Records chosen by Forces overseas
from swing to classics
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Records of Ruth Etting
Recording of Carroll Gibbons and his Orchestra, broadcast in the Home Service at 4.30 p.m. on March
News read at dictation speed for Forces newspapers overseas
Dance music, recorded in America and heard by arrangement with the. American Forces Network
Background information on matters of current interest.
Half-hour of music chosen by Forces overseas. Today: Frank Muller and Alfons Antheamssen (Dutch sailors), Bombay
Owen Walters and his Orchestra
and his Dance Orchestra, with "Gail Paige and Frances Dee '
Conductor, Mr. C. Marriott
From the Concert Hall, Bournville
CBC Network programme originating in Vancouver, with Percy Harvey and the Golden Strings Orchestra, and songs by Anne Watt and Greg Miller.
CBC Network programme featuring popular tunes and cowboy songs, played by Cammie Howard and his Quintet and sung by Oral Scheer .
Records of classical music chosen by civilian and Forces listeners overseas
(Army edition). A Home Forces entertainment 'for all serving afloat or overseas. The Dance Orchestra of the King',s Royal Rifle Corps, under the direction of Bandmaster S. A. Baker: Service artists and guest stars; Double or Quits' cash quiz, conducted by Will Hay. Programme introduced by Cpl. Sally Rogers, A.T.S., and produced by David Manderson.
with the Bachelor Girls, Peter Akister , and George Elliott. Directed by James Moody
Close-ups from the war-fronts
Repeat of last night's recorded broadcast
Novelty numbers and solo pieces, played by the BBC Variety Orchestra (conductor, Charles Shadwell ), with Gene Crowley
(Easter edition). A. M. Shinnie introduces a programme of songs and tunes for Easter, with Grace Leslie (soprano). George Burns (boy soprano), and George Davie (fiddler): ' Call Yourself a Scot? '—the weekly quiz: Stop press football item. Produced by Elizabeth Adair
and the Dance Orchestra, with Rita Marlowe , Benny Lee , Sid Buckman , and the Prairie Boys
and reports from the battlefronts
'Northern Music-Hall.'
Weekly broadcasts from well-known Variety theatres: this week, the Tivoli Theatre, Hull
on tour in collaboration with ENSA entertain the R.A.F. Conductor. Stanford Robinson From a R.A.F. Station in East Anglia
on gramophone records
Weekly review of sporting events past and present. Rugby Union -H. B. T. Wakelam revives, with the aid of records, some memorable ' Internationals ' that he has seen and on which he has broadcast-
FROM BRITAIN followed at 9.10 by Home. News from Canada cabled from the CBC News Rooms
Gramophone records of your favourite music, selected and introduced by Doris Arnold
with music by Capt. Robert Farnon and the Canadian Band of the A.E.F. Songs by Canadian Forces entertainers, and contributions from the Dominion speciallv recorded for this programme.
Harry Fryer and his Orchestra.
