and summary of today's programmes for the Forces
Conducted by Lieut.-Col. G. Miller. (Gramophone records)
Exercises for men : Coleman- Smith
7.40 Exercises for women : May Brown
An anthology of favourites
Rev. Leslie D. Weatherhead
Freddy Grisewood : ' It's Your Idea '
Mixed choice of records. The high spot is ' Vltava from Smetana's 'Ma Vlast', played by the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Rafael Kubelik
and his Sextet
Inspector Sargeson, of the R.S.P.C.A., and Alfred Stone , a London van-driver of over forty years' experience
at the organ of the Odeon, Leicester Square
News commentary and interlude
from page 29 of "New Every Morning" and page 52 of "Each Returning Day". Father, we praise thee, now the night is over; Psalm 90, vv. 1-12; Jesus calls us O'er the tumult
Harry Davidson and his Orchestra
11.0 SINGING TOGETHER, by Herbert Wiseman
Twankydillo (traditional English song) O. sleep my baby (Irish lullaby)
Widdicombe Fair (Somerset song)
11.20 FOR UNDER-SEVENS. Let's join in-greparation for the Nativity Play
11.40 SCIENCE AND GARDENING : ' How Nature Feeds the Soil'
12.0 THE MAKING AND CONTENT OF THE BIBLE. The Old Testament : ' The Value of the Old Testament', by the Rev. H. F. D. Sparks , of Durham University
Conducted by Maurice Johnstone
followed by a recording of last night's postscript
Elgar ? Helen Henschel , in the sixth and last of a series of gramophone programmes, tries to answer this question
1.50 FOR RURAL SCHOOLS. (Scotland). ' Colin comes on leave ', by George and Ann Scott Moncrieff : the importance of the railway system to rural areas
2.10 Interval music
2.15 STORIES FROM WORLD HISTORY: ' Alexander the Great ' Alexander's boyhood and his conquest of the Eastern Mediterranean
2.35 Interval music
2.40 ORCHESTRAL CONCERT series : Illustrated talk by Reginald Jacques on the slow movement from Mozart's Clarinet Concerto
Phil Green and his Band
Talk by E.C. Large
A music-lover looks back to the days when he preferred Bix to Bach. Gramophone programme arranged and presented by W. G. Bebbington
Conducted by Anatole Fistoulari
Sgwrs gan R. Alun Roberts. (Talk in Welsh)
' The Admiral and the Elephant' : story by Margaret Gibbs , told by Elizabeth Charles
Folk songs of America ; and a talk, ' Childhood, in Alabama ', by Ruth Hooker
National and Regional announcements, followed by Scottish News summary
Conductor, Albert Knight
by Charles Dickens. Adapted by Audrey Lucas. Produced by Howard Rose. Part 7
Series of talks on the Citizen and the State. 10 —'The Citizen and the Local Council
What does the Local Council actually do for us Who takes part in local government ? Why arc we not more interested in it ? All the speakers taking part in this discussion have first-hand experience of local 'government in town and country. They state the facts, and raise some of the special problems of local government today.
with Dennis Noble, Emmie Joyce; 'Meet Doctor Morelle' by Ernest Dudley, with Dennis Arundell as the mysterious Doctor; Jacques Brown as 'Nikolus Ridikoulos' by Max Kester, with Doris Nichols as 'Mrs. Ponsonby'; 'Puzzle Corner'; 'Inquisitions' â a slightly uncomfortable few minutes for some famous people from all walks of life, introduced by C. Denier Warren as 'The Grand Inquisitor', and presented by Leonard Urry; 'Musical Alphabet'. BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell. Produced by Harry S. Pepper and Ronald Waldman
by Robert Kemp. Music by Ian Whyte , played by the BBC Scottish Orchestra, conducted by Ian Whyte. Produced by Andrew Stewart and Robert Kemp
Symphony No. 2, in D minor played by the BBC Scottish
Orchestra : conductor, Ian Whyte
and his Band, with Doris Knight and Bernard Hunter. From the May Fair Hotel, London
Extract from "My Early Life", by Winston S. Churchill.
Quartet in B flat, Op. 71, No. 1 played by the Pro Arte String Quartet. (Gramophone'records)
at the theatre organ in a programme of restful melody
