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.

VERDI
Every morning this week gramophone records of his music will be heard at this time. Today : Excerpts from Nabuso, I Lombardi, Ernani, Attila, and Louisa Miller

Short morning prayers

' Making the Most of Cinders and Slack'

Mixed choice of records. The high spot is ' The Little Black Boy ', from William Blake 's ' Songs of Innocence ', spoken by Paul Robeson

and his Orchestra __

Talk by Harry Lamb

at the organ of the Gaumont Theatre, Manchester

News commentary

from page 33 of New Every Morning ' and page 50 of 'Each Returning Day 0 love, how deep ; Psalm 98 ; Metrical Psalm 23

Victor Silvester and his Ballroom
Orchestra

11.0 SINGING TOGETHER, by Herbert Wiseman
I was walking through the country (En passant par la Lorraine) (French song)
Green grow the rusbes-O I (Scots song) Fire down below (Sea shanly)
11.18 Interval music
11.20 SCIENCE AND GARDENING. ' Soil Roundabout', by Alan Pea cock
11.40 FOR UNDER-SEVENS: Let's join in — ' The Painted Pig ' : he was made of china and you could drop pennies through a hole in his back
12.0 THE LIFE AND TEACHING OF CHRIST. The Resurrection : The Beginning of the Gospel', by the Rev. K. Riches

Sir Henry J. Wood. (Gramophone records)
Toccata and Fugue in D minor (Bach-
Klenovsky) : Queen's Hall Orchestra
Symphonic Minutes (Dohndnyi) : Queen's
Hall Orchestra
Variations on a Theme of Haydn
(Brahms) : Queen's Hall Orchestra

followed by a recording of last night's postscript

Mozart's Sextet in F (K.S22) played by the Kolisch Quartet and Domenico Caputo and John Barrows (horns). (Gramophone records)

1.50 FOR RURAL SCHOOLS (Scotland). ' What happens when ... a forest is cleared? ', by George Scott Moncrieff
2.10 Interval music
2.15 STORIES FROM WORLD HISTORY. ' Covered Wagons in South Africa ', by Rhoda Power: a story of the Great Trek; how Piet Retief lost his life at the hands of Dingaan the Zulu
2.35 Interval music
2.40 ORCHESTRAL CONCERT. BBC Orchestra, conducted by Reginald Jacques

Records of vocal jazz

(by permission of the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief) : conductor, Mr. H. E. Wheeler

Conductor, Guy Warrack

Darooedwyd cerddi diweddar ein prif feirdd ers tair blynedd bellach. Heddiw, atgofiwn chwi am rai o'r caneuon mwyaf arbennig. Y rhaglen o dan ofal. T. Rowland Hughes. (Welsh verse)

' Down Under '. Australia in song and story : ' 'Miles and Miles of Fencing ', a Bush tale, by John Ein. Bush songs by Georgette Peterson , sung by Dale Smith with the London Studio Players, conducted by Hubert Clifford ; Talk by George Berrie : Some Australian Animals '

National and Regional announcements and Scottish News summary

Alec Robertson and Signalman Jim Field talk about Bach and Handel and how their music differs. Noel Eadie sings two songs, and the BBC Orchestra, conducted by Clarence Raybould , plays various pieces including Handel's ' Berenice' Minuet, Bach's Air from the D major Suite No. 3, and the Choral Prelude ' Sleepers, wake'

by Wilkie Collins, adapted by Audrey Lucas.
(Part 7, conclusion)

What must we give to get it ?
7-Why did the Great War not ' end war ' ? Three points of view : Sir Norman Angell ; Sir John Clapham , C.B.E., and John Christie

with Emmie Joyce; 'Crime Chasers, Ltd.', featuring Jane Grahame and Vernon Harris, written by Ernest Dudley; 'Many Happy Returns of the Day' — musical birthday greeting; Norman Long; 'Puzzle Corner'; 'The Lodger', featuring Cyril Fletcher and Betty Astell, written by Dick Pepper; 'Take the Stand' - Frederick Burtwell cross-examines famous artists (presented by Leonard Urry). The Singing Commeres, Revue Chorus, and BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell. Produced by Harry S. Pepper

Last Easter Sunday, in place of the usual 'Time, Big Ben' prefacing the nine o'clock news, the Radio Times first printed the words 'Big Ben Minute'. The change recognised a largely unspoken feeling in the hearts of many listeners of the need for a moment's clear pause in the crowded 'ardours and endurances' of the war-time day, during which the mind could halt and regroup its forces. Some listeners have found in this pause an opportunity for rededicating themselves to their share in the nation's great task, others for thinking of absent friends, or for whatever reflection each man's need and mood may suggest. There is no doubt that, for millions of listeners all over the world, the deep slow tones of Big Ben have come to evoke thoughts of greater significance than the mere passing of time and that by them the 'Big Ben Minute' is greatly valued.

The dramatised story of Scotland's hydro-electric scheme, by which the water-power of the Highlands will be harnessed for the community. Music by Ian Whyte. Written and produced by Robert Kemp

Conducted by Julius Harrison

Weekly sidelight on detective fiction, including dramatised excerpts, with Ernest Dudley in the chair. (BBC recording)

sung by Isobel Baillie (soprano)
I wandered through the town ; I return to you no more ; I creep about so dumb and shy ; The busy stream ; Alas, woe is me 1 You vowed you 'loved me not ; What you say is rather clever, yet you never hurt a soul ; She whom I delight in ; Reign a queen within my heart
(All translations by Fox Strangways )
All these songs are from Op. 32. Next recital, December 3, at 10.55 p.m.

Stanzas from ' Orchestra ', by Sir John Davies , spoken by Margaretta Scott

and his Orchestra, with Doreen Stephens , Helen Ward , Don Adams