and summary of today's programmes for the Forces.

Records of Eileen Joyce (piano)

Exercises for men: Frank Punchard
7.40 Exercises for women: Audrey Nicol

An anthology of favourites

A thought for today: Rev. Dom Bernard Clements, O.S.B.

' Gert and Daisy' discuss the day before Christmas

Records of music to meet the mood

Conductor, Albert E. Rayner

Contributions from the North and the Midlands

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

Arthur Dulay and his Cameo Orchestra

at the theatre organ

Conducted by Mr. D. A. Pope

Conducted by Julian Clifford

Fifty-fifth lunch-time concert, presented to their fellow workers by members of the staff of a munition works somewhere in the North. Presented by Victor Smythe

(organ)
From a Midland concert hall
G. D. Cunningham has been an organist practically all his life. At the Royal Academy of Music he won the Henry Smart Scholarship for organ-playing, and while studying at the Academy was appointed organist at the West Hampstead Congregational Church. Since 1901 he has been organist at Alexandra Palace, London ; St. James's Church, Muswell Hill ; Holy Trinity Church, Stroud Green ; and St. Alban's Church, Holbom. He eventually became organist to the City of Birmingham.

and his Band, with Harry Davis , featuring Beryl Davis ," Diane, Bob Dale , Jan Zalski (Polish tenor), and Eddie Palmer with his novachord

The art of public speaking in six record lessons. Devised and written (not very seriously) by Ronald Hilborne

from a college chapel, upon Christmas Eve 1941

played by the BBC Salon Orchestra. Conductor, Leslie Bridge water

Programme of gramophone records

Darlleniad o gerddi diweddar gan rai o'n prif feirdd. Rhaglen o dan ofal T. Rowland Hughes. (Poetry reading in Welsh)

5.20 ' Listen to our song-birds in winter': talk by Ludwig Koch , illustrated by records of bird-song
5.40 Visit to the Church of the Nativity at Bethlehem, described by Alice R. Binstead
5.55 Children's Hour prayers

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

or ' A myth is as good as a mile '. A Christmas ' thing ', by Gordon Crier , with music by Michael North. Additional music by Henry Reed
The Revue Chorus and BBC Revue Orchestra, conducted by Hyam Greenbaum
The action takes place in a suburban home, and in Valhalla on Christmas Day

Conductor, Ian Whyte. Janet Smith-Miller -(contralto)
ORCHESTRA

Christmas message, devised by Robin Whitworth and produced by Malcolm Baker-Smith . Literary editor, R. Ellis Roberts. Musical director, Trevor Harvey

Musical love story by Francis Dur bridge. Produced by Martyn C. Webster
BBC Midland Light Orchestra, conducted by Richard Crean

with his Orchestra

from a Benedictine Abbey in England