from swing to classics
Ronnie Munro and his Orchestra, with Ann Rich, Margaret Mackay, and Chick Randall. (BBC recording)
Recorded by members of the Services for their relatives and friends in this country
8.1 Cairo Calling introduced by Peter Haddon
8.30 Greetings from India
9.0 Greetings from West Africa
and his' Orchestra.
played by Eiluned Davies
Short Sunday Service for members of the Forces at home and overseas who are in out-of-the-way places and have no padre with them; conducted by the - Rev. W. Warren Hunt , from the Church Hall, St. Nicholas. Radford, Coventry
News from Canada and of Canadians on the fighting fronts, including a newsletter in French for French-speaking Canadians
Edited recorded version of yesterday's commentary by Tom Cragg
from Govan Church, Glasgow, conducted by the Rev. T. B. Stewart Thomson
Metrical Psalm 121: I to the hills will lift mine eyes (Tune, French)
Prayer and the Lord's Prayer Lesson: St. John 14 vv. 1-14
Praise to the Lord. the almighty, the king of creation (C.H. 22; A. and M. 657)
Address Prayer
Soldiers of Christ! arise (C.H. 534;
A and M. 270)
Blessing
Organist, R. E. Paterson
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On gramophone records.
Commentary by Foster Hewitt on last night's N.H.L. game at the Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto
and his Orchestra, with Sally Doug las, Len Camber. Johnny Green , Alan Grant , Archie Lewis , and Three Boys and a Girl d
Conductor, Charles Groves
with impromptu answers to listeners' questions: Commander A. B. Camp bell; Professor Michael Polanyi. F.R.S. (scientist): a Psycho-Analyst; Bertrand Russell , F.R.S.; Dr. Edith Summerskill. M.P. Question-Master, Geoffrey Crowther.
On gramophone records.
in ' Anne to You,' introduced by Neal Arden. 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
The Combined Stoll Theatres' Orchestra (by permission of Prince
Littler). under its conductor. Reginald Burston. with Kay Cavendish playing ' Rhapsody, for piano and orchestra,' by Kenneth Leslie-Smith . Produced by Michael North
Sewell Stokes on films
on gramophone records ..
An entertainment chosen by Forces serving overseas: Jack Payne 's Orchestra, conducted by Stanley Andrews , with Carole Carr and Betty Webb ; Tarrant Bailey jnr. and the Tarantellas; Jean Kennedy ; Michael Austin; Mark Strong in ' Composer Cavalcade,' with Edna Hatzfeld ; Bruce Trent ; Max and Harry Nesbitt. Introduced by Phyllis Calvert. Produced by Cecil Madden and Stephen Williams. From the stage of the Queensberry All-Services Club. (Repeat of last Tuesday's recorded broadcast)
and reports from the battlefronts
Records chosen for themselves by British Forces 'overseas
featuring highlights 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
Tune-time for the Forces. Sing, hum. or whistle your favourite tunes with Edna Kaye. Denny Dennis. Vincent Tildsley 's Mastersingers, and the augmented Dance Orchestra, conducted by Stanley Black
Followed at 8.10 by Home News from Canada cabled from the CBC News Rooms
with Jack Train , Dorothy Summers , Horace Percival , Dino Galvani , Sydney Keith , Fred Yule. Jean Capra ,
-Diana Morrison , and Paula Green. BBC Augmented Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell. Script by Ted Kavanagh. Produced by Francis Worsley.
on gramophone records
Crown Diamonds (Auber): London
Philharmonic Orchestra
The Barber of Seville (Rossini): Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York
The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart):
Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra
The Merry Wives of Windsor
(Nicolai): London Philharmonic Orchestra followed by News Headlines
Albert Sandier and the Palm Court Orchestra, with Gladys Ripley (contralto), in a programme of the kind of music heard in the Palm Court of your favourite hotel in the days before the war followed at S.58 by News Headlines
Community hymn-singing from the MacRobert Salvation Army Club, Bomber Command, introduced by Brigadier George Sowton followed by THE EPILOGUE
Harry Leader and his Band