and summary of today's programmes for the Forces

Calender's Senior Band and Pryor's Band, on gramophone records

Exercises for men : J. D. Elder
7.40 Exercises for women : May Brown
At the pianos, Andrew Bryson and Barbara Laing.

Operatic preludes

Special Holy Week readings from the Gospels, by Felix Aylmer

Programme Parade

' The Radio Doctor '

on gramophone records

and his Orchestra

Carroll Gibbons

Topical magazine programme

' The Glorious Cross '

for Wednesday in Holy Week
O sacred head; Psalm 13; When I survey the wondrous Cross

Blackball Colliery Band : conductor, Wilfred Dawson

Famous double acts on records

Cello Sonata played by Thelma Reiss (cello), and Angus Morrison (piano)

Conductor, Rae Jenkins

This, the 124th in the Northern . series, is a special show by workers from the night shift of a local war factory who give up part of their leisure time to entertain visitors to the ' BBC at War ' Exhibition, at the City Art pallery, Manchester. Arranged and presented by Victor S my the

Plotside .broadcasts from a BBC allotment cultivated by the Outside Broadcasting Department. Commentatpr, Michael Standing. Adviser, Thomas Hay. From a London residential square

Conducted by Julius Harrison

Part songs sung by the BBC Singers, conducted by G. Thalben-Ball
Come, pretty wag, and sing ; Since thou,
0 fondest ; My delight and thy delight ; Sweet day, so cool ; Prithee, why ? ; Ye thrilled me once ; Home of my heart ; Better music ne'er has known

Led by Albert Sandler , with Eugenie Safonova
(All traditional items arranged by Yascha Krein )
Eugenie Safonova was bom in Estonia, and, at an early age. went to Moscow, where she studied practically everything that there was to be studied- about the Russian theatre—tragedy, comedy, dancing, opera, and acrobatics. She sang in RnsSia, in France, in Germany, and ultimately met Nikita Balieff and joined his Chauve Souris company, with which she played all over "the world. After Balieff's death she toured the company herself. She specialises in the singing of Russian and Ukranian folk and gypsy songs and has given many broadcasts with Sandler.

Scottish Variety Orchestra : conductor, Ronnie Munro

on gramophone records
L'Epreuve . d'amour (
Mozart-Ludwig Seitz ) : London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Efrem Kurtz
The Wise Virgins (Bach-Walton) : Sadler's
Wells Orchestra, conducted by William Walton
Baiser de la fee : Pas de deux (Stravinsky) : London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Antal Dorati

Play by Elspeth Huxley , produced by Moultrie R. Kelsall
Principal characters in order of speaking
Time : the present. Place : Amsterdam

Variations on a Theme by Corelli, played by Colin Horsley (piano)
This set of twenty Variations on a Theme by Corelli, written in the summer of 1932 and dedicated to Fritz Kreisler. is one of the most important of the late Sergei Rachmaninoff 's more recent works. Several of the Variations foreshadow others in the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for piano. and orchestra. The theme is not actually by Corelli but is 'the famous sixteenth-century Portuguese dance tune, known as ' La Folia ', or , ' Folies d'Espagne '. on which Corelli himself wrote a celebrated set of variations. The tune has also been used by Vivaldi, Lully, Pergolesi. Bach. Gretry. and Cherubini.

Nifer o gwestiynau amserol yn cael eu hateb gan y Parchedig E. M. Davies , Llywydd Cymdeithas Ceidwaid Gwenvn Sir Gaerfyrddin. (Talk in Welsh)'

5.20 Nonsense story : ' Handy Sandy ', by W. Kersley Holmes , tofd by James Crampsey
Little song and piano recital : ' The Music of France ', with Amy Fryers (soprano), and Wight ' Henderson (piano)

followed by National and Regional announcements

Listen to another of Mr. Chickery's stories from Studio Five

Second String Quartet played by the Laurance Turner Quartet

Radio journey by road and rail, river and sea, showing how our armies overseas are supplied with the munitions of war. Acting as guide through the complex network of modern . transport is a factory girl who recounts the travels of a six-pounder shell from factory to front line. Music specially composed by Ernst Meyer. Programme written and produced by Brigid Maas

by the BBC Theatre Orchestra, with Gaby Vallé (soprano), Gladys Ripley (contralto), Henry Wendon (tenor), BBC Theatre Chorus : conductor, Stanford Robinson i *

Tenth of a play sequence on the life of Our Lord, specially written for broadcasting by Dorothy. L. Sayers. (BBC recording)

with Reg Leopold and his Players

Clair a ghabhadh aig cuirmcuimhneachaidh air mar a steidhicheadh Ceolraidh Ghaidhlig Ghlaschu.

' The Bishop Orders his Tomb', by Robert Browning. Presented by Edward Sackville-West

and his Orchestra, with Pat McCormac , Maureen, Harry Kaye , and Elizabeth Batey