and summary of Forces programme

Conductor, Stanley Berkeley

Messages recently recorded 'by members of the Services in Ceylon for their relatives and friends in this country

Camborne Town Band: conductor, A. W. Parker

- played by G. D. Cunningham
From the Town Hall, Birmingham

from St. Cuthbert's Parish Church, Edinburgh. Conducted by the Rev. Adam W. Bumet , D.D.
Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven (C.H.
21 ; A. and M. 298)
Prayer and the Lord's Prayer
0 Jesus, King most wonderful (C.H. 423 ;
A. and M. 178)
Lesson : Psalm 19. (Read by Scottish
Directoi, BBC)
Prayer
Thou whose almighty word (C.H. 364 ;
A. and M. 360)
Address by the Very Rev. John White ,
CH. D.D., LL.D.
Short Prayer
Metrical Psalm 72, w. 17-19 ; His name for ever shall endure (Tune, Effingham)
Blessing
Organist, J. W. Cowie *
St. Cuthbert's has been chosen for this service because from 1925 to 1935 it formed a regular centre for the broadcasting of religious services in Scotland. Dr. John White conducted the first service broadcast from Scotland, in April 1923

(baritone), on gramophone records
Nocturne (Franck—Ropartz)
Chanson de la nuit durable (de Sèverac—
Coppola) - "
Ballade fait a la request de sa mere ;
Ballade des femmes de Paris (Trois Ballades de Francois Villon : Debussy)

Harold Collins and his Orchestra

Alec Robertson talks on the way in which one interpretation differs from another, wife examples from well-known pieces of music

and his Mazurka Orchestra, with Alexander Onegin

'Elephants': talk by F. Ratcliffe Holmes

The Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Eugene Ormandy
This is the fifth in a series of programmes specially recorded by the Outpost Division of the Office of War Information of leading Symphony Orchestras of the United States

'Topical talk or a recorded repeat of one of last week's talks

by Peter Warlock. John Armstrong (baritone), R. Murchie (flute), and T. McDonagh (cor anglais), with the International String Quartet, conducted by Constant Lambert . (Gramophone records)

2 — The Choir of Christ Church, Oxford, directed by Thomas Arm strong, gives the fiftt performance of two new anthems by Herbert Howells , who himself speaks about them

C. H. Middleton

(Second Series-2)
Laelia Finneberg (soprano), Margaret Rolfe (contralto), Bradbridge White (tenor), Stanley Riley (bass) ; Luton Choral Society ; BBC Chorus; BBC Symphony Orchestra (leader, Paul Beard ), conducted by Leslie Woodgate
During the interval W. H. Mellers talks about Janácek'sMass

The Fabulous Talent of John Clementson , Clerk. Script by Gale Pedrick , based on an idea by Guy Dowler. Produced by Eric Fawcett
Others in the cast are Sydney Keith, Bill Stephens , and Ian Sadler. Story told by Neal Arden. Augmented BBC Revue Orchestra, conducted by Charles Groves.

Creswell Brass Octet, directed by Harold Moss.

Talk by the Most Rev. and Rt. Hon. the Lord Archbishop of York, Chairman of the BBC's Central Religious Advisory Committee

Rhagien o ganu emynau gan gor cydenwadol o Moriah, Llangefni o dan arweiniad J. Griffith Jones ' (Hymn-singing in Welsh, from Moriah. Llangefni)

5.20 Story for the youngest listeners : ' Flora, Finella, and Amoret visit 'the' Little House ', by Marion Lochhead , read by Marjory Richardson
Grieg's Holberg Suite , played by the strings of the BBC Scottish Orchestra j conductor, Guy Warrack
' Then and Now by George Blake : second of a series of talks for children, given by distinguished Scottish speakers
5.55 Children's Hour prayers

' There's Gold Down Under
Henry James , Australian journalist and adventurer, takes listeners to Alice Springs , the loneliest town in the world
Programme introduced by Norman Wooland. Script editor, Leslie Baily. BBC Revue Orchestra, conducted by Charles Groves. Producer, Eric Fawcett
' Travellers' Tales ' is broadcast each week on a radio network throughout the British Commonwealth.

' What is. St. Vitus's Dance ? ' by ' The Radio Doctor '

his Home and People '. (Talk : BBC recording)

With Eric Starling (tenor). Operatic programme including items from Hugh the Drover and Sir John in Love (Vaughan Williams), Shamus O'Brien (Stanford), Fete Galante (Ethel Smyth ), The Perfect Fool (Holst), Fennimore and Gerda (Delius), and The Immortal Hour (Boughton). BBC Theatre Chorus, and the BBC Theatre Orchestra : conductor, Stanford Robinson. Introduced by Stephen Williams

from St. Martin7in-the-Fields, conducted by the Rev. Hugh Johnston , with an. Address by Archdeacon C. H. Ritchie
Praise, my soul, the King ot Heaven (S.P.
623 ; A. and M. 298 ; C.H 21)
Thanksgivings
Reading : from Romans 12
Breathe on me, breath of God (S.P. 458 :
A. and M. 671 ; C.H. 194)
Prayers
Immortal, invisible, God only wise (S.P.
535 ; C.H. 12)
Address
The day thou gavest (S.P. 56 : A. and M. 477 : C.H. 289)
Blessing
Organist, S. Drummond Wolfl
From St. Martin's in 1924 came the first service broadcast from a church. Tonight's preacher was with the Rev. H. R. L. Sheppard at St. Martin's during the early years of broadcasting from there. Mr. Johnston; who was also at St. Martin's, conducted the first broadcast Daily Service in 1928.

Appeal on behalf of the. Queen's Institute of District Nursing, by the Rev. Leslie Weatherhead
Contributions will be gratefully acknowledged and should be addressed to [address removed].

Series telling of outstanding feats of arms. No. 17 — ' The First South African Division' : story told by Richard Dimbleby

followed by a postscript

This programme tells of the beginning and growth of British broadcasting, and recalls memories of its first twenty-one years. Compiled by Gordon Stowell. Produced by John Glyn-Jones

(1585-1672).: Cantata : Why so troubled, 0 my spirit ? sung by Muriel Gale (contralto), and Henry Cummings (baritone), with Olive Zorian (violin), Marjorie Layers (violin), and Norina Semino (cello)

' The Sower soweth the seed '.it Psalm 1 ;
St. Mark 4, vv. 1-20 ; Thon, whose almighty word (A. and M. 360) : St. Mark 44, w. 14 and 23

Quartet in C sharp minor, Op. 131 played by the Busch Quartet. (Gramophone records)

Extract from ' Emma by Jane Austen , read by Rosamond Lehmann For this series of readings, the well-known novelist chooses the kind of passages she
-reads to her family and friends.