and summary of today's programmes for the Forces

Records of Isobel Baillie , the English concert soprano

Exercises for men

An interlude

A thought for today
R. W. Moore , Headmaster of Bristol
Grammar School

Details of some of today's programmes

A talk about what to eat and how to cook it, by Freddie Grisewood

Children evacuated to Australia will be heard talking with their parents in this country
Children have been calling home from the United States and Canada every month since Enid Maxwell inaugurated this radio link between the Old World and the New on Christmas Day. On Boxing Day children 'called home ' from Australia.
But the latter was an isolated broadcast. Today marks the opening of a regular service, between parents over here and their children 'down under'. This first broadcast only will be heard in the Home programmes.
There will be two broadcasts a month for Australia, and two a month for New Zealand. The series for New Zealand will begin on May 7.

Directed by Jack Hardy

A programme of records to meet the mood

A topical magazine programme

News commentary and interlude

from p. 109 of ' New Every Morning' and p. 28 of ' Each Returning Day '

played by Jack Simpson and his Band

.11.0 Music and movement for juniors
Ann Driver
11.20 Current affairs
11.40 I Ysgolion Cymru
(For Welsh schools)
Caneuon Gwerin
'Caneuon C'lanmai', gan
Amy Thomas
Rhaglen ddramatig
Daw'r caneuon o Gylchgrawn Cymdeithas Alawon Gwerin Cymru,
Cyfrol 3, rhan I

by Bill Oakley
Bill Oakley , the popular Midland broadcaster, will talk today about the twelve miles between Birmingham and Wolverhampton. There are grime and noise, fierce industry, and all that goes with it. But there are humour and happiness, too, in equal profusion: the Black Country does not forget its claim to be the Heart of England.

Leader, Laurance Turner
Conductor, Gideon Fagan

at the theatre organ

The principal lots auctioned by the Postmaster-General, the Rt. Hon. W. S. Morrison , M.F., in aid of the Duke of Gloucester's Red Cross and St. John Fund
From a saie-room
The broadcast will cover probably the first dozen lots in this unique auction of stamps at a famous sale-room, to be held today and tomorrow. Pride of place is given to Lot No. 1—the Gilbert and Ellice Islands stamp drawings presented by the King. Among other lots will be part of a wonderful collection of Abyssinian stamps, but none of them carrying II Duce's image. The scene will be set by Michael Stand ing, who conveys the casual and yet breathless atmosphere of an auction room so well. Many of the stamps will recall old wars-for instance, some interesting ' covers' (anglice envelopes) used by the British Field Force under Lord Napier in 1868, and a collection of Hejaz-Nejd stamps and ' colour trials' submitted to Lawrence of Arabia.

1.50 Music-making
Cyril Winn and a.group of children.
2.10 Interval music
2.15 General science: Food and health
Foods as fuel by Richard Palmei
2.35 Interval music
2-40 Junior English
« Devised by Jean Sutclifle
Dramatised scenes from 'Great Expectations ', by Charles Dickens , adapted for broadcasting by Julia Goodev 0

played by Troise and his Banjoliers

A talk by ' Bartimeus

Harry Blech (violin) Max Salpeter (violin)
Keith Cummings (viola)
WilJiam Pleeth (cello)

(Studio Service in Welsh)
Cymerir y Gweddiau o'r llyfr 'Bob
Bore o Newydd

5.20 'The Blue Parrot'
An old French fairy story from Andrew Lang's Olive Fairy Book, made into a play by Muriel Levy

5.50 Children's Hour Epilogue

followed by National and Regional announcements

F.H. Grisewood brings to the microphone people in the news, people talking about the news, and interesting visitors to Britain

A weekly radio magazine for A.R.P.,
A F S W V S-, fire watchers, and 'all other Civil Defence workers
Entertainment for and by the men and women who are guarding the homes of Britain
Editors, Bill MacLurg and Howard Thomas

4l-The Body through which it works
The Rev. Jack Winslow

A fairy opera in two acts by Adelheid Wette, translated and adapted into English by Constance Bache
Music by Humperdinck
Narration written by Wilfrid Rooke Ley
Cast :
BBC Theatre Chorus
Trained by Charles Groves
BBC Theatre Orchestra
Leader, Tate Gilder
Conductor, Stanford Robinson
The opera produced by Stanford Robinson, in collaboration with Mark H. Lubbock
Act I: Scene 1, Home; Scene 2,
The forest

Act II, The witch's house

Twenty minutes with The. Crooning Troubadour and Ukulele Ike-in other words, Nick Lucas and Cliff
Edwards—on gramophone records

A talk by George Blake

A reading from his own work by Archibald MacLeish (recorded)
In a stirring statement published under the title ' The American Cause ', Archibald MacLeish , well-known American poet, describes the challenge facing the American people today and tells why and how this challenge should be met. He recently broadcast a part of this statement in America, and this recording was then made on direct transmission.

played by Ralph Downes