and summary of today's programmes for the Forces
Records of Frank Crumit
Exercises for younger men (7.30) and older women (7.40)
A thought for today
and summary of today's Home Service programmes
A series of six five-minute talks on simple ways of keeping well, by a Harley Street physician
Famous double acts
A gramophone programme arranged by Allan Rose
played by Gertrude Collins (violin) and Kathleen Denyer (piano)
William E. Eell
from page 9 of ' New Every Morning ' and page 54 of ' Each Returning Day '
played by The Blackhall Colliery Band
Conductor, Wilfred Dawson
' Singing Together ' —
Herbert Wiseman
at the theatre organ Selection of Victor Herbert's melodies
A medley of popular tunes
Millicent Ward (soprano)
Arthur Reckless (baritone)
and his Commanders
A mid-day Variety concert
at the theatre organ
' from the Films '
played by The Virtuoso String Quartet-Marjorie Hayward (violin) ; Edwin Virgo (violin) ; John Yewe Dver
(viola) ; Cedric Sharpe (cello) and Eileen Grainger (viola) and Myers Foggin (piano)
with The Baga Sisters: Florence de Jong (organ), Ena Baga (piano), Celeste Baga (piano); Lionel Robbins (guitar); vocalists: Josephine Driver, Walter Midgley
Production by Eric Fawcett
Junior English: ' Mr. and Mrs.
Vinegar '—Jean Sutcliffe
played by Sandy Macpherson at the theatre organ
Conducted by Guy Warrack
and his Band with Beryl Davis , Diane, Garry Gowan , and Eddie Palmer and his Novachord
Compere, Harry Davis
' Our minds and their furniture
A talk by Willa Muir
Dwy sgwrs o ddiddordeb arbennig i bobl y wlad
(' Country Magazine': a programme in Welsh)
5.20 The BBC Men's Chorus will sing some French-Canadian songs, and Charles Farrell will tell a story
Conductor, Trevor Harvey , soloist
Martin Boddey
A serial play by Sax Rohmei. produced by Howard Rose
Episode 10: ' Musette sings again '
Cast
(by permission of British National Films, Ltd., and Pascal Film Productions, Lid.) and William Trent ,
Philip Cunningham. and Charles Mason
Bernard Newman
I there is one figure more than another that captures the public imagination, and, if he be an enemy, the public loathing, it is the spy.
Bernard Newman knows most things there are to know about spies in general, and about the German spy system in particular. He had opportunities of studying this during the last war, and he draws an impressive picture of the enormous and intricate workings of the German Secret Service. Part of the broadcast will be in the form of a dialogue such as might take place in any public-house, designed to show just how a clever spy can extract information without arousing suspicion.
National and Regional, followed at not earlier than 7.25 by Scottish and Northern Ireland
(soprano) with BBC Orchestra (Section B
Leader, Paul Beard
Conductor, Sir Adrian Boult
As a child in the Australian Bush, Florence Austral was more at home with horses than with music. She used to sing little. songs as an amateur, and then for the fun of the thing entered for a competitive musical festival in her teens. She was heard by the director of the .Melbourne Conservatoire and became a student there. She came to England and studied at the London School of Opera ; went to New York and. had the unique distinction of being offered without previous experience an engagement at the Metropolitan Opera House-which she turned down.
She made her operatic debut in 1922 at Covent Garden as Briinnhilde in The Valkyrie and achieved a sensational success. She is recognised as one of the greatest operatic singers of our time
(by permission of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Based on the play by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.
Radio score by Jack Beaver. Conductor, Hyam Greenbaum.
Produced by Douglas Moodie
Those taking part include:
Celia Lipton, John Singer, Charles Sullivan, Oily Christine, Estelle, Macdonald Parke, Deidre Doyle, Joan Young, Peter Madden, Joan Miller, Rita Vale, Robert Beattie, Clive Baxter, Sidney Keith, Dick Francis, Sidney Benson, Maureen Glynne,
Alan Keith
BBC Augmented Revue Chorus and Augmented Revue Orchestra
Symphony No. 4, in A minor played by BBC Orchestra (Section B)
Leader, Paul Beard
Conductor, Sir Adrian Boult
See this week's ' Radio Music ', p. 7
and his Band with Beryl Davis , Diane, Garry Gowan , and Eddie Palmer and his Novachord
Compere, Harry Davis
A new play for broadcasting by Ronald Gow
Cast [see below]
The scene is laid in Springfield, Illinois, in 1839
In his autobiography Joseph Jefferson - of 'Rip Van Winkle' fame - told how when a child with his father's theatrical company he encountered Abraham Lincoln, then a young lawyer, in an unexpected role - that of the defender of the little company against the local Revivalists.
This incident is the subject of tonight's play.
Leader, Tate Gilder
Conducted by Harold Lowe
