and summary of today's programmes for the Forces

Conducted by Harry Mortimer. (Gramophone records)

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

An anthology of favourites

Very Rev. W. R. Matthews, K.C.V.O., D.D., Dean of 9t. Paul's

Programme Parade

International Potato Week : ' Some Ways in which Europe Cooks Potatoes ', by Ruth Drew

Selection of records

and his Orchestra, in a programme of music by Sousa and Strauss

at the organ of the Regal, Kingston

News commentary and interlude

from page 77 of ' New Every Morning' and page 34 of Each Returning Day '.
Lift up your hearts ! We lift them, Lord, to thee ; Psalm 20 ; In Christ there is no East or West

Fifteen mjnutes with Gracie Fields. (Gramophone records) c

Wartime fairy story with lots of morals ; written by Henrik Ege ; music by Henry Reed. Episode 4-' Most Illuminating '. Frederick Burt well as Mr. Cropper, Wynne Ajello as Conscience, Kitty de Legh as Mrs. Cropper. BBC Revue Orchestra, conducted by Mansel Thomas. Produced by Henry Reed

11.0 RHYTHM AND MELODY. John Horton. ' High, Low, and Middle Sounds' : some illustrations from cowboy music
11.20 GEOGRAPHY. India : 'Tackling Poverty and Debt', how a village in the Deccan solved their problems of poverty and debt, by A. Aaron
11.40 ENGLISH FOR UNDER-NINES. Play : 'Tom Thumb'. Part 3-' Tom's Adventures at the Court of King Arthur'

Gramophone programme of West Indian artists and rhythms

Lunch-time entertainment for factory-workers, from a factory somewhere in Britain.

Talk by a Dutchwoman

played by Frederick Grinke (violin), Florence Hooton (cello), Kendall Taylor (piano)

Talk by Eleanor Martin on the responsibility of parents and teachers for religious training

2.0 NATURE STUDY. Rain ', by A. J. Mee : How is the raindrop formed ? Simple experiments to show how rainfall is measured
2.15 Interval music
2.20 I YSGOLION CYMRU. (For Welsh schools). Y Pentref. Cyfres i blant dros naw mlwydd oed. 4—' Y Capel' gan y Parch. R. G. Berry. Heddiw y mae Ifan Owen wedi cyrraedd pentref lie mae'r capel yn ganmlwydd oed. Mae yntau yn holi yr hanes er pan godwyd yr adeilad ynd yn awr
2.40 SENIOR HISTORY. The United States of America: ' Abraham Lincoln '. A President from the West ; the South secedes ; Lincoln stands for Union

Jack Simpson and his Sextet

Madrigal in Four Parts : I weigh not fortune's frown (Part 1) ; I tremble not at noise of war (Part 2) ; I see ambition never pleased (Part 3) ; I feign not friendship (Part 4)
Motet : Trust not too much, fair youth
(All edited by E. H. Fellowes )
Sung by the BBC singers : conductor, Leslie Woodgate

Programme in reminiscent mood with Marjorie Westbury , Peter Evans , Godfrey Baseley , Philip Garston-Jones. BBC Midland Light Orchestra : conductor, Kneale Kelley

Frank Swinnerton gives the first of a series of talks on new and recent books

at the piano, with his Quartet

(Studio Service in Welsh). Cymerir y Gweddiau o'r llyfr Bob Bore o Newydd'

' Little Women', by Louisa M. Alcott , adapted by Catherine Buckle. Part 1--Christmas Holidays. Produced by Nan Macdonald

Fuel Flash for housewives, and National and Regional announcements

Dr. H. G. Sanders , Executive Officer of the Hertfordshire War Agricultural Executive Committee, discusses sugar beet with a grower. Other items include Farm Record

9—'Oslo'. Written by Igor Vino gradoff. Produced by Walter Rilla

in ' Down Mangel Street'. Episode 2 —'A Case of Mistaken Identity', with John Rorke , Phyllis Morris , Gwen Lewis , John Turner , Fred Yule. Dance Orchestra, conducted by Billy Tement. Script by Mabel Con standuros. Produced by Eric Fawcett

Weekly programme for under-twenties, introduced. by Hamilton Kennedy

Adapted by Anne Pendleton and Wolseley Russell from the 0. Henry story ' A Municipal Report'. Produced by Howard Rose

by Major Lewis Hastings , M.C.

War dramas of the week: reconstructions of the news from the battlefronts of the world. General editor, Robert Barr. Music under the direction of George Walter. Produced by John Glyn-Jones

Address by the Rev. Kenneth Budd

Fourth of six special programmes in celebration of his 70th birthday. Sale and District Choir (Director, Alfred Higson). BBC Northern Orchestra. Isobel Baillie (soprano), Astra Desmond '(contralto), Eric
.Greene (tenor), Frank Park (viola).
Conducted by Sir Adrian Boult
Magnificat for contralto solo, women's chorus, and orchestra
Four Hymns for tenor voice, viola solo, and string orchestra
Benedicite for soprano solo, chorus, and orchestra

and his Orchestra

A country anthology, compiled and produced by Edward Sackville-West