and summary of today's programmes for the Forces

Records of Vera Lynn , the Forces' favourite

Exercises for men : George Welton
7.40 Exercises for women : May
Brown

An interlude

A thought for today : Rev. Father John Murray , S.J.

Radio Food Advice Centre

Mixed choice of records. The high spot is ' Southern Holiday', by Reginald Foresythe , played by Henry Hall and the BBC Dance Orchestra, soloist, Reginald Foresythe

Conductor, Leslie Bridgewater

Talk by Ralph Wightman

at the theatre organ

News commentary and interlude

from p. 25 of New Every Morning ' and p. 46 of ' Each Returning Day '

John Reynders and his Orchestra

11.0 SINGING TOGETHER : by Herbert Wiseman. ' Revision programme '
11.20 i YSGOLION CYMRU (For Welsh schools): 'Gair a Geirfa' gan T. J. Morgan. 6-Heol a Llwybr : Heic trwy wlad o eiriau
11.40 ENGLISH FOR UNDER-NINES : Play, ' Baa Baa Black Sheep ', from the story by M. S. Clark , arranged for broadcasting by Julia Goodey. Part III

6-' What was there before St. Mark?' Rev. Alan Richardson , Study Secretary of Student Christian Movement
Designed as particularly suitable for sixth-form listening, these broadcasts are part of a large series on the making and content of the Bible. The series itself is divided into several parts, and will last for two years. during which every aspect of the Bible will be examined by experts.

BBC Orchestra
Conducted by Clarence Raybould

followed by a recording of last night's postscript

(violin)

1.50 SCIENCE AND GARDENING : ' Work to do now ' : C. F. Lawrance

2.15 STORIES FROM WORLD HISTORY : ' The cup of hemlock', by Rhoda Power. A story of the trial and death of Socrates (399 B.C.), told very simply in dramatic form
2.35 Interval music
2.40 SENIOR ENGLISH 1—English for everyday use: Poetry programme, arranged by Douglas R. Allan

Victor Silvester and his Ballroom Orchestra

A Scottish engine-driver, housewife, and journalist make their choice for wartime reading. Norman McKillop , Elizabeth Hughes Hallett , James Mark Cameron

at the theatre organ
Medley of popular tunes

Presented by James Moody. It goes quickly and jingles pleasantly

Jack Richards and his Orchestra

gan R. E. Jones (Light Welsh programme)

5.20 'Sam and the Scarecrow', another adventure of Sam Pig and his friends, by Alison Uttley. Songs by Henry Cummings
5.45 ' October ' : Talk about the countryside in Autumn, by Ralph Wightman

National and Regional announcements

by Robert Louis Stevenson , read by Hector Munro

Directed by Rae Jenkins , with Gwen Catley

'I'm there too': A night fighter tells his past

Rebuilding Britain as it affects you 'Health and schooling': Mrs. Douglas, a soldier's wife evacuated with her children from her bombed home, in discussion with Dr. Innes Pearse , Pioneer Health Centre, Peckham ; R. N. Armfelt , Secretary to the Devon Education Authority and co-ordinating officer for the welfare of evacuees in the county of Devon; and C. N. B. Willey, a billeting and evacuation officer in a crowded reception area

Serial play with music, specially written for broadcasting by Monckton Hoffe. Produced by Val Gielgud and Martyn C. Webster. Episode 1-' How it all began' Other parts played by Godfrey Baseley , Janet Joyce , David Compton, Ethel Williams , Mabel France Midland Light Orchestra and Midland Revue Chorus, conducted by Richard Crean
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Professor Umbridge, on behalf of the Umbridge Radio Services Inc. presents the first of his happy half-hours, with Charles Heslop , Richard Goolden , Dick Francis , Dorothy Summers. The Dance Orchestra, conducted by Billy Tennent. Book by Charles Heslop , lyrics by Max Kester , music by Kenneth Leslie -smith. Produced by Reginald Smith

Play by Val Gielgud and Philip Wade. Produced by Howard Rose

sung by Ruth Naylor
Arnold Box
Youth
A Christmas Carol The White Peace
The Enchanted Fiddle
William Walton
Daphne
Through Gilded Trellises Old Sir Faulk

Conducted by Malcolm Sargent

and his Orchestra, with Dorothy Carless , Len Camber , Jackie Hunter , and George Evans