and summary of today's programmes for the Forces
Records of Cliff Edwards (Ukelele Ike)
Exercises- for men : John Elder
7.40 Exercises for women : May Brown
An anthology of favourites
A thought for today : E. B. Castle
' The Dish of the Week'
Mixed choice of records. The high spot is the Fleet Street Choir singing ' love my love'
and his Orchestra Tunes of the Times
or ' Patience Rewarded ' : story of a handyman by D. G. Young
at the organ of the Ritz, Belfast
(piano), on gramophone records
„ Impromptus No. 2 in E flat ; No. 3 in- G flat ; No. 4 in A (Schubert)
from p. 69 of ' New Every Morning ' and p. 30 of ' Each Returning Day'
_John Reynders with his Orchestra
and his Astoria Players. Presented by Richard North
Conducted by Clarence RayboUld
ENSA concert for war workers Jack Leon and his Orchestra, with Ann Trevor and Johnny Green. Guest artists, Jane Carr and Jack May
followed by a recording of last night's postscript
presented with gramophone records by Hans Hollander
Variety from Scotland, with Josephine Driver, Jewel and Warriss, Alec Finlay, Walter Midgeley, and the Scottish Variety Orchestra: conductor, Ronnie Munro.
Conductor, Leslie Bridgewater
Victor Silvester and his BaHtoom Orchestra
A Scottish Admiral of the Russian Navy : talk by J. D. Mackie
Samuel Greig , son of a Fife shipowner, first went to sea in the Merchant Navy, but later joined the Royal Navy as master's mate. He served in the famous ship, Royal George, and, after distinguishing himself in the British Senior Service, was given permission to. serve in. the Navy of Russia. Within ten years he had attained the rank of Vice Admiral. During the course of his service, Russian honours almost beyond number were bestowed upon this Scottish sailor who had so great a say in the discipline and education of the Russian naval officer, and in the formation of a navy of which Russia could justly be proud.
Conducted by Maurice Johnstone
Story by Aubrey Danvers-Walker . Devised and produced by Tom Ronald
BBC Revue Chorus and the Dance Orchestra, conducted by Billy Ternent.
A Chaneuon Eraill. Darlleniad o gerddi E. Prosser Rhys. Rhaglen o dan ofal T. Rowland Hughes. (Poetry reading in Welsh)
5.20 ' Sailors, Soldiers, and Airmen ': tribute in song to the three fighting services by the Melingriffith Works Band, the Lyrian Singers, and Harding Jenkins
5.45 The Zoo Man
National and Regional announcements
By John Buchan. Adapted by Winifred Carey. Seventh and last episode, with Allan Jeayes as Hannay, and Dennis Arundell as Medina. Produced by John Cheatle
First of a series of gramophone programmes presented by Compton Mackenzie
(tenor) sings English songs
What you can do about it. 1 — ' The way you look at health by Professor L. J. Witts , University of Oxford
The romance and drama of London's famous playhouse, in eight episodes, written by Phillip Leaver and Vernon Harris , with the co-operation of W. MacQueen Pope. Music selected and composed by Kenneth Leslie-Smith . Produced by Vernon Harris. Part 2—' Theatre Royal'
People of Today:
Augmented BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell
played by Geraldo and his Concert Orchestra, with Olive Groves , and the Fleet Street Choir (conductor, T. B. Lawrence ). Produced by David Miller
A gruesome thriller by Paul Cloquemin , translated from the French and adapted by Max Wylie. Produced by Lance Sieveking
Symphony No. 2, in B flat, played by the BBC Scottish Orchestra : conductor, Ian Whyte
Another supper-time cabaret. Music by Jimmie Leach 's New Organolians. Featuring Edward Cooper , Joyce Grenfell , and Ronald Frankau. Devised and presented by Jacques Brown
and his Orchestra
Reading of prose or poetry selected by Wing-Commander Bentley Beauman. Presented by Edward Sackville-West
Taking you to a large Midlands engineering factory where war-workers on the night shift are entertaining their colleagues during their rest period. Arranged and presented by John Ellison