and summary of today's programmes for the Forces

A weeklv ration of records made by America's Crooner Number One

Exercises for men
7.40 Exercises for women

An interlude

A thought for today
The Rev. John A. Ramsbotham

followed by Programme Parade
Details of some of today's, broadcasts

Some suggestions from Freddy
Grisewood

Recent ' recordings of popular hits

Conductor, Charles Windsor

at the theatre organ

News commentary and interlude

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

No. 40-Robb Wilton
The interviewer, Wilfred Pickles
Produced by Richard North
What King Pin of Comedy could be more welcome than the comedian who won immortal fame by creating ' Mr. Muddlecombe, J.P.' ? His personality has become so vivid in every listener's mind that one almost sees, too, his stocky figure, and bald head, and those spectacles. He has earned a niche in radio fame that none will deny.

A magazine programme for women in which all aspects of running a home in wartime will be discussed

11.0 Physical training
(for use in halls) by Edith Dowling
11.20 Interval music
11.25 Games with words
Arranged by Helen F. Benson
11.40 Talks for fifth forms
' Mathematics as an art'
T. A. A. Broadbent

String Serenade in E played by BBC Scottish Orchestra
Leader, J. Mouland Begbie
Conductor, Guy Warrack
Dvorak's Serenade in E for strings is an early work, written in 1875 when the composer was a poor musician playing in the orchestra of the National Theatre in Prague,' conducted by Smetana, and giving lessons to supplement his income. The Serenade is in five movements which include a waltz, a lively scherzo, and a brilliant finale of a Slavonic character.

A lunch-time concert presented to their fellow workers by members of the staff of a large munition works
' somewhere in England '
Arranged and presented by Victor Smythe

by Raymond Gram Swing

Cello Sonata in G played by Haydn Rogerson (cello) and Stephen Wearing (piano)

1.50 Our changing countryside
' Fishing village' by John R. Allan
Modem schemes for collecting and selling fish
2.10 Interval music
2.15 For under-sevens
Let's join in ! with Ann Driver and Jean Sutcliffe
' Toys lost on the beach '
2.30 Interval music
2.35 Good writing
Dramatic biography: Samuel Pepys by Margaret Richards

played by Mantovani and his Orchestra

from a college chapel
Order of Service
Versicles and Responses Psalm xlviii
First Lesson: Wisdom vii, 24 to viii, 1 Magnificat (Gibbons, Short service)
Second Lesson: I Corinthians, xii,
27 to xiii, 1-13
Nunc Dimittis (Gibbons, Short service)
Creed and Collects
Anthem: Come, Holy Spirit, most blessed Lord (Vaughan Williams)
Prayers
Come down, 0 Love divine (E.H. 152)

(Second series-8)
A weekly gathering of famous folk
The regulars include:
Master of ceremonies, Clay Keyes
Richard Goolden as Old Ebenezer, the night watchman, with Gladys Keyes as Martha, his daughter
' The court of melody '; where tunes are on trial and the ear is the evidertce
This week's famous visitor:
Stainless Stephen
' Can you beat the band ? '
The Town Hall Orchestra under the direction of Billy Ternent
Weekly meetings organised by Gladys and Clay Keyes and presented by Eric Spear
(A recording of last Thursday's broadcast)

at the theatre organ

(Welsh Children's Hour)
Rhywbeth i Bawb
Rhaglen gymysg at chwaeth pob un yn ei dro

Recorded part-songs by a choir of children evacuated to Penzance and a story

followed by National and Regional announcements

(soprano) in a programme of English songs

Things that need doing and ways of doing them
John Hilton will again talk oh workers in war industry

A monthly magazine edited by James Adam
Contents include :
Story of the month
A topical song by Rae Elrick
' Home-made beauty preparations ' by Elizabeth Craig and interviews with people in the news Produced by W. Farquharson Small

by James Hanley
A radio impression of the Merchant
Navy in time of war
Produced by D. G. Bridson

Starring Sarah Churchill and Vic Oliver with A famous 'guess' star
'The private life of Vic Oliver' and 'London sings'

(Section B)
Leader, Paul Beard
Conductor, Sir Adrian Boult
In a letter to his publisher in 1880, Brahms told him about a 'very merry Academic Festival Overture, with Gaudeamus and all sorts of things ... Having been given this opportunity, I could not forbear to satisfy my melancholy disposition by writing an overture for a tragedy as well '. However, the very powerful
. and dramatic ' Tragic ' Overture has no programme other than the expression of the mood that the title suggests.

Evening prayers

Conductor, P. S. G. O'Donnell

A short story written for broadcasting by ' Bartimeus and read by the author

with Monte Rey , Bette Roberts ,
Bob Arden , Irene Johnston