and summary of today's programmes for the Forces

Exercises for men : Coleman Smith
Exercises for women : May Brown
At the pianos, Barbara Laing and Andrew Bryson. -

SIBELIUS
Gramophone records of his Orchestral Music

Short morning prayers

' Freddy Grisewood Speaking' '

from a selection of records

Under the direction of Alfred Jupp

Bickershaw Brass Quartet

played by Reginald Dixon , at the organ of the Tower Ballroom, Blackpool \

News commentary

from page 13 of ' New Every Morning ' and page 32 of ' Each Returning Day '. We thank thee, Lord, for this fair earth ; P,alm 100 ; Teach me, my God and King

George Elrick and his Band

11.0 RHYTHM AND MELODY, by Percy Young , D.Mus. ' Half-Beats '
11.20 GEOGRAPHY. New developments in the British Empire : ' Australia Develops Her Own Industries '
11.40 ENGLISH FOR UNDER-NINES : A collection of true animal stories told by children and others

Conducted by Julius Harrison

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

Louis Armstrong and his Bands : gramophone programme of small jazz groups, compiled by F. W. Bailey

Topical magazine programme

2.0 NATURE STUDY. Bird Mimics ', by Scott Kennedy
2.15 I YSGOLION CYMRU (For Welsh schools). ' Hanes Cymru ' : cyfres i blant tua 12 oed. 7-' Cyfreithiau Hywel Dda ', gan Frank Price Jones
2.35 SENIOR HISTORY II. The changing world : ' The Problems of Sixteenth-Century Mining'

Nat Allen and his Band

and his Music, with Jack Cooper

Sid Buckman and his trumpet, with Charles Smart at the novachord

Talk by John Betjeman

Organ Symphony No. 3, in F sharp minor played by G. D. Cunningham. From the Town Hall, Birmingham

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

5.20 'Stuff and Nonsense'. Funfare on the air, concocted by Muriel Levy, with Doris Gambell, Violet Carson, Wilfred Pickles, Muriel Levy, Nan, and Ralph Truman as guest artists

5.50 'Letter from America', by Olive Shapley
(recording)

National and Regional announcements

Monthly series presenting outstanding personalities and memorable incidents from the life of Wales. This edition includes songs by Trefor ' Jones ; an account of Brynmawr, a community which triumphed against unemployment ; and the story of a noblewoman who has added some of the loveliest melodies to the treasury of folk song. The Welsh Light Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Arwel Hughes. Programme introduced by Arthur Phillips. Produced by Mai Jones and Nan Davies

' Hill Land Improvement '. The new techniques of grassland improvement of which Montgomery, among other counties, has made outstanding use in the last few years, and some of the problems involved, are discussed in the principal talk tonight by Major Marriott, Chairman of the War Agricultural Executive Committee ; Dr. W. Ellison of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth ; and Moses Griffith of Aberystwyth
Though the speakers talk about re-seeding in Wales, the discussion will no doubt be of interest to marginal land farmers throughout Britain.

(composer of ' The Cinema Star', ' Katja, the Dancer ', and ' The Lady of the Rose '), sung by Betty Huntley -Wright, Ruth Naylor , Derek Oldham , and Dudley Rolph , with the BBC Theatre Chorus and BBC Theatre Orchestra, conducted by Mark H. Lubbock. Narration written by S. R. Littlewood , and spoken by Patric Curwen. Programme arranged and produced by Mark H. Lubbock and Gwen Williams

' Youth states the case for having some say on matters of public business that affect young people ' : under-twenties from different parts of the country and representing various youth organisations discuss what they want for the future, with J. J. Lawson , M.P. for Chester-le-Street
'Division of County Durham. In the chair, Douglas Allan

with Horace Percival , Fred Yule , Dorothy Summers , Sydney Keith , Dino Galvani , Bill Stephens , Bryan Herbert , Jean Capra , and the BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell. Script and lyrics by Ted Kavanagh. Produced by Francis Worsley

(Recording will be broadcast tomorrow at
1.15 p.m. in the Forces programme)

Weekly half-hour of mystery and suspense written by John Dickson Carr, and produced by Val Gielgud and Martyn C. Webster.

Address by the Rev. John G. Williams , of the BBC Religious Broadcasting Department

' Heads I Win,' written by James McCormick , and read by E. A. Naden.

Conductor, Ian Whyte

Latin-American music, played by Edmundo Ros and his Band