and summary of today's programmes for the Forces
A weekly ration of records made by America's Crooner Number One
Exercises for men
7.40 Exercises for women
A thought for today
followed by Programme Parade
Some details about today's programmes
A talk about what to eat and how to cook it, by Freddie Grisewood
Reminiscences of Herman Fincfc with gramophone records
Arranged and presented by Roger Wimbush
at the theatre organ
from p. 85 of ' New Every Morning' and p. 10 of ' Each Returning Day '
played by Vera Canning
Some New Year resolutions for the housewife
The Rt. Hon. Lord Woolton , Minister of Food
at the theatre organ
Popular medley
on some of her favourite 1940 gramophone records
playing
Light, quiet music
and his Orchestra with Dorothy Carless , Len Camber , and Jackie Hunter
A recording of last Saturday's broadcast by Alistair Cooke
Sonata in C minor, Op. 30, No. 2 played by Joseph Shadwick (violin)
Wilfrid Parry (piano)
The Cavendish Three
(Kay Cavendish , Helen Raymond , and Pat Rignold ) with Gwen Lewis take a quarter-of-an-hour off
Written by Ronnie Hill and Peter Dion Titheradge
Presented by James Dyrenforth
Leader, Laurance Turner
Conductor, Gideon Fagan
played by Billy Ternent and the Dance Orchestra
A ' Blandings Castle' story by P. G. Wodehouse
Turned into a play for broadcasting by Anne Pendleton and John Cheade
Produced by John Cheatle
Some listeners may have heard ' The Crime Wave at Blandings ', in which the placid routine of life in the Castle was disrupted, by the gross and almost universal misuse of a boy's air-gun. In this story it is the failing appetite of Lord Emsworth's favourite sow, Empress of Blandings', that causes the trouble.
A sentimental interlude of music and songs featuring ' her ' name
The players: Fred Hartley and his
Music
The singers: David Lloyd and Alan Kane
The programme presented by Doris Arnold
played by the Kenilworth Octet
Suite: In the Chilterns (1 Penn
Woods in spring ; 2 June night on Marlow Reach ; 3 Hunting days) Song of Paradise
Murmurs of spring
Julia (A romantic serenade) Autumn sunshine
ynghyd a Sgwrs ar Bwnc y Dydd
(News and a topical talk in Welsh)
(Welsh Children's Hour)
' Y Camgymeriad '
Drama Nadolig i Blant gan
Marian E. Williams a ' Gardd y Cawr '
(Stori Nadolig Oscar Wilde wedi ei chyfieithu i'r Gymraeg) gan David Thomas
' Out with Romany '
Adventures among birds and animals
followed by National and Regional announcements
Things that need doing and ways of doing them
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Stafford will discuss from the point of view of the ordinary family the problems and difficulties they have been meeting during the past year, and the new problems they are likely to encounter in the year to come
(Section C)
Led by Marie Wilson
Conducted by Warwick Braithwaite
Joan Cross (soprano)
A show for the Home Front with Gwen Lewis, Frederick Burtwell, Reginald Purdell, Sylvia Marriott, Joan Gates
Shelter marshal, Lionel Gamlin
Devised by Francis Worsley and Frederick Burtwell
Produced by Reginald Purdell and Lionel Gamlin
Music by Billy Cotton and his Band
A programme for New Year's Eve in wartime arranged by D. G. Bridson
To every home in Britain 1940 has brought its happy if sometimes its darker days. This is the story of what it brought to some of those homes, and what they are hoping to find in 1941.
featuring the cream of the year's musicals with Gwen Catley
Helen Clare
Ronnie Hill
Three Radio Graces
Charles Groves and Donald Edge at two pianos
BBC Theatre Chorus
BBC Theatre Orchestra
Leader, Tate Gilder
Conducted by Reginald Burston
Compere, Philip Slessor
Programme devised and arranged by Reginald Burston and Donald Edge
An entertainment for everyone, arranged by Arthur Black , introduced by Andrew P. Wilson
Produced by John Gough
and his Orchestra with Dorothy Carless , Len Camber , and Jackie Hunter
0 God of Bethel (Paraphrase 2 ; A. and M. 512 ; S.P. 596)
Reading
Address by F. W. Ogilvie , LL.D.,
Director General, British Broadcasting Corporation
Prayer
Through all the changing scenes of life (A. and M. 290 ; S.P. 677)
