and summary of today's programmes for the Forces
Records of America's Crooner Number One
Exercises for men : Coleman Smith
7.40 Exercises for women : May Brown
An anthology of favourites
A thought for today: Rev. Leslie D. Weatherhead
' Country Note-Book '—3 : by Janet Dunbar
Gramophone records
Conductor, Rae Jenkins r
Talk on the Panama Canal, by Harold Tumey
at the organ of the Gaumont State, Kilburn photographed on his return to the Brains Trust after his recent trip to America. He will be answering any questions with his fellow experts tonight at 8.15.
News commentary and interlude
from p. 45 of ' New Every Morning ' and p. 8 of ' Each Returning Day '
No. 30-Hal Jones. The interviewer, Wilfred Pickles. Produced by Richard North
Dorothy Hartley 's final talk on ' Country Cookery in the British Isles ' . ' How to make brawn ' : by Mrs. Ingillson
11.0 PHYSICAL TRAINING (for use in halls or playgrounds) : by Edith Dowling
11.20 Interval music
11.25 GAMES WITH WORDS: arranged by Helen F. Benson
11.40 TALKS FOR FIFTH FORMS : Chemistry in the home. ' New Materials for the Home — Plastics ' : Dr. V. E. Yarsley
Symphony No. 101 in D minor (The Clock) played by the BBC Scottish Orchestra : conductor, Ian Whyte
Lunch-time entertainment for factory workers, from a factory somewhere in Britain
Recording of last Saturday's broadcast by Elmer Davis
played by Stephen Wearing
1.50 FOR RURAL SCHOOLS : Country work and country ways. ' On the Canal', by. Honor Wyatt. Bargee and lock-keeper; their lives and work
2.10 Interval music
2.15 FOR UNDER SEVENS : Let's join in. Some of the adventures of Tom Thumb
2.30 Interval music
2.35 SENIOR ENGLISH II : Good writing. ' Julius Caesar ' : 1 — ' The Ides of March '
Billy Ternent and the Dance Orchestra
from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge
Antiphon: When the Lord turned again
(Batten)
Versicles and Responses (Tomkins) Psalm 67
First Lesson : 1 Kings 8. w. 22-30 Magnificat (John Farrant )
Second Lesson : James 5, vv. 7-18 Nunc dimittis (John Farrant ) Creed
Lord's Prayer (Robert Stones)
Versicles and Responses (Tomkins) , Anthem : Haec dies (Wood) Prayers
Organist, Harold Darke
Three people describe canteens in Northern Ireland
BBC Chorus. BBC Orchestra, conducted by Trevor Harvey. Margaret Rees (soprano). Lambert Flack (flute)
MARGARET REES , LAMBERT FLACK,
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA
Pastoral, Lie Strewn the White Flocks :
1 The Shepherd's Holyday (Ben Jonson ) ; 2 A Hymn to Pan (John Fletcher ) ; 3 Pan and Echo (Poliziano) ; 4 The Naiads' Music (Robert Nichols ) ; 5 The Pigeon Song (Robert Nichols ) ; 6 The Song of the Reapers (Theocritus) 7 The Shepherd's Night-Song (Robert Nichols and John Fletcher )...Arthur Bliss
Bliss's ' Pastoral ', dedicated to Elgar, was written specially for the Harold Brooke Choir, who first performed it in 1920. The work, which is divided into. seven sections, shows throughout Bliss's deep poetic sensitiveness and polished craftsmanship, and represents one of the finest efforts of his maturity.
(Welsh Children's Hour). Y Clwb Cloddio. Yn yr ardd gyda Tom Jones v gwelsom aelodau ieuanc y Clwb Cloddio y tro diwethaf. Ond nid yr ardd yw eu hunig ddiddordeb fel y cewch glywed yn y rhaglen heddiw
Story for the youngest listeners: ' Jack and the Beanstalk by W. Kersley Holmes /
Scottish Children's Players, in songs, stories, and plays presented by Kathleen
National and Regional announcements
on gramophone records
Air and variations from Suite No. 5 in E (The Harmonious Blacksmith : Handel)
Les bergeries (Francois)
Les tambourine (Couperin le Grand)
Fantasia in D minor (K. 397) (Mozart)
Passepied from the English Suite in E minor (Bach)
Douglas Houghton deals with problems of listeners and people he meets, and talks about the many regulations with which we all have to deal nowadays
Selection from the music specially composed and arranged for this series by Arthur Sandford, Clive Richardson, Henry Reed, and others, with Kay Cavendish and Paula Green. BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell. Presented by Francis Worsley. (Special)
Amid all the delicious foolery of 'Itma' there were found each week some of the most brilliant orchestral arrangements to be heard on the air. This evening five of these will be heard-one by Henry Reed, and two each by Arthur Sandford and Clive Richardson. Tommy Handley will contribute from his repertoire of little comic songs-and don't forget the 'beauty queens sir, don't forget the beauty queens'!
Programme for the seven-hundredth anniversary of the reconsecration of a church dedicated to St. Michael. Written and produced by Robert Kemp. Music by Ian Whyte, played by the BBC Scottish 'Orchestra, conducted by Kemlo Stephen
answering 'Any Questions?'
Dr. Julian S. Huxley, Commander A.B. Campbell and Dr. C.E.M. Joad. Guests, C.S. Lewis and Mrs. M.A. Hamilton. Question-Master, Donald McCullough. Producer, Howard Thomas. (Specially recorded, to be repeated next Sunday in the Forces programme at 4.0 p.m.)
Some further developments discussed by Mary Smieton
(May 12, 1842-August 13, 1912) Overture: Phedre
Suite, Le Cid : Castillane-Andalouse-
Aragonaise -Aubade -Catalane-Madrilène— Navarraise played by the BBC Orchestra, conducted by Clarence Raybould
Evening prayers
Play by Betty Stafford Robinson.
Scene: the lonely country cottage of Professor Grey and Linda, his niece
and his Band, with Harry Davis, featuring Beryl Davis, Diane, Alan Dean, and Eddie Palmer with his novachord