Records chosen by Forces overseas

Part 1

Part 2

Gramophone records

followed by News read at dictation speed for Forces newspapers overseas

Carroll Gibbons.

and his Sextet

and his Orchestra, with Julie Dawn , Alan Kane , and Rita Mar lowe.

on gramophone records
Overture: May Night (Rimsky-Korsakov) : London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Albert Coates
Entr'acte : Epithalame: Nocturne; Finale (Shylock: Fauri): Orchestra de la Société des Concerts, conducted by Piero Coppola
Piano Concerto in F, K.459 (Mozart):
Arthur Schnabel and the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Malcolm Sargent
Czech Rhapsody (Weinberger): National Symphony Orchestra of America, conducted by Hans Kindler
(NEWS HEADLINES at 11.0)

A new midnight entertainment for war-workers in Britain. (Recording of the programme broadcast to North America during the Wednesday night-shift break)

followed at 12.2 by Sidelights from Today's Papers

All people that on earth do dwell (A.P.B. 3) : Acts 17, vv. 24-28, 30 and 31.

(by arrangement with Jack Payne )

Australia v. West Indies. Commentary by Rex Alston during the morning's play. From Edg baston , Birmingham

Joyce; Grenfell and Ivor Dennis.

ENSA Overseas Half-Hour, with Jack Leon and his Dance Orchestra, the Jive Bombers, Gloria Kane , Betty Kent , Harry Hud son, and Bernard Clifton. Introduced by Pamela Sholto

followed by ' HULLO, G.I.S, INDIA)'
Special programme for American Forces in India

Experts answer questions sent in by Forces overseas. (Recording of Thursday's broadcast)

Records chosen for themselves by British Forces serving overseas

Review' of new and events of special interest to Forces in India.

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

4.15 Association Football : Scottish Summer Cup. Commentary by R. E. Kingsley during the second half of one of the semi-final matches...From Hampden Park, Glasgow
4.45 app. Cricket : Australia v. West Indies. Commentary by Rex Alston during the afternoon's play. From Edgbaston, Birmingham

Special Dominion Day programme, featuring Buck Douglas , Peggy Bailey , Little Jakie Connolly, the Ranchers, Hobo Jack Mitchell, and the Home Town Mountain Band. Produced by Eric Fawcett.

Half-an-hour of news, music, and entertainment for officers and men of the Merchant Service, from their own Merchant Navy Club in London's West End. Doris Hare is hostess, with Debroy Somers and his Orchestra, and a guest artist. Regular features include ' Ship's Newspaper,' ' In the Clubroom,' and ' Good Old London.' Programme produced by Alfred Dunning.

Flashes between Britain and America. Famous artists and famous bands from both sides of the Atlantic, with Leslie Mitchell as Master of Ceremonies in London. Produced in New York by Joe Mansfield , and in London by Jimmy Dyrenforth and Tom Ronald
(The programme, a joiht venture of the BBC and NBC. is heard simultaneously in both countries)

Eda Kersey (violin). London Symphony Orchestra (leader, George Stratton ). Associate conductor, Basil Cameron
From the Royal Albert Hall, London

Jean Metcalfe replies to some of the letters sent to her by Forces overseas

with Louis Levy and his Gaumont British Studio Orchestra, including ' The Screen Presents,' introduced by Moore Raymond

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

Music by Canadian composers, played by the BBC Theatre Orchestra, conducted by Harold Lowe , with the BBC Theatre Chorus

Cricket : Australia v. West Indies. An edited version of today's commentaries by Rex Alston

Weekly Variety show starring a Canadian Army Orchestra, with songs by Cpl. Bill Smith, Cpl. Ted Hockridge, and Pte. Lance King. Introduced by Gerry Wilmot

The New Organolians, with Jimmy Leach at the piano