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
Gramophone records of excerpts from ' Moses in Egypt' and ' Stabat Mater

Short morning prayers

' Christmas Cake', by Dorothy Taylor

Popular songs and dance music, on gramophone records

Concerto for Orchestra, in D (arr.
Steinberg) played by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Serge Koussevitzky. (Gramophone records)

Introductory music
Prayer
O come, all ye faithful (A. and M. 59, omitting v. 2; S.P. 78, vv. 1, 6, 77; C.H. 55, first form, omitting v. 2; Tune, Adeste Fideles)
Interlude
Prayers: Prayer for Home; the Lord's Prayer
Hark! the herald angels sing (A. and M. 60; S.P. 74 C.H. 46: Tune, Mendelssohn)
Blessing
Closing music

Directed by Sidney Crooke

(For Welsh schools). Cwrs y Byd : cyfres i blant dros 12 oed

News commentary

from page 25 of ' New Every Morning ' and page 46 of 'Each Returning Day'. O God, our help in ages past; Psalm 62, vv. 1-8 ; Lord of our life, and God of our salvation

Segovia (guitar), on gramophone records

' The Importance of Good Mothering ' : talk by Gwen Chesters , Organiser, Child Care Reserve

Sung by the BBC Chorus : conductor, Leslie Woodgate
A violin is singing in the street ; Marusia ;
Griddle Cakes ; A Cry in the Night ; Cossack Romance
(All arranged by Alexander Koshetz )

with his Orchestra

at the theatre organ : 'Tunes I Have Promised'

' The Organisation of Labour in the Past Year' : discussion between Robert Howrie and William Clark

ENSA concert for war-workers from a factory canteen. Lou Preager and his New Ballroom Orchestra. Guest artists, Ted Andrews and Barbara , and Paddy Browne

Conductor, Ian Whyte

Novelty numbers and solo pieces, played by the BBC Variety Orchestra (conductor, Charles Shadwell ), with Jack Cooper

Lyrics by Arthur Chandler. Music by Arthur Chandler ' and George Williams. Narration and production by Richard North
A section of the BBC Northern Orchestra, conducted by George Williams

Victor Silvester and his Ballroom
Orchestra

Conducted by Clarence Raybould. Norina Semino (cello)

and her Girls Band

Sgwrs gan Moelwyn Hughes, K.C., A.S. (Talk in Welsh)

Sgwrs gan Nansi Greville Young. (Talk in Welsh)

' The Box of Delights', by John Masefield , adapted as a serial play by Robert Holland and John Keir -Cross, produced by the latter. Conclusion : ' The End of it All'
(by permission of H. M. Tennent, Ltd.)

National and Regional announcements, and Scottish News summary

' Women and Post-War Building ', by Caroline Haslett , C.B.E.
'The Story of Shiner's Nutty', by Ordinary Seaman Godfrey Winn
' Women's War-Time Problems ', by Mary Ferguson

(Chatham Division)
Conducted by Captain Thomas Francis , Director of Music, Royal Marines

A townsman's view of farm life : third of a monthly series of outside broadcasts depicting seasonal developments and problems at a general farm in the Midlands. Commentators, Michael Standing , John Ellison , and Godfrey Baseley. (BBC recording)

12-' Science in National Life' : talk by Dr. E. C. Bullard, F.R.S.

in ' Just Sydney' with Betty Warren ; and Fred Yule , Doris Nichols , Philip Wade. BBC Revue Orchestra, conducted by Mansel Thomas. Script by Tommy Thompson. Produced by Francis Worsley.

Symphony No. 1, in D played by the BBC Northern Orchestra, conducted by Julius Harrison

Discussion by Wing Commander E. J. Hodsoll , C.B. (Inspector General, Civil Defence Services), Lieut. J. W. Rodger, B.E.M. (Training Officer, Edinburgh City), Inspector H. Lindsay , B.E.M. (Training Officer, Doncaster), and Mrs. Boyd (Fire Guard Training Officer, Salisbury)

Series of three programmes telling the story of Britain's record in the air. Written by Nigel Tangye and Cecil McGivem , with music under the direction of George Walter. 3-' Hopes for the Future '. Produced by Cecil McGivem

and postscript

' Irongut and the Brown Mouse ', written by Gerald Kersh , and read by Frederick Allen. (Previously broadcast on March 24)

and- his Orchestra. From Ciro's

Air Commodore Geoffrey Keynes chooses Sir Thomas Browne 's ' Dormative '