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.

ROSSINI
Every morning this week gramophone records of his music will be heard at this time. Today : Excerpts from ' The Italian Girl in Algiers ' and ' Semiramis'.

Short morning prayers

Mixed choice of records. The high spot is the ' Polovtsian Dances ', from Borodin's ' Prince Igor', sung by the Leeds Festival Choir with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham

Under the direction of Harold C. Gee

Talk by Geoffrey Sale

at the organ of the Majestic, Rochester

News commentary

from page 61 of ' New Every Morning and page 38 of ' Each Returning Day '. Oh for a heart to praise my God ; Psalm 16 ; Help us to help each other, Lord

Band of the Dorsetshire Regiment : conductor, Mr. E. J. Webb

SINGING TOGETHER, by Herbert Wiseman : Christmas programme with a choir of school children

and his Orchestra.

Conducted by Julius Harrison

followed by a recording of last night's postscript

Trio in C Minor, Op. 1 played by the Kamaran Trio

Gramophone records of celebrated English vocalists and instrumentalists

Billy Tement and the Dance Orchestra

Talk by David Harris

with Walter Glynne

Conductor, Sir Adrian Boult. Reginald Paul (piano)

Darlleniad o gerddi diweddar o waith Simon B. Jones. Rhaglen o dan ofal T. Rowland Hughes.

5.20 Christmas Music from the ' Messiah sung and played by the Choir and Orchestra of the Cardiff High School for Girls
' Merry Christmas, Mr. Small ! ' : story by Antonia Ridge , read by Philip Phillips
5.45 The Zoo Man

National and Regional announcements, followed by Scottish News summary

Alec Roberton talks about Haydn and Mozart. The BBC Orchestra, conducted by Clarence Raybould , plays movements from Haydn's London Symphony, and Mozart's G minor Symphony

Serial play for broadcasting, adapted by Richard Fisher and Peter Creswell from the film and novel by the former. Produced by Peter Creswell. Episode 3—' Danse Funebre '
Eric Portman as-Lieutenant de Montcorbier
(' Francois Villon
Carla Lehmann as Catherine de Vausselles .
Belle Chrystall as Marion L'Ydolle
Mary Hinton as La Belle Heaulmiere also members of the Cercle de Villon, of the under-world of Paris, cocottes, caf6 habitues, etc.
I and Cecil Ramage as Mr. Curtis
Guy Guy-Mas as M. Chaminade

What must we give to get it?
11—' How would security affect us? ' Speakers from Europe and the Dominions give their impressions of the effect on society of a higher standard of living : Dr. Henry Mess , of the National Council of Social Service, puts the sociologist's point of view

with Jack Barker and Daphne Barker; 'Crime Chasers, Ltd.', featuring Jane Grahame and Vernon Harris, written by Ernest Dudley; 'Many Happy Returns of the Day', a musical birthday greeting; Hermione Baddeley; '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

Rossini, Bach, Weber, and Wagner on their travels. Written by Wilfrid Rooke Ley. Music selected by Mark H. Lubbock. Laelia Finneberg ; BBC Girls' Theatre Chorus ; BBC Theatre Orchestra : conductor, Stanford Robinson. Programme introduced by Carleton Hobbs

A Monmouthshire programme by Gwyn Jones , with a reading from Arthur Machen , and from the poems of W. H. Davies and Idris Davies. Monmouthshire songs and music arranged by Idris Lewis , and played by the Welsh Light Orchestra. Cast : Rachtl Thomas , Vera Meazey , Madoline Thomas , Nan Porter , Philip Phillips , W. P. Thomas , Tom Jones , Peter Edwards , Gwyn Jones , Arthur Phillips. Singer, Bryn Jones . Produced by T. Rowland Hughes .

Yvonne Arnaud chooses ' A Ballad upon a Wedding', by Sir John Suckling

sung by Jan van der Gucht (tenor)
Song Cycle : Magelone Lieder
(Translations by A. H. Fox-Strangways )

Famous bands playing dance tunes, on gramophone records