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

CHOPIN
Gramophone records of his music

Rt. Rev. the Lord Bishop of Lichfield

Programme Parade

' Freddy Grisewood Speaking '

from a selection of records

Conductor, Rae Jenkins , with Geoffrey Dams (tenor)

at the organ of the Empire Theatre, Leicester Square

News commentary

from page 45 of ' New Every Morning ' and page 8 of ' Each Returning Day
King of glory, king of peace ; Magnificat ; Paraphrase 20

Ivy Benson and her Girls Band

11.0 RHYTHM AND MELODY, by Percy Young. 10—' More about the Musical Staircase'
11.20 GEOGRAPHY. New developments in the British Empire : ' Scientists serve Station and Farm '
11.40 ENGLISH FOR UNDER-NINES. ' The Story of Gertrude, the Wooden Doll ', Part 3. Adapted for broadcasting from an original tale by Richard Hughes

on gramophone records
Two interlinked French Folk Melodies . (Ethel Smyth ): Light Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Adrian Boult
Symphony on a French Mountaineers'
Song (Vincent d'Indy): Marguerite, Long (piano), with Colonne Symphony Orchestra (of Paris), conducted by Paul Paray 0

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

Another programme of discs that you choose most often, selected by George Eglin

Topical magazine programme

2.0 NATURE STUDY. The Early Bird: why Worms move about at Night', by A. J. Mee
2.15 I YSGOLION CYMRU (For Welsh schools). ' Hanes Cymru' : Cyfres i blant tua 12 oed. 10—' Gerallt Gymro ', gan Frank Price Jones : Ei frwydr dros yr eglwys ; Ei daitH trwy Gymru ; Ei ddarlun o Gymru
2.35 SENIOR HISTORY II. The changing world. ' The Royal Society ' : the weighing of ayre, and other pursuits of the early members of the Society. Adapted from a script by the late Sir William Bragg

Percival Mackey and his Orchestra

Musical items for today, played by the BBC Revue Orchestra (conductor, Charles Groves ), with Gladys Ripley and the BBC Revue Chorus

sung by Edward Reach

' My Two Scotlands ': talk by Helen Maclean

played by Cory Brothers' Workmen's Silver Band : conductor, Reg. Little

(Studio Service in Welsh). Cymerlr y Gweddïau o'r Hyfr ' Bob Bore o Newydd :

' Ten Minutes Each '
"Elephants take Liberties' : a conversation between Rosie the elephant and her two keepers, Tom Bartlett and Raymond Plummer
' Hey-Diddle-Diddle ' : favourite
Welsh songs introducing you to the cat (but not the fiddle) and other homely animals, with Gwenda Moore , Bobbie Stainforth , and ' The Snowflakes '
' The Animals went in Two by Two' : James Reid sings the song, and Radio Officer W. F. Fay , in a recorded talk, describes how his ship once carried a very queer cargo of animals
' Turkey and Cranberry Sauce ' : the American Eighth Air Force entertains British children on Thanksgiving Day

National and Regional announcements

' The Small Town in Wartime '

'A medical student describes a holiday spent working in a South Wales coal-mine

' Cattle at the Cross-Roads' : fourth fortnightly discussion on cattle-breeding. W. S. Mansfield discusses the question of ' How does the dairy cow earn her keep.? ' with Dr. A. B. Fowler of the Hannah Dairy Research Institute, and Clyde Higgs of Hatton Rock, Warwickshire

Conducted by Julius Harrison

' Running things by discussion ' : Joseph- Macleod gives an illustrated talk on ' Speaking at Meetings '

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)

Part 1 of a poetic drama for broadcasting, based on the story of Homer's "Odyssey" by Edward Sackville-West. Orchestral score by Benjamin Britten. Produced by John Burrell. BBC Symphony Orchestra: conductor, Clarence Raybould.
Part 2 of 'The Rescue' will be broadcast tomorrow night from 9.35 to 10.55 in the Home Service.

Address by the Rev. F. R. Sim , Blackball Church, Edinburgh

and his Dance Orchestra