from swing to classics
Records of the Boswell Sisters
Recording of Carroll Gibbons and his Orchestra, broadcast in the Home Service at 4.30 p.m. on December 16
Today's choice of records in by Athene Seyler
Produced by James Mageean.
followed by News read at dictation speed for Forces newspapers overseas
and his Orchestra. Dance music and songs, with Bea Wain , Frank Sinatra , and the Chorus.
and his Players
Repeat of yesterday's recorded broad-' cast
followed at 11.2 by Sidelights from Today's Papers
and his Orchestra
Paddy O'Neil (by permission of George Black ), with the Three Gentlemen of Rhythm, and Gaby Rogers at the piano
ENSA presents half-an-hour of songs and orchestral music: Geraldo and his Concert Orchestra, and vocalists: Helen Hill in ' Love Songs That Have Lived'; John Rorke in ' Story in Song'; Ronnie Hill in ' Memories of a Star'; this week's ENSA star, Elisabeth.Welch
Conducted by Major Glenn Miller.
Records chosen for themselves by British Forces overseas
Review of news and events of special interest for Forces in India
Close-ups from the war-fronts of the world
featuring Jack Collings
Recorded In America, and heard by arrangement with the American Forces Network
Portsmouth v. Tottenham Hotspur. Commentary by Raymond Glendenning during the second half of the League South match. From Fratton Park, Portsmouth
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 star. 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 on both sides of the Atlantic, with Leslie Mitchell (by courtesy of British Movietonews, Ltd.), as Master of Ceremonies in London, and Ben Grauer in New York.
Produced in New York by Ross Filion and in London by Jimmy Dyrenforth and Tom Ronald. (Joint BBC and NBC programme, heard simultaneously in both countries)
followed by reports from the battle-fronts
Conductor, Sir Adrian Boult
Jean Metcalfe replies to some of the letters she has received from Forces overseas and plays her favourite records
Louis Levy and his Gaumont-British Studio Orchestra, with Beryl Davis. Benny Lee , Jack Cooper , and the Georgettes, including ' The Screen Presents,' bringing famous film stars to the microphone, introduced by Moore Raymond. Produced by Elisabeth Tyson
Followed at 8.10 by Home News from Canada cabled from the CBC News Rooms
read at dictation speed
Edited version of this afternoon's commentary by Raymond Glendenning
(and their fellow-travellers).
Trip No. 8, on which they meet Dbra Labbette, and Richard Murdoch and Kenneth Horne. BBC Revue Orchestra, conducted by Alan Crooks. Produced by Michael North.
(Recording of last Friday's broadcast in the Home Service)
followed by News Headlines
Programme drawn from the world's repertoire of theatre music, with Lorely Dyer (soprano), and the BBC Theatre Chorus and Orchestra: conductor, Stanford Robinson followed at 9.58 by News Headlines
Weekly Variety show, starring a Canadian Army Orchestra, with songs by Cpl. Bill Smith , Sgt. Ted Hock-ridge , and Pte. Lance King . Introduced by Gerry Wilmot.
Band of the 2nd Battalion, the Northamptonshire Regiment: conductor, Mr. C. Marriott
