and summary of today's programmes for the Forces

'My piano and I'
Records of Turner Layton

Exercises for men

A thought for today

followed by Programme Parade
Some details of today's programmes

A talk about what to eat and how to cook it, by Gert and Daisy '

at the theatre organ
Popular melodies of the moment

played by Barbara Hill

Gramophone records of tunes we whistled and sang a year or two ago

Leader, Laurance Turner
Conducted by Maurice Johnstone

from p. 73 of ' New Every Morning ' and p. 64 of ' Each Returning Day'

on gramophone records
Band of H.M. Royal Marines (Ply-mouth Division), conducted by Major
F. J. Ricketts

by a doctor

(Section C)
Led by Marie Wilson
Conducted by Clarence Raybould

by Canon R. C. Richardson

at the theatre organ

An ENSA concert for war workers with Cyril Fletcher , Violet Stevens ,
Mabel Dyer , and Monte Rey and Jack Frere and his Orchestra

A recording of yesterday's talk

Raymond Glendenning introduces songs, scenes, and stories of the show business past and present with Jean Forbes-Robertson in an excerpt from
' Berkeley Square ',
Stars of London's pantomimes
Evelyn Dove and Peter Yorke and his Concert
Orchestra

played by * Arnold Goldsbrough

Yule-tidings from Scotland cracked off at speed by Jack Radcliffe and Company; assisted by the Scottish Variety Orchestra ; conducted by Ronnie Munro
Presented by Tom Dawson

to records of Debroy Somers and his Band

with The Swingtette
Directed by Dennis Moonan and Dorothy Carless

An excerpt from Francis Laidler's comedy pantomime, by arrangement with Sir Oswald Stoll
The cast includes :
Jean Colin as Aladdin
Jerry Verno as Wishee Washee
Iris Sadler as Widow
Twankey Sutherland Felce as Abanazar
Jane Corda as Princess So-Shi
The Five Lai Fous, Charles Rolfe, Billy Purvis
Sixteen John Tiller Girls
Produced by Francis Laidler

Radio quiz ; Spot the star ; Memory test ; Musical puzzles; Nicknames ; How's your history ? ; Finding out the film fans ; Sporting posers ; Figure it out ; and many other puzzles'
Presented by Ronald Waldman
Produced by Howard Thomas and Douglas Cleverdon

Diwedd blwyddyn mewn lien a chan
(Verse and music in Welsh)

A Welsh Christmas
A brief visit to a farmhouse somewhere in North Wales, to see how Dick, an evacuee from an English town, is enjoying Christmas with his
Welsh friends
5.45 World affairs by Stephen King-Hall

followed by National and Regional announcements

A national magazine dealing with some of the things that are being thought, said, and done all over
Britain today
Introduced by Peter Fettes

In Great Britain today are French, Polish, Czechoslovakian, Norwegian, Dutch, and Belgian soldiers and sailors. Tonight listeners will discover how each allied nation in our midst has been keeping Christmas in its own fashion
Produced by Robert Kemp

Songs and scenes from the fantastic musical play
Book by Mark Ambient, A.M. Thompson, and Robert Courtneidge, Lyrics by Arthur Wimperis. Music by Lionel Monckton and Howard Talbot
Characters in order of speaking
Arcadians, patrons of the Arcadian restaurant, etc.
BBC Theatre Chorus
(Trained by Charles Groves)
BBC Theatre Orchestra
Leader, Tate Gilder
Conductor, Stanford Robinson

Act 1: Arcadia
Act 2: Askwood Race-Course
Act 3: The Arcadian Restaurant
Adapted and produced by Gordon McConnel

This tuneful show which had such a long run at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, in 1909, and has toured the Provinces year after year since, was notable for the performances of Alfred Lester as Peter Doody, the jockey, and Dan Rolyat as Simplicitas. This evening a fine cast has been selected to revive the tuneful songs and amusing 'gags': Mark Daly as Peter Doody, the jockey, and Bobbie Comber as Simplicitas should prove a host in themselves; while the principal women's parts are in the safe keeping of Cecile Chevreaux and Gwen Catley.

An Irishman looks at England
Frank O'Connor

The Ronnie Hill-Peter Dion Titheradge Christmas Revue with Charles Heslop and Patricia Leonard , Gerry Fitzgerald , Marjorie Westbury , Dick Francis , the Cavendish Three, BBC Revue Chorus and Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, conducted by Hyam Greenbaum
Produced by Vernon Harris

(The Fantastic Toyshop)
A ballet, based on music by Rossini, arranged by Respighi played by BBC Orchestra (Section A)
Leader, Paul Beard
Conducted by Constant Lambert
The music of La Boutique Fantasque (The Fantastic Toyshop) is taken from some of the light pieces, chiefly written for the piano, which Rossini composed in his last years. Respighi has orchestrated and arranged them to make a delightfully fresh and dainty ballet. The choreography is by Leonide Massine and the scenery and costumes are executed by Andre Derain.
On the stage the dolls in the shop come to life and dance. The ballet consists of a Cossack Dance, a Nocturne, a Mazurka, an Italian Tarantella, a slow Waltz, a boisterous Can-Can, and a Galop.
The ballet was first performed in London at the Alhambra Theatre in the summer of 1919 and has since remained one of the most popular ballets in the repertoire.

A short anthology in memory of Karel Capek made from selections of his book ' Letters from England '
Arranged and produced by M. H. Allen
Speaker: Ronald Simpson

and his Band

A programme of restful melody arranged and presented by Sandy Macpherson at the theatre organ