and summary of today's programmes for the Forces

(tenor), on gramophone records

Exercises for men : Coleman Smith
7.40' Exercises for women :
Doris Robertson

An anthology of favourites

A thought for today : Rev. M. L. Playfoot

' Try Something New '

with Kay Cavendish

at the organ of the Granada, Tooting

and his Band

(For Welsh schools.) Cwrs y Byd

News commentary and interlude

from p. 37 of ' New Every Morning ' and p. 14 of ' Each Returning Day '

Phyllis Sellick (piano), on gramophone records
Le carillon de Cythere (Couperin) ; Les tendres plaintes (Rameau) ; Le coucou (Daquin) : Prelude and Rigaudon (Le Tombeau de Couperin : Ravel) ; Pastourelle (Poulenc)

How it works : ' The Process of Breathing '
The doctor who gave the first six talks in this scries on Monday evenings is repeating them on Fridays at 10.45 a.m. for listeners who may have missed them..

and his Orchestra
Jack Leon was a child refugee from Belgium during the last war, and is now a British subject. He has done such varied things in the world of music as conducting the Guildhall Orchestra for folk dancing in Hyde Park, the London Symphony Orchestra for the ballet, and two separate bands daily at the Prince of Wales Theatre for upwards of seven years.

played by Geoffrey Higgins

and his Correct Tempo Ballroom Band, with Edna Kaye, Lynn Rayner, and Paul Rich

ENSA concert for war workers from a factory canteen. Carroll Gibbons and his Band, with Billie Campbell. Guest artists, Magda. Kun and Zoe Gail

Week-end notes for women gardeners, by Anna Scarlett and Barbara Tarver

(Leader, Byron Brooke ) : conductor, Montague Birch
From the Pavilion, Bournemouth

A ' Radio Challenge ', by Beryl Orde , the Southern Sisters, Mary Naylor , Pat Rignold , Fred Yule , and Clarence Wright. BBC Revue Orchestra, conducted by Mansel Thomas. Presented by Eric Spear

Sonata in F sharp minor played by Audrey Piggott (cello) and Dorothea Aspinall (piano)

Jack Simpson and his Sextet

played by the BBC Military Band : conductor, P. S. G. O'Donnell

The story of Acis and Galatea, as told in music by Handel, and sung by the Aberdare County Boys' Choir. Choir conducted by P. E.' Phillips. Presented by A. Watkin Jones

A R.A.F. Dance Band, directed by Sgt. Dave Kaye , with Sgt. Ivor Moreton , A.C.W. Pat Thomas , and Flight Lieutenant Gerry Fitzgerald

Sgwrs gan Aelod Seneddol. (Talk in Welsh)

(Special announcements or a topical talk in Welsh)

5.20 ' The Red Hen ' : fairy tale by Alison Uttley , told by Mac
Gramophone records for younger listeners
5.45 'The Star-Gazer' talks on the beginnings of mechanical flight

National and Regional announcements, followed by Scottish news summary

Ida Haendel (violin). London Philharmonic Orchestra (leader, Jean Pougnet ), conducted by Sir Henry Wood
Beethoven
Overture : Egmont
Violin Concerto in D
From the Royal Albert Hall , London

Radio survey of the works of Victor Schertzinger-motion picture producer, director, writer, musician, and composer, with illustrations from some of his films including ' One Night of Love ', ' The Love Parade ', ' Rhythm on the River ', ' Kiss the Boys Goodbye ', ' The Fleet's In ', etc. Special musical arrangements by Billy Ternent , who conducts the BBC Revue Chorus and Augmented Dance Orchestra. Programme compiled by Joe Murrells and written by Ernest Dudley. Produced by Ronald Waldman

by Robert Barr.
The Short Stirling - first planned in 1936 - is one of Britain's biggest bombers, carrying a crew of seven and a bomb load of eight tons. The programme tells the story of the designing, production, and testing of this giant bomber and of its life in action with Bomber Command of the R.A.F.

Opera by Donizetti, adapted for broadcasting with a new translation by Geoffrey Dunn. Produced by Stanford Robinson and Mark H. Lubbock
Narrator, Patric Curwen
BBC Theatre Chorus. BBC Theatre Orchestra : conductor, -Stanford Robinson
Our grandfathers counted Donizetti as one of the great masters of melody. The Daughter of the Regiment, produced in Paris in 1840, soon made its way to opera houses abroad. Its blend of simple melody, light-hearted merriment, and sentiment, has always attracted singers as well as audiences, and such great artists as Jenny Lind. Sontag, Patti, and Albani enjoyed playing the title role.
Donizetti was born in 1797 and died in 1848. He wrote over sixty operas, most of them at an incredible speed. One he completed in nine days, and the last act of La Favorila he finished in a matter of a few hours.

and postscript

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

and his Correct Tempo Ballroom Band, with Edna Kaye , Lynn Rayner , and Paul Rich