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 ' William Tell '

Short morning prayers

'Unpicking before Remaking', by Louise Martin

Gramophone mixture of film music, introduced by Lilian Duff

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

at the organ of the Curzon Theatre, Liverpool.

Conducted by Charles Groves

from page 21 of ' New Every Morning ' and page 48 of ' Each Returning Day'. All as God wills ; Psalm 29 ; Lord, while for all mankind we pray

Rhythmic records

Symphony No. 2, in D played by the BBC Orchestra, conducted by Basil Cameron. (BBC recording)

and her Girls Band

War-workers entertain their colleagues during the lunch-hour, at a West-of-England factory.

Recorded impressions of the London Fire Force's 'Off the Ration' Exhibition, held in conjunction with the Ministry of Agriculture from December 16-19, at the John Lewis site, Oxford Street

Philip Cardew (clarinet). Hirsch String Quartet

Gramophone programme of swing stars, each .of whom has made a name through a bright idea, written by Ken Lyon

Conductor, Sidney Newman. Louis Kentner (piano)
From the Usher Hall, Edinburgh

Polly Ward in a bright tea-time show, with Horace Percival , Joan Young , Dick Francis , Jack Cooper , and the Debonaires. Billy Tement and the Dance Orchestra. Script by Ray Sonin and Rex Diamond. Produced by C. F. Meehan

Rhaglen o gerddi llafar gwlad yn cynnwys ' Pentre Penygroes ', gyda Meic Parri a Chor Maibion Eryri. Y cyfarwyddo gan Sam Jones. (Welsh light programme)

For the youngest listeners : the Kelvin Quintet play music for party games, which are explained by Tom Smith
Charade, by Charles Constant
Folk songs, by Kathleen
Scottish country dance tunes, played by the Kelvin Quintet

National and Regional announcements

An off-the-record conversation by seven Signalmen of the Eighth Army, written down by two of them, Kevin McGarry and Gordon Bethune. Script sent from Italy by Denis Johnston , and produced by John Glyn-Jones

singing with the BBC Northern Orchestra. 3-Blackpool Glee and Madrigal Society (conductor, Herbert Whittaker ), with Stephen Manton (tenor) and Kenneth Ellis (bass). Conducted by Sir Adrian Boult
From the Lowther Pavilion, Lytham

Captain Peter Thomeycroft , M.P.

A Saturday-night entertainment, featuring famous stars of Variety, music, and drama. Jack and Daphne Barker , Albert Sammons , Kenway and Young, Edith Evans , ' Stainless Stephen', Vincent H. Tildsley 's Mastersingers, and the BBC Revue Orchestra, conducted by Charles Groves. Producers, John Sharman and Harry S. Pepper. (BBC recording)

Alistair Cooke

by Edward G. Hemmerde and Francis Neilson , adapted and produced by Victor Smythe
(by permission of Firth Shephard )
(by permission of Farndale Productions,
Ltd.)
'Act 1 : Mrs. Admaston's sitting-room at the Hotel des Tuileries, Paris. Midnight in spring.
Act 2 : The same : several hours later. Act 3 : The Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division of the High Courts of Justice : six months later.
Act 4 : The boudoir at Admaston House: a few hours later.

Shortened form of Evensong

at the organ of the Granada, Welling

Victor Silvester and his Ballroom Orchestra