and summary of today's programme* for the Forces
Messages from British children in Australia to their parents at home. Programme arranged in collaboration with the Australian Broadcasting Commission
Exercises for men : Coleman Smith
7.40 Exercises for women : May Brown
At the pianos, Andrew Bryson and Lena Blackman.
from Russian operas
Rt. Rev. the Lord Bishop of Lichfield
Programme Parade
' It's Your Idea ' : F. H. Grisewood
from a selection of records
and his Orchestra, with . Eileen Vaughan (soprano)
at the organ of the Regal, Kingston
News commentary
from page 93 of "New Every Morning" and page 32 of "Each Returning Day". Paraphrase 22; Psalm 48; Father, hear the prayer we offer
Robin Richmond and his Sextet
11.0 RHYTHM AND MELODY. 'Sound and Silence '
11.20 GEOGRAPHY : Regions and Peoples of the Soviet Union. ' Moscow the Capital'
11.40 ENGLISH FOR UNDER-NINES : ' The Straw Ox' : play based on a Russian folk tale
Conducted by Clarence Raybould
Lunch-time entertainment for factory-workers, from a factory somewhere in Britain.
with his Orchestra
2.0 NATURE STUDY : Eels and Elvers by A. J. Mee
2.15 Interval music
2.20 i YSGOLION cymru (For Welsh schools). 'Y Pentref. 2—'Casglu Llysiau a Ffrwythau '
2.40 SENIOR HISTORY : South Africa : ' Life at the Cape in the Early Days of British Rule ' : second of two broadcasts built round the story of the Coetzees, a Boer family, by-Mona Macmillan
Harry Fryer and his Orchestra
Leader, Byron Brook : conductor, Montague Birch
From the Pavilion, Bournemouth
Frank Swinnerton talks again on new and recent books
Short story from the French of Alphonse Daudet, translated and adapted by Marjorie Starnes. With Robert Speaight and Richard Williams
(Studio Service in Welsh). Cymerir y Gweddiau o'r llyfr ' Bob Bore o Newydd'
' Jonathan Church ' : new serial play in six episodes by L. du Garde Peach , being the surprising adventures of a boy who did sail with Henry Morgan on the Spanish Main. Produced by Derek McCulloch. Episode 1—'The Voyage of the " New Venture " '
National and Regional announcements
The history of the hills as they have been known by Romans, merchants, farmers, tourists, and the people who work on them today. Music specially composed by Gerrard Williams and recorded by members of the BBC Theatre Orchestra, conducted by Charles Groves. Written and produced by Jenifer Wayne
' County problem — Berkshire ' : Anthony Hurd discusses with representative local farmers the agricultural problems of Berkshire. Those taking part are A. T. Loyd , Chairman of the County Committee;
W. J. Cumber ; W. J. Simmons ;
R. G. Spence , and Mrs. Taylor.
Peter Pears (tenor), Natalie James (oboe), Cecil James (bassoon), Benjamin Britten (piano)
Song cycle : Tel jour, telle nuit (Poems by Paul Eluard )
Trio for piano, oboe, 'and bassoon (1926) From a concert of French music given at the Wigmore Hall, London
Christians meet to answer listeners' questions
with Jack .Train ; and Sydney Keith, Fred Yule , Dino Galvani , Horace Percival , Bill Stephens , Dorothy Summers , Vera Lennox , Paula Green , Peter Akister , and the Jazz
. Ticulators. Script by Ted Kavanagh. '
BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell. Produced by Francis Worsley
Weekly programme telling in dramatic form stories from the. week's news. Edited by Gordon Boshell and Ronald Collier , with music under the direction of George Walter. Produced by Leonard Cottrell
Weekly sidelight on detective fiction, with dramatised excerpts presented by Ernest Dudley
An intimate show with Elisabeth Welch , Rhoderick Walker , and John . Carol. At the piano, Nancy Logan. Continuity by John Carol. Produced by Tom Ronald
' Supper is Served', written by J. Jefferson Farjeon , read by Eric Gillett.
A salute to the memory of Sir Arthur Sullivan , presented with gramophone records by George Baker
and his Orchestra, with Beryl Davis , Len Camber , Georgina, Derek Roy , Doreen Villiers , Johnnie Green , the Singing Sweethearts, and Three Boys and a Girl