and summary of today's programmes for the Forces

Records of Maxine Sullivan , coloured swing singer

Exercises for men: Coleman Smith
7.40 Exercises for women: May Brown

An anthology of favourites

A thought for today: Rev. Leslie D. Weatherhead

' The Dish of the Week', announced by Ruth Drew

Mixed choice of records. The high spot is Prelude in C sharp minor by Rachmaninoff, played by Moiseiwitsch

Conductor, Leslie Bridgewater conducts the concert this evening at 7.0 - the first broadcast from the series of popular concerts organised by the Halle Society and the BBC.

Recording of the broadcast by Ian Finlay on April 10

at the theatre organ

News commentary, and interlude

from p. 1 of ' New Every Morning' and p. 6 of ' Each Returning Day'

Band of the East Yorkshire Regiment ; conductor, Patrick Purcell

11.0 SINGING TOGETHER : by Herbert Wiseman
The Yeomen of England....Edward German The Gentle Maiden (Irish song)
Ould John Braddlum (English song)
11.20 I YSGOLION CYMRU : (For Welsh schools). Byw yn y Wlad, gan Myfanwy Howell. 4-' Glannau'r Afon'
11.40 ENGLISH FOR UNDER-NINES : Two stories about hens, by Diana Ross
12.0 THE MAKING AND CONTENT OF THE BIBLE : The Prophets. The Prophets of Northern Israel', by the Rev. H. F. D. Sparks , University of Durham

Conducted by Clarence Raybould

followed by a recording of last night's postscript

Sixth and last of a series of gramophone programmes in which Helen Henschel tries to answer this question

1.50 SCIENCE AND GARDENING : ' Insect Pests of Plants '. B. A. Keen
2.10 Interval music
2.15 STORIES FROM WORLD HISTORY : ' The Lady with the Lamp', by Honor Wyalt. Florence Nightingale and her care of sick and wounded soldiers
2.35 Interval music
2.40 SENIOR ENGLISH I : English for everyday use. Longfellow's poem, ' King Robert of Sicily '

Melville Christie's Dance Orchestra, directed by Lloyd Shakespeare

Conductor, Sir Adrian Boult. Gordon Bryan (piano)

Three members of a family compare notes on life in Scotland yesterday and today: Mary Ironside , Lydia Rankin , Louise Rankin
This afternoon's contribution to this homoly series brings to the microphone three Scottish women with a great deal to say about things as they see them through young, middle-aged, and elderly eyes. Since the war Lydia Rankin has been doing a double job, driving a commercial van during the day and an ambulance in her spare time. Her e]der daughter. Louise, is on the point of registering and is anxious to join the W.R.N. S. Mary Ironside, an aunt of Lydia Rankin , is of Aberdeenshire stock, and will give her reminiscences about the old days in the East Scotland countryside.

with Marjorie Westbury, Jack Morrison, Diana Morrison, Philip Garston-Jones, and Jack Wilson and his Versatile Five

Rhaglen o ddathlu daucanmlwyddiant y perfformiad cyntaf o waith Handel. Y cyfarwyddo gan Sant Jones. (Handel bicentenary programme in Welsh)

For younger listeners : nursery sing-song, with Joan Stirrup , Charles, and Nan. ' Cuckoo as went on strike' : Lancashire story by Dora Broome , told by Wilfred Pickles. ' Pencil and Paper' : more puzzles, questions, and catches by P. Caton Baddeley

National and Regional announcements

By John Buchan. Episode 5, adapted by Winifred Carey. With Allan Jeayes as Richard Hannay. Produced by John Cheatle

(leader, Laurance Turner ) : conductor, Malcolm Sargent. First broadcast from the series organised by the Halle Society in collaboration with the BBC.
From the Opera House, Manchester

How it works. 5-' Brain and Nerves ', by a doctor

Magda Kun , Bryan Michie , and Gene Gerrard
With Pat Rignold , Vera Lennox ,
Ewart Scott , Ian Sadler , and Victor Lyndon. BBC Revue Orchestra, conducted by Mansel Thomas. Presented by Eric Spear

Music from the works of Irving Berlin, played by Geraldo and his Concert Orchestra. Produced by David Miller

A round-table discussion. No. 4-The present political set-up in India. The Indian State

By Richard Llewellyn.

Adapted for broadcasting from the Academy Award film.

Recorded music by the Dowlais United Choir (conductor, D.T. Davies) and the BBC Northern Orchestra, conducted by Idris Lewis

sung by Olga Haley

and his Band, with Harry Davis , featuring Beryl Davis , Diane, Alan Dean , and Eddie Palmer with his novachord

Reading of prose or poetry selected by a guest to the microphone. Presented by Edward Sackville-West.

Munition workers take the stage at a factory, somewhere in the South