service

(oboe)

followed at 12.2 by Sidelights from Today's Papers

Our blest Redeemer (A.P.B. 94) ; Acts 8, vv. 14-17.

Fortnightly magazine for Forces in hospitals overseas.

Conducted by Harold Lowe , with Charles True (baritone)

followed by 'THE OLD TOWN HALL'
Master of Ceremonies, Clay Keyes. Richard Goolden as Old Ebenezer, with Gladys Keyes as Martha, and guest star; Can You Beat the Band ? ' ; ' The Beautiful Memory ' ; ' Clay's Canteen ' ; etc. This week's famous visitors, the Western Brothers. Susan Scott , Dick Francis , Richard Gray , Esther White house, and the Old Town Hall Orchestra, under the direction of Stanley Black. Written by Gladys Keyes. and Clay Keyes.

Containing items of special interest to men from the Midlands

For Royal Air Force personnel serving overseas. Flying Officer Roy Rich makes his choice from this month's gramophone records and also presents ' News from Dispersal Point'

followed by RADIO NEWSREEL
Close-ups from the war fronts of the world

Conductor, Wing Commander O'Donnell . A/Cl Leonard Isaacs (piano)

Weekly commentary on world affairs

Conductor, Wing Commander O'Donnell

Spike Hughes 's weekly programme for swing fans

from Derby. News, music, and people, introduced by Philip Wade. Produced by E. Livasey.

(Army edition). A Home Forces entertainment for men and women serving in the Mediterranean Area. Dance Orchestra of the King's Royal Rifle Corps, under the direction of Bandmaster A. W. Jarvis. Service artists and guest stars. Will Hay conducts the ' -Double or Quits ' quiz session. Programme introduced by Corporal Sally Rogers, A.T.S., and produced, in collaboration with the Army Radio Unit, by David Manderson.

Records chosen for themselves by British Forces serving overseas

Followed at 9.10 by Home News from Canada cabled from the CBC News Rooms

Another programme in the series presenting music from stage and film successes of the present and of the past, with Anne Ziegler , Webster Booth , C. Denier Warren , Cherry Lind , and Gene Crowley. -James Moody at the piano. Orchestrations supervised by Wally Wallond. Augmented BBC Variety Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Charles Shadwell. Produced by John Watt and Henry Reed.

Gramophone records
Overture : Abu Hassan (Weber) :
Halle Orchestra, conducted by Sir Hamilton Harty
Serenade in C (Tchaikovsky) : BBC
Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Adrian Boult

Jack Leon and his Orchestra