Records chosen by Forces overseas
from swing to classics
Scottish Variety Orchestra (conductor, Ronnie Munro ), with Janette Sclanders , Ann Rich , and Ian Gourlay.
for Forces newspapers overseas
Recorded by members of the Services for their relatives and friends in this country
9.15 Mediterranean Forces Qalling
Introduced by Peter Haddon
Service from St. Peter's Church, Berkhamsted, conducted by Edwin Barker
Gramophone records
Overture: The Mastersingers (Wagner) : London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham
Fantasy Overture : Romeo and Juliet (Tchaikovsky): Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Serge Koussevitsky
Scherzo Capriccioso (Dvordk) :
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Eugene Ormandy
(NEWS Headlines at 11.0)
Greetings from East Africa
News from Canada, and of Canadians on the fighting fronts, including a newsletter in French for French-speaking Canadians
followed at 12.2 by Weekly Newsletter
Cricket: Navy v. Army. Summary of yesterday's match at Lord's, illustrated by recordings taken from Noel Phillips Browne's commentary during play.
Priestley Cup Final. Eye-witness account by Rex Alston of the match at Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford
from the ruins of Coventry Cathedral. Conducted by the Very Rev. R. T. Howard , Provost of Coventry Cathedral. Prayers led by the Rev. Leslie Cooke , B.D., Chairman of the Coventry Free Church Federal Council. Hymns led by the Coventry City Salvation
Army Band. Lessons read by a mother, a child, and a father of men in the Forces in India or the Middle East
God is near
Greeting and the Lord's Prayer
All people that on earth do dwell (A. and M. 166)
In All Places :
Reading : Genesis 2 vv. 10-17, and Address and Prayer
Through all the changing scenes of life (A. and M. 290)
In All Home-Love :
Reading : Matthew 25, w. 34-40, and short Address and Prayer
0 worship the king (A. and M. 167) In All Emergencies :
Reading : Mark 1, vv. 6-18, and short
Address and Prayer
Jesus calls us (A. and M. 403) Blessing
Kay Cavendish with her piano.
Scenes from the comedy by Frederick Lonsdale , adapted by Cynthia Pughe. Produced by Mary Hope Allen
and his Orchestra, with Sally Douglas , Doreen Villiers , Len Camber , Johnny Green , and Three Boys and a Girl
FROM THE RUINS of Coventry Cathedral the Very Rev. R. T. Howard , Provost of the Cathedral, will conduct today's Service at 12.30. In this picture, taken soon after the bombing of the Cathedral in November 1940, Dr. Howard is shown pointing out details of damage to a BBC representative.
Scottish Variety Orchestra (conductor, Ronnie Munro ), entertains Naval personnel, at a shore station somewhere in Scotland
followed by reports from the battle-fronts
in ' Anne to You,' introduced by Hubert Gregg , with Nat Allen and his Combined Dance and Concert Orchestra. Produced by Alick Hayes
Marjorie Anderson replies to some of the letters sent to her by Forces overseas
Close-ups from the war-fronts of the world
of light music. No. 4-The London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Constant Lambert
Ivor Brown v
On gramophone records.
An entertainment chosen by Forces serving overseas : Beatrice Lillie , Flotsam and Jet sam , Dorothy Carless , Harry Parr Davies in ' Composer Cavalcade,' Sidney Burchall , Issy Bonn ,and Eric Winstone and his Orchestra, with Matt Heft at the piano. Introduced by Wendy Hiller. Produced by Cecil Madden and Stephen Williams. From the stage of the Queensberry All-Services Club. This week's edition dedicated to the ' North Caribbean Star,' Jamaica, and the ' Atlantic Echo,' Azores.
followed by reports from the battle-fronts
Records chosen for themselves by British Forces overseas
Featuring high lights of the week's sport in Britain with news from correspondents in various parts of the country, and commentary 'flashes' covering important events. Edited and introduced by Raymond Glendenning
Produced and conducted by Ernest Longstaffe , with C. Denier Warren, Helen Clare , Foster and Clarke, Elsie Percival , and George Bolton. Chairman, Bill Stephens. The Palace of Varieties Orchestra and Chorus
Second in a series of programmes explaining why Local Government is your concern
cabled from the CBC News Rooms
Albert Sandler and the Palm Court Orchestra, with Margaret Eaves (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.
from a Young Soldiers' Training Battalion in Northern Ireland, conducted by the Rev. F. Barrie Flint, C.F. followed at 10.25 by THE EPILOGUE
Jack Simpson and his Sextet